Ok, I know it has been a little while since my last post here…and even longer since my last Photoshop Tutorial. That being said, I wanted to let all of you know that I am currently working on a new and updated website.

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Okay. So this is a pretty cool effect that I have started to see pop up in design work and I’ve even come accross a few tutorials on how to achieve this effect (see: Bernskiold Media and National Association of Photoshop Professionals). The cool part about seeing more than one tutorial on this, is that they were both done with different methods. Well, I had so much fun playing with this and it is such an easy effect, I thought I would share it here and show everyone both methods to getting this effect.

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We have all seen it somewhere. That graphic favorite of many designers out there, the sunburst. I’ve seen it on everything from magazine covers to energy drinks. So, how do they create this look?

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I was recently approached by my sister in-law, a photographer (Pianki Photography), with an image that had some effects that she wanted to know how to do and was wondering if I would do a tutorial for it. I said I would take a look at it and see what I could do. I was able to duplicate the effect and showed it to her. She said it was the look she was going for, so I agreed to do a tutorial on it. In this tutorial, I will be using paths, brushes, layer styles, layer masks and blend modes.

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Well everyone I am back. Sorry for the short absence. I spent 10 days on vacation visiting friends in Florida (vowing to not touch a computer until I got home) and the week before that getting everything squared away before I left. Anyway, all that aside I am here now to address some more of your requests.

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A friend on the NAPP forum posted this website that he found.

This is a very creative use of flash. I think what Jonathan Yuen has done here is just amazing. It makes me want to lock my office door and not come out until I have figured out how to build flash websites like this.

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