Graphics: Making iphone picture in few steps

Step 1: Draw a rectangle with smooth edges...

Step 3: select the rectangle and transform the selection to smaller size...

Step 2: add a radial gradient and and a bit of bevel and emboss

Step 4: Add some color to the smaller selection

Step 5: Make another smaller rectangle over it. Yup that's not too hard :)

Step 6: Draw a half circle for the iphone Button and a square over it. Play with gradient for a nicer look

Step 7: Add an ear piece and put some net over it :)

Last Step: That's it your iphone image is ready in no time.Stay Cool

Step 8: Finally fill your screen with some images to give it a better look :)

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graphics: Understanding general concept of masking in desingning tools e.g. Photoshop, Fireworks etc

Have you ever come across the word masking. I always used to get scared to hear the word when I started using different designing tools. Actually, the concept of mask is very simple and powerful. The following illustration will make it clear why we use masks in designing.

1. How to entangle these, The simplest application of masking

2. Oops Not entangled

3. Lets Duplicate the blue and sandwich the red...

4. Here comes in the concept of Mask why not mask. Mask equivalent to Hiding a portion...

5. Drag the unmasked or the unhidden portion of duplicate pic over orignal

6. Yup. There it is. The portion overlapping is masked away...

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graphics: Here is how we make those curled objects we see in ads

2. Flip once horizontal and once verticle

1. Cut a circle from any side you want to curl...

3. Add some shadows...

4. Put some gradient and thats it to get a nice curl...

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