Andrew Buckle / graphicxtras

Just added a new tutorial  how to use the Illustrator bristle brushes and how to create new ones tutorial   about how to use the settings, how to use them with appearance panel and much more

A quick guide / review of all the current plugins from Astute Graphics for use in Illustrator CC 2017 2015 etc such as Phantasm, Vectorscribe, Inkscribe etc Review / quick guide to all the plugins from Astute Graphics

You can use the maximum filter in Photoshop to create a whole range of unusual effects with brush strokes as well as images and also type and layers etc. You can use the filter multiple times as well as combine the maximum filter with other filters The maximum filter can be found via the other category Maximum filter for Photoshop cc 2017 CS6 CS5 etc tutorial See below some examples of the maximum filter applied You can also find a video tutorial about the filter on the page

Been going through my usual run through of updating tutorials as well as updating the product pages for graphicxtras.com, there have been a lot of changes to the site with many new pages as well as many minor tweaked ones The site is for presets and products for Affinity Photo, Pages, Photoshop, Illustrator etc http://www.graphicxtras.com/checkerboards.htm http://www.graphicxtras.com/christmasphotoshopshapes.htm http://www.graphicxtras.com/symmetry.htm and many more. Anyway, been adding a few more links to the site as well as images and also a number of new freebie sets for use in Photoshop etc as well as updates of some of the existing sets such as re-working some of them totally like the hen brushes set Will be adding some new sets shortly as well for Photoshop and Illustrator and Affinity Photo etc use

Search in the new Photoshop CC 2017, a great way to quickly find commands as well as open files and check out Adobe stock and tutorials. I have just created a quick guide to the subject of the search command in the creative cloud 2017 version. http://www.graphicxtras.com/tutorials/photoshop-cc-2017-search-command.htm

The latest release on the Andrew's shapes site is the scatter set of shapes, all in EPS format (as well as PNG). Many different designs are included in the set, and there are 100 of them http://www.andrewbucklevideos.co.uk/fonts-photoshop-shapes/scatter.htm A few examples of effects added to the artworks. All the source material designs are for commercial and personal use, you can use them to create items for sale etc. All are by Andrew Buckle. Most of the effects used are from the NIK plugins. Use the artworks with Photoshop, psp, Affinity Photo, Pages etc

Created a number of videos showing examples of work created in ScopeWorks as well as mixed with additional filters in Photoshop etc. Also added a longish tutorial on some of the uses and features of the powerful Mac application http://www.graphicxtras.com/scopeworks-kaleidoscope-grids-tutorial.htm The application is excellent for creating videos and patterns and tiles and textures and much more You can find their site  http://wareto.com/scopeworks You can find our videos via youtube playlist