Web Design-Web design blog, blog on website designing , blogging on web design and SEO related information http://www.searchenginegenie.com/web-design-blog Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:46:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 how to use water color in photoshop cs5 http://www.searchenginegenie.com/web-design-blog/how-to-use-water-color-in-photoshop-cs5/ http://www.searchenginegenie.com/web-design-blog/how-to-use-water-color-in-photoshop-cs5/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:46:20 +0000 Mars http://www.searchenginegenie.com/web-design-blog/?p=1379 Step 1 Open Photoshop and create a new document, I’m using 1920×1200 pixels. Step 2 Add a new layer, fill it with white then make sure you have black and white for the foreground and background colors. Then go to Filter>Texture>Texturizer. Use Canvas for the Texture, 75% for the Scaling, 3 for the Relief and [...]]]>

Step 1

Open Photoshop and create a new document, I’m using 1920×1200 pixels.

Step 2

Add a new layer, fill it with white then make sure you have black and white for the foreground and background colors. Then go to Filter>Texture>Texturizer. Use Canvas for the Texture, 75% for the Scaling, 3 for the Relief and for the Light choose Top Right.

Step 3

Let’s add a nice texture. You can use the image of your choice.  Place the image in the document on top of the other layers. After that, change the Opacity to 75%.

Step 4

Now let’s place an image in our document. I’m using a photo of a guy walking in the field . The image has to go beneath the texture layer. After that go to Layer>Group Layer. The layer of the image will be inside a folder in the Layer Palette. Select the folder and go to Layer>Layer Mask>Hide all.

Step 5

The image is hiding because of the mask. So now, let’s use some Watercolor Brushes. So select one of the watercolor brushes and them white for the color and paint on the layer mask of the group. You will notice that the image will start showing.

Step 6

Pick another Brush and paint again.

Step 7

Let’s just adjust the color of the image. Select the image and go to Image>Adjustment>Photo Filter. Select Warning Filter (85) and 55% for the Density. Also select the Preserve Luminosity option

Conclusion

Just place your logo and that it you will have a really cool effect and super simple to achieve. That can be used for website headers to create a simply awesome design, and, of course to create posters. Also you can reduce the opacity of the paper texture. I reduced to 50%, that way we can drive the viewer’s attention to the watercolor effect.

]]> http://www.searchenginegenie.com/web-design-blog/how-to-use-water-color-in-photoshop-cs5/feed/ 0 Poster from the words in photoshop cs5 http://www.searchenginegenie.com/web-design-blog/poster-from-the-words-in-photoshop-cs5/ http://www.searchenginegenie.com/web-design-blog/poster-from-the-words-in-photoshop-cs5/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:04:44 +0000 Mars http://www.searchenginegenie.com/web-design-blog/?p=1354 First we are going to create a new document in Photoshop with 1000×1000 pixels with all the default settings. Fill the background layer with black color. Step 2 Select Horizontal Type Tool and place any text (white color, caps on) filling all background as you can see below. Only use one text layer. Rotate text [...]]]>

First we are going to create a new document in Photoshop with 1000×1000 pixels with all the default settings. Fill the background layer with black color.

Step 2

Select Horizontal Type Tool and place any text (white color, caps on) filling all background as you can see below. Only use one text layer.

Rotate text 45 degrees CW by going to Edit > Transform > Rotate.

Step 3

Open photo and copy it to our canvas over text layer. Go to Edit > Free Transform and resize photo to something similar to what I have.

Select text from text layer (Ctrl+left click on text layer thumbnail in layers). Press Ctrl+Shift+I to invert selection. With selection active, select photo layer and press Delete to clear selection contents.


Press Ctrl+D to deactivate selection.

Apply Image > Adjustments > Brightness/Contrast.

Step 4

Create a new layer. Select Horizontal Tool (Arial, white color, 55px) and write something like “DJ Music!”. Create a second new layer and write “Only best hits!” (Arial, white color, 25px).

Rotate text 45 degrees CW by going to Edit > Transform > Rotate on both layers.

Apply Layer > Layer Style > Blending Options > Outer Glow to both layer to make it more readable.

Final Image

This tutorial is now finished and you got a great effect!

