How to Make an Avengers Text Effect in Photoshop

If you’re interested in learning how to make text effects in Photoshop, the Avengers: Endgame logo is a great opportunity to do so. Let’s recreate this cool text effect together! This tutorial will teach you how to distort a font in Photoshop, how to define a pattern, how to use textures, how to create a… Continue reading How to Make an Avengers Text Effect in Photoshop

From Beethoven to Bach: how Apple’s new app makes classical music discovery a breeze

Discovering and enjoying classical music made easy with Apple’s dedicated app, Apple Music Classical Generated by the author using Adobe Firefly There’s a problem when it comes to searching and exploring classical music on music streaming services. Apple Music is not different, and Apple tried to solve this problem by launching a separate app! In this… Continue reading From Beethoven to Bach: how Apple’s new app makes classical music discovery a breeze

4g CO2 per email—really?

Disentangling a well-known “fact” about emails. There’s a lot of “received wisdom” kicking about on the internet — ideas and “facts” which are essentially presented without question on the basis of “ he said it, so it must be true”. This afflicts many fields, and sustainability is no exception. One common example is that “sending an email generates… Continue reading 4g CO2 per email—really?

Read a CSV to Array in PHP

* { box-sizing: border-box; } body {margin: 0;}*{box-sizing:border-box;}body{margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;} In this post, I’ll show you how to use PHP’s built-in functions to read and print the contents of a CSV file and convert it into an array. We’ll use fopen() and fgetcsv() to read the contents of a CSV file, then we’ll convert it into an… Continue reading Read a CSV to Array in PHP

How to Curve Text in Procreate

What You’ll Be Creating * { box-sizing: border-box; } body {margin: 0;}*{box-sizing:border-box;}body{margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;} In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to curve text in Procreate. I’ll explain everything in so much detail that everyone can curve text in Procreate, even those who have just opened Procreate for the first time. What You Will Learn in This Procreate… Continue reading How to Curve Text in Procreate

How to Copy and Paste in Procreate

What You’ll Be Creating * { box-sizing: border-box; } body {margin: 0;} Today, I’m going to show you how to copy and paste in Procreate—anything from one element to an entire layer—in a few simple ways. And if you’re looking for the best Procreate add-ons, don’t forget to visit Envato Elements. You’ll find Procreate brushes,… Continue reading How to Copy and Paste in Procreate

Iconsax: 1000 icons with 6 different styles

Iconsax is a recently released collection of 1000 icons released by the team at Vuesax. Icons come in 6 different styles (linear, bulk, two-tone, bold, outline, broken) and that means a total of 6000 icons! In addition, they’re currently available in multiple file formats: Sketch, Figma, Xd, Ai, SVG, Jar, Dart, CSS. This is an… Continue reading Iconsax: 1000 icons with 6 different styles

How to deal with designers in 10 easy steps

[unable to retrieve full-text content] This is is a satire. Did you just hire a couple of designers, thinking they would sit quietly and create some visuals? I have bad news for you. They are already thinking about changing things, while blabbing about people, ethics, experiences, and a guy named Norman. Soon enough, they will audit… Continue reading How to deal with designers in 10 easy steps

How to Use Variable Fonts on the Web

Are you wondering, “What are variable fonts?” Variable fonts were developed as the joint effort of the four biggest tech companies involved in type design—Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Adobe.  Download this and all the best variable fonts from Envato Elements As the name suggests, variable fonts allow designers to derive an unlimited number of font… Continue reading How to Use Variable Fonts on the Web

10 Free Bot Development Platforms to Try

There are hundreds of free bot development platforms to try online. Some are paid, some offer their services for free. Bots are great for website assistance. These chatbots improve website user experience and are proven to significantly increase conversion rates. Chatbots are helpful for many websites because it directly answers the questions that readers have.… Continue reading 10 Free Bot Development Platforms to Try

How to Implement Email Verification for New Members

Have you ever created an account with a website and been required to check your email and click a verification link sent by the company in order to activate it? Doing so highly reduces the number of spam accounts. In this lesson, we’ll learn how to do this very thing! Looking for a Shortcut? This… Continue reading How to Implement Email Verification for New Members

40 Remarkable Lettering and Typography Designs for Inspiration

Good handmade lettering and typography designs are always great for inspiring. Today I shared the remarkable lettering, calligraphy and typography designs for type lovers. All lettering and typography posters have a motivational, inspirational quotes and thoughts that can give you strength and power to work hard for what you want because it won’t come to you without… Continue reading 40 Remarkable Lettering and Typography Designs for Inspiration

