Author: Photoshop Tutorials

Using various brushes and textures, we’re going to blend different images into a single surrealistic piece of art. We’re also going to learn how to make the viewer see both underwater and above-water, and then we’ll learn how to blend textures and adjust the colors to give it a retro feel and much more!

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Author: Entheosweb

Learn how to make this attention grabbing cool music poster using lots of different types of brushes along with a great design and layout. It’s a little retro, it’s a little grunge. Imagine the possibilities with your own ideas. Rock on!

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Author: Matt Davis at Design Nocturne

Learn how to use several techniques in Photoshop that result in the look of a picture as if it had been taken with an old analogue camera. As you combine muted color and gradient adjustment layers with light blending techniques you will learn to achieve an impressive looking vintage style effect. Let’s try it!

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Author: PSD Vault

Keeping with the Retro theme today, give this groovy text effect a go. This is a beginner level tutorial with lots of tips and tricks about effective photo manipulation. Cool man!

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Author: NIKOLA LAZAREVIC

This graphic design tutorial involves designing a retro-inspired music poster. The process involves creating a vinyl record from scratch and combining various images, textures, brushes and a bevy of Photoshop techniques to arrive at the final design.

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Author: Cornel

This tutorial will show you how to develop a web design with a definite Retro feel using a free vintage Photoshop file download and simple tools. Try it out!

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Author: PSDFan

If you look carefully at the full image you will see lots of different elements. This tut will show you how to use diffierent images and textures to create a great retro poster. This technique can easily be applied in lots of different combinations to create interesting and creative artwork.

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Author: Nikola Lazarevic

Check out Nikola’s tutorial as he shows you how to create a striking vintage-style design with awesome ‘wear and tear’ effects that will reinforce the theme he aims to accomplish. You will use a myriad of graphic design techniques as you make a star-filled background, create quick and easy nebulas using stock photos, make light streaks from scratch, and all sorts of other goodies. Let’s get started!

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Author: Dave Cross

‘In this tutorial, we’re going to create a cool looking retro background for a poster (using CS5). And thanks to layer styles, smart objects, and smart filters, our design will be completely editable.’

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Author: Mark Mayers

This is a Photoshop & Illustrator tutorial.
“Whether you think it’s genius or a bit of a gimmick, 3D is huge in movies right now. However awed you were by ‘Avatar‘ and its stereoscopic 3D effects, there’s something pleasingly nostalgic about anaglyph 3D – the sort where there’s a clear red and blue border around everything. But what if you want to convert an existing image, or illustration into 3D? In this tutorial you’ll discover how to produce great results every time!”

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Author: Tyler Denis

In this tutorial, Tyler shows us how to create retro-looking text that appears to be constructed using folded strips of paper. He starts by stepping away from the computer and using a real model as a reference for the project. Prepare yourself to heavily rely on Photoshop’s Lasso Tool, as well as some other basic tools and simple techniques.

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Author: Gordon Reid aka Middle Boop

“It’s not hard to see why retro design is so enduringly popular, with its bold, blocky colors, simple imagery and vivid typography.” In this recent retro art tutorial, Middle Boop uses both Photoshop and Illustrator as he walks you through the process of preparing stock images for compositing, lighting, coloring and texturing the design – as well as providing a few sneaky keyboard shortcuts to speed things up.

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Author: Ben Rama

Learn how to create a slightly grungy, retro futuristic sci-fi poster with this tutorial from Ben Rama at Digital Art Empire.

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Author: Jan Cavan

“in this step-by-step Photoshop tutorial Jan, a Web Designer, teaches us how to create a Funky Retro Poster with very simple to follow instruction!”

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Author: Abduzeedo

“In this tutorial I will show you how to create a very cool poster in just 10 steps. We will use Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, but you may use other tools. I’m working on the Pixelmator version as well.”

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Author: Rahul Jha

“Here’s a simple tutorial inspired by the 80’s. This is just a basic design to get you started, and Adobe Photoshop is all that’s required (and very few stock images). And of course, a lot of modifications can be done with this technique.”

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