Category: Tutorials

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Getting Started With Android Studio

Android Studio has come a long way since its first stable build was released in 2014. It is completely free to use and has long been the official and recommended tool to develop apps for Android devices. Android Studio is a huge and complicated application which can be intimidating for beginners. I have already written… Continue reading Getting Started With Android Studio

The Ultimate Guide to Adjustment Layers – Color Balance and Selective Color

In this tutorial, we are going to have a look at the Color Balance and Selective Color adjustment layers in Photoshop. They work by balancing the percentage of primary and secondary colors in your images and can be used to fine-tune your colors. Although Color Balance and Selective Color are not used as often as… Continue reading The Ultimate Guide to Adjustment Layers – Color Balance and Selective Color

The Yin and Yang of Web Design: Pure Black & White

It is quite unusual to find website home pages that feature absolutely no other color than black and white – there is usually a call-to-action button, the company logo or social media buttons that have some color. Even in printed media simply black and white is unusual these days. Today we have scoured the internet… Continue reading The Yin and Yang of Web Design: Pure Black & White

5 Reasons Your Resume Should Be Web Based

We have moved well into the digital age, yet when it comes to applying for jobs we still submit an archaic representation of ourselves, an A4 piece of paper. Our resume is the first and often only view a potential employer gets to see of us. So it better be damn good. Sadly, the traditional… Continue reading 5 Reasons Your Resume Should Be Web Based

Create a Music Player on Android: Project Setup

Android smartphones usually come with their own built-in apps to listen to music. However, you might not like all of their features. What if instead of downloading a third-party app, you could create your own music player in Android? In this tutorial series, we will create a basic music player application for Android. The app… Continue reading Create a Music Player on Android: Project Setup

How to Work With Layers in Pixelmator

Pixelmator is an easy-to-use, fast, and powerful image editing app for the Mac. In this tutorial, we will dive deeper into the concept of layers by creating a collage made out of four images. Lets get started! Photos Used The following photos were used in this tutorial but you can follow along using any photos… Continue reading How to Work With Layers in Pixelmator

20 Best Responsive Web Design Tutorial for Web Designers

We are starting to present some responsive web design tutorials for designers community. From now we’ll collect important and useful tutorials for web design which surly can boost to create some fabulous responsive website. Today we collect 20 Best Responsive Web Design Tutorial for Web Designers. Responsive Web Design: A Visual Guide Convert a Menu… Continue reading 20 Best Responsive Web Design Tutorial for Web Designers

Create a Seamless, 3D, Geometric Pattern in Photoshop

Seamless patterns are a fun and easy way to add some interest to your graphic designs. Patterns, however, can be a bit intimidating to some artists, as it is often challenging to figure out exactly where the pattern repeats. In this tutorial, I will show you how to quickly create a seamless, three-dimensional, geometric pattern… Continue reading Create a Seamless, 3D, Geometric Pattern in Photoshop

25 CSS3 Code Snippets for Making 3D Animated Effects

Web developers have been immersing themselves into CSS3-based designs. Transition animations along with CSS keyframes have opened the door to many possibilities. 3D animation was never optimal outside of Flash-based websites. However the further advancements in JavaScript along with CSS3 have created a new code toolbox for web designers. I’ve put together a number of… Continue reading 25 CSS3 Code Snippets for Making 3D Animated Effects

Free PSD Browser Templates

As a web designer, having browser, mobile or other devices templates is a must! These are perfect for showing your client a screenshot of how his/her website will look. Today we selected some great, free PSD browser templates for you to choose from. These are perfect for showcasing your work! Need more useful templates? Try… Continue reading Free PSD Browser Templates

20 Beautiful Photoshop Brushes

Photoshop brushes are used frequently by designers and that is the reason why more and more appear each day! The great thing is that most of these high quality brushes are given for free! You can use them in post-processing photos or in other various projects. There are so many Photoshop brushes on the web,… Continue reading 20 Beautiful Photoshop Brushes

