Hi there, welcome to the 2nd volume of the “Inspirational and Creative Web Links From PSD Vault Facebook Fan Page” series! In this post, I hand-picked 15 Inspirational and Creative Web Links From PSD Vault Facebook Fan Page, out of hundreds of links I collected in the past few months.

Meanwhile, If you wish to get more, simply join the PSD Vault Facebook Fan Page. Fresh Photoshop and design links are added everyday.

For your convenience, I have put those links into 3 categories: Photoshop tutorials, Design inspirations and other Photoshop resources.

Here goes the list, hope you enjoy them and find them useful!

Photoshop Tutorials

Creating Retro Folded Typography Using Photoshop

Create Blood and Milk Typography Poster in Photoshop

100% Non-destructive manipulation: Create a glamour scene in Photoshop

How to Break an Egg in Photoshop

Making a Book of Magical Playground Scene

Design Inspirations

40 Creative Advertisements With Unexpected Ideas

33 Amazing Examples of Monochromatic Photography

40 most breathtaking landscape wallpapers to adorn your desktop

Triangle Poster Design Inspiration: 35 Mind-Blowing Examples

25 Beautiful 3D Abstract Artwork

50 Informative and Well-Designed Infographics

Other Photoshop Resources

The Top 30 Text Effect Tutorials for Awesome Results

40 Handy Photoshop Custom Shape Sets: Save Time

35 Basic Tutorials to Get You Started with Photoshop

15 Awesome and Creative Fonts to Download

That’s it for this post! Hope you enjoy this collection and find those links useful. If you wish to get more, simply join the PSD Vault Facebook Fan Page. Fresh Photoshop and design links are added everyday.

Cheers and have a great day!

Hi there, welcome to the 1st volume of the “Inspirational and Creative Web Links From PSD Vault Facebook Fan Page” series! In this post, I hand-picked 15 Inspirational and Creative Web Links From PSD Vault Facebook Fan Page, out of hundreds of links I collected in the past few months.

Due to time limitation I can only select 15 best, and most popular links from the fanpage. So if you wish to get more, simply join the PSD Vault Facebook Fan Page now. Fresh Photoshop and design links are added every day.

For your convenience, I have put those links into three categories: Photoshop tutorials, Design inspirations and other Photoshop resources.

Here goes the list, hope you enjoy them and find them useful.

Photoshop Tutorials

Create a Realistic Landscape from Scratch with a Graphic Tablet

Combine 3D Shapes and Vectors for a Dynamic Composition

Sci-fi Environment Concept

Create a Dark Steampunk Digital Painting

How To Create A Grungy And “Sticky” Icon With Photoshop

Design Inspirations

Spectacular Photos of Crepuscular Rays

90 Creative Advertisements You Will Listen To

High Speed Photography : Frozen in Time

Examples of Amazing Animal PhotoManipulation

50 Beautiful Print Advertisements for Inspiration

Other Photoshop Resources

100+ Photography Enhancing Photoshop Actions

45 breathtakingly realistic CG Portraits of women + Tutorials

40 Best Photoshop Tutorials for Creating Fantasy Scenes

40 Outstanding Photo Manipulation Tutorials

30+ Free High Quality Gadget PSD Files

That’s it for this post! Hope you enjoy this collection and find those links useful. Cheers and have a great day!

If you have been following PSD Vault for a while, you will find a lot of my tuts and inspirational contents are grungy or abstract. As a result, I have collected tons of resources based on those two styles in my resource library and I thought I would share some of those with you :)

In this post, I included 25 Excellent Grunge Style Fonts Perfect for Abstract Design out of my collections of fonts, hope you like them and find them useful.

Inked God

28 Days Later

Rough Linen

Pulse Sans Virgin

Trashco

Broken Ghost

Gridlock’d

Times New Yorker

Soul Mission

Neo print

Laundromat

Jamai Stevie

Karabine

Grutch Shaded

Everyday Ghost

Desperado

Extravaganza

F-Rotten

Killed DJ

Rusted Plastic

That’s it for this post! Hope you enjoy it and find it useful!

