How to Make a Sunburst Shape Vector

Slick Tutorials has a marvelously easy tutorial on creating a vector sunburst. It's a text-based tutorial (no video, sorry), but is probably the best sunburst tutorial out there.

This tutorial does more than teach you how to create the sunburst; it gives you some terrific tips like these:

• Holding the shift key while using the transform tool will maintain a shape's proportions.
• Holding the alt key while using the transform tool will resize the image from its center.

The best part about this tutorial is that it creates a sunburst shape tool. No more creating sunbursts from scratch every time. Check it out!

How to Use the Path Tools in Photoshop: Part 1

I've meant to learn more about the path tools in Photoshop. YouTube has a decent series of basic tutorials for using the path tools. In this first in the series, desktoppublishingsr gives an overview of the all the pen and selection tools:


Photoshop Path Tool Video Tutorial #1 — YouTube

I knew what all of these tools did, with one exception: the convert tool. I always wondered how you could choose only one of the handles. Now I know!

Creating Glass Balls

Here's a nice and easy way to create some glass balls.


Glass Effect Tutorial — YouTube

I created the orange one like him, then a blue one. I feathered the top spot of white. Tomorrow, I think I'm going to create one of every major color of the rainbow.

Superimpose an Image onto Text - Photoshop Tutorial

Want to superimpose an image onto text? In this Photoshop video tutorial, we learn how to make text that has a planet Earth coloration:


Photoshop text on path plus superimpose pic on text — YouTube


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Mirrored Text Effect - Photoshop Tutorial

This Photoshop video tutorial shows you how to easily mirror your text.


Photoshop text Mirror effect — YouTube

UFO Text Effect - Photoshop Tutorial

This Photoshop tutorial is housed on the Luv2Help network. With it, you can create that eerie lighting in your text that only a close encounter of the third kind can produce.


Click here to watch the video tutorial on Luv2Help

Put a Fireball in Someone's Hands

Here's a written tutorial that will show you how to create a fireball in someone's hands. As we've featured a couple fiery text Photoshop tutorials, I thought you might like to try this one out. It looks like another terrific opportunity to hone your smudge tool technique.

For the tutorial, you will have to visit My Best Web Ideas site.