In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to create a rotating starburst effect with the help of Photoshop in Sony Vegas Pro 11.

Photoshop: Starburst Effect
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Ever experience this error? You make some changes in the Photoshop preferences, close out and when you try opening it again, you get the error, “Could not open a scratch file because the file is locked…”

This is a very simple fix. All you need to do is open Photoshop and hold Ctrl + Alt + Shift while it’s starting up. You’ll then get another window asking, “Delete the Adobe Photoshop settings file?” Click, “Yes”. This will in turn, delete the Photoshop settings file and will allow it to open.

Learn to create this simple glass digital scale in Photoshop! You can view how to create the LCD Display here!

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Be sure to follow the tutorial on how to create the LCD Display in the previous post here before getting started on this.

In the previous tutorial, we created the text 888.8. In this tutorial we need to change your text to the time format.

Change the background text color to a dark Red such as 700218. Opacity: 10-15%.

Add an Outer Glow with the following settings;

Add a 3px Stroke with the color: 79041f

That’s it! You can add some text to the side showing AM or PM with the same layer styles.

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The other day while stepping on the scale, I first thought, wow what did the Holidays do to me!? After my brief moment, I then thought it would be cool to make a Digital Liquid Crystal Display like on the scale or gas pumps in Photoshop. A few days later, here I am writing this tutorial! Let’s begin!

Video Tutorial:

Written Tutorial:

 Open up Photoshop and create a new document. File > New. We can name this, “LCD Display“. I set the size to 800x300px for the width and height. With a White background, Click OK.

In our new document, grab the Rectangle Tool() and draw out a rectangle. Name it, “LCD BG“.

You can CTRL or Command click to select the Background layer and with the Move tool() selected center it Horizontally and Vertically by clicking the appropriate buttons on the toolbar.

Now that we’re all centered, lets add some layer styles to the LCD BG layer. You can double-click the LCD BG layer to open up its layer styles or go to Layer > Layer Style > Gradient Overlay. We need to change the Gradient colors to the following, c0c8ad, and bcbfa1.

Lets also give it a stroke (not the medical term). Size: 6px and Position: Inside.

If you’d like, you can even add an Inner Shadow to this with any settings you prefer.

Alright we’re halfway done! We now need to create the LCD text. But before we do this, we need to download the font. I got my font from Dafont.com. I’ll use the font called DS-Digital which you can get from here. Click the links to learn how to install fonts for Windows and Mac.

Select the Text Tool() and choose the font you’ve just installed. I used a font size of 190 pt and choose White for the color making sure it’s Right-Aligned.

Click a little off the LCD BG layer to place the text so Photoshop doesn’t think we’re trying to type inside that layer. Type 888.8 and position it in the center of the LCD BG layer following the same methods we used to center the LCD BG layer.

Once centered, lets bring the opacity of the new text layer down to anywhere between 10-15%. This is going to serve as the faded numbers you see in the background of LCD displays.

Duplicate the 888.8 text layer by clicking it and dragging it down to the new layer icon or hit Ctrl-J. Bring the opacity for that layer back up to 100%. This will be our main numbers.

Change the font color of the 888.8 copy layer to Black. We can also lock the original 888.8 layer so we don’t accidentally start typing on it. Go ahead and type in whatever number you’d like to display here now.

If the numbers don’t fit perfectly, you’ll need to create a new text layer for the particular number that doesn’t fit and position it to where it’ll fit in. I unlocked and brought the opacity up for the main 888.8 layer just to see how I could better align the number 1.

Looking good! Lastly we can add some noise. Ctrl click the LCD BG thumb to select it.

Create a new layer either by clicking the appropriate button() or by going to Layer > New > Layer.

Go to Edit > Fill and fill it in with White. You can deselect it by hitting Ctrl or Cmd-D or by going to Select > Deselect up in the menu.

Go to Filer > Noise > Add Noise. Amount: 95%, Distribution: Uniform, Monochromatic: Checked. Click OK.

Change the blend mode of this layer to, “Overlay” and bring the opacity down anywhere between 10-15%.

There you have it! A neat looking Digital LCD Display! Use your imagination and see how you can incorporate this in any of your future projects. An idea would be to make your calculator to say things such as your name.

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Well YouTube’s done it again! They’ve updated their channel designs. This time, they haven’t left much design flexibility for non-partners. No more transparency, etc. Even though, I still put together a nice little template for you guys to use in Photoshop when designing your layout. This is not meant to be used as a background right off the bat but to provide help when designing them. Be sure to crop it to the length needed. Hope this helps!

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Just in time for new years, IceflowStudios shows us how to create Abstract Fireworks!

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Looking for some fun holiday tutorials? Here is a list I compiled of some pretty great holiday tutorials you can use to add some funk to your holiday projects.

Photoshop – Snow Text Effect

Photoshop CS4: Let it Snow!

Today, I’ll show you how to create this “Cool Blue” text effect I put together in Photoshop. You can download the PSD file below! If you like this, feel free to share it along!

How-to:

2.Then I’ve added the following layer styles to my text layer.

• Drop Shadow
• Inner Shadow
• Inner Glow
• Bevel and Emboss
• Stroke

I’ve also added a nice little grey background for the text too. That’s it! You can download the PSD below and copy the layer styles from my text layer to your own!

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Click the button on the above to download the PSD File!

If you liked this and are looking forward to more, please post your thoughts in the comments below! I only want to create content useful to you guys so hopefully this helps!

Background By: ForzaFX

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• Image Ready to be Uploaded Straight to YouTube
• Editable .PSD File

Usage Agreement:

Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the layout can only be used on your personal YouTube Channel, it cannot be transferred or sold to a third party. You may not alter, or modify the design, in whole or in part, for any reason.

The designer’s logo should remain as a part of the whole layout.

The layout is provided by Robert’s Productions by courtesy.