Techniques

Techniques #1
Title: Nautilus Shell
Summary: Using scanned textures and backgrounds from CD ROM.

Techniques #2
Title: Sidewalk Bundle
Summary: Using Photoshop's Rubber Stamp tool to clean up imperfections. Also discusses color management and channel operations.

Techniques #3
Title: Horrors!
Summary: Drawing inspiration from a horror movie poster. Using FreeHand's Join Paths command to create a composite path.

Techniques #4
Title: Rex
Summary: How the Iguana graphic that won the 1992 Corel design contest was created.

Techniques #5
Title: DTP Desk
Image: (detail of marblizing effect)
Summary: Text and marblizing effects created using Fractal Painter and Photoshop.

Techniques #6
Title: Shocking Science!
Summary: Colorizing a black and white comic. Coloring by Graeme Bennett

Techniques #7
Title: 3D Office
Summary: This cover  features models created, rendered, and animated with Autodesk's 3D Studio. It demonstrates human actors moving around inside a virtual building and interacting with its decor and fixtures.

Techniques #8
Title: Info Surfer
Summary: Creating and rendered an image of "surfing the information wave" using Infini-D and Photoshop.

Techniques #9
Title: "Reinventing Hollywood"
Image: Hollywood How-to
Summary: Retouching photos with Photoshop. (the Reinventing Hollywood article is also online.) Image by Graeme Bennett.

Techniques #10
Title: The Graphics Toolkit -- Can the PC cut it?
Image: Celtic Harp of Dreams (and details of an in-progress version).
Summary: Tips and topics of interest to Windows-based DTP'ers. Digital Imaging with Bryce, Photoshop and Eye Candy by Graeme Bennett.

Techniques #11
Title: Creating a CD cover and Booklet 
Image: Winter Harp cover and booklet (and detail of the cover).
Summary: Producing a cover, booklet and artwork for a compact disc. By Graeme Bennett.

Techniques #12
Title: Spaceship Gallery 
Image: Gallery homepage
Summary: Producing a 3D model of a spaceship and an animated gallery page. By Graeme Bennett.

Graphics Techniques

• Cross-platform Tips - How to access other machines remotely, sharing files and printers and more.
• Making PDFs with low-cost alternatives to Acrobat.
• Xmas Card - Metallic Lettering created with KPT Gradient Designer and Photoshop's Lighting Effects.
• March 1995 (TCP Cover) - Using one-bit EPS files to create transparent drop shadow effects.
• Oct. 95 (TCP Cover) - 3D graphics and masking a vector graphic with a photo in Illustrator or FreeHand.
• Celtic Harp for Christmas - CD Cover Design and Colorizing by Graeme Bennett (final image here)
• Spaceship Gallery (and detail of megaship) - A collection of images created by Graeme Bennett using various 3D programs and Adobe Photoshop.
• AromaGems - Fancy text created with Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and Kai's Power Tools.

Animation Techniques

• Particle Helix - created with a Mac, using Play's Electric Image Animation System and KPT Final Effects. 

For Further Reading:

• Neat Effects! Where Can I Learn That?
• Q & A: Preparing Graphics for the Web
• Scanners: What to look for.
• How to get the most out of your scanner
• How to Design an Effective Advertisement
• Web Design Tips
• Building the Multimedia Studio
• Q&A - Eliminating Jaggies from QuarkXPress TIFFs
• "The Look" - The most over-used look of the nineties, and how to avoid it