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  • Bluescreen on a Budget

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    Bluescreen on a Budget

    Think that good-quality bluescreen effects can only be created on a Hollywood budget? Then think again. Computer Arts shows you how to make your own bluescreen studio and drop actors into 3D worlds for less than $100. Lights, Camera, Action!
  • Personalise a vintage insignia

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    Personalise a vintage insignia

    It's easy to create your own logo or insignia using old pieces of clip art, Illustrator and a photocopier, says Ryan Clark. But giving it an authentic vintage feel using type, colour and shading takes time and patience.
  • Aardman Speaks

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    Aardman Speaks

    Learn to lip sync your 3D characters the Wallace and Gromit way with this tutorial in facial animation, based on the techniques used on CG projects at the legendary studio Aardman Animations.
  • Animate sequences

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    Animate sequences

    In the super-saturated market of commercial illustration, how do you make your work stand out from the rest? It's essential that you develop original and eye-catching techniques, says Chris Roth. So try this..
  • Dynamic Lighting

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    Dynamic Lighting

    Giving your photo-montage an effective sense of depth and atmosphere is easy with Photoshop. Self-confessed Photoshop fanatic Derek Bacon lets us in on a few secrets...
  • Age your images

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    Age your images

    Photoshop expert and retro-kitsch enthusiast Don Sparrow reveals the tricks and special techniques he uses to digitally age his images in this step-by-step guide to giving your work that familiar styling of the forties and fifties.
  • Book Cover Design

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    Book Cover Design

    Kai and Sunny, the impressive design duo whose work recently appeared on the cover of the Booker Prize shortlisted , reveal the Illustrator techniques they used to create this stylish and eye-catching image.
  • Mix Photo and Vector

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    Mix Photo and Vector

    With Photoshop, you can use practically every tool and feature to enhance your images as long as you know how to mix and match. Danny Franzreb reveals how to successfully blend a range of techniques and materials. 
  • Create an Animatic

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    Create an Animatic

    After Effects is not only a top special effects app used by broadcast professionals, it's also a first-rate animation package in its own right. Nick Sneath reveals how to transform your Photoshop files into a professional animatic.
  • Halftone and Bitmap Effects

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    Halftone and Bitmap Effects

    By converting an image to bitmap you can create a striking array of textures that will add an exciting twist to your illustrations. Jason Cook explores Photoshop's bitmap-friendly tools and effects.
  • Design a Stencil

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    Design a Stencil

    If you're looking for a new, original and hands-on approach to illustration, then look no further. I Love Dust comes over all practical to produce this stunning image with stencils and spray paint, and a little help from Photoshop.
  • Rigging in Maya

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    Rigging in Maya

    Tentacled bad guys have become a blockbuster must. Computer Arts shows you how to set up a rig to animate your very own, using Maya.
  • Model Aircraft

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    Model Aircraft

    Let your 3D skills take flight with in-depth guide to modelling this Sea King helicopter using 3ds max. Follow along yourself with the included files and you'll never have to wing it again.
  • Advanced brushes and textures

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    Advanced brushes and textures

    There is a fine line between interesting repetition and boring pattern. This line is often blurred, if not dashed outright, in digital illustration thanks to our good buddy Copy and Paste.
  • Package design

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    Package design

    This tutorial shows you step by step how to create a simple package that can be personalised to showcase your work or CV in a professional manner.
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