About Corey Barker

Corey is the newest education and curriculum developer for the National Association of Photoshop Professionals. He is a graduate of the Ringling School of Art & Design in Sarasota, Fl, with a degree in Illustration. Over the years, Corey has worked as a graphic artist in a variety of disciplines such as illustration, commercial design, large format printing, motion graphics, web design and photography. His expertise in Photoshop and Illustrator have earned him numerous awards in illustration, graphic design and photography. Using Photoshop since Version 2, his expertise and creativity have evolved exponentially with every new version, which makes Corey an invaluable addition to the NAPP team.

Sculpting Signatures in Illustrator

Create a stylized digital signature in Illustrator to drop onto your artwork when you are finished. Use Illustrator’s width tool to add some calligraphy style to your signature.

3D Design Fun

Learn some 3D tricks by following along with this design which uses 3D postcards in Photoshop CS5 Extended.

Planet Photoshop: Animated Snow

Corey shows viewers how to use Photoshop to create falling snow over your favorite holiday image.

Planet Photoshop: Special Effects Text

This tutorial shows a fun text effect that builds upon some previous techniques that have been posted by Corey on the Planet site.

Planet Photoshop: Retro Text

Corey goes back a few decades in style and explains how to create this groovy text design.

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Planet Photoshop: Antique Photo Effect

Corey shows viewers how to create a vintage photo look and add an old-fashioned frame.

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