Canny Edge Detector Using Python

Edge detection is an essential image analysis technique when someone is interested in recognizing objects by their outlines, and it’s also considered an essential step in recovering information from images.  For instance, edge detection can extract important features like lines and curves, which are then normally used by higher-level computer vision or image-processing algorithms. A… Continue reading Canny Edge Detector Using Python

Chatbot User Experience 101: Vital Tips to Improve Chatbot UX

Use Simple Language & Diction in Your Chatbot Design Process It can’t be overstated how important personality is for a chatbot; personality makes a bot fun to talk to. When you’ve developed a bot personality, ensure your bot’s voice remains consistent throughout the conversation. Moments where a bot speaks “out of character” can be immersion breaking… Continue reading Chatbot User Experience 101: Vital Tips to Improve Chatbot UX

Creating GraphQL Subscriptions in Express ― Scotch

Introduction This section focuses on creating realtime applications using GraphQL, and the best way to achieve that is through subscriptions. The code in this section is a continuation of Part 1 of this series, and I would advise going through it before moving forward. This is a critical and essential part to future implementation of… Continue reading Creating GraphQL Subscriptions in Express ― Scotch

9 Design and Formatting Tricks to Make Your Content Easier to Read

In a perfect world, content would be judged solely on the information it provides. The strength of a piece would depend exclusively on its subject matter, and how that subject is articulated through words and images. But in the online world, great information isn’t enough—you also need to present that information efficiently, and in an… Continue reading 9 Design and Formatting Tricks to Make Your Content Easier to Read

Beginner’s Guide to Angular: Components

Building single-page applications is an art, with many impressive frameworks to choose from. One of the most intuitive and widely used frameworks for building both web and mobile applications is Angular. Today, Angular 10 is out, and there are many impressive features. However, you need to master components before you dig deep.  First Things First:… Continue reading Beginner’s Guide to Angular: Components

Essential Ingredients For Every Competitive Analysis

The Whys Why are competitors doing things a certain way? Why do people trust or use a competitor’s product? Why is a particular product among the top 3 or top 5 solutions in the market? One of the most effective practice is to use the 5 Whys technique. You can read more about it here.… Continue reading Essential Ingredients For Every Competitive Analysis

10 Must-Have WordPress eCommerce Plugins

Although a lot of people still regard WordPress as a blogging platform, the truth is that it’s now used by businesses all over the world to create a vast variety of different sites. WordPress isn’t only the most widely-used and popular content management system in the world, it’s also one of the best ways to… Continue reading 10 Must-Have WordPress eCommerce Plugins

How Gaming Sites Can Improve Their Design

The better designed the website and the better the usability, the more likely people will come back to use it  – and the more views, the more conversions and the better the website performs. Gaming websites need to be at the very height of attractive web design, especially in such a saturated sector. The look… Continue reading How Gaming Sites Can Improve Their Design

5 Unusual Trends to Create Fresh Look of Your Website

To begin with, we all know that owning a popular online project is not the easiest thing for today. Needless to say, there are a lot of different colorful and attractive websites that already exist. Thus, you have to create something that is truly unique in order to stand out from the crowd. Without a… Continue reading 5 Unusual Trends to Create Fresh Look of Your Website

5 Steps to Create Your Own e-Commerce Site from Scratch

Being a designer nowadays goes hand in hand with staying up-to-date with technology; owning a high-spec PC or Mac is quintessential and knowing every Photoshop and Illustrator shortcut like the back of your hand is a given. Yet building your own website from scratch in order to showcase or even sell your work is a… Continue reading 5 Steps to Create Your Own e-Commerce Site from Scratch

Are You Using The Right CMS Platform?

CMS is short for Content Management System – and it’s easy to understand why many novices find the term confusing. Broken down, it sounds like a specialized tool, something you might use to store and organize materials before putting them online or saving reference materials. In reality, though, CMS platforms are everywhere. WordPress is a… Continue reading Are You Using The Right CMS Platform?