 

]]> http://www.searchenginegenie.com/web-design-blog/poster-from-the-words-in-photoshop-cs5/feed/ 0 Photoshop CS5: How to Create Actions http://www.searchenginegenie.com/web-design-blog/photoshop-cs5-how-to-create-actions/ http://www.searchenginegenie.com/web-design-blog/photoshop-cs5-how-to-create-actions/#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 06:58:56 +0000 Mars http://www.searchenginegenie.com/web-design-blog/?p=1344 Recording an action in Photoshop CS5 is incredibly simple. Simply open up the “Actions” palette and hit the new action button seen in the image below. This should pop open a new window containing various options for the action. Here you can name the action and place it in a set. You can also assign [...]]]>

Recording an action in Photoshop CS5 is incredibly simple. Simply open up the “Actions” palette and hit the new action button seen in the image below.

This should pop open a new window containing various options for the action. Here you can name the action and place it in a set. You can also assign a keyboard shortcut that will activate the action immediately in Photoshop CS5. This is quite handy for those actions you find yourself using on a daily basis.

Once you hit “Record” in the window above, all that’s left is to carry out the steps you’d like to be recorded in the action. Keep in mind that selection sizes, saving and other very specific steps will be replicated exactly in the action. Try to keep your steps generic enough that they’ll work on the full range of images you’ll need the action to apply to.
When you’ve finished carrying out all the desired steps, hit the “Stop” button in the action menu. Then hit the “Play” button to perform the action on another file.

]]> http://www.searchenginegenie.com/web-design-blog/photoshop-cs5-how-to-create-actions/feed/ 0 Rotating Text in 360 degree Using Flash http://www.searchenginegenie.com/web-design-blog/rotating-text-in-360-degree-using-flash/ http://www.searchenginegenie.com/web-design-blog/rotating-text-in-360-degree-using-flash/#comments Wed, 04 Jan 2012 09:08:15 +0000 Mars http://www.searchenginegenie.com/web-design-blog/?p=1322 Step-1 Open a new document in flash. Step-2 Set background color as black Step-3 Type the first letter of your text in layer-1 and convert it into graphic. Step-4 Again converts it into movieclip. Right click on movie clip and select “Edit in place” option. Step-5 Select key frame from 1 – 30 and press [...]]]>

Step-1 Open a new document in flash.

Step-2 Set background color as black

Step-3 Type the first letter of your text in layer-1 and convert it into graphic.

Step-4 Again converts it into movieclip. Right click on movie clip and select “Edit in place” option.

Step-5 Select key frame from 1 – 30 and press F6.

Step-6 In key frame-1, do right click and select “create Classic Tween”. Make slight rotation using “free transform tool”. Repeat this step till the text get full rotate about 360 degree. In the main scene select first letter (here R) and press F9 to open the “action panel”, then write the following script to stop and play while rollover and rollout respectively.

on (rollOver)

{

stop();

}on (rollOut)

{

play();

}

 

 

Step-7 Do the above steps for remaining letters.

Final Preview:

]]> http://www.searchenginegenie.com/web-design-blog/rotating-text-in-360-degree-using-flash/feed/ 0 How To Use The Article Element – HTML5 http://www.searchenginegenie.com/web-design-blog/how-to-use-the-article-element-html5/ http://www.searchenginegenie.com/web-design-blog/how-to-use-the-article-element-html5/#comments Mon, 26 Dec 2011 12:19:36 +0000 Mars http://www.searchenginegenie.com/web-design-blog/?p=1312 The <article> tag is new to HTML5 and it replaces <div> tag. It specifies self-contained content in a document, page or in a site. This can be use in Blog post, Magazine article, comments or in widgets. How To Use The Article Tag: <article> <h1>heading</h1> <p>content</p> </article>   Coding: <html> <head> <title>How To Use The [...]]]>

The <article> tag is new to HTML5 and it replaces <div> tag. It specifies self-contained content in a document, page or in a site. This can be use in Blog post, Magazine article, comments or in widgets.

