Professional Photoshop Effects

Professional Photoshop Effects

by Elliot Jay Stockselliotjaystocks.com


1. Creating a richly textured background image

Texture vs. colour

Texture used subtley

How to choose or take photographs for use as textures

How to manipulate photographs for use as textures

Speed up your texturising workflow by creating reusable brushes


2. Creating your own custom brushes

Why use brushes? Painting and erasing with the default set

Why make your own? How customisation leads to creative freedom

Selecting photographs to turn into brushes

The brush-making process

Improving your brushes: when to use bitmapping

Sharing your brushes


3. Making the most of PNG transparency

The PNG format and transparency levels explained

Using semi-transparent backgrounds

Making the most of the alpha channel

Techniques outside the obvious


4. Better ways to use typography

Where to find fonts

How to use the character palette to achieve great results with only core fonts

Creative type effects with simple embellishments

How to take type customisation to the next level with other apps


5. How to avoid design clichés

What is 'The Web 2.0 Look'?

When to embrace and when to avoid current trends

Experimental design and thinking outside the box

Putting radical design into everyday practice


6. Moving from Photoshop to XHTML & CSS

Setting up a layout grid

Optimising images for the web

Overlaying a fixed logo (leading on from the PNG section)

Working with 'sprites' for image-based navigation


7. Open session

Attendees are welcome to ask about other techniques they'd like to learn

Five techniques will be looked at in this final part of the workshop

Thank you! Questions? Feedback? [email protected]

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