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6 Online Tools for Graphic Design To Keep an Eye on in 2017

December 15, 2016 by Veronika The online design sphere is constantly advancing and welcoming new platforms to its previously humble list of tools. The demand for quick and intuitive design on the go has inspired the creation of many browser-based online design tools. In this article, we’ll examine some of the newest additions to the… Continue reading 6 Online Tools for Graphic Design To Keep an Eye on in 2017

Cloudinary – Real-Time Video Transcoding and Management in the Cloud

Posted · Category: Video Web and mobile developers face many challenges when trying to manage videos on their sites and in their apps. The Cloudinary Video Management solution simplifies the process by enabling developers to quickly and easily optimize and transcode videos in real-time in the cloud. The solution, which integrates with existing workflow, gives… Continue reading Cloudinary – Real-Time Video Transcoding and Management in the Cloud

Applying artistic facial effects to images on the fly

Ever wished you could add snapchat like effects on your images? Good news is, you actually don’t need extensive training or specific face detection skills to get started. All you need is Cloudinary. Cloudinary is a cloud-based image management solution that gives you the power to upload, store, manipulate, optimize and deliver images. It also… Continue reading Applying artistic facial effects to images on the fly

Top Web Apps Designed to Smooth Your Design Workflow

Posted · Category: Best Collections The web apps below in combination with these productivity tips will help you improve your workflow.  So here they are: Clarify Expected Outcomes.  Just as can often be more than a single solution to an ambiguous requirement, expectations that are not put forth clearly can lead to unexpected or unintended results.… Continue reading Top Web Apps Designed to Smooth Your Design Workflow

Every Designer Should Know The Importance Of Prototyping

Advertisement The importance of prototyping should be obvious to anyone involved in designing website or mobile apps. A prototype allows a designer or developer to create a form out of a concept, so that everyone who is involved in the process can give their feedback and make necessary adjustments before a final version is produced.… Continue reading Every Designer Should Know The Importance Of Prototyping

Why a 0.28$ Pre-built Website Is the Best Buy You’ll Make This Month

Posted · Category: Best Collections Have you ever stopped to look back at what your job was like 10 years ago? It’s common knowledge that web designers’ responsibilities have changed over the years. In the past, you either needed some serious coding skills to be a website designer, or you had to rely on coding help… Continue reading Why a 0.28$ Pre-built Website Is the Best Buy You’ll Make This Month

Some of the Best eCommerce Themes for Building an Online Store

Posted · Category: Best Collections Choosing an eCommerce theme puts you on the right track for building a quality online store. But making that choice is only half the battle. The look and feel of your online store is critical. Your eCommerce theme can perform the tasks to make that happen, but you have to… Continue reading Some of the Best eCommerce Themes for Building an Online Store

7 Top eCommerce Themes For Building Great Shops

Advertisement Designing an online store should be relatively straightforward. Still, some web designers have a tendency to overdesign their sites, or invest in themes encourage overdesign or inventiveness. You can avoid these pitfalls by following a few simple rules: Give Your Store a Familiar Look. “Don’t make me think.” This brief cautionary message is the… Continue reading 7 Top eCommerce Themes For Building Great Shops

How to Design a Modern, Creative Agency Website

Posted · Category: Best Collections Your assignment is to create a website for a creative agency, perhaps the one you work for. Hence, your goal is to design a website that will attract and engage potential clients and customers. And have them beating on the door. You need to address what these potential customers expect from a creative agency.… Continue reading How to Design a Modern, Creative Agency Website

Every Designer Should Know Dieter Rams’ Design Principles

Dieter Rams’ design motto, “Weniger, aber besser” (“Less, but better”), has inspired many industrial designers in the past 50 years. Among them is Jonathan “Jony” Ive, Apple’s Senior Vice President of Design, who gave the world the simplistic yet refined designs of Macs, iPods, iPads, and iPhones. Rams believed that understanding people is the key… Continue reading Every Designer Should Know Dieter Rams’ Design Principles

Build Scalable Newsfeeds & Activity Steams with Stream

Posted · Category: License Free, Tools Stream is the API for scalable feeds for you to build scalable newsfeeds & activity streams. Whether you want to build a feed like Twitter, Instagram, Spotify or Facebook’s we have you covered. Stream handles the storage technology for the feed and you keep full control over the user… Continue reading Build Scalable Newsfeeds & Activity Steams with Stream