To Make Your Multi-Vendor Platform

Selling your products online has never been easier thanks to WordPress and numerous eCommerce themes. But what if you don’t have products to sell and want to make some additional income?  That’s where creating an online marketplace similar to Etsy or Ebay comes in. The beauty of a marketplace is that your role is to… Continue reading To Make Your Multi-Vendor Platform

Material Icons Library: 1000+ free vector icons

Material Icons Library is a free set including more than 1000 icons recently released by the design team at Pixsellz. Icons cover 16 categories and are provided in 3 different styles, Rounded, Outlined and Two Tones.  And ss if that wasn’t enough, the icon set comes in multiple file formats: .sketch, .fig, .studio, .svg, .xd,… Continue reading Material Icons Library: 1000+ free vector icons

Unicons: A free set of 1000+ icons

Iconscout has recently released Unicons, a very complete set of 1000+ free vector icons.  Icons are available in top categories (for example, User Interface, Business, Shopping, Medical) and they are carefully crafted in 24px grid to have consistency on all kind of display. Icons are available in SVG files. Frontend developers can use them as… Continue reading Unicons: A free set of 1000+ icons

Becoming the Next Tinder in 2018

Your first dating app will take a lot of work and development skills on your end. Fortunately, you can create a team of designers, coders, and marketers to help you along the way. And with this guide, we’ll give you some insight on how to create the next Tinder. Why Create a Dating App? Dating… Continue reading Becoming the Next Tinder in 2018

How to Pick the Best Prototyping Tool for Every Project

“If a picture is worth 1000 words, a prototype is worth 1000 meetings.” – David Kelley, Founder IDEO Every prototyping tool has its own particular strengths and weaknesses. Without having tried them all, it’s hard to know which are the best for your needs. Most articles tend to just list many different tools and make you… Continue reading How to Pick the Best Prototyping Tool for Every Project

Trigonometry, Random Numbers and More With Built-in PHP Math Functions

Basic maths is used a lot during programming. We need to frequently compare, add, multiply, subtract and divide different values when writing code.  Sometimes, the maths required in a program can be more involved. You might need to work with logarithmic, trigonometric or exponential functions. In this tutorial, I’ll discuss how to use each of… Continue reading Trigonometry, Random Numbers and More With Built-in PHP Math Functions

How to Create a Chalkboard Sign With Chalk Text in Adobe Photoshop

What You’ll Be Creating Learn how to create a chalkboard sign with chalk text effect in Photoshop using textures and layer styles. This chalk photo effect is a part of the Chalk and Chalkboard Photoshop Actions from my portfolio on Envato Market.  You can also the check the new Chalk Photo Effect Photoshop Action. You can create realistic… Continue reading How to Create a Chalkboard Sign With Chalk Text in Adobe Photoshop

Inspiring quotes in UX to give you the hope you’ve been looking for

On our process “Does it better” will always beat “did it first.” – Aaron Levie “Photoshop is the most effective way to show your clients what their website will never look like.” – Stephen Hay “If a picture is worth 1000 words, a prototype is worth 1000 meetings.” – Tom & David Kelley “If you think good design is… Continue reading Inspiring quotes in UX to give you the hope you’ve been looking for

Build a successful creative portfolio with Allyou

Every creative needs a good portfolio. Whether you’re focussed on typography or photography, layout or user experience, your portfolio is what defines you professionally. As with most things, the quality of your portfolio is determined by the appropriateness of the tools you use. All too often we see great work, presented poorly, because the designer… Continue reading Build a successful creative portfolio with Allyou

The Best Tools for Building Websites and Portfolios in 2016

If your present page builder has taken the fun out of website design, it may be time to bring the fun back into the process. When Themeco launched Cornerstone, their 100% front-end page builder, it created more than just a stir. First introduced as compatible only with their incredibly popular X Theme, Themeco is close… Continue reading The Best Tools for Building Websites and Portfolios in 2016

1000+ New Free Icons with Fresh and Clean Designs

These great new free icons will save you a lot of time and help you design websites faster and create better apps.  All the new free icons in this list have high quality, pixel-perfect designs and follow the latest web design trends. In this post you’ll find over 1000 new free icons with clean and fresh… Continue reading 1000+ New Free Icons with Fresh and Clean Designs