Till next time, have a nice day!

In terms of Icon design, people may think of Illustrator (or any other vector-oriented software) much more often that Photoshop. However, what happen if you just want to make some icons and the only tool you have is Photoshop?

Here I collected 11 Ultra Delicious Icon Design Tutorials Done in Photoshop to show you how you can create great icons with the drawing facilities available in Photoshop. If you haven’t already seen them, take a look! You might be surprised to see how Photoshop can do :)

Here goes the list, enjoy!

Custom Hard Drive Icon

In this tutorial il show you how to create a custom hard drive icon in various colors.

Create a Jaguar Style Folder Icon

In this tutorial, we will show you how to cover an object in a Jaguar style fur texture. In this example, we’ll cover a computer folder, but this technique can be used with any other object, like a CD cover, a mouse, or even a computer.

Adobe Photoshop CS3 Style Icons

In this tutorial I will show you how to create the Adobe CS3 style icons using some basic gradients and layer styles.

Computer Icon Tutorial

For all those who have been waiting for this, here’s the computer icon video tutorial I promised. I’ve uploaded it externally as the file is too large for deviantArt.

Wii Mote Controller Tutorial

Design a stylish Wii Mote Controller Tutorial in Photoshop. Take a look!

Create a High-Gloss Graduation Hat Icon Design

Photoshop is great to use for creating quality icon designs. In this tutorial, I will teach you how to make a professional, shiny, clean graduation hat icon. The techniques in this tutorial will help you graduate to the next level in icon design.

How to Create a Cute and Adorable Twitter Icon in Photoshop

Today I will show you how I made the Cute Twitter Icons which I released a day ago.  It’s really simple actually. In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a Cute and Adorable Twitter Icon.

Draw a Speaker Icon in Photoshop

This tutorial is contributed by Sohan Negi and will show you in every details on how we can create a set of speakers icon from scratch in Photoshop.

Simple Coffee Cup Icon Photoshop Tutorial

In this tutorial we’ll be going though creating a semi-photo realistic coffee cup, with some nice frothy coffee.

Nice ‘n’ Simple Subscribe Badges

In this Photoshop tutorial we’ll be making those cool supermarket-style badges, then we’ll be turning them into subscribe buttons for your website, a must-have for any blog!

That’s it for this post! Hope you enjoy this collection and find those tutorials useful!

Cheers and have a great day!

In this post, I will share with you 25 really cool, high-res abstract style Photoshop brush sets I have in my bookmarks for your next design project. Hope you like them and find them useful :)

Personally I love those abstract style brushset because I found them quite useful when you want to add a bit of finishing touches to spice up the image. Mixing them with colors and filters, you can produce very nice effects for your image.

Here goes the list, enjoy!

Xtreme Set by ~JavierZhX

Dreamy Fantasies 2 by *TreehouseCharms

Crystalline Brush

Abstract Brushes by ~Metal-CX

Wicked Abstract III by ~Graphix-Networks

Starry Grunge by ~Rhyme2k

Fractal Chaos by ~JavierZhX

Ardcor’s Rings

N-Q Abstract Brush Set 2 by ~N-Q

Dawn Brushes by ~differentxdreamz

Debris Brush

Dreamy Fantasies 1 by *TreehouseCharms

Lionheart Abstract Brush Pack by *Bleekster

Abstract Smudge Brushes by *FortuneGfx

Silky Lights

ZIAs Smooth Abstract

Abstract Brushset XV

Enigma Brushes

Raging Dawn Brushes

Abstract Brushes Vol 8

Abstract Brushes by ~kRAKOGRAFF

Rise Brushes

Comet Brushes

Euphoria Brushes

Burning Soul

That’s it! Hope you enjoy this collection and find it useful!

Until next time, have a great day and Merry Christmas!!

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Abstract Effect, is basically design that does not have any specific purpose or meaning. I always enjoy them mainly because I feel they’re the ones that really give me maximum freedom, and particularly useful when it comes to adding some final touch-ups for any other type of design.