How To Use The Article Tag:

<article>
<h1>heading</h1>
<p>content</p>
</article>

 

Coding:

<html>
<head>
<title>How To Use The Article Element – HTML5</title>
</head>
<style>
.wrapper{color:#000; width: 800px; }.wrapper article{ color:#FFF; font: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:14px; background-color:#3a3a3a; padding: 0px 20px 12px; border: #01a2e5 solid 0.01em;}.wrapper article p { color:#11a6dd;}
.wrapper article h3 { font-family: “Times New Roman”, Times, serif; color: #FFF;}
</style>
<body >
<div class=”wrapper”>
<article>
<h3>Heading</h3>
<p>Lectus aliquet penatibus ac mid nec elementum augue ridiculus nascetur? Cursus urna facilisis turpis aliquam porttitor, turpis egestas arcu, adipiscing nisi mus diam, cursus, urna scelerisque, nunc amet sociis elementum, placerat ac!</p>
<p>Sed, ac risus tincidunt scelerisque quis turpis a pulvinar amet? Aliquet cum porttitor integer enim odio non, tristique, duis nec dapibus integer</p>
</article>

</div >

</body>

</html>

 

Final Preview:

Heading

Lectus aliquet penatibus ac mid nec elementum augue ridiculus nascetur? Cursus urna facilisis turpis aliquam porttitor, turpis egestas arcu, adipiscing nisi mus diam, cursus, urna scelerisque, nunc amet sociis elementum, placerat ac!

Sed, ac risus tincidunt scelerisque quis turpis a pulvinar amet? Aliquet cum porttitor integer enim odio non, tristique, duis nec dapibus integer

]]> http://www.searchenginegenie.com/web-design-blog/how-to-use-the-article-element-html5/feed/ 0 Skew Text Using Flash Action Script http://www.searchenginegenie.com/web-design-blog/skew-text-using-flash-action-script/ http://www.searchenginegenie.com/web-design-blog/skew-text-using-flash-action-script/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 10:03:09 +0000 Mars http://www.searchenginegenie.com/web-design-blog/?p=1251 Step-1 Open a new document in flash. Step-2 Writes the following script in Key frame 1 – action script panel (F9). inputString = “Skew Text”; letterWidths = new Array(0, 55, 35, 20, 40, 40, 40, 50, 40, 40, 20, 40, 35); offset = 65; for (count = 0; count < inputString.length; count++) {     attachMovie(“skewtext”, [...]]]>

Step-1 Open a new document in flash.

Step-2 Writes the following script in Key frame 1 – action script panel (F9).

inputString = “Skew Text”;
letterWidths = new Array(0, 55, 35, 20, 40, 40, 40, 50, 40, 40, 20, 40, 35);
offset = 65;
for (count = 0; count < inputString.length; count++)
{
    attachMovie(“skewtext”, “letter” + count, count);
    thisLetter = this["letter" + count];
    offset = offset + letterWidths[count];
    thisLetter._x = offset;
    thisLetter._y = 150;
    thisLetter.topLetter.midLetter.rawLetter.text = inputString.charAt(count);
    storeHeight = thisLetter._height;
    storeWidth = thisLetter._width;
    thisLetter.letterWidth = letterWidths[count + 1];
    thisLetter.skewAxis = 1;
} // end of for
mouseListener = new Object();
Mouse.addListener(mouseListener);
_root.skewMeX = function (skewTarget, degrees)
{
    var _loc1 = skewTarget;
    skewAmt = 1 / Math.tan(0.017453 * degrees / -2);
    _loc1.topLetter.midLetter._rotation = 45 * skewAmt / skewAmt;
    _loc1.topLetter._xscale = skewAmt * 100;
    _loc1.topLetter._rotation = -1 * skewAmt / skewAmt * Math.atan(1 / skewAmt) * 180 / 3.141593;
    newHeight = Math.sin(-2 * Math.atan(1 / skewAmt)) * storeHeight * -1;
    _loc1._xscale = 100;
    _loc1._yscale = 100;
    newScale = 100 * newHeight / _loc1._height;
    _loc1._xscale = newScale;
    _loc1._yscale = newScale;
};

Step-3 Here I had set background image by importing (Ctr l + Enter) into stage.

Step-4  Ctrl + Enter to run the program.

