Split Toning The first effect you will learn is split toning. Split toning is an effect that tints the highlights and shadows of your black & white photo to give it a two-tone color effect. You can do this easily in Adobe Lightroom but sometimes you need to do it in Photoshop for more control.… Continue reading 3 Photo Effects for Wedding Photographers
Arrange Images into Flexible Grid with Photoset Grid
Photoset Grid is a simple jQuery plugin to arrange images into a flexible grid, based on Tumblr’s photoset feature. Originally the plugin was created for the Style Hatch Tumblr themes as a way to use the photoset grid in responsive layouts, but they have since expanded it and released a jQuery plugin for us. Beyond… Continue reading Arrange Images into Flexible Grid with Photoset Grid
Top Things To Remember When Designing A Logo
Logo is basically an iconic representation of any business brand, which is designed to create a quick recognition. A powerful logo helps in making any business brand visible in the market for a longer run. With an effective logo design, you can improve the visibility of the company and at the same time by the… Continue reading Top Things To Remember When Designing A Logo
150+ Coolest iOS Icon Designs for Applications
The icon is on one of the first thing a user sees of a new mobile app. One of the most important design tasks involved in the creation of an Apple iOS app is coming up with a creative and unique icon for it. The iOS platform, for one, is known for placing a higher… Continue reading 150+ Coolest iOS Icon Designs for Applications
How to Draw Little Red Riding Hood with Basic Shapes in Adobe Illustrator
In this tutorial you will learn how to create an adorable cartoon Little Red Riding Hood with her basket and bunch of flowers. You will use the Pen Tool (P) and basic shapes such as the Rectangle Tool (M), the Ellipse Tool (L) and the Polygon Tool. This is a great tutorial for those who… Continue reading How to Draw Little Red Riding Hood with Basic Shapes in Adobe Illustrator
40+ Amazing Cloud Wallpapers
There is something fascinating about glancing at the ever changing cloud formations and dream away for just a short moment. The beauty for storm clouds that are shaping or sun rays cutting through heavy clouds are often just fleeting moments that you can not maintain for more than the seconds they last. However, there are several… Continue reading 40+ Amazing Cloud Wallpapers
10 Things You Don’t Want to Hear About Web Design
Given that the web design field flourishes in the face of honest and open feedback, we thought we would put together a post that discusses some things that we as an industry need to hear, that we perhaps don’t want to. Or that aren’t always the easiest to hear. 1 – Not Always Room… Continue reading 10 Things You Don’t Want to Hear About Web Design
Code a Dynamic Featured Image Gallery Layout using jQuery
The common image thumbnail carousel effect has gained traction among web developers. You can locate this technique on almost any major news company or online magazine, coupled with rotating featured images or banner designs. I feel that open source code has offered a much smoother choice for developers instead of being forced to write your… Continue reading Code a Dynamic Featured Image Gallery Layout using jQuery
Creating a Movie Magazine Cover Using InDesign
As a taster for our Workshop, An Introduction to Adobe InDesign, that begins on Thursday, Martin shows you how he created an awesome movie magazine cover – in less than 4 minutes! Watch closely as Martin Perhiniak, Adobe Design Master and Instructor, speeds through the process of creating an attention-grabbing movie magazine cover using InDesign.… Continue reading Creating a Movie Magazine Cover Using InDesign
8 jQuery Plugins for Layout and UI Enhancements
On occasion, you might have to work on a project that has unique layout or UI requirements – things that can’t be achieved with CSS alone. With projects like these, jQuery can be very useful. So for this post, we’ve rounded up some jQuery plugins that can help you accomplish some amazing things when it… Continue reading 8 jQuery Plugins for Layout and UI Enhancements
35+ Stunning WordPress Full Width Slider Themes
With WordPress full width slider themes, it is possible to build business websites that impress visitors and do an optimal presentation of important content. One of the recent trends in business website design is to add a cool full width slider just below the navigation. The effect is available and easy to set up if… Continue reading 35+ Stunning WordPress Full Width Slider Themes
School Isn’t For Everyone — And That’s OK
I’m going to start this out with a confession, and one that I’m not very proud of. I spent a lot of time in college, but I do not have a college degree. Has it affected me and what I do? Definitely. But not for the reasons you think. Everyone has a different perspective on… Continue reading School Isn’t For Everyone — And That’s OK
A Great UI is Invisible
