Utilizing Actions in Photoshop – To Make Your Job Easier

Ever wonder what the Action tab is for in Photoshop? If you’ve ever had a project where you had to apply the same filters and transformations to several photos or illustrations in Photoshop, you’ve probably rolled your eyes at how repetitive this can become. This is why Actions can make your job easier, faster and more accurate.

Using Actions, you can record ‘actions’ that you take on the art, by recording as you make the transformations. Then, you can easily run the same filters and transformations on multiple projects or layers with the simple click of a button. This tutorial shows you how!

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Making a Retro Rainbow in Illustrator & Photoshop Tutorial

Retro Rainbow and Retro Design in Photoshop and Illustrator

Everyone loves retro these days. So, I thought I’d make a quick video to show you how to make these cool retro rainbows in Illustrator and Photoshop. I’m just showing how to make the rainbow in this tutorial, which you can use in a variety of designs. Of course, you’ll want to grunge it up a bit to give it that true retro look, and as you can see in the example above you can resize, and play with the perspective for even more retro awesomeness.

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Retro Rainbows & Design in Illustrator and Photoshop