Posts Tagged ‘graphic design

How To Make Simple Glassy Buttons in Photoshop

No Web 2.0 Web site is complete without a smattering of glass-like buttons. This simple Photoshop tutorial quickly shows you how to make these little buggers in a jiffy. The process is quite simple, but I’ve spelled it out with as much detail as possible for any new-comers to Photoshop. Obviously, if you’ve experience, just scan for gist ;-) .

glassy button 01The desired result.

Step 1: Open a new Photoshop file. You can make it any size you want, but for …

Free Stock Photography

779192_31958571.jpgI love photography, and whenever possible I like to shoot as much of my own imagery to be used in my designs.

Sometimes, however, it’s just not practical or possible to get out and take the photo you need yourself – enter stock photography.

In and of itself, stock photography is nothing new. Designers have always used stock photography as a way to spice up everything from magazine layouts to identity and collateral materials.

Where things have changed though is …