In this post, I will showcase 8 Elegant, Really Cool Abstract Photoshop Tutorials to boost your creativity and beautify your design. I personally have tried all these and I think they’re really well written and practical. Those effect can be applied to a wide range of works, including photo effect, web graphics and any other designs.

Try them out, and see if you can master them all :)

Enough talk, here goes the list, enjoy!

Photoshop Tutorial Abstract Light Rays

In this tutorial, the author shows a step-by-step guide of how to create a really cool abstract Light Rays in Photoshop. Very nice in my opinion, have a try!

Source: freephotoshop.ca

Abstract Lines Background

In this tutorial , the author describes the steps he took to create this Abstract Lines Background in Photoshop. Great desgin, should definitely have a go at it!

Source: tu-torial.com

Calculations And Colorization

In this Photoshop tutorial I’ll show you how to create an Alpha Channel using the Calculations dialog and we’ll use it to get a really great abstract colorized photo effect.

Source: pshero.com

Creating the new retro

The two keys to this tutorial are to experiment and to have fun. There is no single, linear way to achieve this composition when so many variables are at work, so each small alteration can throw other elements into flux. I will offer you some guidelines and pointers, but it will ultimately be up to you. So, throw on some Zeppelin and let’s get rockin’.

Source: www.computerarts.co.uk

Drawing an Abstract Lightbulb

In this tutorial, I want to cover a couple of techniques, namely Glows using layer styles, Stroking paths, Particles using brush dynamics,Bokeh effect.

Source: psdrockstar.com

Abstract lighting effects

Learn how to create a very colorful waves element with light effects in Adobe Photoshop CS4. Very Cool Effect, even if you don’t have CS4, this effect is still achivable.

Source: adobetutorialz.com

Space Lighting Effects in 10 Steps – Photoshop Tutorial

In this Photoshop tutorial I will show you how to create a space scene with some nice Lighting Effects in 10 Steps. This tutorial is simply awesome, really popular on the web, if you haven’t tried it, go ahead! You will learn so much from it!

Source: abduzeedo.com

How to Create Brilliant Light Streaks in Photoshop

Lighting effects have become quite popular, and are an effective way to add bright eye catching details to a photo or illustration. In this tutorial, you will learn a simple technique for creating brilliant light streaks which can be used in different ways to add motion and brightness to your designs.

Source: designreviver.com

That’s it for this post! Let me know what you think of those tutorials :)

Till next time, have a great day!

In this post, I will introduce 7 Highly Practical Photoshop Site Mockups I have came aross on the net from a variety of sources, plus 1 Amazingly Detailed Tutorial About Converting Them into Working Web Pages.

For the 7 mockup tutorials I have selected, although they all aim towards the same objective, the techniques used during the process can be seen differently, mainly because the difference in genre (e.g. corporate design v.s watercolour design). Interesting to see the methods the authors use to achive the end result :)

As for the convertion tutorial I included here, I personally think it’s the best and most detailed one on the net! I’m sure you will find it useful, too. Enjoy :)

Here goes the 7 Highly Practical Photoshop Site Mockups, hope you enjoy them and if you like them and find them useful as I did, give the authors/writers some applause!

Awesome Tutorial Portfolio Design

Hi dudes, our new awesome tutorial! I think this is most detailed and long web design tutorial on the web  with 175 screenshots!!! This tutorial include lots of  trendy photoshop effects.

- By PSD Themes

Create a Clean and Colorful Web Layout in Photoshop

In this tutorial I am going to show you how to create a clean corporate layout in Photoshop. The original layout was created by kuntiz from ThemeForest and I want to thank him for allowing me to write this tutorial.

- By Tutorial9

Corporate WordPress Style Layout

In this tutorial you will learn how to create a corporate wordpress styled layout. If you have any questions about this tutorial be sure to ask in the comments. Also, remember with all the tutorials, the psd is available for download.

- By PSDVibe

Create a Vibrant Modern Blog Design in Photoshop

Taking a closer look into the world of web design this tutorial will cover the process of designing a vibrant and colourful modern blog layout in Adobe Photoshop. Beginning with a blank canvas we’ll go through the process of creating the entire structure and effects from scratch.

