Ideas and Tutorials for Graphic and Design

The following are graphic materials and tutorials. As you have noticed, most of the tutorials are written for free/open source programs that are freely available on the internet.

General Graphic and Design related knowledge

Starting a 3D Design Studio with open source and free programs
3D Graphic design creations are often perceived as requiring costly softwares. Well, this is not always the case because the internet is really a hotbed loaded with free goodies waiting to be utilised. With the relevant skill, a designer or artist can produce works (using these free tools) that are comparable to what professional tools can do.

Starting a Video editing and Animation Studio with open source and free programs
Video Editing and Animation creation on the PC need not be costly. With the relevant resources, a hobbyist can produce works that are comparable to what professional tools can do. This article will show some of the free softwares available.

Colour models : CMYK versus RGB
What is CMYK? What is RGB? What are the differences...

2D Tutorials

2D TUTORIAL: GIMP for Illustration and Painting

2D TUTORIAL: Creating Soft Focus and DOF in rendered 3D images

2D TUTORIAL: Product rendering and visualisation using Inkscape.
Inkscape is a free/open source vector drawing program not unlike Illustrator, Coreldraw and Freehand.

2D/3D TUTORIAL: Making Printed Circuit Board graphic map using GIMP
This tutorial is an illustration on making image maps that looks like PCB  for image-mapping on 3D programs.

2D/3D TUTORIAL: Using GIMP to make transparent map for Blender 3D
This tutorial shows an easy method of using GIMP to create transparency in an image map.

3D Tutorials

Realistic raytracing using Blender 3D
How to use Blender's internal raytracing for realistic rendering.

How to export Rhino3D files to Blender
How to bring models made in Rhino3D into Blender3D.

How to create 3D human character easily
This article shows you some free ways of create 3D human models.

Photo editing Tutorials

These are tutorials related to digital photo editing.

Fast Photo correction using GIMP
Using GIMP to quickly correct a photo's exposure and dynamic range.

List of free software for photography and image enhancement
This article introduces a list of free software that is useful for photographic enhancement.

Web graphics Tutorials

These are tutorials related to web graphics design.

Free and easy way to make cool rollover buttons
This tutorial shows how rollover buttons can be made for free and easily. Not design and programming skill is required.