Category Archives: Eye Candy

Handy Shortcut Keys

Most people don’t read software manuals, which means that invisible features are usually missed. By invisible I mean part of the user interface that you can’t see, like shortcut keys. Let me share a few of my favorite shortcut keys … Continue reading

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Winter Effects

Eye Candy has some chilly effects that are great for winter and holiday sale designs. Continue reading

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64-bit Update for Eye Candy 6

Important Eye Candy 6 update adds bug fixes along with support for Mac CS5. Continue reading

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Cutout effects with Eye Candy

For all you graphic guru’s out there, we have a slick cutout effect tutorial over in our support area. The graphic you’ll learn to make looks like a hole cut in a surface exposing something behind. I would consider this … Continue reading

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Nature/Science Photography Books

Here are some of my favorite books that explore the beautiful patterns in nature. Continue reading

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3D Metal Gears in Eye Candy

We have been busy adding tutorials to our new support area. This one is very near and dear to my heart. I remember the many hours of tweaking dozens of layers by hand for this kind of effect. The worst … Continue reading

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Eye Candy Reviewed in Rangefinder

Rangefindermag.com We were pleasantly surprised that Stan Sholik reviewed Eye Candy in Rangefinder Magazine. Normally Rangefinder doesn’t review graphic design products, but Stan pointed out that photographers need to handle more of their web design these days. Stan said, “…Eye … Continue reading

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How did you do that?

See how we made the Eye Candy Chrome example with the blue iris. Continue reading

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