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The retro aesthetic of the 1950s and 1960s is currently back in vogue and it’s set to be a great trend for 2010. It’s not hard to see why retro design is so enduringly popular: the bold, blocky colours, simple imagery and vivid typography make this a striking era of design.
Shatter and Card Dance are two of After Effects CS4’s most underrated particle effects. Both were created by Brain Maffitt’s Atomic Power Corporation, before being bought by Adobe to include in After Effects.
Digital artist Ian Keltie reveals how to composite elements in Photoshop to create a striking, stencilled art poster with an industrial edge.
Nik Ainley of Shiny Binary shows you how to add the wow factor to 3D text using Photoshop’s art tools.
Learn how to create amazing art out of letterforms. Check out our top 5 favourite tutorials -- plus read our bonus guide to the best free fonts available online.
Take your video-enabled PDFs to the next level by adding a wealth of user interactivity control in InDesign.
Embed videos, buttons and rollover effects to create dynamic, interactive PDF files that will entice your readers.
Create amazing type-based elements in Illustrator and rough them up in Photoshop, with brilliant techniques from Mike Harrison.
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James Davies shares tips on how to blend vector images and Photoshop trickery to jaw-dropping effect.
Learn how to master smooth text appearances and animation using Offset and Ramp Up settings in After Effects.
Step-by-step example: explore freely the effects created by a digital calligraphic brush and discover the potential and pitfalls of the Photoshop tool.
