Category Archives: Photoshop

How to Create the Popular “Leopard” UI Look

Posted on December 10, 2008 by Matt

Okay, so everyone is doing it. And that probably means you should too. (Isn’t that what Dad used to say?) Adobe uses the look for their application splash pages. Apple uses the look through out their Leopard UI for both … Continue reading →

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Photoshop CS4 – Convert to sRGB

Posted on November 7, 2008 by Matt

First impressions of Adobe Photoshop CS4 are quite nice. It is, as advertised, very fast. Dragging things around with the “hand” tool has an iPhone feel to it. In other words, there is acceleration involved. But, I noticed one thing … Continue reading →

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Creating Apple’s Chrome Logo

Posted on September 30, 2008 by Matt

If you’ve been to my site before you’ve probably seen me take this approach to various desktop and iPhone wallpapers. The look was originally inspired by Apple’s “chrome” version of their logo. This technique seems to work best with simple … Continue reading →

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Adobe Creative Suite 4 Announced

Posted on September 23, 2008 by Matt

Adobe’s Creative Suite 4 was announced today. It seems like they are making a pretty big push for the ability to design across media. In my opinion this probably means that for the first time since the Macromedia takeover all … Continue reading →

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How to Bump Map in Photoshop (CS3)

Posted on September 17, 2008 by Matt

I got a few emails asking me how I created the leather for the Pac-10 iPhone Wallpaper or if I just used an image from a car interior or something. I created the whole thing in Photoshop and figured that … Continue reading →

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How to Define a Fill Pattern in Photoshop (CS3)

Posted on April 16, 2008 by Matt

Let’s talk about fills. You probably already know about solid fills and gradient fills in Photoshop, but it seems a far underused fill is the pattern fill. With the ability to customize and create your own fills you have an … Continue reading →

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