You are a magician and photoshop is your mgic wand – This dream is never a reality until you discover how to use photoshop fonts , photoshop custom shapes , photoshop brushes. Belive me These stuff could transform your perspective and the method you use photoshop for graphic design and moreover the result. You could easily create those wonder graphics in minutes and you would never look back .

Firstly download free brushes, fonts and shapes and import it. Further on how to use it, see below.

Where to Download

Cartoonize yourself

Now the most common trend on social networking and SN profiles are not using your best photo – but using your best cartoonized photo, now i bet you have wondered how people do this, its not that they spend days on photoshop and lightroom to get that looks ! there are websites that could do it for you in seconds !! Below are the list of websites i found that could be useful.

create cartoon characters of yourself
http://www.faceyourmanga.com
http://simpsonizeme.com
http://avatars.yahoo.com
http://www.befunky.com

http://www.buscarmessenger.com/avatars.swf

http://www.sp-studio.de
http://illustmaker.abi-station.com/index_en.shtml
http://www.weeworld.com
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2006/10/mii.swf
http://www.moonjee.com
www.Zwinky.com/CartoonizeYourSelf
www.CartoonYourWorld.com

From the list, My favorate is faceyourmagna.com – its a really nice site and below are the set of people who made cartoons when i was online on their website and below that you can see mine too

Here are a list of useful softwares that can help you to process RAW format images that are directly from your DSLR camera.

• Picasa
• Adobe Photoshop CS or CS2
• IrfanView

• ACD See
• Portfolio Extensis 8
• iView Media Pro
• BreezeBrowser Pro

• RawShooter Premium
• Adobe Lightroom
• Capture One
• DXO Optics Pro
• Picture Window Pro

• Microsoft RAW Image Thumbnailer and Viewer for Windows XP

Best Graphic Design Books of 2011

Only Designers Can Feel and See what am about to say..Ive been always in LOVE with Graphics, Grids, Designs and Colors! If you love them, you will have to Live with them, every board or poster you see on the roadside make you to think more, drags you into thoughts that are really facinating and Superb! I always try to see it from another angle and feel if it was like that or maybe like this? Its an amazing world of Imagination: Graphic Designs!

If you were about to speak about Grids to your girlfriend, she might find you Boring or even she might leave you Basically Grids might look boring to even newbie designers, but its one part that creates a foundation to Great designs, So basically its all about fixing your foundation strong and learning more. There are Thousands of Graphic design books that i have found online and in book stores, but i am listing the best, very best i have read and i have heard reviews about. The links are amazon links to the book and are NOT any affiliate links, phew i dont wanna make money sharing my favorate books to you..Feel free to see the book and buy it else where lol. these are some amazing picks!! dont miss the one you like. Cheers!!

Howdy Guys! Today i would share with you all How i designed the Below cool Looking Twitter Theme or some may call it, Twitter template, but basically its only a twitter background.

Firstly Select a Background image of your choice of the size: 1920 x 1040
Log in to your Twitter account, click on “settings” -> “Design” -> Change Background image and upload to change your twitter template.

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