Preview of Final Results Tutorial Resources Stars – greenaleydis-stock Cosmos Package – resurgere-stock Field – f3rd4-stock People Brush – fiftyfivepixels Trees Silhouettes – kuschelirmel-stock Trees Silhouettes 2 – winerla-stock Bushes – redheadstock Step 1: Creating a new Photoshop file Let’s start off by creating a new Photoshop file. Create a new file with the following… Continue reading Create a Mysterious Scene with Planets
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Creativity Fine-Tuning: Best of Flickr Group – Vol. 81
Welcome to the 81st volume of “Creativity Fine-Tuning: Best of PSD Vault Flickr Group”, which is a showcase I run regularly here on psdvault.com featuring some fantastic, highly-creative design works in the PSD Vault Flickr Group. Hope you enjoy those works as much as I did and find them inspirational! Meanwhile, if you have some cool… Continue reading Creativity Fine-Tuning: Best of Flickr Group – Vol. 81
Create a Simple jQuery Image Lightbox Gallery
When building your own WordPress theme, there are a number of items to consider. One such page element is a dynamic image gallery, either using a lightbox or some type of sliding panel. Both of these user interfaces mesh nicely into the content of an article. Since they can both work on typical websites it… Continue reading Create a Simple jQuery Image Lightbox Gallery
Build a Mini Image Gallery Slideshow using Galleria
After searching through countless blog posts I have been looking for a really great image gallery slideshow. Something that could be added into WordPress and made as an easy publishing solution. This lead me onto Galleria which is a beautiful open source responsive image slideshow using jQuery. In this tutorial I want to demonstrate how… Continue reading Build a Mini Image Gallery Slideshow using Galleria
Create Facial Photo Manipulation Surrounded by Electrified Orbs in Photoshop
In this tutorial, I will show you the process of creating this Create Facial Photo Manipulation Surrounded by Electrified Orbs in Photoshop. I will show some interesting methods to rendering the electrified orbs by utilizing lightning textures and various Photoshop tools. We will go through manipulation techniques such as clipping mask, layer mask, layer blending… Continue reading Create Facial Photo Manipulation Surrounded by Electrified Orbs in Photoshop
Top 20 Photoshop Alternatives for Creating Multimedia Content
Adobe Photoshop has been one of the most widely used tools for creating banners, logos, website templates and other forms of graphics. However, anyone who has used Photoshop knows that it’s an advanced software that a normal user cannot use very easily. This is why we have created this list of 20 extremely user… Continue reading Top 20 Photoshop Alternatives for Creating Multimedia Content
10+ Mobile Friendly Responsive jQuery Slider Plugins
One of the hottest trends in the web design space, started by the popularity of mobile devices, is design of websites with responsive layouts. Indeed, if you are planning to build a website, it is an advantage, if not a must, that you go for a template design for your web page that can conveniently be viewed by mobile internet users whose number is increasing by leaps and bounds.
