Hello all! And welcome to January’s portfolio roundup. There will be a lot to appreciate about each portfolio listed here, so why not grab a coffee and browse through some of the best sites that are new display design work. You’ll find a few of the most exciting designers working away in studios throughout… Continue reading The greatest portfolio that is new, January Edition
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Create An Emotional Photo Manipulation Of A Sad Angel In Photoshop
Rate this post Learn how to create a fantasy photo manipulation of a desperate angel in sorrow and bleak rainy scene with Photoshop. In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to create your winged angel with ordinary stock images, do some retouch and enchantment on the angel with shadows and lighting, then complete it with rain… Continue reading Create An Emotional Photo Manipulation Of A Sad Angel In Photoshop
Polaroid Stack to Grid Intro Animation
A tutorial on how to create an intro animation where a decorative Polaroid stack becomes a grid similar to the effect seen on the takeit website. View demo Download source Today we’d like to show you how to create a very simple intro effect similar to the one seen on the takeit website where a… Continue reading Polaroid Stack to Grid Intro Animation
Best Black and White Websites from 2016
Best Black and White Websites from 2016 is hundred and twenty-fourth edition of our Inspiring Sites of the Week weekly series, where we feature hottest websites following best practices and latest trends. We like creative, unusual and inspiring designs, and will strive to deliver the best inspiration we can get our hands on. This week we collected… Continue reading Best Black and White Websites from 2016
New Course: Write Customizer-Ready WordPress Themes
What You’ll Be Creating Themes let you customize every aspect of the design and functionality of a WordPress site. But what if you want to let your client customize some aspect of the theme? Perhaps you want to sell a theme on Envato Market and you want to let buyers adjust the color scheme and logo to… Continue reading New Course: Write Customizer-Ready WordPress Themes
The Best New Portfolio Sites, February 2016
Welcome everyone to February’s portfolio roundup. It’s time to fall in love with all-new work, by all-new designers. Yes, I went there. So, when looking at this list, I recommend that you take inspiration from the good ideas, and simply ignore the bad. All right, let’s do this… Taiki Kato Taiki Kato’s portfolio proclaims him… Continue reading The Best New Portfolio Sites, February 2016
9 Useful Javascript Color libraries
Here are 9 useful Javascript libraries which allow you to perform many different manipulations on colors. Colorify Colorify is a script written in Javascript, that allows you to extract colors from images, and manipulates them. From a simple plain color, based on the dominant color, to a beautiful gradient based on the image edges colors,… Continue reading 9 Useful Javascript Color libraries
First look at Adobe’s Animate CC
Adobe have just launched their ‘new’ application, Animate CC. A major component in the Creative Cloud application suite, Animate CC replaces Flash Professional CC, and is available to download now. As we previously reported, Animate CC is an evolution of Flash Professional. The name change is based on the changing role of the application. Adobe… Continue reading First look at Adobe’s Animate CC
20+ Brilliant Examples of Impressive Color Schemes in web designs
What’s the most exciting feature of a website? The answer would be simple- its colors and how they are used. The way a website is presented forms a huge part of our user experience and the way a website is presented. Websites can be of various topics and depending on that factor there can be… Continue reading 20+ Brilliant Examples of Impressive Color Schemes in web designs
The Importance Of Usability When Designing A Site
Web usability is an approach to make web sites easy to use for an end-user, without the requirement that any specialized training be undertaken. The user should be able to intuitively relate the actions she needs to perform on the web page with other interactions she sees similar contexts, e.g., press a button to perform… Continue reading The Importance Of Usability When Designing A Site
50+ fresh resources for designers, February 2016
Hey there! This month’s roundup comes with some amazing freebies for you to download and try out; including line icons, material design assets, gesture icons, mobile app presentation kits, a restaurant menu template, branding stationery mockups, watercolor illustrations, device mockups, stunning web and mobile UI kits, fancy fonts for all purposes, PSD templates, and landing page themes… Continue reading 50+ fresh resources for designers, February 2016
Illustrating the Web: deconstructing the trend
Illustrations are taking over the Web. Designers are creating websites with everything from full-screen illustrations to hand-drawn divots that are used throughout projects. It’s a trend that’s likely to keep growing because illustrations make a design feel custom (even if it’s not). Here’s how to make the most of them in your design. Website illustration… Continue reading Illustrating the Web: deconstructing the trend
Create a Sci-Fi Chamber Photo Manipulation in Photoshop
