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Raster and vector collide Creating eye-catching imagery for print can be a balancing act between the two distinct worlds of computer-based design. Scott Hansen shows you how to get explosive results in Photoshop… |
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Painting with light Recreating the work of an old master, Chuck Anderson uses Photoshop brushes and glow tricks to create stunning light effects that look so real people are sure to look twice. Follow these steps and find out how it’s done |
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Find freedom with FreeHand As well as being a great vector drawing package, FreeHand is an excellent layout application – offering great freedom and flexibility with imported images and icons… |
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Trace and paint Use Adobe Illustrator CS2 to ink and colour a traditional comic-style drawing… |
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Distress your fonts Looking to give your fonts a grungy, distressed effect? Then look no further. Thomas Schostok explains how to vectorize your bitmaps using Illustrator CS2’s new LiveTrace function to modify a typeface in FontLab 4 |
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Transparency tricks Derek Lea explains how to add transparency to your objects and vary their Blending Modes within Illustrator to achieve rich, multi-layered, vector-based art that surpasses simple sections of solid, flat colour |
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Organic imagery There’s no easy way to create an organic, atmospheric palette in Photoshop. It takes plenty of manual work combined with a knowledge of colour and digital blending. Nigel Dennis shows you how |
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Illustrate in Flash It may not be your first choice of illustration program, but Flash has some unique vector drawing tools that will change the way you work. Trevor Van Meter reveals the skills you need to use this new approach to best effect |
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