Final Preview:

]]> http://www.searchenginegenie.com/web-design-blog/skew-text-using-flash-action-script/feed/ 0 Vertical 3D Rotate Menu Item http://www.searchenginegenie.com/web-design-blog/vertical-3d-carousel-menu-item-2/ http://www.searchenginegenie.com/web-design-blog/vertical-3d-carousel-menu-item-2/#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2011 10:25:51 +0000 Mars http://www.searchenginegenie.com/web-design-blog/?p=1219 1. Create a new Flash document of size 550×400. 2. Draw a rectangle with rounded corners. I made the rectangle 158×35 pixels. I used a white stroke and for the fill #0F7E88.   3. Convert the rectangle to a movie clip named “Menu Item”. Set the registration point to the center. 4. Inside the Menu [...]]]>

1. Create a new Flash document of size 550×400.

2. Draw a rectangle with rounded corners. I made the rectangle 158×35 pixels. I used a white stroke and for the fill #0F7E88.

 

3. Convert the rectangle to a movie clip named “Menu Item”. Set the registration point to the center.

4. Inside the Menu Item movie clip, create a dynamic text field. Make it wide enough and type some text in it.

 

5. Give the text field an instance name of “menuItemText“.

6. Embed the following fonts.

 

 

 

7. No go back to the main timeline and remove the Menu Item movie clip from the stage.

8. Linkage the Menu Item movie clip to a class named “Menu Item”.

Moving to Action Script 3

9. In the first frame of your Flash movie type the following.

10. You are done, test your movie! I hope you enjoyed this Action Script 3 tutorial …

 

]]> http://www.searchenginegenie.com/web-design-blog/vertical-3d-carousel-menu-item-2/feed/ 0 Illustrator Ferocious Girl Vector http://www.searchenginegenie.com/web-design-blog/illustrator-ferocious-girl-vector-tutorial/ http://www.searchenginegenie.com/web-design-blog/illustrator-ferocious-girl-vector-tutorial/#comments Wed, 30 Nov 2011 11:14:56 +0000 Mars http://www.searchenginegenie.com/web-design-blog/?p=1177 Final Preview: Step-1 Open a new document in illustrator and draw a face outline as like below using pen tool. Step-2 Then draws eyes and nose outline. Step-3 Lip is the main thing inside the face. Here I applied mesh gradient. First draw lip shape using pen tool with color fill. Then use mesh tool [...]]]>

Final Preview:

illustrator-ferocious-girl-vector

Step-1 Open a new document in illustrator and draw a face outline as like below using pen tool.

illustrator-ferocious-girl-vector-1

Step-2 Then draws eyes and nose outline.

illustrator-ferocious-girl-vector-2

Step-3 Lip is the main thing inside the face. Here I applied mesh gradient. First draw lip shape using pen tool with color fill. Then use mesh tool to show the difference between upper and lower lip.

illustrator-ferocious-girl-vector-3

Step-4 Draw an eye ball using Ellipse tool and for eye reflection draw white circle and give opacity.

illustrator-ferocious-girl-vector-4

Step-5 Now sees the complete outline of face.

illustrator-ferocious-girl-vector-5

Step-6 Fill face color and draw mesh lines. Select mesh anchor points at the edge of the face and give dark skin tone color.

illustrator-ferocious-girl-vector-6

Step-7 Draw neck and shoulder part and apply ordinary gradient effect.

illustrator-ferocious-girl-vector-7

Step-8 Draw a hair texture using pen tool.

illustrator-ferocious-girl-vector-8

Step-9 Just a placed one ear stud. See the completed vector girl.

illustrator-ferocious-girl-vector-10

 

 

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Step-1 Open a new document and set its background color as black.


rotating-object-using-flash

Step-2 Draw a rectangle line inside the stage as like below. Then pick slider from Windows à Components àUser Interface à Slider. Drag it to stage. It will be as movieclip. Here we want 4 slider and give its movieclip instance name as fieldOfView, speed, rotatey, rotatex respectively.


rotating-object-using-flash

Step-3 You can edit the values of sliders by Windows à Components Inspector.


rotating-object-using-flash

Step-4 Bring the pattern in a new layer on stage by imports it to library, arranges it as like below and groups it (ctrl + g). Change it to movieclip and name it as pattern and again change it to movieclip, then name it as container.