A really well designed user interface is one that goes unnoticed by the user, whereas a poorly designed user interface forces the user to pay attention to it instead of the content. Users come to websites in order to achieve a goal: buy a new book, learn about jQuery, share an article with friends, find… Continue reading A Great UI is Invisible
20 Beautiful Flyer Designs For Inspiration
For a marketing Ad element you have to search some attractive Flyers, Posters etc. A good designer can create an attractive Flyer for a marketing Ad campaign. You not only have to collect a good Flyer design but also print it from an established flyer printing shop. Today we show you some Attractive Flyer Design… Continue reading 20 Beautiful Flyer Designs For Inspiration
Thumbnail Grid with Expanding Preview
If you have searched images on Google recently, you might have noticed the interesting expanding preview for a larger image when you click on a thumbnail. It’s a really nice effect and it is very practical, making a search much easier. Today we want to show you how to create a similar effect on a… Continue reading Thumbnail Grid with Expanding Preview
10 Useful jQuery Plugins For 360 Degree Image Rotation
With the advent of jQuery the web/graphic designing industry was totally revolutionized. JQuery has made the task of designing extremely easy and handy, and allows you to do it quickly by using jQuery plugins. A huge amount of jQuery plugins are available out there, in various categories that allow you to achieve various different types… Continue reading 10 Useful jQuery Plugins For 360 Degree Image Rotation
How to Create a Book Cover and Mock Up in Adobe InDesign
Have you ever wondered how to design a book cover from scratch? From this tutorial you can learn everything you need to know. Martin Perhiniak, Certified Adobe Design Master Instructor will share his techniques with you and walk you through the whole design process of a book cover initial setup in Adobe InDesign. You can… Continue reading How to Create a Book Cover and Mock Up in Adobe InDesign
Tricks of Web Design that Would Make You Site Go Viral
The importance of web design is known to almost all entrepreneurs who are looking forward to venture in this swarming market. Be it in any field, the level of competition is skyrocketing thick and fast. In order to keep up with this volatility, entrepreneurs are in a constant endeavor to improve their online presence.Web design… Continue reading Tricks of Web Design that Would Make You Site Go Viral
How to Create a Photo-Realistic Metal Apple in Photoshop
Download the PSD Metallic Apple.zip | 44.99 MB Download from Website How to Create a Photo-Realistic Metal Apple in Photoshop Tutorial Resources Metallic Ball Apples City Worm Sun Brushes Step 1 Open file “Metal Ball”. Select the Elliptical Marquee Tool and make a selection of the ball. Hold shift while dragging to keep the selection… Continue reading How to Create a Photo-Realistic Metal Apple in Photoshop
How to create Nexus 7 Background for your desktop in Adobe Photoshop CS6
In the following Quick Tip tutorial you will learn how to use Ellipse Tool, Brush Tool, and Gradients in Adobe Photoshop CS6 to create Nexus 7 abstract background. You can use these techniques and elements to create your own abstract background for tablet or smartphone! Layered PSD file included. Let’s get started! Final Image Preview… Continue reading How to create Nexus 7 Background for your desktop in Adobe Photoshop CS6
45+ Beautiful Easter Wallpaper Designs
A beautiful Easter wallpaper might be all that you need to complete the celebration of the most important yearly religious feast in Christian liturgical year. According to the Scripture, the resurrection of Jesus Christ happened three days after He was crucified. In some Christian faiths, the resurrection is celebrated on Easter Sunday or Easter Day,… Continue reading 45+ Beautiful Easter Wallpaper Designs
Creating a Vector Anime Character in Adobe Photoshop – Part 1: Sketch and Line Art
This tutorial, and its second counterpart, will walk you through the process of creating a simple anime character bust from start to finish. Here we focus on the drawing side of it and creating a clean sketch, which we then render with vector to create a line art. You will need a graphics tablet or… Continue reading Creating a Vector Anime Character in Adobe Photoshop – Part 1: Sketch and Line Art
Why Ours is the best WordPress Theme Builder
Since the beginning of last year, the WordPress Theme Generator has been moving around, and you may have heard something about it; this is one of our best projects, and it seems that a lot of people is trying it out now and most of them are having excellent results and satisfaction with the tool.… Continue reading Why Ours is the best WordPress Theme Builder
13 Very Useful jQuery Modal Plugins
In today’s collection, we are presenting for you 13 jQuery Modal plugins. Many websites are using jQuery currently and it is important that one should know what jQuery plugins are available there in order to stay up to date with the latest web design trends. With the help of jQuery plugins, one can keep his… Continue reading 13 Very Useful jQuery Modal Plugins