Visual Composer – Build WordPress Websites in Minutes

It is a real challenge for WordPress beginners to figure out how to build an attractive and functional website without having coding knowledge and experience. Often business owners end up hiring someone to do the advanced page setups for them as trying to get it done on their own would take too much time and… Continue reading Visual Composer – Build WordPress Websites in Minutes

Why Mouse Users Should Ditch Photoshop and Draw in Illustrator

Creating digitally gives amazing possibilities. You get so many colors, so many materials, every mistake can be fixed easily and it’s all in a friendly, clean environment – you just need to turn off your computer afterwards. All these advantages are the reason why so many artists try their hands at Adobe Photoshop. This software,… Continue reading Why Mouse Users Should Ditch Photoshop and Draw in Illustrator

30 Tutorials for Developing HTML5 Web Browser Games

Modern HTML5 specifications allow for a wide breadth of creativity. Web developers have always been toying around with JavaScript games. But nowadays it is so much easier to jump into the process and create something truly magnificent. This gallery is devoted to 30 tutorials you might use to learn about in-browser game development. These techniques… Continue reading 30 Tutorials for Developing HTML5 Web Browser Games

Create Colourful Fiery Portrait in Photoshop

In this tutorial, I will show you the steps I took to create this awesome fiery portrait in Photoshop.This is a beginner-intermediate level tutorial aiming to give some practices on layer blending, selection and coloring techniques in Photoshop. Some steps can be a little tricky, but why not have a try! Note: The Photoshop tutorial… Continue reading Create Colourful Fiery Portrait in Photoshop

Android SDK: Virtual & Physical Devices

Android OS is used on a large number of devices with different screen sizes, processing power, memory, sensors, etc. There is also a high possibility that your intended user base will have different versions of Android installed on their devices. This means that you will have to be very careful when developing Android apps and… Continue reading Android SDK: Virtual & Physical Devices

HTTP: The Protocol Every Web Developer Must Know

In my previous article, we covered some of HTTP’s basics, such as the URL scheme, status codes and request/response headers. With that as our foundation, we will look at the finer aspects of HTTP, like connection handling, authentication and HTTP caching. These topics are fairly extensive, but we’ll cover the most important bits. HTTP Connections… Continue reading HTTP: The Protocol Every Web Developer Must Know

HTTP: The Protocol Every Web Developer Must Know – Part 1

* { box-sizing: border-box; } body {margin: 0;}*{box-sizing:border-box;}body{margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;} Learning the fundamentals of the World Wide Web is crucial, especially if you are planning to build web apps. And, HTTP is at the heart of any web application you could build. HTTP stands for Hypertext Transfer Protocol. It’s a stateless, application-layer protocol for communicating between distributed… Continue reading HTTP: The Protocol Every Web Developer Must Know – Part 1

A Beginner’s Guide to HTTP and REST

Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is the life of the web. It’s used every time you transfer a document, or make an AJAX request. But HTTP is surprisingly a relative unknown among some web developers. This introduction will demonstrate how the set of design principles, known as REST, underpin HTTP, and allow you to embrace its… Continue reading A Beginner’s Guide to HTTP and REST

The Best Way to Learn Python

Wondering how to learn Python on your own? There are plenty of Python tutorials and resources on Envato Tuts+! What Is Python? Python is more popular than ever, and it’s being used everywhere from back-end web servers to front-end game development and everything in between. Python is a true general-purpose language and is quickly becoming… Continue reading The Best Way to Learn Python

How to Create Diagonal Lines with CSS

A few days ago, I received my invite to Google Music. While browsing the app, I noticed a tiny, but neat trick they use to create tabs and diagonal borders with plain-old CSS. I’ll show you how to do the same in your projects today! Prefer a Video Tutorial? Step 1: The Markup We begin… Continue reading How to Create Diagonal Lines with CSS