Create a Sci-Fi Chamber Photo Manipulation in Photoshop 5.00/5 (100.00%) 1 vote Learn how to create a sci-fi photo manipulation of a mysterious chamber with amazing light flares and great entrance with Photoshop. In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to contruct your own chamber with textures , place a model in front of the entrance… Continue reading Create a Sci-Fi Chamber Photo Manipulation in Photoshop
10 fresh examples of diffuse shadow UIs
It seems like some of web design trends aren’t going anywhere soon. We’ve seen Material Design initiation and evolution, advanced animations and microinteractions, vibrant color schemes, beautiful typography, great use of minimalism, new responsive design technique and tools and much more interesting stuff. We also noticed a new trend that is making its way through… Continue reading 10 fresh examples of diffuse shadow UIs
Enfold – Responsive Multi-Purpose Theme – 4519990
Enfold is a clean, super flexible and fully responsive WordPress Theme (try resizing your browser), suited for business websites, shop websites, and users who want to showcase their work on a neat portfolio site. The Theme is built on top of the fabulous Avia Framework and offers support for the WPML MULTI LANGUAGE plugin, just… Continue reading Enfold – Responsive Multi-Purpose Theme – 4519990
An Introduction to Intel RealSense Technology for Game Developers
Intel RealSense technology pairs a 3D camera and microphone array with an SDK that allows you to implement gesture tracking, 3D scanning, facial expression analysis, voice recognition, and more. In this article, I’ll look at what this means for games, and explain how you can get started using it as a game developer. What is… Continue reading An Introduction to Intel RealSense Technology for Game Developers
How to Create a Surreal Pirate House Photo Manipulation in Photoshop
Learn how to create this fantasy photo manipulation of a pirate house scene set in warm scenic dreamscape with Photoshop. In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to create rocky mountain using photos of rock and stones, combine ruin of castle to create dramatic pirate house in the dreamscape with warm vivid lighting. Throughout the tutorial,… Continue reading How to Create a Surreal Pirate House Photo Manipulation in Photoshop
The Recently Released Webdev Resources You Would Need
Want to use Vanilla JS but find native APIs a bit unwieldy? Bliss is for you. Bliss is just a collection of helpers and light syntactic sugar over Vanilla JS. It does not account for browser bugs or lack of support of certain APIs, although it only uses features that are both supported across most… Continue reading The Recently Released Webdev Resources You Would Need
Inspiring Sites of the Week No. 2
Inspiring Sites of the Week is the weekly series where we feature the latest and hottest websites targeting the design world from around the globe. If it’s creative, unusual, has great functionality and is built using cutting-edge technology we feature them here. Get inspired by the best designs in the industry in the ninety-eighth edition of… Continue reading Inspiring Sites of the Week No. 2
How to Use the Two-Layer Color Grading Technique
How to Use the Two-Layer Color Grading Technique 4.38/5 (87.50%) 8 votes Many people struggle to replicate color grading and end up creating an excessive amount of layers. The two-layer color grading technique is a simple way to create photo effects with a minimal and understandable set of layers. This technique can also be used in other… Continue reading How to Use the Two-Layer Color Grading Technique
Websites With Good Color Contrast
Color is the main tool you have in order to attract your audience’s attention towards that exact thing you want them to know. Using colors, you can inspire specific feelings and motivate specific actions. Long story short-the entire usability of your web design relies on color. Color can support or modify the message you’re trying… Continue reading Websites With Good Color Contrast
Christmas Gift – Photoshop Elements 14 For Dummies
The bestselling book on Photoshop Elements—now in a new edition Getting great photos is easier than you think—it just takes some know-how and a tool like Adobe’s Photoshop Elements. Photoshop Elements 14 For Dummies is a fun and easy-to-follow guide for photographers and photo enthusiasts who want to make their snapshots picture perfect. In no… Continue reading Christmas Gift – Photoshop Elements 14 For Dummies
Psychology Of Color To Improve Site Conversion
Studying the psychology of color is crucial for maximizing your site’s web design. Using the right colors can help put your customers in the frame of mind that compels them to take action. Color has the power to improve conversions by grabbing customers’ attention and triggering the right emotions for sales. Colors often define the… Continue reading Psychology Of Color To Improve Site Conversion
Using Color Theory to Improve Website Accessibility
There are tons of articles and guides about color theory and its importance for every web designer. Colors are really essential in design and may even influence people’s behavior in many cases. Thus, web designers usually check their website colors are suitable for the overall website style and that they create a good impression for… Continue reading Using Color Theory to Improve Website Accessibility