A Short Wishlist for Adobe CS5 Features.

[ad#tswAdsense] Many of us are waiting breathlessly for the arrival of Adobe CS5, even though we do not really know what it will bring. So with that in mind, I would like to pretend that someone “over there” at Adobe hears me and share my short wish list for things I would love to see in the new...

A Roundup of Our 10 Most Favorite Photoshop Keyboard Shortcuts

[ad#tswAd2] Ahh, Photoshop, what would we do without it? We love this Application dearly, yet we never seem to know all there is to know about it. This is especially true when it comes to keyboard shortcuts. Since every designer uses Photoshop in different ways, every designer knows a small(er) set of ...

Customizing Your WordPress Theme with a User Login Module – A Round Up of Resources

[ad#tswAd2] One of the things the people like the most about WordPress is how easy it is to work in it. This ease is a product of simple it is to update certain things within you theme. Today we bring you a round up of one feature with which you can customize WordPress – User Log in. The ability to...

New AirFrance logo – for inspiration

[ad#tswAdsense] AirFrance announced earlier this year that it is re-branding itself. This is important for 3 reasons: 1. The Last AirFrance re-brand was in 1975, clearly a long time ago even in aviation/airline terms. 2. The airline is not only re-branding, but also, changing it’s name from “Air...

Blending Modes – Keyboard Shortcuts in Photoshop CS3 and CS4

While selecting a tool in the toolbox that is not a brush-based tool, it is possible to change the layer blend mode with keyboard shortcuts. There are, however several things to keep in mind: 1. Not every blend mode has its own shortcut. 2. There is absolutely no connection between the blend mode name and...

How to apply the Photoshop CS3 Radial-Blur-Effect to 3D objects (or objects that are not “flat”).

Its well established that if you want to make a car’s wheels seem as if they are in motion, you apply the Radial Blur effect. However this does not work as well if the wheels are in perspective because the car was shot in an angle. Here is what to do to work your magic on wheels that are at an...