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Ui Parade – User Interface Design Inspiration. Create a Fabric Textured Web Layout Using Photoshop. This tutorial is another collaboration with a very good friend Ciursa Ionut.

Create a Fabric Textured Web Layout Using Photoshop

In this web design tutorial we will create a portfolio web layout using fabric textures. You will be taken through the process of designing the logo using Adobe Illustrator, creating spotlights for the "services" area and how to apply textures to the layout in a subtle way that will increase the quality of the final result. Let's get started! Tutorial Assets The following assets were used during the production of this tutorial. Introduction In this tutorial we will use the 960 Grid System. The 12 red columns that you see is the grid that we are going to use. Also, smart guides are very useful when designing web layouts. During this tutorial you will be asked you to create shapes with certain dimensions. Now that we covered the basics of using the 960 Grid System, we can move on to creating the actual web layout.

Step 1: Setting up the document Open the "960_grid_12_col.psd" file in Photoshop. Create a Realistic Telephone Keypad Using Layer Styles. Creating real-world objects in Photoshop can be somewhat challenging.

Create a Realistic Telephone Keypad Using Layer Styles

The key is to pinpoint and accentuate small details such as shadows, lighting, and extruding edges. Making a Message Strip in Photoshop. In this tutorial, we're going to make a little message strip in Photoshop that you can place in the top-right corner of a design.

Making a Message Strip in Photoshop

These little strips look very trendy and Web2.0-y, particularly in Web designs! How To Create A Desk Environment In Photoshop From Scratch! I recently did an artwork where I was creating a desktop feel.

How To Create A Desk Environment In Photoshop From Scratch!

It was filled with all sorts of objects you would find strewn across a desk. In this tutorial, I will be recreating them so you can design your very own desks. Preface Ok, so obviously a desk will be filled with whatever you require. How to Animate a GIF Inside of Photoshop CS4. In this tutorial, we'll take a look at the Photoshop animation feature to create a nice animated GIF.

How to Animate a GIF Inside of Photoshop CS4

I'm sure all of you already noticed the ads at the right side of this page. For some of you, they are annoying, others even click on them, which is why they are there. I personally think there's nothing to be said against them, so I thought why not creating a nice 125 pixel by 125 pixel ad to demonstrate how easy it is to create nice animations inside of Photoshop. All we need to do is open up Photoshop, create our final image and animate it the way we want it to move the single elements to achieve the final effect. Additionally, we'll stop by at the beautiful GraphicRiver website, where we'll download their logo, which we'll use to create our GIF. Create a Professional Web 2.0 Layout. Creating A Cool 3D Web Design Effect. In this tutorial I will show you some very easy techniques, using gradients and layer styles, that we can use to produce nice subtle 3D effects in our web designs.

Creating A Cool 3D Web Design Effect

Step 1 Create a new document with 1000x750px. Double click on the background's layer and in Color Overlay and choose a dark brown. Step 2 Enable the rulers (View>Rulers) on your document and add some guides as shown below. Step 3 Create a rectangle with the Rectangle Tool (U). Step 4 Choose black for your foreground color. After that, convert it to Smart Filters, apply a Gaussian Blur and change the opacity to 60%. How To Create a Stunning Vista Inspired Menu. This tutorial will show you how to make a semi-transparent Vista-inspired menu using gradients, shadows, and blurring to produce a stunning modern effect.

How To Create a Stunning Vista Inspired Menu

Step 1 Open a new canvas that is 600x335px. Begin by showing rulers (View>Rulers), then create two guides similar to the image below. Create one at 285px and the other at 310px. Step 2 Create a Rectangle (U) that fills the lower ruled area and label the layer "lower bar. " Now create another rectangle in the upper rules area and name the layer "upper bar.

" Design a Cartoon Grunge Web Site Layout. Learn how to add a worn look that works well with cartoon-style graphics.

Design a Cartoon Grunge Web Site Layout

Different flavors of grunge styles are popular all over the Web right now. Creating a Cool Brushed Metal Surface in Photoshop. Today's tutorial comes in response to a reader request from Tom and it won't be about lighting effects, glows, or sparks.

Creating a Cool Brushed Metal Surface in Photoshop

Instead, I will show you how to create the brushed aluminum texture similar to the Apple products! Step 1 To start, create a new document. As I wanted to create a wallpaper for my laptop I used 1440x900. Unlock the background layer, then apply a Gradient Overlay using a Layer Style. How to Make a Creative Blog Layout. In this tutorial, we'll make a creative blog layout using mostly simple shapes, a few brush techniques, some images, and a dose of Photoshop ingenuity.

How to Make a Creative Blog Layout

Creating web design layouts is easier than you may think. You can learn to build attractive designs rapidly. Creating this design will take less than two hours and you'll learn some professional tips along the way. How to Create a Simple & Sleek Web 2.0 Site Footer. Since Web 2.0 hit the internet, footers have become more important than ever, and there has been some great looking work done downstairs. In this tutorial I'll show you how to produce a sleek looking site footer in Photoshop. The Footer Here's the footer we'll be creating, click on the shot below to see the full size version: Step 1 Along with liquid headers and footers, gradients are a common hallmark of Web 2.0 style design. Create a Clean Twitter App Interface in Photoshop.

The Toolbox: a directory of useful single-page sites and apps. How to Create HTML & PDF Prototypes Using OmniGraffle Pro. An important step in the Lean UX process is continuous validation of design ideas, especially early in your process. We are lucky enough to have a UI Engineer (shout out to Dan Hahn!) On our team who builds high-fidelity prototypes, but sometimes it is best for the designer to spend a few hours cobbling together that prototype and not ask the engineer to code and recode a prototype several times if testing the first design iteration.

The best prototypes seem the most real and finished to the test subject. If the user thinks your prototype is not live, the data is fake, he/she may be more forgiving and less critical. It is important that a table of data has numbers that look real, not a series of #### and that your text is not lorem ipsum. In Prototyping: A Practitioner’s Guide, Todd Zaki Warfel does a fantastic job of covering the why and how of prototyping within the UX design process. How to Change Photoshop CS5 language to default (English) for Mac&Pc. What are you working on? The best way to learn creative and technical skills. Illustrator Training Course.

Learn Adobe Illustrator in 30 Days Crash Course – FREE January 02, 2014 at 17:07 Illustrator Facebook Twitter Google+ Linkedin Pinterest Reddit Last updated on 1 August 2017 This is the most popular FREE Illustrator training course created for beginners interested to learn Adobe Illustrator. In this Illustrator training course, I will not be drilling down in detail how each feature works. This is one of the best courses for starters and beginners. Remember to subscribe to my RSS feeds for new upcoming illustrator tutorials and tips. Update August 2017 – More than 8,000 users have completed this Illustrator training course and recommended it to their friends! Illustrator Training – Week 1 Day 1: What is Illustrator Day 2: Getting Started in Illustrator Day 3: Drawing Basic Shapes Day 4: Drawing with Pencil Tool Day 5: Drawing with Pen Tool Day 6: Weekend Break Day 7: Weekend Break Thanks for supporting this Illustrator training course!

Be Sociable, Share! Social Media Icons. 20 Exceptional Websites for Learning Adobe Illustrator. Adobe Illustrator is the industry-standard when it comes to scalable vector artwork. As a designer, Illustrator is the right tool for graphics that need to be scaled. A prime example are logos which often need to be adapted for small mediums such as business cards, larger mediums like billboard signs, and converted to grayscale or black and white for mediums such as newspapers. In this collection, you’ll find 20 excellent websites and blogs that provide high-quality tutorials and information on vector illustration and Adobe Illustrator. 1.

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