How to Create an iOS 7 App Icon in Photoshop

Today's tutorial will cover some tips and tricks to help you as you're creating icons for iOS 7, or any other mobile platform. Smart Objects will help your workflow quite a bit! Save 20% off your Squarespace order in September with coupon ICEFLOW9. http://www.squarespace.com/iceflow Tools used in this tutorial: Shape Tools: Several shapes were used in the making of this design, including the Rounded Rectangle and a custom shape. Within the Options Bar, you can set the fill and stroke (outline). Smart Objects: By converting a layer to a Smart Object, you're able to maintain the layer's original state, allowing you to resize and add filters non-destructively. To convert a layer into a Smart Object, right click on the layer in your Layers Panel, and choose Convert to Smart Object. Make sure to check out my other Photoshop tutorials. Links below! MORE FROM ICEFLOWSTUDIOS: Subscribe! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c... Website! http://www.iceflowstudios.com Facebook!   / iceflowstudios   Twitter!   / pinsky   Howard Pinsky provides free #graphicdesign tutorials covering #CreativeCloud, Adobe #Photoshop, Lightroom, and Adobe XD to the graphic design and photography community. To date, the videos uploaded to this channel channel have been viewed over 80 million times. No matter what you're looking to learn in Photoshop, you're bound to find it in our library of over 350 tutorials. Topics include: Text Effects in Photoshop, Photo Composition, Photo Retouching, The Basics of Photoshop, Designing in Photoshop, Special Effects, and more! While new videos will be taught using the latest version of Photoshop, you'll find videos covering Photoshop CC, Photoshop CS6, CS5, CS4, and CS3. For more information on Adobe Photoshop, check out Adobe's website at: http://www.adobe.com/products/photosh... For the written version of most of our tutorials, check out: http://www.iceflowstudios.com/