rotating-object-using-flash

Step-5 Draw a rectangle with color fills above the pattern layer and apply mask by right click it on same layer on time line, then click mask.


rotating-object-using-flash

Step-6 Finally it looks like below.


rotating-object-using-flash

Step-7 Click out of stage and give code.view in properties box.


rotating-object-using-flash

Step-8 Open a new action script file copy and paste the below coding and save it as view inside newly created code folder.

package code

{

import flash.events.Event;

import flash.display.MovieClip;

import flash.geom.PerspectiveProjection;

import flash.geom.Point;

import fl.events.SliderEvent;

public class view extends MovieClip

{

public function view()

{

// To set default field of view

var pp:PerspectiveProjection = new PerspectiveProjection();

pp.projectionCenter = new Point(container.x, container.y);

pp.fieldOfView = 75;

// To apply projector and rotation to container clip

container.transform.perspectiveProjection = pp;

container.rotatey = 45;

// Setup components

fieldOfView.addEventListener(SliderEvent.CHANGE, sliderChangeHandler);

rotatey.addEventListener(SliderEvent.CHANGE, sliderChangeHandler);

rotatex.addEventListener(SliderEvent.CHANGE, sliderChangeHandler);

 

// Animate the pattern at the frame rate…

addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, enterFrameHandler);

}

protected function enterFrameHandler(event:Event):void

{

// Rotate the pattern movie clip inside the object

container.pattern.rotationZ += speed.value;

}

protected function sliderChangeHandler(event:SliderEvent):void

{

switch( event.currentTarget.name )

{

case “fieldOfView”:

// Update projector

var pp:PerspectiveProjection = new PerspectiveProjection();

pp.projectionCenter = new Point(container.x, container.y);

pp.fieldOfView = event.currentTarget.value;

// Apply projector to object

container.transform.perspectiveProjection = pp;

break;

case “rotatey”:

// Apply rotation to object

container.rotatey = event.currentTarget.value;

break;

case “rotatex”:

// TO move the object in z coordinate space

container.z = event.currentTarget.value;

break;

}

}

}

}

Now run the program.

]]> http://www.searchenginegenie.com/web-design-blog/rotating-object-using-flash/feed/ 0 Rock pattern text with floral design using Photoshop http://www.searchenginegenie.com/web-design-blog/rock-pattern-text-with-floral-design-using-photoshop/ http://www.searchenginegenie.com/web-design-blog/rock-pattern-text-with-floral-design-using-photoshop/#comments Thu, 17 Nov 2011 11:31:18 +0000 Mars http://www.searchenginegenie.com/web-design-blog/?p=1156 Final Preview: Step-1 open a new document in Illustrator, type the required text and go to Effect –> 3D –> Extrude & Bevel to get 3d text effect. Step-2 Copy and paste that 3D text in Photoshop. Step-3 Now go to Image –> Adjustments –> Level and give the below value. Step-4 Then select Filter  [...]]]>

Final Preview:

Step-1 open a new document in Illustrator, type the required text and go to Effect –> 3D –> Extrude & Bevel to get 3d text effect.

Step-2 Copy and paste that 3D text in Photoshop.

Step-3 Now go to Image –> Adjustments –> Level and give the below value.

Step-4 Then select Filter  –> Filter  gallery  –> Texture  –> Craquelure and give the below value.

Step-5 Press Ctrl + click on layer thumbnail and create new layer above the background layer then fill black color.

Step-6 Apply Blur  –> Gaussian Blur to black filled layer with the radius of 10px.

Step-7 You can change the color of text by giving Image –> Adjustments –> Hue/Saturation.

Step-8 Using brush tool create floral designs like below in new layer.

Step-9 creates a background by like below using filter gallery. First set the background and foreground color in green shades. Then go to Filter  –> Filter gallery  –> Rough Pastels. Give values as like follows:
Stroke Detail: 15; Stroke Length: 7; Scaling: 109; Relief: 13; Light: top left.

Step-10 Set stroke using gradient overlay in blending options.

Step-11 Now I changed the text color to golden brown.

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