In this tutorial, we’re going to create a classic, elegant clothing ad. First we start out with an image. We’ve selected an iStockphoto.com image. Now, we will crop the image to be 8.5 inches wide and 11 inches tall. Now that we’ve cropped the image, we want to change it to a grayscale image. Once the image is black and white, we go to Image – Adjustments – Levels (Command + L). We adjust it to where it is slightly overexposed ...
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In this tutorial, we’re going to create an old-fashioned billboard sign. We want to advertise Waikiki in Honolulu, Hawaii, only because it’s a nice area, and we have found some nice stock art to use for it.

First, we start with an old billboard sign, which can be found at read more

Cruising through the new edition of Dynamics Graphics magazine, I couldn't help but notice its latest "How'd they do that?" Because it is a cool effect and it is easy to do, I figured I'd pass it along to any one willing to give it a whirl. I've seen this trick done in Adobe Photoshop several different ways, but of all the methods I've seen, this seems to be the easiest in my book. It's takes very few steps and creates a very nice effect. If you have working knowledge of InDesign, then it shouldn't take but a few minutes. read more