We do a decent amount of icon work for both web and iOS and I used to find that my layer palette would become a mess once I had a couple simple icons constructed with tons of layers. I learned this little trick a while ago to keep my layer palette clean when working with shapes and use it on a fairly regular basis, so I figure it’s worth sharing.
A common issue in the interactive design industry is that we always wish our Photoshop mockups look exactly the same when they go to development. Usually we get that first HTML file back and we feel a small piece of us is broken inside.
When working throughout your Photoshop composition, whether it’s a website, print ad, design for fun and so on, we may tend to lock layers as we go. Some of our site files can be over 1000+ layers so going back and finding those locked layers can become a nightmare. Continue reading
We’ve had a couple of people ask us how to create some realistic shadows in photoshop, so I decided to write a quick little tutorial. Continue reading