Flexbox Patterns: Ready-To-Use Building Blocks for Your Design

If you ever delved into Flexbox as an alternative to the classic CSS box model, you probably don’t want to go back. The hitch is, that you need to deal with it in-depth, and who has enough time for that these days. Thus, we’re often stuck with old methods of getting things done, just because… Continue reading Flexbox Patterns: Ready-To-Use Building Blocks for Your Design

Don’t Buy a WordPress Theme Unless It Can Offer These 4 Things

Posted · Category: Best Collections Choosing a WordPress theme is not necessarily an easy task if you are looking for the very best. It often comes down to one or two truly outstanding features that differentiate a theme from all of the others. Here are a few things well worth looking for that can get… Continue reading Don’t Buy a WordPress Theme Unless It Can Offer These 4 Things

Using a Drag and Drop Builder? Get Your Free License

Posted · Category: Uncategorized Drag and drop website building tools have their pros and cons, as do most website building tools. If you are using drag and drop to build your websites, we have a little reward for you – a promise of something better. It’s called XPRS, it offers a new and innovative approach… Continue reading Using a Drag and Drop Builder? Get Your Free License

What Multipurpose WordPress Theme Should You Pick?

Posted · Category: Best Collections Most web designers work with a variety of website types, and they prefer multipurpose themes for that reason. This is especially true when they need to deliver websites to multiple clients with different needs. Each of the multipurpose WP themes presented here features pre-designed website or layout selections from which… Continue reading What Multipurpose WordPress Theme Should You Pick?

International Artist Feature: Italy

For this article in the international artist series, we turn to Italy, featuring six artists who create fantastic work, from illustration to graphic design and more! I asked each artist how their country and culture inspired their work, and they delivered fantastic answers. Enjoy! Officemilano Officemilano is a multi-discipline design firm based in Milan, Italy.… Continue reading International Artist Feature: Italy

7 Free Server Monitoring Tools

There are so many wonderful and superb server monitoring tools are available in the internet some are free while some are costly. But in this collection we are showcasing 7 free and outstanding server monitoring tools. So when you use this collection you always make sure that your website is available for your users or… Continue reading 7 Free Server Monitoring Tools

Create Amazing Videos in Your Browser with Showbox

Posted · Category: License Free, Video Showbox enables anybody to create studio-quality video content. Showbox is a cloud-based solution that transforms video creation into a simple, scalable process that gives you beautiful results you couldn’t achieve beforehand. We tried to cover everything needed to create a video, in a way that allows you to go… Continue reading Create Amazing Videos in Your Browser with Showbox

How to Work With WordPress Term Meta: Understanding Taxonomies

In a recent series, we talked all about how we could work with metadata for several of the major classes in WordPress.  This included: Throughout the series, we talked a bit about how WordPress 4.4 introduced the idea of term metadata. I didn’t want to present the concept within the context of that series because… Continue reading How to Work With WordPress Term Meta: Understanding Taxonomies

8 Photography Portfolio Themes for WordPress

In this roundup we’ll take a look at some important things to consider when building an online photography portfolio with WordPress. We’ll go over eight tips and ideas, simultaneously looking at some top selling themes from Envato Market to help demonstrate each point. Say cheese! 1. Introduce Yourself Emotional design is hugely important on the… Continue reading 8 Photography Portfolio Themes for WordPress

Interview with Artist Devin Mars

Devin Mars is a digital artist from USA. born in Curitiba, Brazil. He can’t really pinpoint an exact moment on the time he wanted to become an artist because it’s an idea that evolved with him. Let us know about him more in this interview. So, read on and enjoy! When did you decide to become an artist? I… Continue reading Interview with Artist Devin Mars

10 Illustrator Tools Every Designer Should Be Using

What You’ll Be Creating In this article, we’re going to talk about the top ten most useful tools in Adobe Illustrator. Whether you’re into icon design, illustrations or any other craft, you’ll definitely want to read this article, since you’ll learn something new and interesting about the software that you use on a daily basis. So,… Continue reading 10 Illustrator Tools Every Designer Should Be Using

Weekly Inspiration: Discoverability and Feedback

Recently Vox, together with 99% Invisible, produced a brilliant short film about a door on the tenth floor of the Vox Media office. Besides many other doors, it featured Don Norman: design icon and celebrated author of The Design of Everyday Things. The purpose of the film was to highlight the usability of products and systems, whittling down… Continue reading Weekly Inspiration: Discoverability and Feedback