Photoshop Tutorial
May 25, 2010
So I have decided that image editing is a vital and serious part of building and maintaining landing pages and really any web page at all. That’s why i decided to go ahead and take the LAP that shows you all about Photoshop CS4 (and yes I am already outdated..).
Anyhow, I was assigned a project where i had to choose a Photoshop layout tutorial to build a prototype for a web page. I chose a layout that had to do with a dating agencies offer page. I chose this because it is in direct relation with some of the offers i have promoted in the past. This tutorial showed me a few things as far as using what i already know how to use in CS4.
Though this tutorial was created in an older version of photoshop, i could really see that there are many many times where you have to use layer styles. It seems like every chance you get to use a layer style, you will most likely use one. Also copying things into new layers with the move tool and using the organic shape tool to create things in columns was used a lot. I must say though, the most useful thing i have learned from this tutorial would be the constant use of the drop shadow. You see how much of a difference it can make in the way something looks. It just makes everything you apply it to look that much better. By giving text, backgrounds, and other objects a drop shadow you’re giving your project that contrasting difference between good and great.
Prototype for dating offer.