- By Blog.Spoongraphics

Creating a Dark Layout Mockup in Photoshop

Welcome to tutorial 209, in this tutorial we’ll be creating a dark layout with some nice unique styling. We’ll also be making our very own custom patterns to go with the layout.

- By HV Designs

Create a Nice Web Portfolio Design with a Watercolored Background in Photoshop

In this step by step tutorial I explain how to realize a nice Web Portfolio Design with a Watercolored Background using two brush sets, a icon pack and some basic techniques.

- By pvmgarage.com

Graphic Design Studio Web Layout

In this tutorial i will show you how easy is to create a layout with transparent buttons. This type of layout was used lately a lot because it is the latest trend in website design.

- By Grafpedia

And here is the one amazingly detailed tutorial about how to convert your design into working page. I personally found it very useful, especially for beginners who have limited knowledge about HTML/CSS.

Converting a Photoshop Mockup

In this first-ever video podcast, I start the conversion process of an Adobe Photoshop mockup of a website, into a real live CSS based website.

- By Chris Coyier from css-tricks.com

That’s it for this post! I hope you find those links/articles useful, and good luck with the mockups :)

Till next time, have a great day!

Have you ever come across an amazing looking photo that has vibrant colour and huge depth, and you wondered how on earth could this image be created in the first place? If you have, you probably bumped into one of those HDR (High Dynamic Range) images.

In this post, I have included 30 Mind-blowing HDR Images + 10 Articles that I found useful on How to Generate Them. Hopefully those wonderful works would inspire you, and the articles can get you started on HDR image processing.

I would love to hear from you about the experience you have for this respective, simply drop me a comment below and we can all learn together!

Here is a bit of definition I found on Wikipedia about HDR:

In image processing, computer graphics, and photography, high dynamic range imaging (HDRI or just HDR) is a set of techniques that allows a greater dynamic range of luminances between light and dark areas of a scene than normal digital imaging techniques. The intention of HDRI is to accurately represent the wide range of intensity levels found in real scenes ranging from direct sunlight to shadows.

Here is the list of 30 Mind-blowing HDR Images from deviantArt.com (you can click on the image to view them on deviantArt.com and access the author’s homepage from there)

Got inspired and want to know more about HDR? here are some articles about HDR that I found useful:

How to Create Professional HDR Images

Photoshop CS2 has a little-known (it seems) built-in HDR assembler that, while lacking the “make my photo look like a bucket of saturated paints gone awry” tone-mapping features of Photomatix, is capable of creating extremely realistic or extremely surreal HDR images.

Simple Guide To HDR

HDR images are generated by taking multiple pictures of the same scene at different exposure settings and combining them digitally on a computer. Generally, the more pictures that are taken at different exposure settings the better the resulting HDR image will be.

High Dynamic Range (HDR) Photography in Photoshop CS2

High dynamic range (HDR) images enable photographers to record a greater range of tonal detail than a given camera could capture in a single photo.  This opens up a whole new set of lighting possibilities which one might have previously avoided—for purely technical reasons.

Adobe Photoshop CS3 Tutorial – HDR – High Dynamic Range

Contrary to popular opinion – what you see is not what you always get. You may be able to see the detail in those dark shadows and bright highlights when the sun is shining – but can your CCD or CMOS sensor? Contrast in a scene is often a photographer’s worst enemy. Contrast is a sneak thief that steals away the detail in the highlights or shadows (sometimes both).

HDR Photos and Photoshop

In the real world, the dynamic range far exceeds what our eyes are capable of seeing and what our monitors and printers are capable of displaying. With high dynamic range (HDR) images, you can create images that can store a larger dynamic range.

The Definitive Guide to Realistic High Dynamic Range Images

This tutorial will attempt to demonstrate how to make a realistic HDR, one that is virtually indistinguishable from a single exposure. The biggest goal is producing a tutorial that can stand as a standard by which anyone can learn to create a balanced HDR. Ultimately, the processing choices are yours.

