In this tutorial we’ll make clever use of Illustrators built in 3D capabilities, gradients and opacity masks to design a Retro 3D Type Effect.

You might be surprised how many people use Photoshop to mockup their industrial designs. In fact, Photoshop is a very popular tool among fashion and jewelry designers. In today’s tutorial we will use layer styles and shading to produce a really nice rendering of an analog watch in Photoshop.

If you are new to Photoshop or for whatever reasons you want to go back to the basics, then you have found the right post. David Leggett, the founder of Tutorial9.net, has written an excellent guide for Photoshop beginners. The guide covers from “Getting Started in Photoshop” to Photoshop basics which includes working with layers, tools, and etc.

What are Photoshop Actions?

Photoshop Actions are simply generated commands effects that are recorded in Photoshop so you, the user, can re-apply the same effect later on the same or different document. They are very useful when doing repetitive tasks. It makes your life so much easier.

Photoshop Actions ends with a file extension of .atn. Like the Photoshop Brushes, they can be installed in Photoshop by opening the Actions Palette and load them up from there.