Tag: image

Quick Tip: Erase Backgrounds Quickly With The Background Eraser Tool

Step 1: Chose an image to work with Open a photo that you want to extract a background from in Photoshop. In this tutorial I’m going to use a scene of two trees and a blue sky as background, but you can use the same techniques applied here to a variety of images and situations.… Continue reading Quick Tip: Erase Backgrounds Quickly With The Background Eraser Tool

24 Cool PHP Libraries You Should Know About

It is an exciting time to be a PHP developer. There are lots of useful libraries released every day, and with the help of Composer and Github, they are easy to discover and use. Here are 24 of the coolest that I’ve come across. Your favorite is not on the list? Share it in the… Continue reading 24 Cool PHP Libraries You Should Know About

Useful Tutorials For Creating Vector Graphic Using Free Software “Inkscape”

In this article, we are sharing with you some useful and detailed tutorials for creating vector graphics by using Inkscape. Although, Adobe Illustrator is there for creating amazing vector graphics but Inkscape is a free resource for creating vector graphics, and for this reason it is the best alternative to Adobe Illustrator. Using Inkscape is… Continue reading Useful Tutorials For Creating Vector Graphic Using Free Software “Inkscape”

Make a Web App with Instagram-like Filters

In this tutorial, we are going to make a simple web app that allows you to drag a photo from your computer into the browser window, and apply instagram-like filters on it. For this purpose we are going to use a number of JavaScript libraries and plugins: Caman.js – this is a powerful canvas manipulation… Continue reading Make a Web App with Instagram-like Filters

Tools and Tips on how to Optimize Images for the Web

The time a page takes to load is something every designer worries about, or at least is something that every designer should worry about. It doesn’t matter if the layout is nice and beautiful if it doesn’t function properly. Since images can be pretty heavy, this is certainly an issue to keep an eye on.… Continue reading Tools and Tips on how to Optimize Images for the Web

Quick Tip: Access the Hidden Photographic Toning Gradients in Photoshop CS6

The Photographic Toning Effects Photoshop CS6 comes loaded with 39 presets to simulate traditional darkroom toning and split-toning effects. Click on the image to download the high-res version you can print. Step 1 Open an image you want to split tone in Photoshop. For this tutorial, we’ll be using the image below as an example.… Continue reading Quick Tip: Access the Hidden Photographic Toning Gradients in Photoshop CS6

Web IDEs: the future of coding

Still using desktop code editors? Web integrated development environments (IDEs) are a new way to build your web projects directly in the browser, often saving development time and making collaboration easier. The humble browser used to just serve up simple HTML documents, but it’s often now your first stop for just about any task. Think… Continue reading Web IDEs: the future of coding

Create a Battlefield Scene Using Stock Photography in Photoshop

By combining the right photography in Photoshop you can create just about any scene that you want. In this tutorial, we will create a battlefield using several stock photographs. Let’s get started! Tutorial Assets Here are the stocks used to complete the image. Sky 1 Sky 2 Spikes Fire Fire 2 Smoke Soldier 1 Soldier… Continue reading Create a Battlefield Scene Using Stock Photography in Photoshop

25 Best Photoshop CS6 Tutorials

Quickly Select Skin Tones Color Splash Effect in Photoshop CS6 Quickly Change the Appearance Content Aware Move Tool Introducing the New Crop Tool Hunger Games Poster Composite Using Photoshop CS6 Use New Features in Photoshop CS6 to Create an Administrator Dashboard Interface Use the Content Aware Move Tool Create Tilt Shift Photography with the New… Continue reading 25 Best Photoshop CS6 Tutorials

UI Design Guidelines for Responsive Design

The web development community has come up with endless solutions, best practices, and tools for coding a responsive design with ease. While the vast majority of websites can be made responsive now, it’s time to push the envelope further. It’s easy to pay attention to great coding best practices, but sometimes the best design practices… Continue reading UI Design Guidelines for Responsive Design

25+ Exceptional WordPress Slideshow Plugin Roundup

In recent years, using a WordPress slideshow plugin has become hugely popular and for the right reasons. A WordPress slideshow can provide an immense method of displaying plenty of contents in a restricted space. WordPress slideshow plugins are easy to install and manage, and they can make your website look truly professional. WordPress slideshows are… Continue reading 25+ Exceptional WordPress Slideshow Plugin Roundup