Merge to HDR in Photoshop CS2

Everything has limits, and the technical evolution of photography during the past 150 years has largely been about overcoming the craft’s limitations. Dynamic range though is one of the limitations that hasn’t yielded much over the years to technology’s inexorable advances.

Photoshop HDR

This is an article about Photoshop HDR imaging. The following HDR workflow is explained in detail:

Merging photos to an HDR image
Processing the HDR image
Tone Mapping

Photoshop CS2 High Dynamic Range

Photoshop CS2, offers an intriguing new function for creating 32-bit High Dynamic Range (HDR) images. It offers the ability to combine multiple individual images with different exposures into a single 32-bit floating-point image with expanded dynamic range.

Learn how to create awesome HDRs

In this post, you’ll learn the steps you need to take to create cool HDR images. Find out how to select a great scene, and how to properly take the images.

That’s it for this “30 Mind-blowing HDR Images + 10 Useful Articles on How to Generate Them” post on psdvault.com. I hope you find this post both inspirational and useful for your learning towards HDR image processing. I would love to hear from you about the experience you have for this respective, simply drop me a comment below and we can all learn together!

“An action is a series of tasks that you play back on a single file or a batch of files—menu commands, palette options, tool actions, and so on. For example, you can create an action that changes the size of an image, applies a filter to the image for a particular effect, and then saves the file in the desired format.” – From Photoshop Help File.

The above says it all: By using Photoshop Actions, you can greatly improve your productivity and efficiency, especially if you would like to apply the same effect over and over again. I use it all the time

In this post, I have included 10 Highly Useful Articles (Intro + Roundups) that Talk About Photoshop Action, which I have in my personal collection for you to go through. Get ready for some actions!

An Intro to Actions and Photoshop Automation

Without actions you would have to walk through the process 30 times, taking hours or days to complete the task. If you had an Action script, you could be done in as little as 30 minutes, maybe sooner! Simply starting the action, typing your text, and hitting play again will create your effect.

- photoshopcafe.com

Using Photoshop Actions to automate tasks in Photoshop

Photoshop users often overlook Photoshop actions because of the misconception that this feature is difficult to master. But if you take a closer look at Photoshop actions, you will realize that they are easy to use and can in fact help you save time and increase productivity by automating things for you.

- bestdesignoptions.com

Complete Guide to Using Actions in Photoshop

Whenever you perform a repetitive task in Photoshop, you can save yourself time and effort by using actions. Helen Bradley’s quick-start guide explains what a Photoshop action is, how to find and play an action, and how to record your own.

- peachpit.com

Learn How To Automate Photoshop With Actions at Photoshop Essentials.com

In this series of Adobe Photoshop tutorials, we’re going to look at everything you need to know to get up and running with Photoshop Actions!

- photoshopessentials.com

Photoshop action to improve your photos instantly

With this Photoshop action you can quickly improve your photos without any hassle. Even If you’re guru at Photoshop, often you don’t have enough time to implement all your thorough knowledge and Photoshop tricks just to make some photos for your friends look more attractive and professional.

- garmahis.com

The Ultimate Collection Of Useful Photoshop Actions

Saving repetitive tasks as Photoshop actions can save you a lot of time, allowing you to automate your work and improve workflow efficiency. A Photoshop action is a recording of a sequence of commands and operations that you can save and access later on.

- smashingmagazine.com

400+ Time Saving Photoshop Actions

We have collected a handful of great (and free) downloadable PS Actions in this article and also included a nice tutorial on creating your own Actions.

- designreviver.com

Photoshop actions: 124+ Free Photoshop Actions to Boost Your Designs

An action is a series of tasks that you play back on a single file or a batch of files – menu commands, palette options, tool actions, and so on. You can create an action that changes the size of an image, applies a filter to the image for a particular effect, and then saves the file in the desired format. Nice, isn’t it !

- visual-blast.com

14 sites give away free photoshop actions

If you are graphics designer and need new type of action for your work then here is the list of download link of site which providing free photoshop action for you.

