Comments on: Episode 4: Photoshopping iPhone Icons

By: Lucas

Lucas — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 22:53:00 +0000

I am using a mac and very time i press delete after i selected inverse nothing happens. Please help I am eager to use this as a template for my Winterboard theme. Thank you

By: Bob

Bob — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 06:34:00 +0000

Thank you for this tutorial! I have made two logos for my personal blog.
PhotoGuides is very helpful!

By: SteveJ

SteveJ — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 16:27:50 +0000

Fantastic tutorial! I’m using CS5 and yesterday everything worked just as you demonstrated. I’m not sure what I’ve done, but now in the Main Glare layer, after creating the ellipse and selecting inverse, when I hit the delete key, nothing happens. Help!

By: foxphoto2011

foxphoto2011 — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 06:28:45 +0000

Hi Ash,

Thank you so much for making this great tutorial. I am a bit of a newbie to PS and I am using CS5.5 PS5.5. In the early part of your tutorial when you create the rounded horizontal, a new layer automatically appeared with a color adjustment. When I try to replicate what you did I simply remain on the original single layer and I can’t get the color adjustment to show up. I know you have a layer thumbnail and a vector thumbnail. Please tell me how you got the color adjustment to appear in your layer thumbnail. Thank you.

-Frank

By: Alberto

Alberto — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 16:27:12 +0000

Thanks a lot again.. just downloaded it, will check it out and post if I run into problems

By: Ash Davies

Ash Davies — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 02:11:37 +0000

Hi Roland, glad you like them
You can see the rest of the video tutorials over in the Podcast section.
Thanks

By: Roland

Roland — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 21:15:59 +0000

Hey Ash, i like your videotutorials and i want to watch the other episodes but i can’t find them, can you help me please?.

By: 80Stevn

80Stevn — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 03:49:37 +0000

Hey man, excellent job on the tutorial, I can always count on you to deliver quality tutorials. I just have one question though, at the end of the tutorial, it looks, like there is a oval shaped shadow at the bottom of the app icon, can you tell me how you did that?

By: Ash Davies

Ash Davies — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 11:06:48 +0000

Hi Seng,

To save it into an ipod touch or iphone you’ll have to sync it as a photo with itunes, or alternatively email yourself the image and download it on your iphone.
Just to clarify, the tutorial is for creating an image, and not an actual icon to be used on the iPhone.

Hopefully that helps, and happy new year!

By: Seng Zhao

Seng Zhao — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 09:19:43 +0000

Thanks for tutorials , but how do I save this onto iPod Touch / iPhone? Reply asap please and thank you !

By: Liam

Liam — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 19:14:17 +0000

Quick Question. I tried the glass layer steps above to cut the backround (white area) out around the icon, but it still shows up. How to I get rid of that part?

Thanks for any info.

By: Korail

Korail — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 15:12:35 +0000

wow, nice! Good photoshop lecture. Thanks!

By: Ash Davies

Ash Davies — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 08:11:57 +0000

When you’re using the rounded rectangle tool, on the top left of photoshop there should be three options for the type of selection you’re making. My guess is that you have ‘paths’ selected. Try setting it to ‘Shape Layers’ or just fiddling with those selection options (there should be three), and see if that works.
Hopefully that’s on the right track. I’m not sure of CS5′s interface because I’m still on CS3.
Let me know how it goes

By: redchannel

redchannel — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 08:07:15 +0000

I need some help. I’m using CS5 and trying to follow along. Whenever I make my round rectangle shape, I’m not able to get the shape part to show up in the layers pallet, nor will making the shape automatically create a new layer. Is there a setting I’m missing ?

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By: AppDevGuy

AppDevGuy — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 06:03:35 +0000

I stumbled on to your site from mockapp.com and I am glad I did. Yours is an outstanding tutorial!! Congratualtions. You have contributed a LOT to iPhone App development process by thousands of developers who will thank you for this. I do. One suggestion – Can you put your *.psd files for other icons as well? You might be surprised, where other developers will take them in terms of modifying those icons and designs in terms of further colors and user experience!! Thanks again.

By: ger225

ger225 — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 19:46:48 +0000

There’s a lot of this kind of tutorial out there but yours is the best. The final result is excellent. Thanks for sharing and for the source file!

By: MiPhone

MiPhone — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:55:01 +0000

Thanks for sharing the knowledge brother. Much appreciated!!
I have been playing around with just images, breaking the button mold for a more cartoonish look. Having fun and looking good except for certain apps where the default apple drop shadow remains behind my image making it look like an image in a semi transparent black box. Not very pretty. Do you have any idea how to disable or remove apples default icon drop shadow??

Thanks for your time
Hoping u have some wisdom to share…