Matrix Code Tutorial

1: This is a very simple tutorial that been banded all over the web since the launch of The Matrix: Reloaded and only uses a few filters. Start off with any size image, but bear in mind that the size of the 'code' will not change, and so it might be worth starting large and scaling down. For the purposes of this tutorial, I'll use a 200x200...

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Orbs Tutorial

1: Similar to the gems covered elsewhere on the site, orbs have a glassy quality and are perfect for buttons, compnents of larger images, etc. Start with a blank canvas; I'm using 400x400. Make a dark grey (about 80%) circle in the middle by using the elliptical shape tool whilst holding shift and making sure its rasterised, or fill an elliptical...

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Metal Text Tutorial

1: We're going to try to get a really metallic chrome effect on our text, using curves and other features in Photoshop. Start off with a large canvas, the larger the better - I'm using 800x800. Make some text and have it a light-medium grey, in the example I'll use #B3B3B3. Start off by using a nice big bevel and emboss with settings similar to...

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Energy Blast

Vertical Line Create a new image. For this tutorial, I used 500x500. Fill the background with a dark color. I used #1b1b32. Create a new layer then double click on that layer, and name it blast. Create a vertical line on the blast layer by using the Rectangular Marquee Tool...

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Metal Orb

Metal Orb Step 1First of all, lets start out with our base used for the orb. The base layers I used are recycled from a skin I made and look like this. It doesn't really matter how you make your since most of it is covered by the lcd anyways. Step 2Next you would need to add the lcd display. In my case I used the color #5B7168. I'd suggest that you...

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UFO Glow

1 Create the Text You can press D to reset to default colors, and then Then press ALT + BACKSPACE to fill with the foreground color (black). Start with a new image 1000x500 and fill the background with black. Set your foreground color to #042040. Create a new text...

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