- piyadas-world.com

The ultimate photoshop resource list part 3: actions

An action is a series of tasks that you play back on a single file or a batch of files – menu commands, palette options, tool actions, and so on. You can create an action that changes the size of an image, applies a filter to the image for a particular effect, and then saves the file in the desired format.

- fuelyourcreativity.com

Ok that’s it for the list! Hope you find those article useful and get start using Photoshop Action! Trust me, it will make your life much easier :)

Welcome to the second post in “Freebies from the Vault” section here on PSD Vault! Here I have 17 High Resolution Brick and Stone Textures available for download. There is no restriction for any files in the freebies section on PSD Vault and you can use them whenever, wherever and for whatever :) Just make sure to use them wisely!

Also, I (or I should say we – the reader of PSD Vault) would love to see your work if you decide to share it. Simply post a link in comment or join the PSD Vault Flickr Group and upload your work there!  Hope you enjoy those textures and have fun Photoshopping!

You can dowload this Brick and Stone Texture Pack here.

Here is a preview of some textures in the pack:

And lastly, I know it sounds both useless and annoying, but please DO NOT redistribute them and sell them online. Thanks and happy Photoshopping!

XHTML.PixelCrayons.COM: Quality PSD to XHTML Conversion in Accurate and Pristine Way

Think you have got the best PSD design for your website? That’s pretty interesting as long as you get time to code it optimally. But however, it is sad for a fantastic designer to code the design when he can put his efforts in producing something incredible at Adobe Photoshop.

To let the designers travail with creativity in Photoshop, and take more web design orders to etch your prominence in offering superb quality website designing, I often outsource XHTML coding.

How to Choose?

This isn’t really easy. Choosing one out of many service providers is a daunting task, more yet when we know that new service providers are adding up in the list daily. Three things that I think no designer would like to compromise with his project are: Timely Delivery, Quality and Customization. Minus one factor, and you aren’t satisfied with the product. This is where I rely on XHTML.PixelCrayons.com which supersedes all others.

With regard to their clientèle and portfolio, they emerge as a web coding service provider that transforms web designs into clean XHTML, CSS code or a WordPress theme in a snap. They are so quick that you might just finish your next web design and get the coded design meanwhile – they promise delivery in 8 hours flat!

You may choose to upload the image file in any extension file, including AI, ZIP and PDF. They are also cool about integrating your design with CMS, Blogging Engine or Shopping Cart.

Client Support

I have entailed the services of all major PSD to XHTML Conversion companies in the market. I lacked to experience seamless client support from all but XHTML.PixelCrayons.com

The response time of XHTML.PixelCrayons.com is quick and thorough. They asked me all necessary questions related to coding and other clarifications on design implementation. They wanted to code it according to my specifications and hence didn’t seize to ask me my requirements along implementation. My markup was then available to me within 8 hours.

The markup delivered is guaranteed to look exactly like the design you created. Here are the two coding packages they offer:

The Basic Package – starting at $99

1. Markups: HTML 4.01 Transitional, XHTML 1.0 Transitional
2. W3C Validation: CSS, XHTML & HTML
3. I.E 6.x / 7.x, Mozilla Firefox, Safari

The Professional Package – starting at $199

1. Markups: HTML 4.01 Transitional, HTML 4.01 Strict, XHTML 1.0 Transitional, XHTML 1.0 Strict.
2. W3C Validation: CSS2 (Advanced CSS Code Structure), XHTML & HTML Browsers Compatibility: I.E 6.x / 7.x, Mozilla Firefox, Safari 2.x/3.x, Opera, Konqueror.
3. Includes: SEO Semantic Code, Load Speed Optimization, Complete Presentation Separation, Maximum Cross-Browser Compatibility.

In addition to the standard packages, they customize various add-ons including layout options, markup options, drop down menus, rollovers, transparent PNGs and integration services.

So while they take care of what they are pro at: Slicing and Coding, you can take care on what you are at: Designing. Keep visiting for more Adobe Photoshop tuts, and you might want to get it XHTML by XHTML.PixelCrayons.com!

