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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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Advanced colour correction Colour grading is much more than just making colours match from shot to shot – it’s also a way of selectively changing the look and feel of a clip. Here’s how… |
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Bring 2D Images to Life Photoshop’s Blur tools can really bring your photo composites to life. Use them imaginatively and it’s surprisingly easy to add real depth and create a superb sense of action in no time at all |
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Fairground graphics Part Victoriana, part folk art, fairground imagery is enjoying something of a renaissance. But how can it be recreated digitally? Sam Chivers reveals the techniques behind the style |
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Graffiti-style Flash French graffiti artist turned graphic designer Nicolas Dhennin reveals how to create distinctive layered graffiti-style imagery using Photoshop and Flash’s under-used, and much undervalued, bitmap capabilities |
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