Vertical Text Alignment | Adobe Illustrator Tutorial
Vertical Text Alignment | Adobe Illustrator Tutorial Overview With the release of Adobe Illustrator 24.3 at the end of August 2020 Adobe released a new feature labeled Vertical Text Alignment. Previously only available in InDesign, bringing this feature into Illustrator is a welcome addition. The Problem Before, if you wanted to make text align with the middle, bottom, or equally distributed vertically through the text box, you would need to resize the text box and hope it was possible (which it wasn’t with the center of the box without hidden characters). [...]
Lighten Blend Modes in Adobe Photoshop
Blend Modes Part 3 | Photoshop Tutorials 101 Overview This tutorial gives a description of what the five Lighten blend modes do in Adobe Photoshop and how they are used. These modes work well with simple photos underneath complex textures, giving a texture to the image. Lighten The Lighten blend mode utilizes the color information in each channel and selects the lighter color. Pixels lighter than this selected color are replaced, pixels lighter than the selected color stay the same. Screen The Screen blend mode [...]
What are Neural Filters in Adobe Photoshop
What are Neural Filters | Adobe Photoshop Tutorial With the release of Adobe Photoshop 22.0 in October 2020 Adobe released the next generation of filters labeled Neural Filters. Neural filters work on everything from taking repetitive Photoshop tasks such as removing acne to colorizing a black and white photo or changing a person’s expression. All with the assistance of cloud processing on some filters. Individual tutorials for each neural filter will be ongoing and constantly updated on this article. Why Create Neural Filters Before, if you wanted to do a task such as [...]
How to Use Clipping Masks | Photoshop Tutorials 201
How to Use Clipping Masks | Photoshop Tutorials 201 What are Clipping Masks? Clipping masks are a fundamental tool in the Photoshop toolkit in that they control the visibility of a layer based on the content of a parented layer. The bottom layer (mask) controls the visibility of the top layer (clipped content). Step 1 Import Layers First thing is first, we need to bring in all the layers that we will need including the mask and the clipped content. Organization is key in this stage so we will want [...]
An Introduction to Color | Color and Design
An Introduction to Color | Color and Design Overview Color, one of the seven elements of design is its own language. Perceiving the differences in light wavelengths reflecting back into the rods and cones of the eye. These wavelengths also elicits implicit feelings within ourselves. In this part of the series on color we will look at the feelings colors give to the viewer. Eventually articles will follow going more in depth into every color but for now, an introduction to color. Basic Terms Before we get into the visual [...]
