Have you ever had to make a very complex selection and didn’t know where to begin? In this tutorial, we will show you to to combine vector and pixel masks to help you make a complex selection of a furry animal. Let’s get started! Tutorial Assets The following assets were used during the production of… Continue reading Making Complex Selections (Part 1)
35+ Powerful Admin Panel Templates – Want Full Control?
In this post, you will find an admin panel template collection. It is composed of more than 35 useful admin panel templates that have lots of powerful features. Some of them have advanced visualizations and great charts while others are Ajax loading and have error pages that are fully customizable. Other features that you should… Continue reading 35+ Powerful Admin Panel Templates – Want Full Control?
Typographic Readability and Legibility
When using typography on the web, there are many things to keep in mind in order to create a page that provides clear access to the content and presents it in a legible way. Typically this can be broken down into two buckets: Readability and Legibility. Readability refers to the way in which words and… Continue reading Typographic Readability and Legibility
20 Best FREE Mock-Up Templates
As a designer, having high quality mock-up templates is essential. Why waste time on creating one yourself, when you can easily find so many good mock-up on the web, for free, and use them for your own work. For those of you who don’t know, a mockup is a model of design that is used… Continue reading 20 Best FREE Mock-Up Templates
Top 20 FREE Navigation Menu Bars PSDs for Designers
The navigation menu is the most important element in a website. It structures the content, tells the visitors where to look for information and allows them to navigate on your website easily. It’s very important to have a well-designed navigation menu, and that is why we’ve selcted for you 20 of the best, most beautiful… Continue reading Top 20 FREE Navigation Menu Bars PSDs for Designers
Create your own world – part 2
Requirements: Photoshop CS6 Difficulty: Medium Time: max 1 hour Outcome: Resources: Create your own world Part 1 PSD We will use our previous image to create a simple website template. Let’s begin: 1. Open a new document. I used 1600×950 2. Fill it with #FFECAA color using Paint Bucket Tool. ( G ) 3.… Continue reading Create your own world – part 2
Photoshop CC New Features: Is it Worth the Switch?
Photoshop CC Overview Why Photoshop CC and not CS7? Photoshop CC will only be available through Creative Cloud. Adobe has announced that they will be discontinuing the production of Creative Suite and push all their upgrades onto Creative Cloud – a subscription-based service. Therefore, it would make more sense to rename Photoshop from CS (Creative… Continue reading Photoshop CC New Features: Is it Worth the Switch?
Responsive Web Design – 35 Fresh Examples
The concept of responsive development lies on the principle of change of layout of a website according to the resolution of the screen that a user is using. Thus there is a visible change in the video or image size and the amount of text that can be viewed. Thus, the layout of the website… Continue reading Responsive Web Design – 35 Fresh Examples
Free 200 Map Icons for Google Maps in PSD Vector Shape format
WebIconSet has released Map Icons Designer, set of 200 Map icons in PSD Vector Shape & PNG format. They can be used as Google Map Icons, Location Markers, Point of Interests (POI) on any Maps. It includes icons for tourism, sports, restaurants, hotels, transportation and etc. There are 10 different style of Location Pins for… Continue reading Free 200 Map Icons for Google Maps in PSD Vector Shape format
How to Create a Semi-Realistic Graphics Tablet in Adobe Illustrator
15 Command Line Tools for Monitoring Linux Systems
Do you need to monitor your Linux server’s performance? Most Linux distributions come equipped with many built-in monitoring tools. These tools allow you to retrieve information about system activities, and can be used to find possible causes for your server’s performance issues. The commands discussed in this article are some of the most basic commands… Continue reading 15 Command Line Tools for Monitoring Linux Systems
30+ Stunning HDR Photographs of Airports and Planes Around the World
Most of us, at some time or another, have been to an airport, whether it is to take a flight or to meet friends or relatives from their flight. How often do we actually take a look around the airport, try to find unusual angles that would produce a stunning photograph or notice the way… Continue reading 30+ Stunning HDR Photographs of Airports and Planes Around the World
10 Useful Tools for Quick CSS Development
CSS development is a major part of web design; however, it takes a significant amount of time and effort for a web designer to develop CSS from scratch. The good thing is, there are some great tools out there which make this tedious task much simpler. These CSS Development tools will help you in simplifying… Continue reading 10 Useful Tools for Quick CSS Development
Fireworks in the Real World: Vectorise All the Things
This is the last episode during which I’ll be going over generic tools and capabilities, but it’s simply not possible to go any further without covering the vector tools within Fireworks! Vectors are becoming increasingly relevant in web design; pixels are less reliable than they were just a couple of years ago and designs are… Continue reading Fireworks in the Real World: Vectorise All the Things
10 Useful WordPress Chat Plugins
Workspace Issues
Let’s take a moment to talk about your workspace. Not in the “this is what you need to do to make your workspace awesome” way, but instead to talk about how the place where you ply your trade can have a very real effect on how you function. See, last week I had a problem… Continue reading Workspace Issues
45 Exceptionally Useful Photoshop Shortcuts
Shortcut Commands for Photoshop Photographers use Photoshop to edit their photos but this software can be a bit time consuming especially for beginners. There are different tools you can use with Photoshop and switching from 1 tool with the next one is what would consume most of your time. Here are 45 exceptionally useful Photoshop… Continue reading 45 Exceptionally Useful Photoshop Shortcuts
Quick Tip: The Character Panel in Adobe Illustrator
In this Quick Tip screencast, we take a look at the Character panel in Adobe Illustrator. This comprehensive guide will show you what each field does, and you’ll learn some time-saving keyboard shortcuts for setting the character attributes of your text.
GK RockWall – GavickPro for Joomla 2.5
RockWall, Joomla! music template designed for musicians, bands, artist, bloggers and the entertainment industry. Seeking for clean and up-to date look of your Joomla! website? This Joomla! template is a perfect solution while building news and music websites. The template is to rock, share and deliver the latest information from from the music world.Isn’t it… Continue reading GK RockWall – GavickPro for Joomla 2.5
Sterling v2.1.4 – Responsive WordPress Theme
Sterling v2.1.4 Gorgeous Design – Perfect for every business, Ultra Responsive and 100% Mobile-ready 100% WPML Multilingual Plugin and Translation Ready. Fully Tested and Certified by WPML Team (also includes the .po and .mo files), Gorgeous Design – Perfect for every business, Ultra Responsive and 100% Mobile-ready, 100% WPML Multilingual Plugin and Translation Ready. Fully… Continue reading Sterling v2.1.4 – Responsive WordPress Theme
Designing an Advertisement
Working non-destructively doesn’t restrict your workflow. In fact, working non-destructively can help you to be more creative. In this tutorial, we will show you how to use non-destructive photo editing techniques to create a basic advertisement. In the process, we will also explain a bit about color profiles. Let’s get started! Final Product What… Continue reading Designing an Advertisement
The 20 Best OS X Apps for Designers & Web Developers
Building websites on Mac OS X provides a completely different landscape in comparison to Windows or Linux. The applications are designed much differently and built from a different standard of programmers. Not to mention the enormous Mac App Store which offers immediate downloads for software you can purchase right away. In this collection I am… Continue reading The 20 Best OS X Apps for Designers & Web Developers
Creating a Coffee House Logo – Adobe Illustrator
25 Free Professional PSD Web Templates
Free PSD templates are very helpful for designers, developers, bloggers and anyone who wants to make a website. Normally web designers create Photoshop PSD website templates as the first step before start coding HTML and CSS to create a web page. Here we have gathered 25 hand picked premium quality website PSD templates for free… Continue reading 25 Free Professional PSD Web Templates