Tuesday, November 29, 2016

Power Zoom in Adobe Muse CC 2017

Power Zoom in Adobe Muse CC 2017

In this quick video tip, I will demonstrate how to use Power Zoom feature in Adobe Muse CC 2017. This new feature will help you to quickly zoom and focus on any part of your page in Design view.

Video tutorial

Here is my recording which is explaining simple steps to activate and use Power Zoom.



Product used in this tutorial:
Adobe Muse CC 2017

Reference:
New features summary - 2017 release of Adobe Muse CC



Saturday, November 26, 2016

How to Painlessly Record Photoshop Actions With Lots of Steps

How to Painlessly Record Photoshop Actions With Lots of Steps

In this video tutorial, I will give you a couple of tips on how to save time and avoid frustrations when recording Photoshop actions with a lot of steps. Most of the people think that a number of steps make actions complex. That's not exactly true. The only problem may occur when something is not recorded properly or when there is a need to change something. The problem is to find mistake/step with mistake or step which needs changes. Everything will be much easier if action is recorded from several parts or in other words to split entire action into several smaller which can be merged later after perfection is done.

Video tutorial

Here are my tips which makes my life much easier when recording actions with a lot of steps. Hopefully, my experience and conclusions will help to anyone who is recording actions in Photoshop. If you have any question or doubt, please leave comments below.



Product used in this tutorial:
Adobe Photoshop CC 2017

Reference:
Creating actions



Wednesday, November 23, 2016

Free Roofing Shingles Patterns for Photoshop and Elements

Free Roofing Shingles Patterns for Photoshop and Elements

Today I have to share Roofing Shingles seamless tiling patterns. Patterns are saved with .pat extension and can be used in Photoshop and Photoshop Elements. Patterns are useful for Web and Print design. The license is free for personal and commercial projects as and everything else listed in freebies section and on my site Photoshop Plus > Free.

Patterns in this package are created using The Best Photoshop PluginFilter Forge. There are and so many other cool things that you can do using Filter Forge and Photoshop.

Download Roofing Shingles Seamless Tiling Patterns

What is included in the package

Package contains set with 5 different seamless tiling patterns with the following dimensions: 512x512px.

Preview of all patterns included in the package

Roofing Shingles 1

Roofing Shingles 2

Roofing Shingles 3

Roofing Shingles 4

Roofing Shingles 4



Sunday, November 20, 2016

Pruitt Igoe


Pruitt–Igoe was a large urban housing project first occupied in 1954 in St. Louis, Missouri. Living conditions in Pruitt–Igoe soon began to decline after its completion in 1956. By the late 1960s, the complex had become internationally infamous for its poverty, crime, and racial segregation. Its 33 buildings were demolished with explosives in the mid-1970s, and the project has become an icon of failure of urban renewal and of public-policy planning.

The public housing complex was designed by architect Minoru Yamasaki, who also designed the World Trade Center towers and the Lambert-St. Louis International Airport main terminal.











The Difference Between Linked and Embedded Smart Object Layers in Adobe Photoshop

The Difference Between Linked and Embedded Smart Object Layers in Adobe Photoshop

In this tip, I will explain to you what is the difference between linked and embedded smart object layers in Adobe Photoshop. Linked smart object layers are introduced in Photoshop CC - January 2014 release and brings automatic update when the source file is changed plus smaller PSD file size in most cases. For an explanation what are embedded smart object layers and how things work, please watch the video in this post: Explanation of Embedded Smart Object Layers in Adobe Photoshop.

Video tutorial

Here is my video recording with detailed explanation and examples with linked and embedded smart object layers in use. If you have any question or doubt, please do not hesitate to leave comments.


Product used in this tutorial:
Adobe Photoshop CC 2017

Reference:
Adobe Photoshop CC



Thursday, November 17, 2016

Explanation of Embedded Smart Object Layers in Adobe Photoshop (Video)

Explanation of Embedded Smart Object Layers in Adobe Photoshop

In this tip, I will explain to you what is exactly embedded Smart Object layer in Adobe Photoshop and how things work. In newest versions of Photoshop, we have two kinds of Smart Object layers: embedded and linked which somewhat differs. Embedded SO layers are using embedded file while linked are using referenced file and that will be explained in some of the next tutorials.


Video tutorial

Here is my recording with a detailed explanation of Smart Object layers. If you have any further question, please do not hesitate to leave comments.


Product used in this tutorial:
Adobe Photoshop CC 2015.5

Reference:
Work with Smart Objects



Monday, November 14, 2016

Free Bamboo Texture Patterns for Photoshop and Elements

Free Bamboo Texture Patterns for Photoshop and Elements

Today I have to share Bamboo texture seamless tiling patterns. Patterns are saved with .pat extension and can be used in Photoshop and Photoshop Elements. Patterns are useful for Web and Print design. The license is free for personal and commercial projects as and everything else listed in freebies section and on my site Photoshop Plus > Free.

Patterns in this package are created using The Best Photoshop PluginFilter Forge. There are and so many other cool things that you can do using Filter Forge and Photoshop.

Download Bamboo Texture Seamless Tiling Patterns

What is included in the package

Package contains set with 5 different seamless tiling patterns with the following dimensions: 512x512px.

Preview of all patterns included in the package

Bamboo texture 1

Bamboo texture 2

Bamboo texture 3

Bamboo texture 4

Bamboo texture 5



Friday, November 11, 2016

New and Fantastic Search Command in Photoshop CC 2017 (Video)

New and Fantastic Search Command in Photoshop CC 2017

In this quick tip, I will explain to you why and how to use new Search command in Photoshop CC 2017 which is available from Edit menu. Using this new command user can quickly and easily find and activate any tool or feature in Photoshop. If you are not sure how to use a certain feature, no worries, just switch to Learn tab where are displayed links to online tutorials. Want the quick and easy solution? Switch to Stock tab and download preview of ready made background, pattern, template or whatever else you need from Adobe Stock.

Video tutorial

Here is my video tutorial which is explaining all options in Search dialog with one tip on how to speed up the process to activate fantastic Search command..



Product used in this tutorial:
Adobe Photoshop CC 2017

Reference:
New features summary | Photoshop CC 2017



Tuesday, November 8, 2016

What's New in New Document Dialog in Photoshop CC 2017 (Video)

What's New in New Document Dialog in Photoshop CC 2017

In this quick tip, I will give you a brief overview of what's new in Photoshop's File > New dialog. In short, there are new things like PSD layered templates, backgrounds and video clips which you can download for free from Adobe Stock and start using them right away.

Video tutorial

Here is my video recording with an overview of most important features in New Document dialog in Photoshop CC 2017.


Product used in this tutorial:
Adobe Photoshop CC 2017

Reference:
New features summary | Photoshop CC 2017