40 Cool Inspirational Digital Illustrations

It’s been a while since the last time we collected for you some really well done 3D character illustrations. Digital illustration has been one of the most rapidly evolving art forms of recent years, as technology and software improves, and as artists push boundaries and realize the capabilities of computer-based image creation. A good illustration… Continue reading 40 Cool Inspirational Digital Illustrations

Create a Sports Wallpaper with Splatter Effects

Preview of Final Results Resources Girl – SXC Tea Stain Texture – Frameofthoughts (Deviantart) Ball – SXC Plant – SXC Splatter 1 – SXC Splatter 2 – SXC Splatter 3 – SXC Galaxy – Pauline Moss Stock (Deviantart) Goalpost – SXC Ground – SXC Skyline – SXC Spray Paint Pack – Mediamilitia Water Color Texture… Continue reading Create a Sports Wallpaper with Splatter Effects

jQuery Slider Shock: The Most Complete Slider

Hi everyone. We are proud to present our latest product : jQuery Slider Shock. A fully responsive slider and the most complete over the web right now. Available for you to download it as a jQuery code to use it wherever you need, or as a plugin for the most used CMS: WordPress. We wanted to make… Continue reading jQuery Slider Shock: The Most Complete Slider

Bandwidth Media Queries? We Don’t Need ’Em!

From time to time, when a discussion is taking place about ways to implement responsive images, someone comes along and says, “Hey, guys! What we really need is a media query that enables us to send high-resolution images to people on a fast connection and low-resolution images to people on a slow connection.” At least… Continue reading Bandwidth Media Queries? We Don’t Need ’Em!

Killzone C4d signature tutorial

Hi everyone, in this tutorial I’ll teach you guys to reach a similar outcome as the following Killzone signature: It’s not a difficult tutorial if you already know some basics and medium skills. It is fully labeled, this way you can exactly see what I did when creating the signature, even steps that I didn’t explain in… Continue reading Killzone C4d signature tutorial

13 Ways to Get the Most out of Every Blog Post & Grow Your Traffic

Many bloggers stumble their way through every blog post, not giving specific (or strategic) thought to the many subtle steps involved. I’m sure this is partially because that can prove to be mentally draining. But mostly because it has either never occurred to them or they simply forget in the moment. But I’ve found that… Continue reading 13 Ways to Get the Most out of Every Blog Post & Grow Your Traffic

The Coca-Cola Secrets to Become Top 20 Brands in Social Media

When you see the Coca-cola on television what do you think? Surely you are used to seeing Coca-cola? How the Coca-cola in social media? Coca-cola is doing branding anywhere done in totality, it is evident from the web bussiness insider which puts Coca-Cola in ranks 13th on Twitter brand pages and fan web page featuring… Continue reading The Coca-Cola Secrets to Become Top 20 Brands in Social Media

50 Fresh and Truly Creative Photo Manipulations

The featured image of this post is the georgeous photo manipulation [myOwnWorld²]. When memory fade like the life of autumn leaf Evolution Titanic II the place you want to be the WorkForce Play with me? also human part II Health Check Despairing Red (Love) Stoned visitor. Moon Palace… the Mysteries of Waxing Youth Preparing for… Continue reading 50 Fresh and Truly Creative Photo Manipulations

Create Digital Invitations To Any Event With Erly

In this digital age, inviting friends and family to a special occasion is now as easy as sending them an email or a link to a web page. For those who prefer a modern way of sending invites as opposed to the more traditional ones sent by post, Erly is a great option. The web… Continue reading Create Digital Invitations To Any Event With Erly

Live Album Previews with CSS3 and jQuery

Today we are going to make a script for previewing the contents of an album with a slideshow-like animation. This can be used in photo galleries, online shops, profile pages and more. The example is inspired by Facebook, where you hover over an album and get a slideshow of some of the photos contained inside it. Let’s… Continue reading Live Album Previews with CSS3 and jQuery

Removing a head from an image for a great effect – Photoshop Tutorial

Tutorial Details Requirements: Photoshop CS2 and newer Difficulty: Intermediate Estimated Completetion Time: 1 hour In this tutorial we will learn how to remove someone’s head and replace it with object in the background. It does not only apply to heads but to all kinds of objects so you can remove them and replace with a… Continue reading Removing a head from an image for a great effect – Photoshop Tutorial

Supporting the Design Community

It has been a while since I entered the design community and I’m very glad I did that. As a lot of you may know I’m not a designer, but I do write about web design and design related subjects. As a writer I really like to research/browse several different websites to deliver you nice… Continue reading Supporting the Design Community