Pointing Finger Icon

Posted 5 July, 2007 in Other Stuff

A Glassy shiny glossy web 2.0 hand pointing at what ever is interesting. See more similar icons on the web 2.0 icons page.

Sorry it is pointing left if you needed one pointing right. I will see if I can’t do another when I have time.

Web 2.0 Speech Bubble and Button

Posted 4 July, 2007 in Other Stuff

I have added another speech bubble to the list of web 2.0 icons. A slight variation on others.

Also I have added a new blue button to the Free Buttons Page.

Super Stripe Blending Tutorial

Posted 3 July, 2007 in Other Stuff

Blending two images using stripes can be a rather cool way of blending images. The achieve the above image follow the steps laid out below. This tutorial is for Photoshop.

1. Get two images. I have used Superman and Spiderman.

2. Create a new layer for image 1. In this case, Superman and create a gradient fill from top to bottom, from back to white using the Gradient tool set to Linear Gradient.

3. Filter > Distort > Wave. Set Generators to 999. Wavelength Min and Max to 4. Scale 100%. Type: Square. Repeat Edge Pixels. You should get the following:

4. Now set the Layer Style Blend Mode… Layer > Layer Style > Blending Options. Set Blend Mode to Multiply.

5. Using the Magic Wand Tool with settings Tolerance 1, no Anti-aliased and no Contiguous, select one of the black stripes. This should select all the black stripes.

6. Now Shift+Ctrl+i to invert the selection and press Shift+Ctrl+c to copy the image. This should copy everything other than the black stripes.

7. Now paste it over the Spiderman image!

Finished.

As a bonus feature, you might want to save the stripes mask as it is very useful to have around for other images.