Create Your Icon in 5 Simple Steps with Photoshop

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What makes your website different? As the creator, you will want to use these features to make your website unique and different. A tool used to identify websites from another is an icon or a browser icon.
To proceed, you will need:
-Adobe Photoshop
-(ICO) File format plug-in for Photoshop
-If your web designing software does not have an option to upload an icon, download a software that can (Favicon, Axialis, or Icon Workshop)

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Quick Tip: How to Create a Smeared Liquid Effect in Photoshop

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Today we will create a really cool smeared blood effect from scratch in Photoshop and the only thing you need is a minute or two to complete it. This is particularly helpful, since you don’t use any brush presets and it’s generated randomly. Difficulty: Beginner
Completion time: 2 min
Tools: Photoshop CS3

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Design Process: How to Create a Detailed Wax Seal with Photoshop

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Today we will create a detailed wax seal using Photoshop and a simple texture. I will not only explain the techniques used, but also why and follow exactly the steps I went through, with all the ups, downs and adjustments encountered on the way to the final design.
Difficulty: Beginner – Intermediate
Completion time: 15-20 min
Tools: Photoshop CS3

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Photoshop Tutorials Roundup – June 2011

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I have to say that in June I came across some fantastic Photoshop tutorials which were full of creativity, useful tips and had some unique concepts. Today I would like to share with you some of the most inspiring and resourceful PS tutorials published on the web in the month that just passed.

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Photoshop Tutorials Roundup – May 2011

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This May I came across some really awesome Photoshop tutorials, whether they had useful tips and techniques or interesting and unique concepts, they are all worth checking out. In the Photoshop tutorials below you will learn how to create magnificent photo manipulations, how to create website layouts, how to create paintings using freestyle method and much more!

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Design Process: Creating an Eco-friendly Concept Design in Photoshop

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Today we will create, as the title says, a conceptual Eco-friendly Ad in Photoshop using a few stock photos and our imagination. This tutorial will not only cover the techniques used, but also the ideas behind them and how these ideas came. It is important to learn why a step or a technique is used, not just how.

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How to Create Interesting Grunges for Your Designs in Illustrator

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In this quick tip you will learn to use grunges to create hierarchy in your designs, making the main elements stand out more and the backgrounds a lot more interesting – all in vector format.
The technique is very easy and can be done by everyone, all you need is a bit of a keen eye for aesthetics.

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Photoshop Tutorials Roundup – April 2011

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This April you could find on the web some really useful Photoshop tutorials. Whether you are a beginner, intermediate or advanced PS user, you could find different type of difficulty tutorials to help you enhance your skills. Today I compiled a roundup of Photoshop tutorials published last month which will help you learn about: how [...]

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How to Create a Conceptual Headdress in Photoshop

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Today we will create a really cool conceptual headdress using stock photos, Photoshop and our imagination. The idea hit me when I saw a picture of a native American while browsing around some pictures. So I thought it would be interesting to make one with a totally different twist, with bone and metal.

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Photoshop Tutorials Roundup – February 2011

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February was a short month but you could still find a bunch of useful Adobe Photoshop tutorials out there. I’ve gathered below a couple of useful and interesting Photoshop tutorials. Be sure to check them out if you want to enhance you skills in applying layers, photo manipulations and much more!

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