Welcome to Part III of Six High Quality Photoshop Tutorial Sites Apart From PSDTUTS.com series here on psdvault.com! In this post, I have once again collected six useful design sites containing very high quality, useful Photoshop tutorials for you to browse through. Some of those sites are fresh ones, and some of those are established ones that have gained a good popularity amongst the designer community.

In the mean time, I’d like to once again say psdtuts.com (now psd tuts plus) is absolutely wonderful in every way with tons of  Photoshop tutorials, inspirations and resources to offer. However it’s always good to have a wide variety and try to learn from different sources. So go and have a look at those sites, I’m sure you won’t be disappointed :)

Enough talk, here goes the list, enjoy and HAPPY EASTER!

PSD Rockstar

PSD Rockstar is a Photoshop tutorials blog dedicated to web designer, bloggers, beginners and web developers to provide the best Photoshop tutorials around the web. At PSD Rockstar you can find stuff related to inspiration, Photoshop tutorials, web collections, tools & related to designs.

- About PSD Rockstar

Denis Designs Blog

Graphic Designer that creates websites, logos and print designs. I have a design blog at denisdesigns.com/blog
- About Tyler Denis

Design Reviver

The goal of Design Reviver is to provide Web Designers with valuable information. Here you will find useful tutorials, free downloads, sources of inspiration, and articles covering a wide range of web design related topics.

- About Design Reviver

Grafpedia

A fresh new graphic design site I discovered a few days ago, has a nice and clean site layout. The Photoshop tutorials on there look pretty sweet :)

- From James @ psdvault.com

Our Tuts

Another newly-created Photoshop tutorial site and it has some nice entries showing good techniques. I found the tutorials are easy to follow and particularly suitable for beginners.

- From James @ psdvault.com

PsDeluxe

A nice Photoshop Tutorial site containing quality tutorial (video tutorial included) and good resource such as free PSD file, brushes and texture downloads.

- From James @ psdvault.com

OK that’s it for Part III of  Six High Quality Photoshop Tutorial Sites Apart From PSDTUTS.com! I hope you find this list of Photoshop tutorial sites useful and learn to the maximum!

Cheers and have a nice day :)

It continues to amaze me as to how the web is brimming with PSD to XHTML conversion tutorials – showing experimental WebPages with step by step coding process. But then, with more and more people getting hooked to web development, the demand of tutorials is being equally proportionate. One of the frequently asked questions addressed in PSD to HTML Tutorials is how to slice your PSD into quality HTML and CSS code. It may sound too random, but the beginning in XHTML conversion process matters a little too much.

My acquaintance with many web designers has lately been so strong that I can now get into their shoes and sympathetically understand their point of view. I have realized that the biggest challenge for a successful web designer is to get timely and quality conversion done; and for a seasoned XHTML programmer, it is the beginning process.

The two prerequisites of XHTML are Adherence with Time and Adherence with Quality. After a long association with competent web designers, I have sensed the irrevocable importance of timely work delivery; and along with it the irresistible need of outsourcing to XHTML Conversion companies.

Website design/ development companies can’t take the risk of being behind the times and subsequently cut a large number of potential clients. The recessionary period simply outcasts any chances of loosing clients! Just because the web design companies are brimmed with design orders doesn’t mean saying “no” to new clients, thereby ruining client relationship. So to accelerate time to business value, design pages are outsourced to XHTML.

Stiff competition in the web designing market has also outlined the need for pixel perfect websites, which is precisely one reason why more and more web design companies hire XHTML conversion companies. XHTML is not so much about having a ‘strict code’ as about ‘conformity and compatibility’. E-marketers of the 21st Century have realized that even the high-end booze businesses are making serious efforts to survive in the global recession. This formula reiterates in e-business too- and when it’s about XHTML conversion, quality is revered.

All-in-all, XHTML conversion is all about time, quality and cost- or to be precise, it’s about all three going hand-in-hand. This is well realized by many top notch XHTML service providers who leave no stone unturned in their service offerings. Having said that, I’m going to use this as a basis for how to select a promising PSD to XHTML Conversion Company.

