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  • How to extract an image from its background in Photoshop

    Extracting images from a background is one skill every designer should have, to be able to manipulate a scene and give it a new life and a new purpose. Extracting images seems trivial to me now, but I remember when there was a time that getting a subject out of a scene and into another…

  • How to create a cool pinwheel in Photoshop

    For the first part of the year 2011, I would like to thank each and everyone of my friends and regular readers who drop by here every now and then to check out what’s new at prodigalconcepts.com and I wish you all good things this year and please continue to support my site and help…

  • How to recreate a digital bokeh effect “a la” abduzeedo in Photoshop

    In photography, bokeh (pronounced /boʊˈkeɪ/) is the blur, or the aesthetic quality of the blur, in out-of-focus areas of an image, or “the way the lens renders out-of-focus points of light.” – Wikipedia A few days ago, a friend of mine asked me if I know bokeh. And thinking he meant the photograph effect of…

  • Create a cute Twitter bird iCon in Photoshop

    Twitter is such a powerful social networking and micro blogging service. It gives users the ability to reach out to a large audience with only a few line of text, which is why it’s a very popular tool with bloggers and especially online entrepreneurs because they are able to drive a lot of traffic to…

  • Party balloon tutorial @photoshopmag.net

    Latest Update: It was just another ordinary day at Prodigal Concepts but with an itsy, bitsy, teeny weeny little update. One of my articles just got published in www.photoshopmag.net Woohooo! Thanks guys. photoshopmag.net is web magazine from Poland that focuses on design and all things Photoshop. The article of note was the one I wrote…

  • How to make money on the internet

    I know that this topic has been completely covered on all major platforms and publications since the beginning of time (world wide web time that is). So I guess this article should have been properly titled as “How to earn money on the internet + through the eyes of a noob”. Yup I’m a newbie…

  • How to set-up a free website on a free web-host for newbies

    One of the regular avenues where I get my sites traffic from is Yahoo Answers! I often stop by here when things start to slow down during the day, it helps me keep myself on my toes and stretch some brain muscles while helping others with their problems related to computers and the internet which…

  • Inspiration: How to Draw Cartoons Online – Jeff Scarterfield

    The internet is overflowing with rare gems. Websites that we can consider a great find in the multitude of websites trying to get a piece of that popularity pie. As a web designer I am often on a quest in search of new skills I could include to my arsenal. And one time I was…

  • How to Make Party Balloons in Photoshop Tutorial

    Today I’m going to show you how to make party balloons in Photoshop, nothing fancy, I just find balloons handy from time to time. You can use it to take up an empty space in your scene, create desktop wallpapers like the banner I borrowed from deviantart.com by wisseh, they can be a lot of…

  • 8 Easy Steps to Fake an HDR Look in Photoshop

    This tutorial was originally written by KolNedra it’s so unbelievably easy to recreate, I had so much fun doing it. I’m reposting it here with step by step screenshots so you can have a visual guide of what’s going on (mostly for those who are still new to Photoshop). Or go visit the original tutorial.…