Using Custom Data Attributes and Pseudo-Elements
New Features of Adobe Muse CC
Adobe Muse CC software allows designers to create professional websites for desktop and mobile devices without writing code. Using Adobe Muse CC you can plan, design, and publish HTML pages according to the latest web standards using familiar Adobe tools the same as in Illustrator or InDesign. You will be able to work quickly with… Continue reading New Features of Adobe Muse CC
Email Templates For Web Designers And Developers (PDF, ODT, TXT)
You know how it goes: you are facing a difficult situation with a client, and you aren’t quite sure how to respond to it to navigate the conversation into a meaningful direction. This is where email templates can come in handy. This article features email templates for communicating with clients, superiors, teammates and the like.… Continue reading Email Templates For Web Designers And Developers (PDF, ODT, TXT)
Smooth Diagonal Fade Gallery with CSS3 Transitions
The Beauty of Monochrome Portraits
Create An Animated CSS Box Menu
In this tutorial were going to play with CSS transitions to create a new style navigation menu. The effect we are aiming for is having a number of navigation boxes, and when the mouse hovers over a box this will grow and shrink the other boxes. We can even add an icon to animate into… Continue reading Create An Animated CSS Box Menu
Web Designing is All About Stirring Up the Right Emotions – 5 Emotions that Make a Website Work
The focus on aesthetics in website designing remains as is, but another element has been added to the mix, which is Emotion. A mixture of emotions and aesthetics helps you design user experiences that effectively capture the mood of the website and help deliver the website’s message effectively. You might not have thought about it,… Continue reading Web Designing is All About Stirring Up the Right Emotions – 5 Emotions that Make a Website Work
Photoshop Matte Painting in Easy Steps
Preview of Final Results Tutorial Resources Clouds – aussiegal7 Bridge – montvalentstock Castle – pixellyperfectstock Waterfall – bleu-claire-stock Ruins – pixellyperfectstock Ruins – nixie04 Ruins – sacmaluk Ruins – whynotastock River – cat-in-the-stock Mountains – castock City – knightfall-stock Model – liam-stock Step 1 – Size Open the background stock. The size of the stock… Continue reading Photoshop Matte Painting in Easy Steps
13 Online HTML5 Tools For Web Designers
With this collection, we want to share with you 13 great online HTML5 tools that have been designed especially for the web developers so that they can simplify their development work. These online HTML5 tools will be very helpful for the web developers to build awesome and new revolutionary web pages. Here is the complete… Continue reading 13 Online HTML5 Tools For Web Designers
10 Awesome Responsive Websites for Your Inspiration
The Benefit There are also several good benefits of using a responsive design website layout, below are some of them: Responsive design is SEO-friendly You’ll have a single URL for all content, this would mean faster load times which will enhance SEO efforts. Furthermore, Google and Bing endorse responsive design according to this article. It’s… Continue reading 10 Awesome Responsive Websites for Your Inspiration
30+ Hot CSS3 Image Hover Scripts
CSS3 image hover effects is one of the common techniques used in web design to make web pages more interactive and stand out visually. CSS image hover scripts makes it simple to add cool dynamic effects on otherwise “static” images whenever the mouse hovers over them. CSS3 effects are typically created using CSS filter and… Continue reading 30+ Hot CSS3 Image Hover Scripts
How to Create a Rainbow Colored Portrait From a Stock Image in Illustrator
In today’s tutorial, I’m going to show you how I created a simple, rainbow colored portrait using a stock image base in Adobe Illustrator. I’ll be adding subtle decoration to the portrait with the help of a Scatter Brush and will be playing with a splash of color to create the rainbow effect. So let’s… Continue reading How to Create a Rainbow Colored Portrait From a Stock Image in Illustrator
App Showcase with Grid Overlay
Today we will be creating a little app showcase with a neat effect. The idea is to show a mobile device with a screenshot of an app and when clicking on the device, a grid appears, showing some more screenshots. The effect is very subtle: the device moves back and the grid fades in and… Continue reading App Showcase with Grid Overlay
Grunge Minimalist Posters Illustrating Famous Movie Quotes
Making posters related to famous movies is somehow popular these days among designers. There are a lot of them doing it and they are each creating the posters in a certain style. For example, Jay Quann created this series of posters which illustrate famous movie quotes and a significant minimalist image which is relevant for… Continue reading Grunge Minimalist Posters Illustrating Famous Movie Quotes
50 Amazing jQuery Plugins That You Should Start Using Right Now
jQuery has a wonderful community of programmers that create incredible things. However, it may become difficult to sift through everything that is released and find the gems that are absolute must-haves. This is why, in this post, you will find a collection of 50 new jQuery plugins and JavaScript libraries that, when applied with good… Continue reading 50 Amazing jQuery Plugins That You Should Start Using Right Now
3 Photo Effects for Wedding Photographers
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
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