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  • Essential keyboard shortcuts for Adobe Animate and for animation in Photoshop
    Web & App Design

    Essential keyboard shortcuts for Adobe Animate and for animation in Photoshop

    Designer and animator Pablo Cuello shares the most popular shortcuts for animating with these software packages To achieve spectacular animations, you do not need complex resources. You can recreate frame-by-frame animation using a couple of tricks to make your design process a lot easier. Designer and animator Pablo Cuello (@pablocuello) shares the most common shortcuts in Adobe Animate and Adobe Photoshop to save time when creating effective animation work.

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  • Digital Painting Tutorial: How to Use Light In a Digital Portrait
    Teacher Illustration

    Digital Painting Tutorial: How to Use Light In a Digital Portrait

    Learn how to use light in digital portraits on Photoshop, with Samuel Smith Light is a key element to any painting and it's no different when it comes to digital portraits. Knowing how to apply and control light on Photoshop will give depth and soul to the creations of any digital painter. 3D animator Samuel Smith got his first major job as a digital painter on Klaus, a film that went on to be nominated for the Oscar for Best Animated Feature. Here he shares some basic tips and tricks for making an impressive digital portrait on Photoshop.

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  • Storyboarder: Free Digital Storyboarding Software
    Web & App Design

    Storyboarder: Free Digital Storyboarding Software

    This tool allows anyone to create a digital storyboard in just a few seconds, as if it were on paper The maxim that "less is more" becomes especially relevant when speaking about apps. Even more so when we discover that simplifying how they work doesn’t reduce their functionality. Storyboarder, a free and open source software for sketching stories digitally, complies perfectly with this premise, getting rid of unnecessary tools and embracing extreme simplicity to make creating a digital storyboard practically the same as doing it on paper.

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  • Download a Free Adobe Photoshop Lighting Action
    Photography

    Download a Free Adobe Photoshop Lighting Action

    Use this Photoshop action to easily and quickly edit your photos Lighting is a very important factor in the work of Carles Marsal (@carlesmarsal). The images he creates are made up of bits and pieces of other imagery, therefore taking into account light and the direction of shadows is vital to the final results. No matter how fanciful and unrealistic the subject may be, the lighting must be realistic. After perfecting his process and working with countless photos, Marsal has automated parts of his techniques and encapsulated them into a Photoshop action that helps him organize layers of light and shadow and create magical photos.

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  • Essential Shortcuts for Mastering Adobe Camera Raw
    Photography

    Essential Shortcuts for Mastering Adobe Camera Raw

    Speed ​​up your photography workflow with these Adobe Camera Raw shortcuts Raw photos are non-processed images, files that contain all the information that your camera is capable of capturing. One of the best tools for importing and editing these raw images is Adobe Camera Raw, a native Adobe plug-in for working with Raw files in both Photoshop and Lightroom, and a tool that has become indispensable for professional photographers. It is advisable to use Camera Raw whenever you are working with these types of files since its purpose is to recover all the information that the camera saved for processing the image. Then, you will be able to use any Photoshop or Lightroom editing tool on it. To increase your productivity when using the Adobe Camera Raw plug-in, use these basic keyboard shortcuts, and download a PDF file below.

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  • Photoshop Tutorial: Basic Clone Stamp Tips
    Teacher Photography

    Photoshop Tutorial: Basic Clone Stamp Tips

    Learn the basic Clone Stamp options and how to use them when retouching photos with Alain Perdomo The Clone Stamp is a very useful tool for photo retouching in Photoshop, but it is important to use it correctly and know all the customization options that the software allows us. Digital artist Alain Perdomo (@alainperdomo) shares these tips to get the most out of it. You can see the tutorial here:

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  • Free Download: 5 Photoshop Brushes for Digital Painting
    Illustration

    Free Download: 5 Photoshop Brushes for Digital Painting

    Samuel Smith shares a collection of his favorite brushes for digital illustration The possibilities of digital painting are only getting better and more exciting. Visual Development Artist Samuel Smith (@samuelsmith), after some years of hard work and dedication, achieved an understanding of this creative discipline, and he started to work on important animation projects and was hired by SPA, Spain, as a color artist. He has worked on many commercials, TV shows, and two feature films: Klaus for SPA Studios and another upcoming animated film for Illumination Studios.

