Category: Tutorials

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Cross-Site Scripting in WordPress: What Is XSS?

This entry is part 1 of 2 in the series Cross-Site Scripting in WordPress One of the most exciting aspects of modern web development is the potential that comes with building applications specifically for web browsers (or to run “in the cloud.”) Originally, Java was meant to be the “write-once, run-anywhere” solution, but it appears… Continue reading Cross-Site Scripting in WordPress: What Is XSS?

How to Create an Andy Warhol Inspired Pop Art Portrait in Illustrator

Andy Warhol‘s screen print series of Marilyn Monroe portraits were probably the main reason I was interested in creating vector art. He’s one of my all time favorite artists so creating a set of portraits inspired by his mass produced art was bound to happen at some point! In today’s tutorial I’m going to show… Continue reading How to Create an Andy Warhol Inspired Pop Art Portrait in Illustrator

Turn Day into Night in Photoshop

Turn day into night! Use the power of Adjustment Layers and Blending Options to turn a bright daytime image, into a semi-realistic nighttime image. While these settings may not give you 100% perfect results, you can use the same techniques on your images with a bit of tweaking. Source Files The images that I’m using… Continue reading Turn Day into Night in Photoshop

25 Web Development Tutorials for Useful Code Snippets

Over the past few years we have published a large set of tutorial focused on web development techniques. Both frontend and backend code samples are always helpful when you are building new projects. And that is reason enough to go back and check out past tutorials for golden nuggets of codes. Check out the gallery… Continue reading 25 Web Development Tutorials for Useful Code Snippets

Streamline your Process with Volo

Front-end developers face a variety of challenges when creating sites that have repetitive solutions. All sites use a similar DOM skeleton, as well as many common features and attributes. Volo aims to remove some of the effort out of the process, allowing developers to focus on the new aspects of a project, as apposed to… Continue reading Streamline your Process with Volo

Create a Cute Bunny House in Photoshop

Tutorial Resources Grass – Morguefile Daisies – Maureenolder Road – happeningstock Sky – sxc.hu Signpost – sxc.hu Big carrot – Stockfreeimages Three carrots – Stockfreeimages Roof – Morguefile Door – Stockfreeimages Rug – sxc.hu Window – sxc.hu Fence – Morguefile Bunny 1 – Morguefile Bunny 2 – Morguefile Bunny 3 – Morguefile Step 1 Create… Continue reading Create a Cute Bunny House in Photoshop

Create a Retro Mixtape in Photoshop

Incorporating retro elements into your design work is an effective way to add strong nostalgic appeal and garner the attention of a large, worldwide demographic of strong spenders. Few adults can look at an old piece of technology without conjuring up a few fond memories, and this reaction can translate to a positive impression and… Continue reading Create a Retro Mixtape in Photoshop

How to Create a Cute Corn Illustration with Basic Shapes in Illustrator

In this tutorial we are going to draw a cute corn illustration, with the use of Pathfinder panel, basic shape tools and some Blends for the color palette, so lets get started. Step 1 First we start with by creating a New document (Cmnd + N), the size of the artboard would be 600 x… Continue reading How to Create a Cute Corn Illustration with Basic Shapes in Illustrator

Create a Colorful Retro Poster in Photoshop and Illustrator

Resources Model – Poorsouls Stock Galaxy – Decoybg – Deviantart Umbrella – SXC Step 1 First is first. We need an empty canvas to begin working. Here is my canvas size of the finished design. So you can use it simply. Step 2 Photoshop just presented us with a blank, white canvas. We are going… Continue reading Create a Colorful Retro Poster in Photoshop and Illustrator

10 Photoshop Tips: Extend Your Basic Knowledge of Photoshop

Photoshop is very often the tool of choice for photo retouching, but over time it has become a widely used tool in other professional fields such as illustration, conceptual art, graphic design, web design… Therefore, it is a multi-use program that can help a lot to develop our creative work. However, it is easy for… Continue reading 10 Photoshop Tips: Extend Your Basic Knowledge of Photoshop

How to Create Multiple Frames with One Image in Adobe InDesign

It is possible to create cool image effects not only in Photoshop and Illustrator but also in InDesign. In this tutorial we will learn how to place one image into several randomly placed frames. We will use Effects, Object Styles, special Paste features and learn some very useful techniques on the way. Let’s get started!

