Category: Tutorials

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Responsive Retina-Ready Menu

Today we will create a colorful Retina-ready and responsive menu inspired by the colors of the Maliwan manufacturer of the Borderlands game. The menu automatically changes to one of three different layouts depending on the browser window size: a “desktop” inline version, a two columns tablet-optimized version and a mobile version with a menu link to… Continue reading Responsive Retina-Ready Menu

Making Complex Selections (Part 1)

Have you ever had to make a very complex selection and didn’t know where to begin? In this tutorial, we will show you to to combine vector and pixel masks to help you make a complex selection of a furry animal. Let’s get started! Tutorial Assets The following assets were used during the production of… Continue reading Making Complex Selections (Part 1)

Create your own world – part 2

Requirements: Photoshop CS6 Difficulty: Medium Time: max 1 hour   Outcome: Resources: Create your own world Part 1 PSD We will use our previous image to create a simple website template. Let’s begin: 1. Open a new document. I used 1600×950 2. Fill it with #FFECAA color using Paint Bucket Tool. ( G ) 3.… Continue reading Create your own world – part 2

10 Useful Tools for Quick CSS Development

CSS development is a major part of web design; however, it takes a significant amount of time and effort for a web designer to develop CSS from scratch. The good thing is, there are some great tools out there which make this tedious task much simpler. These CSS Development tools will help you in simplifying… Continue reading 10 Useful Tools for Quick CSS Development

Fireworks in the Real World: Vectorise All the Things

This is the last episode during which I’ll be going over generic tools and capabilities, but it’s simply not possible to go any further without covering the vector tools within Fireworks! Vectors are becoming increasingly relevant in web design; pixels are less reliable than they were just a couple of years ago and designs are… Continue reading Fireworks in the Real World: Vectorise All the Things

How to Create a Surreal Gothic Artwork in Photoshop

Resources Gothic Lolita – Kechake-stock Floor – SkyesStock Dress form – JinxMim Clocks – JinxMim | Alternative White Rabbit – Tilt-Stock Stormy Sky – EvanescentStock | Alternative Wall Crest – AshenSorrow Texture – SXC.hu Step 1 Create a new file, 2000x2000px 300dpi. Step 2 Now take the floor stock and paste it on the canvas.… Continue reading How to Create a Surreal Gothic Artwork in Photoshop

Create a Quick, Sticky Menu

  During this quick tutorial we’re going to implement a sticky menu with CSS, toggling its visibility with jQuery. It’s the perfect way to give visitors social links, additional places within a network of sites, or even personalize settings. Step 1: Setting up the Page Let’s start out by making a basic HTML page. We’ll… Continue reading Create a Quick, Sticky Menu

How to Improvise Cheerful Forest Character Design in Adobe Illustrator

A lot of the pieces created in Adobe Illustrator are planned out well in advance. Sketches are imported, previous work traced, and you might build images with simple shape elements for graphic work. This tutorial will take you through improvising a character in the program from start to finish.   1. Build Up Your Characters… Continue reading How to Improvise Cheerful Forest Character Design in Adobe Illustrator

Simple YouTube Menu Effect

Today we’ll show you how to recreate the little menu effect that you can see in the left side-menu on YouTube when watching a video (where it says “Guide”). The menu is made of a little menu icon, a label and a list of menu items that appears when the label or menu icon is… Continue reading Simple YouTube Menu Effect

Promised-Based Validation

The concept of “Promises” has changed the way we write asynchronous JavaScript. Over the past year, many frameworks have incorporated some form of the Promise pattern to make asynchronous code easier to write, read and maintain. For example, jQuery added $ .Deferred(), and NodeJS has the Q and jspromise modules that work on both client… Continue reading Promised-Based Validation

Create Alternate Layouts With the Same Content Using Adobe InDesign CS6

Tutorial Details Difficulty: Beginner Program Used: Adobe InDesign CS6 Screencast Length: 14m 21s One of the most interesting new features of Adobe InDesign CS6 is the possibility of creating Alternate Layouts of the same content in the same InDesign document. In this tutorial you can learn how to make the most of this feature. Vectortuts+

How to Create a Detailed Flag Stand Illustration in Adobe Illustrator

In the following steps you will learn how to create a detailed flag stand illustration in Adobe Illustrator. We’ll start with the pole. Using basic tools and vector shape building techniques along with some complex gradients we’ll create the starting shapes. Next, using the Appearance panel, some basic blending techniques plus one or two effects… Continue reading How to Create a Detailed Flag Stand Illustration in Adobe Illustrator

11 Useful CSS Tools To Speed Up Your Design Process

Here we are presenting 11 extremely useful CSS tools that will help you quicken your design process. CSS is the most popular and most widely used programming language that has been used for the website development. This is mainly because CSS is relatively easy to learn as compared to other programming languages. Another reason is… Continue reading 11 Useful CSS Tools To Speed Up Your Design Process

Create a Retro and Futuristic Design in Photoshop

Preview of Final Results Tutorial Resources Model Nebula Background Abstract Spheres Landscape Step 1 First, start Photoshop and create a new document. This tutorial is also going to be a wallpaper, so the size i’m using is 1920 x 1200. You can follow all the individual settings as shown in the diagram below. Background Create… Continue reading Create a Retro and Futuristic Design in Photoshop

How to use brushes to enhance your portraits in Adobe Photoshop CS6

This tutorial is an example of how a few simple techniques can be used to create a piece of digital artwork using multiple layers, masking, the Brush tool, some basic lighting and one simple noise texture. Using the processes here, you will be able to apply the same techniques to your photomontage and create your… Continue reading How to use brushes to enhance your portraits in Adobe Photoshop CS6

Create Inspirational 3D Gold Text with Photoshop Extended

Preview of Final Results Step 1 Start by creating a new 1920×1200 pixels document. Select the Text tool and type in your inspirational text. The font we’re using is Bebas Neue and Pacifico. These fonts are free. Adjust the font size and leading to your likings. Use the Free Transform tool (Ctrl/Cmd+T or Edit >… Continue reading Create Inspirational 3D Gold Text with Photoshop Extended

The Best Way to Learn CSS

CSS works hand in hand with HTML; HTML sorts out the page structure, CSS makes it look pretty and adds subtle levels of interaction. As a web designer you should really get to grips with both these languages. Even if you don’t do the coding yourself, understanding how they work will help you design for… Continue reading The Best Way to Learn CSS

40+ Awesome Photoshop Poster Tutorials For Your Inspiration

Creating your own creative poster in Photoshop is fun and challenging. If you are not yet an expert, then don’t worry! You can find tons of easy to follow poster design tutorials for Photoshop. Most of them will guide you “step by step” to make sure you learn every step involved in the process. A… Continue reading 40+ Awesome Photoshop Poster Tutorials For Your Inspiration

70+ Must Have jQuery Tutorials

Welcome to day 7, the last installment of tutorial week on Designrfix. Today we have assembled an awesome collection of some wicked jQuery tutorials from around the Web. I am confident that these web design and development tutorials will arm you with all the necessary techniques in-order to achieve those latest web design trends. Lastly,… Continue reading 70+ Must Have jQuery Tutorials

Use Photoshop and Illustrator to Create Guitar String Typography

Photoshop and Illustrator are great tools to help you create things that only exist in your imagination. In this tutorial, we will create words out of intertwining guitar strings. Let’s get started!   Tutorial Assets The following assets were used during the production of this tutorial. Wood Texture 1. Create the Strings in Illustrator Step… Continue reading Use Photoshop and Illustrator to Create Guitar String Typography