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Calligraphy is a Visual Type Art which in former time,  it can be done only on traditional method,  using pen, brush, or swan feather.  But now, you can easily make calligraphy on digital method.  In this tutorial,  I want to share step by step how to make Digital Calligraphy with Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator.  See the finished version:  " Rise and Shine ".  I hope this tutorial will be useful. *Click on the image to enlarge. 1.  Make the sketch, u can scan from your sketch book, or make the sketch in Photoshop. And to shorten the work time I make the sketch in Photoshop. Just draw a rough sketch, no detail needed. 2.  Open your sketch in Adobe Illustrator,  choose " Paint Brush Tool " or press " B ".  Open the brush palette ( Window > Brushes ) or press "F5 ",  double click on "2 pt. Oval " brush to open the brush option, then use this setting: Angle =  45°   -  Fixed Ro...

  Last week I posted some articles about typography and received quite a few emails asking me to create a tutorial on text effects. So I decided to play a bit with Photoshop to create a nice sort of 3D effect using a calligraphy font and a lot of Layer Styles. The effect is really simple and we will take a look at how to create patterns and light effects with Blend Modes. Step 1 Open Photoshop and create a new document, I used 1920x1200 pixels for the Size . Then fill the background with a very dark color #1f1e1e. Step 2 With the Background layer selected go to Layer>Layer Style>Gradient Overlay . Choose grey (# 707070 ) and white for the colors. Change the Blend Mode to Multiply and the Opacity to 60% . The Style will be Radial . Make sure that the white is in the center. What will happen is that as we're using multiply the edges of the image will be darker. I'm applying this gradient via layer styles because I want to add a filter to the...

Written by Steve Patterson. In a previous Photoshop tutorial, we looked at how to place a single image inside text. This time, we’re going to take things further and learn how to place multiple images in text . This is a popular effect that’s often used in advertising and promotional material but is also lots of fun just to play around with on your own. We’re going to take a word and place a different image inside each individual letter. It’s very easy to do, and a lot of it is just simple repetition. I’ll be using some images made freely available by the good folks at NASA, along with a font that’s also freely available online, but as always, the end result I come up with here is not what’s important. The point is learning how it’s done so you can use the same techniques to bring your own ideas to life. Having said that, he’s the result I’ll be working towards in this tutorial: The final effect. Step 1: Open The Image You Want To Use As Your Background Image The...