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Flat Design. How To Design A Gorgeous Big UI Button In Photoshop. In this tutorial we’re going to be creating a gorgeous and modern user interface button suitable for the web or a mobile interface design. We’ll be using a handful of Photoshop techniques that are bound to come in handy for more than just creating buttons; in fact, the techniques we’ll be using are often used in most UI elements. Step 1 Create a new Photoshop document (I’ve used a 1000×1000 pixel RGB 72dpi document for this tutorial – keep in mind this will need to be a high resolution if you’re designing for a mobile device with a high resolution display such as an iPhone 4). Fill your background layer with a color of your choice, I used this lovely mid-blue color.

To add a nice little bit of texture to our background I’m using a lovely vintage-style photograph of a cloud. With the textures layer selected, go to Image > Adjustments > Desaturate to turn your image black and white. Lower the opacity of your layer to somewhere in between 5-25%. Step 2 Step 3 Now click on the Inner Shadow tab. Step by Step UI Design eBook. In this eBook, I’ll take you through my process for designing Kandan (an open source chat app) from start to finish.

I’ll explain every iteration (including mistakes and wrong turns), and you’ll learn the reasons behind every design choice. It‘s just like watching over my shoulder while I work, except without having to listen to Lil’ Wayne! Note: Kandan itself is not out yet, but you can sign up to know when it's ready! What's Inside? 20 steps that take you from blank canvas to rich web app 11 design principles that you can apply to your own project 38 PNG screenshots for every intermediary step Illustrated examples from other apps and sites [Deluxe Edition] A well-organized PSD with all the elements What's not inside: anything about HTML/CSS implementation Read a sample chapter.

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Design by the Numbers. Colors & paterns. How to Get a Professional Look With Color. What makes a design look coordinated, planned and professional? The answer is: ‘color’. Not every project needs bland corporate blue to look professional. Planning color means creating a framework that describes which colors to use and how to use them. Color is the slipperiest design element.

“Good” color is so closely tied to elusive things like personal taste and intuition, as well as technical considerations such as contrast and monitor calibration. But color is vital to content. In this article we’ll review some techniques to achieve beautiful color palletes for your web designs. The best way to make a website look unplanned is to choose its colors at random. Even when visitors skim a website’s home page for the first time, the colors influence their attitude towards the content. Color affects how people interpret what they see as much as typography. Finding the right colors isn’t easy, but the process can be systematic. Let’s say you’ve been asked to design a professional website. Tips.

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Icons. Banques d'images gratuites. Examples. Creative UI Design Examples for Great UX. UX (User Experience) is all those elements and factors related to the user's interaction with a particular environment or device which generate a positive or negative perception of the product, brand or device.

UX is subjective and focused on use. The standard definition of UX is "a person's perceptions and responses that result from the use or anticipated use of a product, system or service". These factors are related to design and usability, but also to the emotions and feelings generated in the user, accessibility, brand trust... In the case of the web, the user's experience with the device is not a matter of concern to web designers: big hardware companies do the job of building our machines and computers. However, web designers have much to say about the user experience that the interfaces and websites that we develop generate: it is a key element of our work! GUI to present information: The interface controls should be intuitive and easy to use. UI Elements and Techniques: "Time-saving" Generators.

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