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  • 5 Timelapses That Highlight Photoshop's Possibilities
    Illustration

    5 Timelapses That Highlight Photoshop's Possibilities

    Illustrated portraits, spectacular photomontages, and character design are some of the things Photoshop allows you to do You know it as the go-to app for photo retouching, but Adobe Photoshop offers endless possibilities that are impossible to cover at first glance. In this compilation of timelapses, you will discover some of the most incredible uses of this unmatched design and retouching program, which most professional illustrators and photo editors choose to work with. Drawing Grimes with Felixantos (@felixantos) Starting with a photograph of the famous singer and a blank canvas, illustrator Felixantos shows us the complete process of drawing a real-life character. Beginning with the main lines and then adding color, highlights, and shadows using the tools Photoshop offers, he finishes a portrait with caricaturesque touches that highlight Grimes's most striking features.

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  • Photoshop Tutorial: Rendering Hair and Eyes
    Teacher Design

    Photoshop Tutorial: Rendering Hair and Eyes

    Learn from Bearbrickjia how to use rendering techniques for hair and eyes in Photoshop Though there are many elements to consider when creating an illustration, a portrait truly comes to life in its details. By adding personality and depth, these seemingly small aspects can transform a basic illustration into a larger work of art. For many artists, drawing hair is one of the biggest challenges they face. From how it flows to the texture of the wisps, it’s a detail that can be difficult to capture if you’re starting from scratch. Similarly, eyes, the windows to the soul, are a powerful detail in conveying the humanity and internal depth of a character. In this tutorial Karmen Loh, also known as Bearbrickjia (@bearbrickjia), demonstrates how you can use brushes in Photoshop to render eyes and hair, and how to use the liquify tool to refine your final image. Find out more below:

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  • How to Make a Rotoscope Animation in Photoshop
    Illustration

    How to Make a Rotoscope Animation in Photoshop

    Learn how to create an animation with the rotoscope technique using Adobe Photoshop in just six steps Rotoscoping is a technique that involves redrawing a shape—tracing each scene with any drawing technique—frame by frame, based on a sequence of real action images, like a video clip. This generates a silhouette with realistic movement that can be used as a reference to animate a character. The technique was used in films such as A Scanner Darkly or Waking Life by Richard Linklater. One of the experts in this technique is Gonzalo Cordero (@gonzalo_cordero), illustrator, animator, and motionographer who will teach us how to create a rotoscope animation in Adobe Photoshop, which is the perfect way to familiarize yourself with this kind of animation.

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  • What Is Cloning in Photoshop?
    Photography

    What Is Cloning in Photoshop?

    The Photoshop clone stamp allows naturally retouching an image as if you were working with a brush When we talk about cloning in Photoshop, we are talking about an image retouching tool that allows you to copy an area of ​​the image exactly, and paint it in a new place with the brush. This tool is often used to remove unwanted objects within an image, soften shadows or textures, edit photographs, or create a natural transition between tones and textures. The clone stamp: a powerful retouching tool The clone stamp is one of the favorite tools of those who work in photo editing using Photoshop since it allows them to retouch and edit the image from samples taken of the original photograph, thus achieving a perfect result. Since it works as a digital brush—its size, hardness, and shape can be modified—it is very easy to adapt it to each project. This allows editing the smallest details without the viewer noticing that the image has been manipulated.

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  • Discover the Pioneers of the Photomontage
    Photography

    Discover the Pioneers of the Photomontage

    No, the montage wasn't invented by Photoshop. Discover in this video how photographers were "fooling" people over a century ago For many, digital photography has done away with the sincerity of analog. What they don't know is that analog photography, although we have always been assured that it captures reality as faithfully as possible, is not entirely reliable either. As early as the 19th century, just a few decades after the invention of photography, there were several instances that show how the construction of alternate realities was already part of the essence of analog photography. Pioneers who were innovating long before the dawn of Adobe.

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  • Free Download: Fantasy Portrait Brushes Pack for Photoshop
    Teacher Illustration

    Free Download: Fantasy Portrait Brushes Pack for Photoshop

    Artist Karmen Loh (Bearbrickjia) shares this collection of brushes for amazing portraits Karmen Loh, better known as Bearbrickjia (@bearbrickjia), is an illustrator from Malaysia whose experience has allowed her to work in the video game industry, participating in productions such as Street Fighter V or Steel Circus, among others. As a freelancer, she has managed to position her fantastic style in her illustration work, and one of the keys to achieving perfection in her work has been the configuration of brushes that help her achieve her style.

