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Newest Textures and backgrounds Photoshop Tutorials

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Vintage fantasy map of your area

A cool and simple tutorial showing how to turn a map from google or yahoo into a vintage style version.

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Falling Matrix Code Effect

Watched the Matrix? Love their falling codes? but don't know how to replicate it on your work? Here is a newbie's guide in adding a similar effect under 1 minute of work.

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Metallic Styles in Photoshop

In this tutorial we're going to create a metallic effect using layer styles and gradients that you can apply to different objects. We'll put it on a nice background and create a style for lettering that makes it look like it's embedded into the metal. You can download the sample PSD file from the link at the bottom of the tutorial if you'd like to simply copy+paste the layer styles.

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Hazardous Red Background

This tutorial is about making a textured red background and using Photoshop's shape tool to add a design element. You can download the sample PSD file from the link at the bottom of the tutorial

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Making a Print-Ready Business Card Using Only Photoshop

In this tutorial we are going to design up a simple business card in Photoshop and get it ready for print with crop marks and bleed. Normally you'd do some of this with a tool like InDesign but it is in fact possible to get by with just our trusty old Photoshop.

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Creating A Cool 3D Web Design Effect

In this tutorial I will show you some very easy techniques, using gradients and layer styles, that we can use to produce nice subtle 3D effects in our web designs.

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Add water drops on a picture

The following simple steps will teach you how to make an image look as if someone had splashed it with water. In order to do this you will use a series of filters, layers, as well as other minor adjustments to create your drop shaped objects on the image. In the end you will learn how to make them look like more realistic by adding shadows and highlights. Follow the step by step instructions for more details.

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MSNBC Style Effect

In this tutorial I will create an effect like the one in the header of the MSNBC.com website. This effect is a reader's request tutorial.

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Creating realistic clouds

After following the next tutorial, you will know how to create realistic clouds. Photoshop has a filter you can use to create clouds, the cloud filter. This tool can be useful if you want to generate few fuzzy looking clouds. If you want to create clouds which look very realistic, you have to go deeper. You will still use the cloud filter in this tutorial, but only to create a cloud brush. Follow the step by step instructions for more details.

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The Ultimate Wood Texture Tutorial

Sure you could take a photo of some wood and use that for a texture. But the real way to separate the photoshop men from the boys is to make your own. In this tutorial we are going to create a wood texture and apply some artwork on top of it that has an aged paint feel. To begin, make a new document as shown below.

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