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Adobe Photoshop Tutorials - Rainbows, Glows and Light Effects - Smashing Magazine

Lighting effects in Adobe Photoshop are used to add flare and polish to images. They communicate feelings of creativity, technology, magic, and fantasy. Creating beams, glows, motion trails, rainbows, or an assortment of other lighting effects, give your images ambiance and depth. Now it’s time for a sparkling dose of related Photoshop learning material. This article provides a resource of Adobe Photoshop Light Effects tutorials . These tutorials offer an assortment of techniques for making your work creatively glow. http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/04/03/adobe-photoshop-tutorials-rainbows-glows-and-light-effects/
http://speckyboy.com/2010/11/18/ultimate-collection-of-printable-mobile-sketching-templates/

Ultimate Collection of Printable Mobile Sketching Templates

As an Interface Designer, I am a huge fan of the paper and pencil method of designing a high or low level wireframe for any application – web, desktop, mobile or otherwise. Sketching has proved to be my most valued tool for giving form to my ideas and allowing others to visually understand them. With pen and paper I have found that I am able to stay focused on some of the finer details that should be taken care of along with the general layout and functionality. In this article I’ve listed a complete selection of free printable Mobile Sketch Paper for the Android, Blackberry, iPhone, iPad, Motorola Smartphone, Nokia and Windows Mobile Phone for you to download.
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shorten that long URL into a tiny URL

The following URL: http://www.kostaldesign.com has a length of 27 characters and resulted in the following TinyURL which has a length of 26 characters: http://tinyurl.com/bp7kw3u [ Open in new window ] Or, give your recipients confidence with a preview TinyURL:
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2011/11/09/establishing-your-grid-in-photoshop/

Establishing Your Grid In Photoshop - Smashing Magazine

Creating a grid is typically one of the very first things you do when starting a design comp. After all, it provides the basic structure on which the rest of your design will lie. In this article, we’ll provide two different methods for efficiently establishing a grid. These methods enable you to quickly and smartly form a grid so that you can spend more time designing. Method 1 The first method uses GuideGuide by Cameron McEfee to set up vertical columns.