After Effects timeline tips every designer should know

For many, the After Effects timeline can appear quite odd the first time you see it. It doesn’t appear like a traditional editing timeline you might see in Premiere Pro or Final Cut. And it isn’t a node-based editor either, like you see in Davinci Resolve. Instead, After Effects treats everything on the composition timeline… Continue reading After Effects timeline tips every designer should know

After Effects keyboard shortcuts: Cheat sheet for animators

Here we’ll share our favorite keyboard shortcuts that have made After Effects animation smoother, faster, and honestly way more fun. Whether you’re a designer stepping into motion for the first time or an illustrator bringing characters to life, these are the cheat codes you’ll wish you’d known sooner. 1. Getting started with After Effects keyboard… Continue reading After Effects keyboard shortcuts: Cheat sheet for animators

UI elements are not so elementary

To function, components require a specific structure. To appear visually — they don’t. This has been breaking handoff processes for years. Dmitri Mendeleev’s periodic table looks simple, it doesn’t strike as if the elements are, in fact, significantly different from one another. But when you dig in and understand that just a ‘seemingly insignificant’ property of the number… Continue reading UI elements are not so elementary

How to Build an Accordion Component With the CSS Checkbox Hack

What You’ll Be Creating In this short tutorial, we’ll learn how to build a CSS-only flexible accordion component by taking advantage of the “CSS checkbox hack technique”. Most importantly, our component will be fully responsive and its layout will switch between horizontal and vertical depending on the viewport size.  Along the way, we’ll discuss how… Continue reading How to Build an Accordion Component With the CSS Checkbox Hack

10 jQuery snippets every designer should know

jQuery is used on thousands upon thousands of web pages. It’s one of the most common libraries to insert into pages, and it makes DOM manipulation a snap.   Of course, part of jQuery’s popularity is its simplicity. It seems we can do almost anything we like with this powerful library. For all the options… Continue reading 10 jQuery snippets every designer should know