Minty Ferret http://mintyferret.com Minty fresh photoshop tutorials, resources, and freebies! Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:00:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Down for Maintenance! Minty Ferret is taking the weekend to move, you might see a couple of weird things but everything should be running smooth shortly. Keep an eye out!

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]]> http://mintyferret.com/blog/maintenance/ Photoshop is YOUR Cash Machine – Part Two Photoshop is Your Cash Machine! Part Two
Part two in the mini-series, learn how to use your Photoshop skills to compete in graphic design contests for lucrative prizes!

]]> http://mintyferret.com/photoshop-contests/photoshop-is-your-cash-machine-part-two/ Digital Pencil Photoshop Brush – the Stumpy Pencil I just happened across this Stumpy Pencil Photoshop Brush the other day. It uses a brush already packaged with Photoshop and applies different Brush Presets to help emulate the look and feel of a blunt pencil. The brush creator…

]]> http://mintyferret.com/photoshop-resources/digital-pencil-photoshop-brush-the-stumpy-pencil/ Introducing Hocus Pocus With the Tales of Beedle the Bard released a few short days ago, Potter-mania is once again on the rise!

David Occhino has created this brilliant Potter-esque font, aptly named Hocus Pocus, for use in all your magical projects.

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]]> http://mintyferret.com/photoshop-products/introducing-hocus-pocus/ Ghastly Images – Sketching with Photoshop Hand-Drawn Sketch
Easily turn a photo into a neat 'hand draw' sketch! These turn out looking a little like a ghost.

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For freelancers or small start-up businesses, creating an identity is one of the most important things you can do. Potential clients will judge whether your designers are worth hiring based on the…

]]> http://mintyferret.com/sponsored-posts/offline-identities-graphic-printing-services/ Photoshop Cheatsheet for the Shortcut Guru shortcuts.GIF

It takes a while to get to grips with Photoshops’ many shortcuts, but there is no denying that once you have learned the major ones productivity increases massively. This allows you to…

]]> http://mintyferret.com/photoshop-resources/photoshop-cheatsheet-for-the-shortcut-guru/ Wear Your Photoshop With Pride Insanely Great Tees has two Insanely Great Photoshop-Themed shirts!

One features a sampling of the Photoshop Toolkit, the other the Magic Eraser (otherwise known as the undo shortcut). More astute readers will realize that the undo shortcut isn’t…

]]> http://mintyferret.com/photoshop-fanswag/wear-your-photoshop-with-pride/ Photoshop is YOUR Cash Machine – Part One Photoshop is YOUR Cash Machine! Pt. 1
Turn those Photoshop skills into a money-making machine! This tutorial will show you several sites where you can sell YOUR photos for cash!

]]> http://mintyferret.com/photoshop-tutorials/photoshop-is-your-cash-machine-part-one/ Free Hi-Res Photoshop Cloud Brushes I just stumbled across this free Photoshop Cloud Brush Set from the PixlPusher.

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Suffice to say, the quality of this set simply blew me away. These are hi-res brushes (some are over 2500pixels) and are simply breath-taking. Kudos…

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