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!

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!

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!

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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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!

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!

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!

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 :)

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!