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
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5 Ways Freelancers Can Increase Productivity with Pre-Built Websites
Posted · Category: Best Collections As a freelance web designer, you no doubt enjoy working to your own schedules. And not having to commute to work, or a boss that likes micromanaging are also good perks. You work hard to improve your skills, and to keep up with the latest trends. As a result, you have little difficulty… Continue reading 5 Ways Freelancers Can Increase Productivity with Pre-Built Websites
Stressful Holiday? This Tool Will Make Next Year Easier
Posted · Category: Tools There’s no doubt that the Q4 holiday shopping season is the busiest time of year for online store owners and ecommerce businesses. If your freelance business or agency works with these online merchants, the last few weeks have almost certainly been hectic and stressful. Performing last minute site updates, troubleshooting broken… Continue reading Stressful Holiday? This Tool Will Make Next Year Easier
Cloudinary Enhances Media Delivery with Multi-CDN Offering
Posted · Category: Information Cloudinary is well known for solving the challenges you face when managing images and videos. With its newest enhancement, the company is also eliminating the complexities of media delivery by enabling the use of multiple content delivery networks (CDNs) to ensure end users quickly and reliably receive content. Today, images account… Continue reading Cloudinary Enhances Media Delivery with Multi-CDN Offering
The ultimate guide to CMS, part 1
Gather ’round friends, and I’ll tell you a story that is pure fabrication on my part, and also probably how it happened: Once upon a time, around 1995 (as far as I can figure out from searching around the web), some poor guy who worked as the “webmaster” for some large company was putting nearly… Continue reading The ultimate guide to CMS, part 1
Essential design trends, December 2016
Do you ever find yourself noticing that a certain design element just keeps popping up? Even those tiny details that look somewhat insignificant can be indicators of design trends. That is particularly true with the elements in this month’s roundup. Each of these trends—white edges framing a web design, cinemagraphs and tiny loading animations—are seemingly… Continue reading Essential design trends, December 2016
WeTransfer reveals new brand identify and UI
WeTransfer is one of the mostly widely admired start-ups of the last decade. In many ways it embodies what we tell our clients to aspire to: a simple idea, solving a common problem, well executed. What really makes WeTransfer standout is the high-value it places on design; since its launch in 2009, WeTransfer has used… Continue reading WeTransfer reveals new brand identify and UI
4 fresh alternatives to the hamburger menu
Some say web design has become boring. Current trends and high-end techniques establish the rules for the creatives, playing a low-down trick on the community. Everyone wants to be in the mainstream, and release products that go viral; it means that a million interfaces are likely to have the same features. Of course, content can… Continue reading 4 fresh alternatives to the hamburger menu
6 Worth Trying Apps, If You Never Did
There are many apps out there, but getting by free and good ones is not that easy. That is why we are sharing 6 Worth Trying Apps, If You Never Did. So, without any further ado let’s take a look at these and feel free to share this post with others. Read each entry in… Continue reading 6 Worth Trying Apps, If You Never Did
5 ways to identify quality stock images
In association with iStock by Getty Images. A good stock image is like a good design: you want it to be powerful, persuasive, and memorable; without drawing attention to itself. It can seem like a difficult balance to achieve, but a little effort on your part will reap rewards. Stock images are used for a… Continue reading 5 ways to identify quality stock images
5 Best Collaboration Tools That Will Improve Your Workflow
Posted · Category: Best Collections A team leader’s role is to take a group of people who have diverse yet complementary skills, and variable degrees of experience, and mold them into a cohesive team. And make them work together toward a common objective. These same skills that can do so much when given proper direction can just… Continue reading 5 Best Collaboration Tools That Will Improve Your Workflow
Making logos work for the web
When you design for the web, no matter the industry, there are expectations that must be met, and realities that must be accounted for. Although this is true for all forms of web design, it is especially true for logo design. This is something we’ve encountered numerous times. Think about the many different conventions of logo… Continue reading Making logos work for the web
