Saturday, July 11, 2009

Create a cool glowing effect in Photoshop!

This tutorial will teach you how to come up a cool glowing effects on your artworks. Lets take a quick preview first on the final result.

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Thursday, July 9, 2009

How to use the histogram to better understand your pictures.

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Monday, July 6, 2009

Video-How to place an image perfectly into another image!

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Principles of Navigation Design in websites.

10 Principles Of Navigation Design And Why Quality Navigation Is So Critical

If content is the heart of every website publication, navigation is its brain and a fundamental pillar of information architecture design. When dealing with large quantities of content, the critical importance of navigation cannot be overestimated. Content that can’t be found can’t be read. If content can’t be found and read, this means a lot of cost but zero value.

Navigation is the website’s “table of contents”. In traditional publication you have page numbering to help you navigate. You can hold the publication in your hands and flick through it. If its large publication there is usually an index at the back that can be used. You can’t hold a website in your hands.

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Saturday, July 4, 2009

Free 4 week photography course!

I’m delighted to announce a new 4-week Digital Photography Course starting in two weeks! This special course is taught by photographer John Greengo from the PBS series Art Wolfe’s Travels to the Edge.

July 15: Week 1 - Overview. Life of a World Traveling Photographer.
July 22: Week 2 - Your Camera.
July 29: Week 3 - Your Technique.
Aug 5: Week 4 - Composition Secrets.

Want to enroll? Sign-up here:

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Cool Splatter Photoshop brushes!

This is a set of five great-looking splatter brushes, each with a unique splatter effect, from round splatters to subtle scratches.

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Friday, June 26, 2009

50 Dirty, Filthy Grunge Photoshop Effects

The grunge movement in design combines rips, tears, decay, smears and scratches to form a dark and gritty result. Here is a collection of fifty of the best ever Photoshop grunge tutorials for your enjoyment and education.

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Thursday, June 25, 2009

11 Tutorials for creating business cards

This selection of tutorials will show you some techniques for designing business cards, as well as give you all the information you need to get set up the right way to make the design a success.

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Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Introduction to CSS video.

Very informative video from the people at Adobe.com

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

MAC Photoshop brush preview software

Brush Pilot™ is a fast and easy application for previewing Adobe® Photoshop® and Adobe Photoshop Elements Brushes (.abr), built exclusively for Mac OS X. Brush Pilot is designed to save you time by allowing you to instantly preview your brushes without having to load them into Photoshop.

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Monday, June 22, 2009

Create Neo-Constructivist Poster in PS-Video

Constructivism is about using bright colors, playing with lightness, perspective, geometrical forms, besides photo montage techniques and digital collage. This video explains the process


Thursday, June 18, 2009

18 Awesome text affect tutorials

This is a collection of my favorite Photoshop text effects that look pretty sweet. I would recommend experimenting with these styles if your looking for something a little bit different.

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Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Creative web footer designs!

Website designs have so many different elements that work together to convey information in a usable and organized manner. For a website to be effective, every element on the page, from the header to the footer, needs to add to its overall usability and readability.

In this article, we’ll take a look at the footer and see what exactly makes for a good website footer. Keep in mind that just because the footer is at the bottom of the page doesn’t mean you should slack off with good design practice.

We’ll look at what to include in footers, the importance of site maps, usability practices and styling ideas and trends. Here are almost 50 well-designed footers to give you ideas and inspiration for your own footer designs.

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Saturday, June 13, 2009

Logo inspiration with Type!

I love logos! They encompass so much branding identity into one tiny graphic. They are incredibly difficult to create, but when done correctly, they stand the test of time. Well-created logos often look seamless and effortless, but you can be sure that a ton of time went into the planning, research and development.

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Friday, June 12, 2009

Candy coated text tutorial


In this tutorial I’ll teach you how to make a web 2.0 logo so damn sugary sweet it’ll give your website a cavity.

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