Taking Great Shots For Better eBay Auctions
Mar 11, 2010 General, Inspiration, Tutorials
These step-by-step instructions are meant to give you a quick start in taking decent eBay photos. Whether you are a photo newbie or an avid hobbiest, these tips should help increase the bids on items you are presenting for sale. Step 1. eBay Considerations eBay can be a great place to offer up those books, toys or even automobiles you no longer have a need for and would like them gone from the house.
Tags: aperture, auctions, basix, camera, copyright, facebook, facebook-become, Inspiration, lens, Light, Photos, post-processing, Tutorials
MediaLoot Launch – Come In, We’re Open!
Mar 9, 2010 General, Inspiration, Resources, Tutorials
MediaLoot is now live! After many months of hard work and a lot of sweat, tears and blood… ok I may be exaggerating a bit here (or not), but I’m very excited that this project finally sees the light of day. Regular readers here on SpyreStudios probably already know about MediaLoot as I’ve talked about it in earlier posts , but for those of you who don’t know, MediaLoot is a brand new site for designers offering premium resources like textures, print templates, web elements, icon sets, vectors, etc… We’re constantly working to create new resources, and we’re also working with some awesome designers to create even more stuff for members! Being a membership site, MediaLoot will be updated many times a month with new resources and members can even suggest/request that we create specific items via our ‘ vote ‘ page! Normally, MediaLoot is $29 per month, but we’re launching at $14 per month, and this price is locked-in for life! Make sure you check out the tour and sign up to start download resources and interacting on the site! See ya there! 
Tags: boxed-in-design, Design, idesign-studios, Inspiration, Light, news, project, self-made-chick, spyre, Tutorials
More Stunning Smoke: 30 High Resolution Photoshop Brushes
Mar 4, 2010 General, Inspiration, Resources, Tutorials
You may remember not too long ago when I released an enormously popular set of Smoke Brushes on this website. I really enjoyed creating that set and received a ton of positive feedback; so much so that I decided to create another set of Photoshop Smoke Brushes for you guys to enjoy. This set contains 30 Stunning High Resolution Brushes that can be used to Create Smoke in Photoshop and can easily be used to create some amazing effects for your designs. Download this set and try them on for size, I promise that you will have a lot of fun with them.
Tags: article, duane-kinsey, freebies, Inspiration, Light, photoshop brushes, repeat, resolution, Resources, search-engine, seo, stunning-smoke, Tutorials
Working with Interior Light: Part 1
Feb 15, 2010 General, Inspiration, Resources, Tutorials
When you go inside, your eyes don’t register the light change as being particularly impressive. But while the change is not recorded as a large difference by the eyes, the camera sees everything differently. The biggest things to think about when photographing inside are the lower light level and the very different white balances. This article should help you better understand how to deal with light when shooting inside.
Tags: blue, image, Light, Lighting, room, user-plus, window-light, windows
Nebulae Grunge Texture Pack for Premium Members
Feb 3, 2010 General, Resources, Tutorials
This second high resolution texture pack from Caleb Kimbrough of design resource blogs Lost and Taken and BuenoBrushes features a range of heavy grunge textures. Access All Areas members can get their hands on these high quality resources for free as part of their ongoing membership. These heavy grunge textures are … This content is for Access All Areas members only Access All Areas members have the ability to view exclusive design tutorials and giveaways, discounts on a range of awesome design related products and more! Sound good?! Find out more about becoming a member.
Tags: Design, design resources, Grunge, Light, light-grunge, news, Resources, source, twitter
This Weeks Twitter Design News Roundup N.22
Feb 2, 2010 General, Inspiration, Resources, Tutorials
This is our weekly Twitter Design News Round-Up, a collection of fresh design related resources that we have shared via Twitter in the past week. Just in case you are not one of our Twitter followers, click here: twitter.com/speckyboy . As always, if you have any cool links that you would like to share, do not hesitate to send them to us here: Submit News . Thanks to everyone that has been emailing.
Tags: business, css, Design, firefox, Graphic Design, Inspiration, Light, Logo, photography, roundup, space, Tutorials, twitter, Typography
An Introduction to Exposure Blending with RAW
Jan 20, 2010 General, Inspiration, Resources, Tutorials
If you regularly shoot landscapes, you’ll soon make a discovery that seems obvious when you think about it – the sky is much brighter than the land. This is a real problem when you’re taking photos of sunsets, especially when the sun is still above the horizon. The sky is so bright that if you expose for sky, anything on land goes black. If you expose for the land, the sky is washed out and you lose the beautiful sunset that you set out to photograph.
Tags: building, conversion, exposure, image, Inspiration, Light, post-processing, raw, Resources, selection, suggestions, Tutorials
Abduzeedo 2010 Light Effects in Photoshop
Jan 18, 2010 General, Inspiration, Tutorials
A few weeks ago I posted a tutorial showing how I created the new Abduzeedo’s 2010 symbol , which will be used for icons, posters, t-shirts and other gears. That tutorial was about the Illustrator walk-through process and in the end there was the light effect version of the symbol that I created in Photoshop. So in this tutorial I will show you how to create that effect. It’s a sort of monitor/halftone effect mixed with glows and other light effects.
Tags: blend, illustration, Inspiration, layer, Light, Light Effects, Logo, poster-tutorial, tutorial
30 Hilarious Print Advertisements
Jan 14, 2010 General, Inspiration, Resources, Tutorials
In today’s world of interactive web-based marketing, viral campaigns and high production television commercials, the print ad remains one very powerful and effective means for advertisers to reach their audience. The printed format, whether it is for magazines, newspapers or billboards, sets specific challenges for ad designers. An idea or message must be communicated simply and swiftly, it must be eye-catching enough to grab the viewer’s attention and convey the important information in an instant. When a print designer employs humour to carry this information, the result can be become a visual ‘one-liner’, a joke that speaks the message the ad intends.
Tags: archives, collection, contribute, Design, design-newz, funny, hilarious-print, january-14, Light, spyre-studios
Create Stunning Interlocking Shapes and Light Effects Using Photoshop and Illustrator
Jan 6, 2010 General, Inspiration, Resources, Tutorials
I am often asked to write tutorials demonstrating how to create some of the designs in my site’s gallery. One of the more popular requests is for a tutorial demonstrating the effects used in Equidistant ; which is one of my favorite pieces. Today, I am finally granting your request. In this 12-minute video tutorial I will demonstrate how to use Illustrator and Photoshop to create stunning, interlocking shapes and light effects .
Tags: article, banner, business, Design, Inspiration, leaflet-printing, Light, Light Effects, Photoshop Tutorials, Resources, Tutorials
