Sep 26, 2014

{ PSD Cover a Designers Best Friend }

Recently I have been working on my Senior Resume, Business Cards and Portfolio, as any graphic designer can tell you creating all of this is not as easy as it may seem. One of the hardest things to create from scratch is the layout for the portfolio. Having to organize the images you wish to showcase and having to come up with write ups to make them pop can be super time consuming, especially if you don't really have all the necessary things you need to create the portfolio of your dreams. One of the biggest problems with my layout was the images, many of my designs were unfortunately lost in the flash drive incident of 2012, so all I have left of them are simple JPEGS. I really needed a miracle to help me. Lucky for me I have a good knowledge when it comes to Photoshop and overheard my design professor talk about a new website that uses Photoshop actions to create 2D rendering of your 1D layout. When I heard this I thought it would be too good to be true. As soon as I got home that day I rush to the website to give it a try, the first try was kind of a letdown, but I kept on trying. After three hours I final finished one piece, the down side was I had about 20 more to go. As I kept trying, the better I got, I even became in my own option an expert of the website. Now classmates come to me with their question on the subject. I highly suggest http://www.psdcovers.com/ to other designers and anyone who wants to see a 1D image become 2D {with in reasons}. Just so you can have a better idea of how it works here are some examples of my work, both the image layout and then the final piece. I would love to know how the website works for you guys so feel free to leave a comment. It can be anything from questions on how it works to how much you love it. 



{ Book Cover Design }




{ Advertisement Layout }






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