Collis Ta'eed

Flames are particularly hard to render in Photoshop, but in this tutorial I'll show you how to use a photograph of fire to set text to the match. We'll...

Here's a post by Envato founder, Collis Ta’eed, from May 2008, that demonstrates how to create a spectacular grass text effect in Photoshop. Let’s get started!

Like tiling backgrounds? Learn how to make a tiled background by taking a texture and turning it into a tiled background image ready to use!

In this simple tutorial, we're going to create a clever little way of making little buttons using a couple of layers and one interchangeable image layer. As...

In this tutorial, we're going to create some really sharp-looking glow effects using a combination of layer styles, the Pen Tool, and Color Blending. The end...

However you look at it, determining your freelance price is a difficult task. Here are nine factors to take into consideration when pricing your services.

Working as a contractor--or freelancing as it is often termed--is both a great stepping stone to running your own business and a viable career in itself. ...

It's a month of new beginnings over at our design and inspiration gallery Creattica. April has seen the site undergo a complete redesign with a whole new...

Cgtuts' sister marketplace 3DOcean has a lot of talented authors, including our former site manager and in-house 3D expert Bitgem. Hailing from Hanover,...

Of all the many marketplaces we run here at Envato, the one I use the most myself is GraphicRiver. So I was very excited to get to pick out $500 of files...

Twice a month, we revisit some of our readers’ favorite posts from throughout the history of Nettuts+. Today I'm going to take you through my entire...

Today we're launching a redesign and refresh of our popular Creattica gallery of inspirational work. The site features almost six thousand items, many of...