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In this tutorial we are going to take some regular text and add some effects to make it look like it has been painted or printed on wood. This is a great way to give your text that natural look. This can be applied to any solid shape, text, images, logos, etc. Go to Image>Image Size and change the width to 1200px and make sure the resolution is at 72 pixels/inch.
Create realistic type on wood | Denis Designs | Free Photoshop Tutorials & Inspirations for Web & Graphic Designers
And You Thought Animated GIFs were Lame! This Collection Isn’t
15th February 2010 – Remember in the 90′s (and even some sites today!) when websites featured lame, cheap and tacky animated GIF images? Well this collection is anything but lame, cheap or tacky. Davidope (dvdp) is the creative director and founder of the design atelier volll . When I first came across some of dvdp’s work I was absolutely amazed at these hypnotic and mesmorising animated GIF images. Dvdp is planning a big colorful site but until now you can find a daily dose of inspiration at his Visual Chinatown over at Tumblr.
Using web applications on tablet devices demands a different user experience than the mouse and keyboard interaction can provide. This tutorial will show you how implement tile flip animation with CSS3. In this tutorial we are going to use some of the basic techniques of the CSS3. We are creating simple navigation menu with linear gradient created in CSS3 style sheet. We are also going to use text-shadow effect to give our text a nicer look.
Interesting CSS3 and HTML5 Tutorials - August 2010 | AjaxLine
Tutorial9 | Photoshop Tutorials, Photography Tuts, and Resources
IIn this post, we’re going to learn about a bit about Illustrator’s Mesh tool.It’s one of the hardest tools to master in Illustrator, but if you want to achieve a 3-D look in your illustrations, you have to really understand how to use this tool properly.We’re going to create a Super Mario-style mushroom in order to better understand how to use this tool using a real life example.
Before you can create Photoshop masterworks, you need to learn the basics. Even the most complex digital artworks are built on a foundation of simple actions. These 50 tutorials are aimed at the clever beginner who wants to master Photoshop from the roots.
50 Great Photoshop Tutorials for Clever Beginners | Psdtuts+
Web applications have come a long way. They used to be amateur imitations of their desktop counterparts, with only one or two functions and not at all practical. But my, have these web apps grown. Web apps these days have become so powerful and useful that in some cases, they’ve begun to replace desktop software. Desktop programs are great and all, but they don’t provide the same benefits as web apps that make use of cloud computing.
15 Web Alternatives to Popular Desktop Software
Sep 14 2010 Adobe Illustrator is a powerful tool to help designers produce high quality digital drawings . Once you created a sketch on paper or your tablet, you can use Illustrator’s tools to turn sketches in a vivid, beautiful illustrations.
35 Hand-Picked Illustrator Drawing Tutorials From 2010 - Noupe Design Blog
Finding high quality wallpapers for the dual screen monitor setups is not always the easiest of tasks. Wallpapers are a stylish and simple way to brighten your desktop and decorate them with some colorful and vivid images. In this round up, we are presenting a fresh collection of dual screen wallpapers so that you can choose one that fits your tastes and style. Since its inception, Drupal has had the (rather infamous) reputation of being the developer’s CMS . Designing a website using Drupal meant hard-coding every aspect of the appearance of your website.
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While many may still prefer print for long-form reading, e-books are gaining popularity as a worthy digital alternative. Aside from all the usual benefits of digitizing a book (faster searches, less page-flipping, linked pages, additional resources, etc.), e-books are a huge help to digital and online professionals. There are now e-books available on almost every aspect of design, from planning your business and managing your time, to designing web applications.
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Day 2: Getting Started in Illustrator If you haven’t gotten your Illustrator, you can download the 30 days trial from Adobe’s download page . After installing, we will run Illustrator for the first time. Create New Document Go File>New Document to create your first document.
Day 2: Getting Started in Illustrator | Vectordiary
40+ Web Design and Development Resources for Beginners
Brian Casel is a web designer and owner of ThemeJam WordPress Themes and CasJam Media . You can follow Brian on his blog at BrianCasel.com or on Twitter @CasJam . It’s no secret that web design is a fast-growing industry.10 Free and Fun Twitter Bird Icons for your Website
Everyone loves Twitter’s little blue bird, unless of course they’re ornithophobic, which would pretty much make the Twittersphere hell on earth . But finding the right bird icon for your site can be a challenge, especially if your budget is bird seed. We’ve had lots of fun pulling together a gallery of 10 fab, freebie Twitter bird-themed icons, so click through to view, and be sure to check the terms of use for each set before you download. Although all are available for free, some are only for non-commercial use.This series is supported by Ben & Jerry’s Joe , Ben & Jerry’s new line-up of Fair Trade and frozen iced coffee drinks. Learn more about it here . Adobe Illustrator, the industry-standard vector graphics application, is the tool you use when you need flexible, scalable vector graphics such as logos and artwork that will be printed in various formats, mediums and sizes.
12 Tutorials for Getting Started with Adobe Illustrator
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