How to Create Bounce Effect with CSS3 Animation

This article is part of our “HTML5/CSS3 Tutorials series” – dedicated to help make you a better designer and/or developer. Click here to see more articles from the same series. Today, we are going to doing an experiment with CSS3 Animation. In our previous post, we discussed how to re-create “marquee” effect using CSS3 Animation.… Continue reading How to Create Bounce Effect with CSS3 Animation

Coding a Horizontal Navigation Bar with jQuery Dropdown Menus

It is very common to find dropdown navigation elements within website layouts. Developers use these types of hidden menus for displaying extra links which are typically related to the main topic. Other examples may use sliding panels or varying accordion-style menus to accomplish the same interface. But for this tutorial I want to build a… Continue reading Coding a Horizontal Navigation Bar with jQuery Dropdown Menus

Turn a Pencil Sketch Into a Colorful and Dynamic Character Illustration

Sketching out a character illustration can be a lot of fun. Giving that sketch life can be a challenging task, however. In this Tuts+ Premium tutorial, Ken Barthelmey will explain how to use Photoshop’s painting tools to turn a pencil sketch into a colorful and dynamic character illustration. In this process, he will show how… Continue reading Turn a Pencil Sketch Into a Colorful and Dynamic Character Illustration

Stunning Time-lapse of an Illustration of a Dying Star

When a star like our own reaches the end of its life, it begins to run out of hydrogen fuel in its core. Like a car running out of gas, it will begin to sputter, swelling to a size that could encompass every planet in our solar system out to Mars. When this happens, the… Continue reading Stunning Time-lapse of an Illustration of a Dying Star

Design a Clean and Modern Pricing Table in Photoshop

Photoshop is often used to create graphics and layouts for web designs. In this tutorial, we will explain how to create a pricing table for a hosting company using a combination of vector shapes and layer styles. Let’s get started!   Tutorial Assets The following assets were used during the production of this tutorial. Pixel… Continue reading Design a Clean and Modern Pricing Table in Photoshop

Photoshop Prowess: 4 Time-Saving Blend Mode Tricks

The old adage is true: time is money. Using inefficient design techniques makes for slow work, which in turn results in fewer clients, a lower hourly rate, and a portfolio with fewer impressive projects. Knowing time-saving tricks can have a subtle but enormously positive effect on your work and your career. There are always multiple… Continue reading Photoshop Prowess: 4 Time-Saving Blend Mode Tricks

The Blur Gallery in Photoshop CS6

In this tutorial, I explain the differences between the three new blurs in the Blur Gallery that have been added to Photoshop CS6; Field Blur, Iris Blur, Tilt-Shift. Plus, if you’re running Photoshop CS6 13.1, available to Creative Cloud members, you can now apply these blurs to Smart Objects! The New Blurs Field Blur works great… Continue reading The Blur Gallery in Photoshop CS6

Create your own world

Requirements: Photoshop CS6 Difficulty: Intermediate Time: max 1 hour   Outcome: Resources: Ripe Font This tutorial is just part one of “Create your own world” tutorial. Let’s begin: 0. Open your image. File > Open > Open 1. Use Magic Wand Tool ( W ) and click on white background. Tolerance: 25. Right click on… Continue reading Create your own world

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

Create a Stylish, Heart-Shaped 3D Gift Box in Illustrator

Valentine’s Day many only come once a year, but romance is year-round, and designers that can create a warm, romantic, emotional sentiment will be busy from January through December. Whether you’re a designer or just a spouse or partner, don’t wait until February to send some hearts to your special someone. In this tutorial, I’ll… Continue reading Create a Stylish, Heart-Shaped 3D Gift Box in Illustrator

Create 3D Objects by Inflating 2D Photographs in Photoshop CS6 Extended

In this tutorial, Steve Caplin will explain how to use Photoshop CS6 Extended’s 3D capabilities to create 3D objects by inflating 2-dimensional photographs. Let’s get started!   Tutorial Assets The following assets were used during the production of this tutorial. Lizard Beetle

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