Better Workflow in PHP With Composer, Namespacing, and PHPUnit

In this video tutorial, we’ll again focus on workflow. Specifically, we’ll use Composer’s built-in autoloading capabilities, along with namespacing, to make for an elegant testing experience. We’ll also review a handful of PHPUnit best practices, as we get setup with these tools. Download – Source files Nettuts+

Free PSD: 2013 iMac

Continuing with my free Apple PSD files, today I present to you the 2012/2013 iMac! Both the front and side view is including in the PSD, which is fully layered and ready for you to customize! While this PSD is completely free to download, keep in mind that the iMac trademark and the Apple logo… Continue reading Free PSD: 2013 iMac

Adaptive Blog Theme: Custom Widgets

One way of adding functionality to a WordPress theme is through widgets. WordPress has a selection of useful widgets built-in, but you may want to make some custom widgets to suit your theme. Custom Widgets Part 1 Alternatively, Download the video, or subscribe to Wptuts+ screencasts via YouTube Custom Widgets Part 2 Alternatively, Download the… Continue reading Adaptive Blog Theme: Custom Widgets

Reverse Your Layers in Photoshop

It’s not a super common occurrence, but there are certainly times when you have the need to reverse the order that your layers appear in. Whether it’s all of them, or just a select few. Reversed layers usually occur after duplications, but sometimes it can occur simply by misarrangement. Here’s a trick to fix this! The… Continue reading Reverse Your Layers in Photoshop

Quick Tip: Retroize Your Photos in Seconds

Preview of Final Results Step 1 For this tutorial, we’ll be using Color Lookup adjustment layers which is only available in Photoshop CS6. Color Lookup layers are used to simulate color profiles used in film and Photoshop includes . Start by opening any photo into Photoshop. Step 2 Because this photo effect will be created… Continue reading Quick Tip: Retroize Your Photos in Seconds

The Matte Paintings and Environments of Nat Monney

Nat Monney is a matte painter and Psdtuts+ author from Switzerland. His work typically involves some form of digital painting, photo manipulation, or both. In this article, we will take a look at a few of our favorites from his portfolio. A Bridge and His City Locomotive (Tutorial) Light, Shadow and War City SciFi Experimentation… Continue reading The Matte Paintings and Environments of Nat Monney

25+ Exceptional WordPress Slideshow Plugin Roundup

In recent years, using a WordPress slideshow plugin has become hugely popular and for the right reasons. A WordPress slideshow can provide an immense method of displaying plenty of contents in a restricted space. WordPress slideshow plugins are easy to install and manage, and they can make your website look truly professional. WordPress slideshows are… Continue reading 25+ Exceptional WordPress Slideshow Plugin Roundup

20 Latest Free High Quality PSD Files

Web designers always used to try different techniques and experiment with various new aspects of Adobe Photoshop to spice up into their works. Today we present you some high quality free PSD files for your next design with Photoshop. Enjoy!   iphone ui(PSD freebie) Social Media Sharing Buttons (PSD) Google Maps UI Controls (PSD) Apple… Continue reading 20 Latest Free High Quality PSD Files

A Comparison of Methods for Building Mobile-Optimized Websites

There’s a debate over which technique of creating mobile-ready websites is the best. Google advocates creating responsive web designs, while Jakob Nielsen, a renowned usability consultant, endorses the creation of dedicated mobile sites (but he was subsequently slammed by some web designers). A third option is also gaining in popularity, where the web server renders… Continue reading A Comparison of Methods for Building Mobile-Optimized Websites

Tips to Protect Your Brand Online

If you are just starting a business or have been running one for a while, you will realize that knowing how to protect your brand online is very important. Huge corporations have continued to use their competitors tools and designs, largely because, that’s what works. As a result, what works becomes public and everyone has… Continue reading Tips to Protect Your Brand Online

Harden your WordPress security with the most complete guide

The guys at ThemeShock have published a new post called “WordPress Security: the most complete guide” which is a compendium of the most important facts about security in WordPress that have come up recently, and this post’s goal is to give you a small appetizer resuming some of the topics discussed. It is well known… Continue reading Harden your WordPress security with the most complete guide

Create A Scrapbook Alphabet

Introduction In this Photoshop Text Effect you’ll learn to create cool Scrapbook style text that can be used as a stand alone word treatment or converted to individual reusable .png files with a transparent background. READ THIS: If you haven’t already done the Text In Stitches tutorial and you want to add the stitches to… Continue reading Create A Scrapbook Alphabet

3D Chrome Text in Photoshop CS6 Extended

In today’s video, we’re going to be taking a look at creating a chrome text effect using the new 3D features within Photoshop CS6 Extended. We’re going to look at bring your text into the 3rd dimension, working with bevels, materials and reflections to create the end result. Note: The 3D features are only available… Continue reading 3D Chrome Text in Photoshop CS6 Extended

30+ Exciting WordPress Gaming Themes

Game oriented websites are extremely popular, and the competition is not getting easier. This should not keep you from starting a new game website. WordPress gaming themes can make a sizeable difference for you chances of success. Game enthusiasts are dedicated people and a popular game website have tons of monthly visitors that just keep… Continue reading 30+ Exciting WordPress Gaming Themes

Quick Tip: How to Create a Metallic Text Effect Using Layer Styles in Photoshop

In this tutorial, we will explain how to create a metallic text effect using layer styles in Photoshop. Let’s get started! Tutorial Assets The following assets were used during the production of this tutorial. Strasua Font Black Pattern Step 1 First of all install the .pat file named black_pattern_by_fluctuemos-d5mermc.pat. You have to double click the… Continue reading Quick Tip: How to Create a Metallic Text Effect Using Layer Styles in Photoshop

Grid-Based Layouts 101

Learning and understanding how to build a layout is one of the hardest aspects of visual design to master. Many designers have trouble grasping the concept of alignment and how to use grids to make their designs balanced and principled. The reason that grids work so well is because they help you divide content into… Continue reading Grid-Based Layouts 101

Make Pretty Charts For Your App with jQuery and xCharts

Charts are a great visual aid when presenting data. You can’t build a professional admin panel without them. They are also tricky to set up. However, there is a new library that makes things easier – xCharts. Today, we are going to use it along with the daterange picker for Twitter Bootstrap, to build a… Continue reading Make Pretty Charts For Your App with jQuery and xCharts

Tip: Smart Object Duplication

For those who use Smart Objects in Photoshop, you’re probably aware that when a Smart Object is duplicated, the duplication and the original Smart Object share the same source file. This means, that if you were to edit the source (by double-clicking on either Smart Object), the changes would be reflected on both layers. However,… Continue reading Tip: Smart Object Duplication

21 Fresh Examples of Websites Using HTML5

After all the buzz involving the HTML5 CSS3 duo, it is nice to check how websites are using all the good practices you can get from HTML5. When the buzz around the subject started, we could see a lot of websites totally animated. Now, after all the benefits of HTML5 settled, we can see websites… Continue reading 21 Fresh Examples of Websites Using HTML5