Graphics How-Tos

Create a Searchlight in Photoshop

Whip up a Hollywood-style spotlight effect with realistic-looking beams of light in Photoshop CS3.

HerGeekness Says: Convert Any File Part II

In case of file-conversion emergency, start with a PDF!

Make Vector Splashes

Get all Jackson Pollock and make a splash -- literally. Then use Illustrator's easy Live Trace feature to bring your art into the digital world.

Transform a Busy Photo into a Strong Silhouette

When you want a clean, strong image for a print or Web project, use Illustrator to turn a photo into a striking silhouette.

How to Break into T-Shirt Design

T-shirt design is huge, and thanks to online stores like Threadless, you don't have to open a brick-and-mortar storefront or even build your own Web site to see success.

Rehabilitate Old Photos

Good photo rehabilitation goes beyond repairing typical tears and fading to rebuilding important, but initially unsatisfactory, images that recover the emotional impact of an event. And clients pay a lot for that!

QuarkXPress Tips: Graphically Speaking

Good design does not live by text alone. To master QuarkXPress, add these image-oriented tricks to your workflow.

Create Web Animations in Photoshop CS3

Animate banner ad and graphic objects; transform their shape, size, color; or replace them entirely.

Make Editable Arrows in Photoshop

Create vector arrows you can color, warp, resize, flip, shadow, emboss, and more.

Create a Reflection Effect in Photoshop CS3

Mirror, mirror, how do you get a realistic reflection of your image? In Photoshop CS3, it's easy to mirror images using the Clone Source feature with the Clone Stamp Tool and Healing Brush.

Sidewalk Serendipity

Street photography hones your vision, improves your technical skills, and heightens your reflexes. Plus, it's free and legal!

Get Dynamic in Photoshop

HDR is one of the hottest trends in photography. Learn how to shoot, merge, and tone-map photos to extend the dynamic range and produce those painted-looking results so in demand right now.

InDesign Transparency: No Longer the Forbidden Fruit

With this advice, you can reap the rewards of transparency and never hear those dreaded words, "It won't print!"

Create Clipping Paths without Photoshop

Here's how to cut out an image using only QuarkXPress.

Selectively Adjust Color in Photoshop

To change the hue of only part of an image and not obscure details underneath the new color, try these techniques.

Illustrator How-to: This Technique is a Real Knockout

Thanks to the Knockout Group checkbox in the Transparency panel, you can accomplish the seemingly impossible in Illustrator.

A Monstrous Photoshop Technique

Learn how to take images to the creative edge, and break all the rules in the process!

10 Quick Macro Shooting Tips

Eliminate the variables, and you'll end up with nothing but great shots.

Illustrator How-to: Why the Appearance Panel Rocks

Although the Appearance panel has been around since Illustrator 9, many people don't realize how helpful it really is. This tutorial gets you up to speed.

Turn Color Photos into Duotones in Photoshop

You can transform one photograph into a wide variety of duotones to use in print or on the Web.