Category: Tutorials

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An Example of AJAX with Vanilla Javascript

Following on from our introduction to AJAX, here’s an example which uses the XMLHttpRequest API to initialize an AJAX request. AJAX Example Have a look at the following basic structure: <div> <img src=”http://webdesign.tutsplus.com/Einstein.jpg” alt=”Einstein”> <button id=”request”>Learn more about Einstein</button> <div id=”bio”></div> </div> Also, consider the related visualization: Here’s what we want to happen: when we… Continue reading An Example of AJAX with Vanilla Javascript

10 Adobe Lightroom Tutorials For Photographers

Here we’ve gathered 10 wonderful and practical Adobe Photoshop Lightroom tutorials for the photographers, professionals and amateurs. Adobe Photoshop Lightroom is an tool that is amazing is super easy to master. Therefore, then do not worry if you are new to Lightroom. These tutorials will help you learn a wide variety of techniques that you… Continue reading 10 Adobe Lightroom Tutorials For Photographers

Design an App Landing Page in Photoshop

In this tutorial I will walk you through the design process of a simple and conversion-oriented app landing page. We’ll use the Tuts+ Android app for the demo, emphasizing its features and benefits, and employing calls to action throughout. Essentials of High Conversion When designing landing pages there are some things you need to get… Continue reading Design an App Landing Page in Photoshop

How to Create a Greyscale Monochrome Vector Portrait in Adobe Illustrator

What You’ll Be Creating In today’s tutorial, I’m going to show you how to create a monochrome portrait from a photograph. Today’s subject is the inspiring Aydian Dowling, who has given us permission to use one of his photos for this tutorial.  If you’re not aware who Aydian Dowling is, let me introduce you to… Continue reading How to Create a Greyscale Monochrome Vector Portrait in Adobe Illustrator

New eBooks Available for Subscribers

Do you want to learn more about data analysis with Python? How about iOS 9 game development, Django, or Swift 2? Our latest batch of eBooks will teach you all you need to know about these topics and more. What You’ll Learn In the past couple of months we’ve made 16 new eBooks available for… Continue reading New eBooks Available for Subscribers

CSS Fundamentals

This course contains a high-level overview of Cascading Style Sheets, while exploring the basic concepts, terminology, and tools of the language. Beginning with an exploration of CSS syntax, author James Williamson explains how CSS modifies text, borders, backgrounds, and color; demonstrates CSS and HTML integration; and contextualizes the current state of CSS. The course also… Continue reading CSS Fundamentals

User Experience Design: Complete UX Fundamentals Course

Course Description Interested in learning what makes a great web or mobile app? How to understand users? Or do you want to expand your web design or development skills? If so, you’ve come to the right place. User Experience Design: The Accelerated UX Course is the quickest, and most cost-effective UX course you’ll find on… Continue reading User Experience Design: Complete UX Fundamentals Course

How to Develop a Processwire Theme

In this beginner’s tutorial you’ll learn about creating your own ProcessWire CMS themes. We’ll create a super simple site, covering templates, fields, theme structure and PHP variables. Don’t forget to get up to speed by following the first of our tutorials How to Install and Setup ProcessWire CMS. Where to Find Your ProcessWire Theme Unlike other CMSs like… Continue reading How to Develop a Processwire Theme

How to Create a Retro Funfair Vector in Adobe Illustrator

What You’ll Be Creating Wanna have some fun in the amusement park? Then join me in this tutorial and create a retro-style flat funfair scene, inspired by the Grease movie! No special drawing skills are required here—we’ll be working with simple geometrical shapes and the Pathfinder operations of Adobe Illustrator. What is more, we’ll learn… Continue reading How to Create a Retro Funfair Vector in Adobe Illustrator

How to Create Custom View Controller Transitions and Animations

Introduction UIKit is a very powerful framework and provides various ways to transition between view controllers. Some of the animations provided by UIKit include horizontal sliding (via a push segue), vertical sliding, cross fade, and page curl. Sometimes, however, you need to have a custom transition between view controllers to create a compelling design or… Continue reading How to Create Custom View Controller Transitions and Animations

How to Install a WordPress Plugin

One of the challenges of writing articles focused on web development and software development is making sure anyone and everyone who wants to learn a skill is able to do so. When you provide as much content as Envato, it can often be a challenge to make sure you’re educating everyone. This includes people who are… Continue reading How to Install a WordPress Plugin