The best new portfolio sites, October 2016
Hello readers! World events have been very interesting lately, but now it’s time for what we all know is really important: other peoples’ portfolios! Okay, it’s not that important in the grand scheme of things, but design is one thing we can all agree o… ahahaha. I can’t even properly finish that sentence. Not even… Continue reading The best new portfolio sites, October 2016
Affinity Photo comes to Windows
Friends, Windows enthusiasts, and people generally just stuck with Windows… rejoice! Rejoice, for some real competition to Adobe has finally hit our platform. Affinity Photo is here in Beta form, and it is looking mighty fine. I’ve had a chance to play around with it, and I have to say that I am duly impressed.… Continue reading Affinity Photo comes to Windows
The evolution of political campaign logos
The most successful brands understand that knowing their audience and how to communicate with them is vital to their success. For better or worse, it often comes down to a simple logo. We’ve all seen our fair share of re-brandings and logo transformations. The history behind an established brand is essential and changing something familiar… Continue reading The evolution of political campaign logos
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
What Is A User Experience Designer And What Do They Do
The term ‘design’ can be a deceptively simple one. It sounds curiously vague, and when offered in response to most people, it elicits a degree of confusion. For example, when somebody says ‘Oh, I work as a designer,’ a lot of people do not entirely understand what this means. This is because, for such a… Continue reading What Is A User Experience Designer And What Do They Do
One-Click Desktop, Cam, & Mic Recording Tool for Chrome
Posted · Category: License Free, Video Opentest is the fastest way for you to share knowledge and collaborate more easily through video. The seamless experience makes it perfect for: Walking a co-worker through a project, Bug tracking/QA (both web & mobile), Personalized sales demos, Customer support. Opentest let’s you do all that for free without… Continue reading One-Click Desktop, Cam, & Mic Recording Tool for Chrome
Get Started With Firebase for Android
Mobile applications need a back-end server in order to perform tasks such as authenticating users and synchronizing user data across multiple devices. Creating such a server, however, requires a skill set that most independent app developers lack. Fortunately, there are several back-end as a service platforms, often called BaaS, you can use today. Google’s Firebase… Continue reading Get Started With Firebase for Android
Showcase Of Colorful Mobile User Interface Designs
Advertisement User Interface (UI) has two parts: technological and aesthetic. The technological half is the logic and scientific method used to make not just a program work, but to ensure that users find access to the program simple to navigate. The aesthetic half provides users with an interface that is attractive visually and draws the… Continue reading Showcase Of Colorful Mobile User Interface Designs
4 Online Apps You May Need To Know
There are many tools out there, but getting by free and good ones is not that easy. That is why are sharing 4 Online Apps You May Need To Know. So, without any further ado let’s take a look at these and feel free to share this post with others. Read each entry in the… Continue reading 4 Online Apps You May Need To Know
Create a Surreal and Magical Dream Bottle Landscape
In this advanced tutorial, you’ll learn how to create a magical bottle scene set against the backdrop of a surreal landscape by compositing and blending several stock images together using techniques of layer masks, adjustment layers, dodge & burn. I’ll also explain how to work with shadows and lighting as well as with the Camera… Continue reading Create a Surreal and Magical Dream Bottle Landscape
8 Free CSS-SVG Loaders and Spinners
In this round-up we are showcasing some best and very useful CSS-SVG loaders and spinners. Loaders and spinners are very important when you are working on Ajaxed interfaces. All these CSS-SVG loaders and spinners are free so you can easily download without any tension. You can also use these loaders in your content as AJAX… Continue reading 8 Free CSS-SVG Loaders and Spinners
Learn Xcode And Swift To Develop iOS Apps
Advertisement I know you want to learn Xcode and you are not the only one. Yet, you might think that creating an app for use on an iPhone or iPad is too complicated and simply out of your reach. However, app design and creation has never been simpler than it is today. Using tools such… Continue reading Learn Xcode And Swift To Develop iOS Apps