Designs By Mark - Photoshop Tips, Tricks & Tutorials Latest Tips (Jan-9-00) Pushed in Buttons Making the up state and down state of 2 different types of web buttons. Metallic Texture  Create a brushed metal surface using this classic method. Techno Dots Create those trendy dots seen in many designs. Photoshop Updates    • Windows    • Macintosh   Photoshop Books Browse thru and check out some of the best Photoshop and Illustrator books available. Most of these Photoshop tips should work fine with version 5. Some however are made for version 4.0 and new ones just for version 5.5. You will find beginner and more advanced tutorials to do. Have fun.    20 Photoshop Quick Tips! Basics & Tools Circles & Squares Learn some basics of Photoshop. Make a Triangle Wanna know how to make a fast accurate triangle? The Eraser tool Now you've made some objects, lets erase them. Slicing up images for HTML. This is a very simple way to do it. The Pen Tool How the Pen Tool works. Also includes tutorial. Transparent GIF Make a GIF image transparent over any background. PS 5.0 Custom Brushes  Make your own custom brushes and make painting fun! Stroking Basics How to use the Stroke command. Outlining shapes etc. Screen Captures How to take screen shots for both PC and Macintosh. Sparkles Give your image a little shine by using this brush. Type Effects Baby Blue Text Another clean 3D text tip using Photoshop Effects! Quick 3D Text Make it with out lighting FX or Gradients. Heated Metal Text Get that realistic hot steel surface look on letters. 3D Pop Out Create cool 3D looking letters. Pushed In Letters. Sink text in to your background. Gold Text Check out my new tutorial. Make all different types of gold. Grungy Text A splattered, distorted grunge style text effect. Cut Text out of  a Background Make that chiseled text dug out look. Text  around a circle. When you need to do circler text in Photoshop. Layer Effects How to make Drop Shadows, Bevels and more! Texture  Text Effects Fill type in with any texture. Chrome Text Make real world chrome with reflection maps. Techno Text A 3D text tip with techno style dots. Menus & Buttons Square button Make a basic square beveled button. Basic 3D A simple way to make a little 3D button. The Mound A button that pops out of a texture or background. Interface Overview If you're new to this, start here. Rounded Corners Make your interface frames nice and rounded. Air Brush Beveling Make that 3D look on a control panel. Placing text on a button. Make letters look pushed in a little. Basic Interface Make a control pad you can use on your web site. Rounded end Buttons Make a popular shaped web button. Pushed in Buttons Making the up state and down state of 2 different types of web buttons. Miscellaneous Tips TV Scan Lines Applying the trendy screen lines over a photo. Screws Start screwing your graphics. Chunky Rust Make a rustic metal texture. Old Gold Texture Another texture that has a gold metal finish to it. Knock on Wood Looks like hard Oak to me. Make a wood texture. Paste into Image Insert a Photo or image inside a TV screen or frame. Cracks It's time to rip up some metal! Enhancing Images Fix and jazz up your photos for the web. Extract feature Isolate images from their backgrounds. Logo BG Pattern A cool way to make a logo pattern for your page. Wall Pattern Learn how to make that wall texture seen everywhere. Photo touch up Use the rubber stamp tool to remove unwanted spots on a photo. Seamless Backgrounds Making webpage background patterns. Dirty Screen  An interesting texture that looks like a dirty screen. Text Panel Make a transparent text panel with drop shadow over an image or Photo. Metallic Texture  Create a brushed metal surface using this classic method. Techno Dots Create those trendy dots seen in many designs. Working with small text Better readability with small fonts and type. Designs By Mark © 1997 - 2000 Mark Monciardini All Rights Reserved.Only permitted Images and Material may be downloaded from this web site. Photoshop, Illustrator and Image Ready are registered trademarks of Adobe Systems, Inc.