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  • How to Create an Animated Web Series
    3D & Animation

    How to Create an Animated Web Series

    Sociedad Fantasma shows us the process behind the creation of R.T., an alien that tries to sympathize with humanity Sociedad Fantasma (@sociedadfantasma) is a storytelling studio founded by Carlos Rupit, Gabriel Pichardo, and Lizeth Rodríguez, devoted to telling great stories through illustration and animation. This path has led them to work with brands like Netflix, Gatorade, Google, and Nike, but also to develop their projects, such as their web series UFUCK_U, where a curious alien tries to fit into daily human life. This project demonstrates this Mexican studio's experience in crafting stories, characters, illustration, color management, and animation–the foundations of their work. These are the main steps Sociedad Fantasma takes to make an episode of its series.

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  • Architectural Illustration Tutorial: How to Add Shadows in Photoshop
    Teacher Illustration

    Architectural Illustration Tutorial: How to Add Shadows in Photoshop

    Learn how to add shadows to an architectural illustration, and why they’re so important, with Carlo Stanga There are a million tiny details that set different cities apart, but one important one that we often forget about is their light. The warmth of Mediterranean sunlight, or the cool evening of a colder climate helps to create an atmosphere that makes each location unique. Even the same city can look radically different depending on the season or time of day. The importance of adding shadows to your architectural illustration goes beyond making your image look three-dimensional, says award-winning Italian illustrator Carlo Stanga (@carlo_stanga). By playing with light, we can better define the elements, materials, and shapes that compose a scene, adding personality and context. In this tutorial, Carlo demonstrates how we can use Adobe Photoshop to create shadows in an architectural illustration that are both realistic and whimsical, illustrating not just a place but also an atmosphere.

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  • Photoshop Tutorial: How to Scan or Import Your Character Sketch
    Teacher Illustration

    Photoshop Tutorial: How to Scan or Import Your Character Sketch

    Learn different ways you can digitally import your sketch with Joel Santana It probably sounds obvious, but it bears repeating: how you handle the first steps of any creative project will make a huge difference, not just in the outcome but also in terms of how easy or difficult your process is. From preparing your canvas (either digital or physical) to putting together a mood board that will serve as your guide once you begin to paint, these steps are crucial and, thankfully, they don’t have to be complicated. In this tutorial, character designer Joel Santana (@themaddhattr) explains the best ways to import your sketches into Adobe Photoshop so that you can begin working on them.

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  • 5 Free Tutorials To Be a Photoshop Expert
    Teacher Design

    5 Free Tutorials To Be a Photoshop Expert

    With these 5 tutorials, you will improve the quality of your projects in Adobe Photoshop Enhance your experience with this image editing software, learning how to make the most of each of its tools and functions. For that, we share five practical tutorials that will help you master Adobe Photoshop much more efficiently and quickly. Tutorial: 6 Great Brushes for Digital Painting Using Adobe Photoshop for digital illustration is one of the most common applications of this software, which allows artists, creatives and designers of all levels to build characters, scenarios and objects out of their imagination. The use of custom brushes can also give extra character to our drawings and illustrations. In the following video tutorial, character designer Joel Santana (@themaddhattr) shares his favorite Adobe Photoshop brushes for digital painting. Santana uses them for creative tasks ranging from sketching to color application, and they give a good example of the wide variety of textures offered by Photoshop custom brushes. Find out below:

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  • Free Download: Photoshop Brush Pack
    Illustration

    Free Download: Photoshop Brush Pack

    Felixantos shares over 70 brushes for illustration and concept art Víctor Félix Díaz (@felixantos) is a Peruvian concept artist and illustrator. He specializes in the creation of characters and settings, as well as portraits and caricatures. He has worked in advertising, animation and video game projects. His concept art style consists of turning everyday characters into the protagonists of stories with attractive narratives.

