March 2018

VR, AR and the Future of Immersive Storytelling | Adobe Creative Cloud

Everyone wants to know about Virtual Reality…what is it, what it can do and where is it going? On this episode of Make It, Jason takes us into the future of storytelling and strategy with some of the mavericks of VR and AR: Grant Anderson, Matt Lewis from Practical Magic and Chris Bobotis of Adobe.

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Grant Anderson: https://www.linkedin.com/in/grantmaddenanderson/
Matt Lewis: http://www.practicalmagic.tv/team.html
Chris Bobotis: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-bobotis-3141b211/

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How to Design a Website in GIMP (2018)

In this GIMP tutorial, I’ll show you how to design a website using this free and powerful photo manipulation program. This design is useful for front-end web designers or graphic designers who want to design a website, home page, or landing page to send off to a developer. This tutorial uses GIMP 2.9.8, which is the latest version of GIMP, also called the “Development Version.”

Download the images used in this tutorial free from Pixabay (always run downloads with a virus scanner):
https://pixabay.com/en/wood-wooden-table-desktop-aerial-3182655/
https://pixabay.com/en/ipad-tablet-technology-touch-820272/
https://pixabay.com/en/macbook-apple-imac-computer-screen-606763/
https://pixabay.com/en/office-home-glasses-workspace-820390/
https://pixabay.com/en/write-plan-business-startup-593333/

Download Twitter and Facebook icons from Icon Finder:
https://www.iconfinder.com/icons/734367/media_online_social_twitter_icon#size=256

Download the .XCF (native GIMP file format) GIMP Website Template used in this tutorial (includes guide placement):
https://www.daviesmediadesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/GIMP-Bootstrap-Template-12-grid.xcf

This in-depth tutorial is perfect for all skill levels! You’ll learn a variety of techniques, while using tons of tools and features found in GIMP. Some examples include working with layers, importing images, using layer masks, using guides to design your site within Twitter bootstrap (a standard and popular layout style for websites), using the text tool, using the gradient tool, and more!

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https://www.daviesmediadesign.com/tutorials/

Enroll in Our GIMP Photo Editing Course:
https://www.udemy.com/gimp-photo-editing/

Download the “Development Version” of GIMP (2.9.8):
https://www.gimp.org/downloads/devel/

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BLACK PANTHER Text Effect in Photoshop – How To Use Layer Styles Like a PRO

In this Photoshop tutorial, you will learn how to recreate the Black Panther movie poster text effect.

To recreate this text effect we will use stacks of Layer Styles to create the texture, chrome, and other effects found in this movie poster text effect.

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📘 INDEX – Black Panther Text Effect Photoshop Tutorial

01:06 – Applying Texture to The Text
01:28 – Highlights / Shadows on Text using Layer Styles
04:50 – Main Bevel With the Bevel & Emboss Style
13:25 – Extrusion Edge using Repeat Transformation
17:38 – Extrusion Main
21:33 – Lines Inside of Text with Vector Shapes
25:33 – Lens Flares on Text using Blending Modes

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BLACK PANTHER Text Effect in Photoshop [How To Use Layer Styles Like a PRO]

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