Photoshop / Illustrator / Affinity Photo / After Effects etc tutorials

Been going through a lot of my site and updating all the tutorials and adding links to a central location (though they will be split off shortly into different sections as well)

http://www.graphicxtras.com/tutorials.htm

The tutorials are on the subject of Photoshop, PSP, Illustrator, Creative Cloud, Fuse etc and always adding new ones, also mainly in sync with my videos on Youtube.com as well, http://www.youtube.com/graphicxtras

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Spiral custom shapes for Photoshop and modifying them

Spiral custom shapes and modifying them Created 100s of different designs of spirals for Photoshop (though they were created in Illustrator in most cases as Photoshop is not the best app for vectors) but once you have the shapes, what can you do with them ??? You can use them as is, of course, and simply add them as a pixel fill or path or shape layer Check out the video below relating to modifying a spiral shape using the direct selection tool https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRLSRVc4_kA So how can you edit them using the direct selection tool. Well the key is that you use it as a shape layer and modify the anchor points as well as the segments etc and you can move them back and forth to create all kinds of variations of designs which can then be all re-selected and used to define as a custom shape via the edit menu. You can then save that selection as a CSH file and use them in future projects. http://www.graphicxtras.com/spirals.htm On the spirals page you can find ...

How to create radial speed lines in Krita (for use in Manga etc)

How to create radial speed lines in Krita painting applications (for use in Manga comics, illustrations etc). You can use the powerful assistant tool to draw lines from a particular origin point while using the freehand brush tool in Krita. All kinds of powerful radial speed lines can be created using pencils as well as ink and more by using the assistants in Krita. Here is a quick tutorial as well as a video tutorial on how to do this in Krita. You can vary the background, the origin point, distances, brushes used, the colors used, on layers and much more (as well as add effects etc) http://www.graphicxtras.com/products/krita.htm

Photoshop patterns presets CC 2020 + new feature tutorial

How to use the new pattern presets in Photoshop CC 2020 + (probably going to be much the same as Photoshop CC 2021 and CC 2022). How to drag patterns to the document, how to group them, how to create new presets, how to import PAT files, how to export the selected presets, how to combine them and much more. The patterns panel has been massively updated to give a lot more flexibility in using the presets

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