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  • How to Make a Paper Cut Out Effect in Adobe Photoshop
    Illustration

    How to Make a Paper Cut Out Effect in Adobe Photoshop

    It looks like a paper cut out, but it's done digitally from start to finish. We show you how to create this effect using Adobe Photoshop A paper cut out effect tries to achieve the look of several superimposed layers of paper to create depth in a design. Cutting paper has proven to be a highly versatile technique in advertising, pop-up books, and mask making. It is the perfect example of how, with the simplest tools, such as paper, scalpel, glue, and scissors, you can create spectacular and highly complex work of art. The technique is simple, but, in the real world, it requires significant manual labor and the appropriate materials. Here, we will show you how to create the same look completely digitally, using only Photoshop:

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  • Cleaning and perfecting skin in Photoshop
    PLUS Teacher Photography

    Cleaning and perfecting skin in Photoshop

    Alain Perdomo goes through a series of editing methods for fantasy portraits in Photoshop The process of retouching skin in a photo can achieve a professional result if it’s done with care. The following methods to correct details of the face and skin in a portrait will ensure spectacular results in your photos. Alain Perdomo (@alainperdomo) is a digital artist, photographer, and editor, focused mainly in cinema and advertising photography for fashion and beauty. In the following video, he shares his methods to retouch and perfect the skin to accomplish a fantasy effect:

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  • Photoshop Tutorial: 3 Ways to Save Your Images
    Teacher Photography

    Photoshop Tutorial: 3 Ways to Save Your Images

    Learn from Carol Lopes the 3 ways to save a file in Photoshop so that you can edit, print, or share it on social media Saving an image file in Photoshop may sound simple, but it requires following different steps depending on what you want to do with your image. In this tutorial, post-production expert and photographer Carol Lopes (@carol_lopes) will teach you three ways to save your images: one so that you can continue to edit later, one so that you can print, and another for sharing on social media. Watch the tutorial in the video below:

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  • Tutorial: How to Cut an Image in Photoshop in Less Than 5 min
    Teacher Photography

    Tutorial: How to Cut an Image in Photoshop in Less Than 5 min

    Learn how to cut out objects from photos using the Polygonal Lasso Tool in Adobe Photoshop, and get them ready to animate in After Effects Photoshop–the most popular editing software in the world–is the best tool for cutting out objects or figures from photos. Once the selected part of the photo has been cut out, you can add any background, correct mistakes, or apply it to other images to create a collage. Today, we share a step-by-step guide, which is suitable even for those who are new to Photoshop. Given that the edges of an animated object needn’t be perfect, this is a great exercise for those who haven’t used this technique before and need some practice.

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  • Photoshop Tutorial: How to Flatten Your Character
    Teacher Illustration

    Photoshop Tutorial: How to Flatten Your Character

    Learn the steps and techniques to color your illustrations on Adobe Photoshop, with Joel Santana Where do we start coloring our new character, once we've decided on how it will look? How do we choose the right color palette to communicate its personality? How can we apply all this to its digital illustration? Character design specialist Joel Santana (@themaddhattr) shows us how to color our creations with Photoshop, using the flattening technique, in the following video tutorial:

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  • Photoshop Tutorial: 6 Great Brushes for Digital Painting
    Illustration

    Photoshop Tutorial: 6 Great Brushes for Digital Painting

    Discover illustrator Joel Santana's favorite Photoshop brushes for character design Using Adobe Photoshop for digital illustration is one of the most common applications of this software, which allows artists, creatives and designers of all levels to build characters, scenarios and objects out of their imagination. The use of custom brushes can also give extra character to our drawings and illustrations. In the following video tutorial, character designer Joel Santana (@themaddhattr) shares his favorite Adobe Photoshop brushes for digital painting. Santana uses them for creative tasks ranging from sketching to color application, and they give a good example of the wide variety of textures offered by Photoshop custom brushes. Find out below:

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  • Challenge: Draw a Character in 5 Minutes Using Photoshop
    Illustration

    Challenge: Draw a Character in 5 Minutes Using Photoshop

    Joel Santana, the character designer and illustrator, faces the Domestika Challenge Joel Santana's career (@themaddhattr) extends from illustrations for advertising campaigns, to packaging and toy design. He has developed projects for well-known brands such as Walt Disney World Orlando and Champs Sports. But now he faces a challenge he has never faced before... In this Domestika Challenge, the illustrator only has five minutes to draw a character from scratch using a graphic tablet and Photoshop. Will he succeed? Find out in the next video:

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