Free Text Effect Tutorials (26 Tuts)

Free tutorials of amazing Text Effects ideal to create vintage, retro, neon and glitch effects on your text and lettering with few Photoshop and Illustrator steps. These tutorials are perfect for beginners and advance graphic designers. There are 2D and 3D text effect tutorials to create posters, flyers, calendar and giving your typography or lettering a fresh touch… Continue reading Free Text Effect Tutorials (26 Tuts)

The Evolution Process From A Junior Level Designer To Becoming A Design Lead

This post feels somewhat like a coming of age story. If you’re a junior designer, it might be eye opening. On the contrary, as a design lead it might be the dark satirical humor after a long day that puts a smile on your face. As designers, we all face daily battles big or small,… Continue reading The Evolution Process From A Junior Level Designer To Becoming A Design Lead

ooto: A free dashboard template for Sketch

Today we are glad to present you a fresh new dashboard/admin design template: it’s ooto, a set of 4 dashboard screens designed by Adrian Madacs – UI Designer from Denmark – and released exclusively for Freebiesbug! This freebies consists of four Productivity Dashboards. The first one is called Sessions with a focus on 1on1 sessions within the team.… Continue reading ooto: A free dashboard template for Sketch

The Three Photo Effects in Luminar You’ll Fall in Love With

Posted · Category: Stock Photos Every image, in every webpage you work on, should be flawless in terms of its quality, and its ability to fit with the concept or idea behind the page. An image should also fit in contextually with the accompanying text. These considerations, and how cleverly you apply them, can make… Continue reading The Three Photo Effects in Luminar You’ll Fall in Love With

Common UX Mistakes and How to Avoid (or Fix) Them

Have you ever fumbled through a complicated contact form on a mobile website or wished for a button or link that wasn’t there? If so, you’ve experienced what a lack of foresight in user experience (UX) design causes. Don’t fall victim to the same common UX mistakes. Make sure potential customers poor UX design doesn’t… Continue reading Common UX Mistakes and How to Avoid (or Fix) Them

A Step by Step Guide to the Auto-Placement Algorithm in CSS Grid

In this tutorial, I’ll be going over all the steps the auto-placement algorithm of the CSS Grid Layout module follows when positioning elements. These steps are controlled by the grid-auto-flow property. In Introducing the CSS Grid Layout and Seven Ways You Can Place Elements Using CSS Grid Layout, I gave an overview of the CSS… Continue reading A Step by Step Guide to the Auto-Placement Algorithm in CSS Grid

How to Create a Website to Compliment Your Logo

When it comes to creating your website and logo design, nothing but the best will do. You need to consider your branding always when creating any STD or web property. You also should consider your logo design and how your website works with your logo to help your branding. Remember that branding is a concerted… Continue reading How to Create a Website to Compliment Your Logo

Luminar: Complex Photo Editing Made Easy and Enjoyable

Finding a source of high-quality photos isn’t all that difficult. Gaining access to absolutely stunning, special effects photos for online use can be a different story; and generally requires the use of a photo editor. Edited images in presentation and e-commerce websites are used to attract and engage visitors, increase sales, and encourage visitors to… Continue reading Luminar: Complex Photo Editing Made Easy and Enjoyable

Visually Build Native Apps Right In Your Browser With Dropsource

Dropsource is a brand new mobile application development platform that was built with the developer’s needs in mind. What does this mean exactly? It means that its sole purpose is to make a developer’s job easier and to make building a data-driven native mobile app as simple as drag and drop. Dropsource comes equipped with… Continue reading Visually Build Native Apps Right In Your Browser With Dropsource

Zendesk releases a new logo

We’re all familiar with the old Zendesk logo, right? The memorable image of the Buddha who’s wearing a headset (melding old-fashioned mindfulness with modern-day tech) was an instantly recognizable logo of a big brand in today’s tech industry. Now, the new Zendesk logo is a combination mark of a logotype or wordmark design together with… Continue reading Zendesk releases a new logo

Create a Sci-Fi Chamber Photo Manipulation in Photoshop

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 and then complete it by adding realistic shadows and lighting effect Throughout… Continue reading Create a Sci-Fi Chamber Photo Manipulation in Photoshop

Looking for a Prototyping Tool? Here are Some Very Good Ones

Posted · Category: Best Collections First of all, how exactly do you intend to present your design, or elements of it, to others, or test the UX? With a prototype of course, but there are also wireframes and mockups to consider. All three serve a purpose, but they are not one and the same. The… Continue reading Looking for a Prototyping Tool? Here are Some Very Good Ones

Create a Dark and Mysterious Landscape Matte Painting with Photoshop

In this tutorial I’ll show you how to create a dark and mysterious landscape using a range of photo manipulation techniques. You’ll learn how to combine different stock photos into a cohesive scene, create a misty atmosphere, adjust color, work with lighting and more. What you’ll be creating We’ll start this tutorial by creating a… Continue reading Create a Dark and Mysterious Landscape Matte Painting with Photoshop