1. Work Process- If you have decided to outsource your PSD for XHTML, it’s not because you want to, but because you have to. Hence you would want the work process to be seamless, easy and less time consuming. Check if the provider allows you to integrate with CMS/Blogging Engine and Shopping cart of your choice. As you are the client, you ought to have choices! Check for the same liberty of choice with PSD file format.
2. Client Support- You are hiring a conversion company primarily for saving time. Quick response time and instant communication options prove to be the success measuring devices.
3. Work Quality- XHTML quality should not only meet, but supersede the PSD mock up design. A qualitative XHTML means quick loading, optimized pages, table free design, cross browser compatibility, SEO semantic code, and most importantly- meeting all client’s requirements- howsoever and whatsoever they may be.

The complicated thing with web programmers is that their learning process never ends. Just as XHTML has overshadowed HTML, some other language/coding style may hammer its identity in the coming days! In an inquisitiveness to know about the XHTML Conversion companies, I surveyed few top-notch companies.

All that glitters is not gold. There really are few who have economical price listings, though they are laid back on time, sometimes it’s the other way round. However there still are few companies who deliver what they promise. They deliver what they say: Quality Code, Timeline Conformance with Top Notch Client Conformation.

Welcome to Part II of the “Six High Quality Photoshop Tutorial Sites Apart From PSDTUTS.com” here on PSD Vault! I decided to make this post in conjunction with my previous post regarding the same topic. There are just so many other great Photoshop Tutorial sites out there providing tons of tips and tricks about Photoshop and more importantly, design inspirations. It would really be a pity to miss them.

So I included another Six Fantastic Photoshop Tutorial sites here and make it Part II of the series. I think for Photoshop beginners,  it will be very beneficial for you to look at a wide range of sites and get as much information/techniques as possible, and make sure you practive with them. (I’m learning as well as you guys, and this is what I do^^).

OK that’s enough talk, here is the list, enjoy! (Oh by the way, psdtuts.com (now psd.tutplus.com) is THE KING for everything Photoshop, so check it out if you haven’t done so already!)

HV- Designs

HV-Designs is my personnal adobe photoshop blog. I write weekly tutorials for all types of photoshop users. You can also purchase CSS templates and PSD files from the hv-designs shop.

- Richard Carpenter of hv-designs

Blog.SpoonGraphics

Blog.SpoonGraphics is the personal project of Chris Spooner, a UK based Graphic and Web Designer. The site acts his digital playground where he presents Illustrator and Photoshop tutorials, free design resources and graphic design related articles.

- About Blog.SpoonGraphics

PSDThemes

PSDThemes is a place for who loves webdesign and who wants to learn how to create webdesign concepts and how to be a talented webdesigner with detailed web design tutorials, psd resources, articles, interviews and much more.

-About PSDThemes

PSDVIBE

With many tutorial websites, they focus only on pageviews.  We want to provide quality over quantity and if that provides more pageviews, thats just a plus.  As always if you have a certain technique you’ve seen and want to learn it, please visit our contact page, and theres a good change we will turn it into a tutorial.

- About PSDVIBE

PS Wish

PS, as you can guess, stands for Photoshop, and although I in no way affiliate with the Adobe company, I try to bring you best of the best of… Photoshop. This blog is dedicated to tutorials, downloads, free brushes, shapes, actions and other application resources. You will also fine a lot of articles about using Photoshop, web graphics, design, news and digital photography… Yep, let’s keep it a bit broad!

- About PS Wish

PSD BURN

This is a reletively new Photoshop tutorial site, but I think it has the potential of becoming a good one in the future. The two tutorials currently on there are of very high quality. Definitely worth looking.

- From James @ psdvault.com

Ok that’s it for Six High Quality Photoshop Tutorial Sites Apart From PSDTUTS.com – Part II! Hope you enjoy those sites and find them useful and inspirational :)

Meanwhile, if you wish sharing other great Photoshop sites with us, simply drop me a comment below.