Design tools and resources, best of 2010

Another year ends and a new year begins, there have been 12 months full of news in the web design world, from the New Twitter design to the constant grow of HTML5 and CSS3, there has been tons of events that have changed the web panorama during this year. We spent all the year digging across the web to find those little secrets that were waiting for being discovered. We have reunited a huge collection of news and resources that saw the light during 2010, we did the work for you and now everything that you missed during this year that ends is here, ready for you to look into it. New GUI sets iPad GUI set This great freebie was released by the people of Teehan+lax just a few days after Apple officially released its now high selling device iPad. The GUI comes formatted to fit into a 768 x 1024 resolution.All the main iPad elements are included on this set.Fully editable source, ready for customization to fit your needs. Android GUI set Aristo, a jQuery UI Theme Watch Demo OSX Leopard GUI set

Fudgegraphics Free WordPress Themes: 2011 Edition - Smashing Magazine css Zen Garden Resources Skip to: Navigation | Content | Sidebar | Footer mezzoblue CSS Zen Garden Resource Guide This page used to contain a list of links to various CSS-related resources. Zen Garden Coding & Design Process Write–ups In the words of the designers themselves, how certain Zen Garden designs came to be. Douglas Bowman — Design A design process revealed… Douglas Bowman — Coding …and the coding process that followed. Bobby van der Sluis — Design & coding Behind the scenes of Garden Party Return to the CSS Zen Garden | mezzoblue Home RSS Feeds For automatic notification when the css Zen Garden updates, there are two RSS feeds available: Official Designs News Updates The Zen of CSS Design Dave Shea & Molly Holzschlag New Riders, 2005 Book Link List Tired of typing in all the links we reference in the book? Get it: CA | DE | FR | PL | RU | UK | US © Copyright 2001–2016, Dave Shea | screen version | mobile | tv

Library Photoshop Mastery: 25 Techniques Every Designer Must Know One of the best things about Photoshop is that you never stop learning. I’ve been working with the software for about 12 years, and I always stumble across something I didn’t know, whether it be a new feature, or just a new, better way of doing something. There are countless tips and tricks to help boost your productivity and work flow some are obvious and easy to find while some you have to dig a little to seek them out. In this post I’m going to reveal 25 of the best advanced techniques to help you design faster and better within Adobe Photoshop. Keyboard Shortcuts for Layer Manipulation Note: These shortcuts refer to the “Cmd” key on a Mac keyboard. Create a new layer As your working in PS adding layers to your canvas is essential. New layer with dialog box: [ Cmd + Shift + N ] New layer without dialog box: [ Cmd + Shift + Alt + N ] Zoom in and out zooming in and out is a necessity when designing a piece with lots of detail, or working on a large print piece. Fit to window: [ Cmd + 0 ]