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August 5th, 2009
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How To Correctly Use Bevels & Drop Shadows in Photoshop
You read the advice on virtually every design blog populating the cyberspace landscape, and if you haven’t, you don’t read enough design blogs. Kidding, but seriously, people say it all the time, ‘If you want to be taken seriously as a designer, you cannot use the Bevel or Drop Shadow tools in Photoshop’. What most of these advice givers really mean to say, is that you should not use the default settings for these tools. Here I am going to show you a side-by-side comparison of the default settings and some custom settings after taking you through the tutorials to achieve the desired effects. I will start …
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Tags: Bevel, lighting, Photoshop
Posted under: Photoshop
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Plastic Glassy Text in Photoshop | Stunning Mesh
[Design]In this tutorial we are going to make a very attractive Text, you may call it Plastic Glassy Text, it is not a difficult tutorial but you will get a lot of information about Bevel etc.
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20 Fresh & Awesome Text Effect Tutorials Using Photoshop
[Design]Here are some of the 20 Fresh & Text Effects Tutorials which show you how to create a variety of popular text effects in Photoshop & Illustrator. Techniques include beveled, embossed, textured, outlined, chrome, fire, metallic, neon, glowing, dripping, plastic, 3d, and many more.
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Hands on with HTC Hero
[Gadgets]FTA: The beveled edges along the back makes the handset sit comfortably in the hand and the new Sense UI riding a capacitive touchscreen and people-centric approach to managing your information is absolutely dreamy at first blush.
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Showcase Of Well-Designed Tabbed Navigation
[Design]This post presents 50 excellent tabbed navigation menus. Many tab buttons use a slight gradient to add depth and dimension to the button, but also hover effects, radial and linear gradients, bevel and background color are used.
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How To: Using Highlights In Web Design
[Design]One of the big trends in web design right now is using highlights and bevels to separate colors. This is a very good technique, as it provides a smooth contrast between two colors and makes for a great clean look.















