Let's take a black and white (or one color image) and colorize part of it! Not all that hard to do, really. (smile)

We'll start with this:

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I'm sure you've seen the popular effect that features letters entering the left of an icon and then seeming to strike and 'bounce off' the right side -- have you wondered how this was done?

Thanks to fellow moderator Brian, I've got a new way to do this myself that's both easy and quick! (Thanks, Brian!)

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One of the members of psp8_fun recently requested help creating a blend that was similar to one she'd seen...

Here's what we'll end up with doing this tutorial:

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This is an intermediate tutorial, but can be attempted by anyone, even a beginner. Actually, beginners may learn useful ways of working with layers and selections. This tutorial requires both PSP7 and AS3.We'll be learning two things during this tutorial ( Read more... )

Well, I had hoped to have this up before Christmas, but you all know how that goes. (smile) Such a busy month!

Anyway, seeing as there are many snowy months of winter ahead of us, here's a very easy way to make a snowy icon!

This tutorial requires the use of both PSP and AS3.

I'll start with these:


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A Basic Blend -- Red, White and Blue! (for PSP7)

Here's a 'red-white-and-blue' blend -- very simple (basic) to create!

It ends up looking like this:


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Icon-Enhancing -- Making a Custom Handwriting Brush

-THE SHORT VERSION-I'm hoping to make this the FIRST post in a series of icon-making/icon-enhancing tutorials. I'll try to keep them simple and easy to follow -- but feel free to let me know if you get lost along the way! OK? Great ( Read more... )

Icon-Enhancing -- Making a Custom Handwriting Brush

-THE LONG VERSION-I'm hoping to make this the FIRST post in a series of icon-making/icon-enhancing tutorials. I'll try to keep them simple and easy to follow -- but feel free to let me know if you get lost along the way! OK? Great ( Read more... )

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In this tutorial, you'll learn how to make this icon
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