How to Create a Raindrops Text Effect in Adobe Photoshop

Using Photoshop’s filters and alpha channels is a great way to create and play around with selections. This tutorial will show you how to use a simple technique to create droplets, and then style them and add in a couple of textures and adjustment layers to create a raindrops text effect.  Take inspiration from Envato… Continue reading How to Create a Raindrops Text Effect in Adobe Photoshop

Advanced Adobe Photoshop Techniques

Hey Graphics Artists! Are you looking to take your Adobe Photoshop skills up a notch? Do you struggle with translating your vision to the digital canvas? This course is designed to help! We will explore advanced Photoshop techniques used by the world’s leading digital artists and show you how you can use those same techniques… Continue reading Advanced Adobe Photoshop Techniques

The Best Photoshop Tutorials of 2015

It’s been a great year here at Photoshop Tutorials and we want to thank all of our writers for creating some of the best Photoshop tutorials we’ve seen. Here’s a recap of the best tutorials from 2015. How to Create a Mysterious Matte Painting Landscape in Photoshop Learn how to create this beautiful mountain landscape in… Continue reading The Best Photoshop Tutorials of 2015

Working with Data, Assets, and Templates in Middleman

This second tutorial about building static websites with Middleman dives a little deeper into the framework. By the end, you should know enough to build your own project from scratch. We’ll cover topics such as Data Files, Pretty URLs, Project Templates and the Asset Pipeline, so let’s get stuck in! Data Files So, having already… Continue reading Working with Data, Assets, and Templates in Middleman

How to Make WooCommerce Product Attributes More Prominent

What You’ll Be Creating WooCommerce product attributes are a really useful feature, but by default they’re hidden quite a way down the page, in the Additional Information section. Depending on your theme, they might not be visible until the user clicks on a tab, which means many users may not look at them.  Sometimes it’s… Continue reading How to Make WooCommerce Product Attributes More Prominent

Photoshop Blend Modes for Photography

Learning how to work with blend modes in Photoshop can give you more creative options and control over tonality and texture. This course provides shortcuts and innovative uses for these Photoshop workhorses. Photographer and educator Chris Orwig shows how to composite images together, create vivid color and realistic grain, and tackle advanced projects that combine… Continue reading Photoshop Blend Modes for Photography

How To Create And Customize A WordPress Child Theme

The WordPress platform is a magnet for those who want to take matters into their own hands, who want complete control over their websites and want to be independent in running them. WordPress does make it really easily to completely customize a website. If you have a bit of knowledge of HTMl, CSS and/or PHP,… Continue reading How To Create And Customize A WordPress Child Theme

A Rundown of Bourbon Neat Variables

In this last section about Bourbon Neat we’ll look at the various “built-in” Sass variables it gives us. This will be a short ride, but knowing how to tweak your grids is important. Variables We’ll be covering the following: default-layout-direction visual-grid-opacity border-box-sizing visual-grid-index disable-warnings visual-grid-color default-feature grid-columns max-width visual-grid column gutter Before we start, I… Continue reading A Rundown of Bourbon Neat Variables

Code Clinic JavaScript

Successful programmers know more than a computer language. They also know how to thinkabout solving problems. They use “computational thinking”: breaking a problem down into segments that lend themselves to technical solutions. Code Clinic is a series of ten courses where lynda.com authors solve the same problems using different programming languages. Here, Ray Villalobos works… Continue reading Code Clinic JavaScript

International Artist Feature: Germany

For this article in the international artist series we turn to Germany, featuring seven illustrators and designers who create fantastic work from digital paintings to textile design and more! I asked each artist how their country and culture inspired their work, and they delivered fantastic answers. Enjoy! Cloudy Thurstag Cloudy is an illustrator and designer… Continue reading International Artist Feature: Germany

An Introduction to Intel RealSense Technology for Game Developers

Intel RealSense technology pairs a 3D camera and microphone array with an SDK that allows you to implement gesture tracking, 3D scanning, facial expression analysis, voice recognition, and more. In this article, I’ll look at what this means for games, and explain how you can get started using it as a game developer. What is… Continue reading An Introduction to Intel RealSense Technology for Game Developers

Display WooCommerce Categories, Subcategories, and Products in Separate Lists

What You’ll Be Creating WooCommerce gives you a few options as to what you can display on your archive pages: products categories (on the main shop page) or subcategories (on category pages) both products and categories. When I’m setting up a store, I normally select the third option: products and categories/subcategories. This means visitors to… Continue reading Display WooCommerce Categories, Subcategories, and Products in Separate Lists