Explore this beginner s guide to 12 of the most useful tools in Photoshop to find out what they do, where to find them, how to use them, and a few tips and tricks for getting the most out of them.
Photoshop Tips: Textures, Patterns, and Gradients
How to create and use them Credit: Rob Schultz
Some of the greatest features in Photoshop are the text, object, and image effects such as Textures, Patterns, Gradients, and Styles.
Styles are those amazing special effects that you see rolling across the screen on movie titles and popping off book covers, posters, and billboards. They are made from textures and gradients, in addition to text, shapes, photos, illustrations, and other objects, plus loads of colors and special effects. Styles make text and objects beautiful, chilling, outrageous, fantastic, and even scary.
Check out these book covers I created for several published authors. You can do this, too. Let’s dive in and create some awesome textures, patterns, and gradients.
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