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Delicious Orange Cream Text in Photoshop

Orange Cream Text

Orange Cream Text

Carl’s Jr. has a great Orange Cream shake right now, and their Orange Cream Shakes & Malts posters are even more appealing. In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to create yummy Orange Cream shake text in Photoshop, inspired by Carls’ Jr.
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Mix Colors in Photoshop as if they were Paint

Color Mixture

Color Mixture

Photoshop uses light rather than paint to create color. Because of this, mixing colors of light is a slightly different animal from mixing paint. However in many cases, we get something similar to mixed paint when mixing two colors of light. In other cases, we get something a bit…off. I’m going to show you a technique for experimenting with color mixing in Photoshop. I’ll also show you the results of my color mixing experiments.
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Create a Vintage Linen Colortone Postcard in Photoshop CS4

Vintage Colortone Effect

Vintage Colortone Effect

Linen postcards were printed from 1930 through 1945. They have a unique and appealing look. The thick paper was embossed on the picture side to give the card a “linen” texture, and the cheap inks created vivid colors. You can create this effect using a modern photograph and Photoshop.

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Quickie Color Wheel in Photoshop

Color Wheel

Color Wheel

It’s easy to make a color wheel in Photoshop with a few simple tools.
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Become a Photoshop Expert in 10 Steps

Get an A+ in Photoshop

Get an A+ in Photoshop

After working with Photoshop since version 4 in 1999, I realize that nobody really knows every thing that Photoshop can do. This makes it a great toy and tool, because there’s always something new to discover. But you can learn most of it and keep learning. I recommend the following habits if you want to become a Photoshop Expert.
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