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SVG Essentials/Animating and Scripting SVG From WikiContent Up to this point we have produced static images; once constructed, they never change. In this chapter, we will examine two methods of making graphic images move. The first method, animation, is movement that is controlled by you, the author. The second method, scripting, lets the person viewing the graphic interact with and modify the image. In Chapter 10 we suggested that filters should be used as a means to enhance a graphic's message, not as an end in themselves. Beauty of Aversion in Web Design - Kitsch! Trash, waste and kitsch generally appear to be synonyms. Kitsch is bright, garish, defiant. Sometimes it is absolutely tasteless, but still you can’t ignore it. There’s an aggressive combination of incongruous things...and that's all kitsch.

Design thinking: A new approach to fight complexity and failure The endless succession of failed projects forces one to question why success is elusive, with an extraordinary number of projects tangling themselves in knots. These projects are like a child's string game run amok: a large, tangled mess that becomes more convoluted and complex by the minute. In my view, the core problem lies in mismatched expectations, poor communication, and a host of other non-technical causes. During the last few years, the practice of "design thinking" has become popular among some enterprise practitioners and observers.

The Glorious Freedom of a Capable Child Posted by janet on Jul 4th, 2013 My favorite part of blogging are the stories parents and caregivers share with me from all over the world. While the details are always slightly different, the stories usually begin with a common experience: feeling dissatisfied, frustrated or unsuccessful, they sought answers. And just like me way back when, they didn’t really know what they were looking for – just something that felt right. They somehow happened upon this site and discovered Magda Gerber’s Educaring approach, which intrigued and resonated with them.

SVG animations, CSS Animations, CSS Transitions Recently there was a discussion in the SVG working group how SVG Animations (based on SMIL Animations), CSS3 Animations and CSS3 Transitions contribute to the animation sandwich model for SVG presentation attributes. SVG presentation attributes First, what are SVG presentation attributes? In SVG, a subset of all CSS properties can be set by SVG attributes.

Website-ready color schemes for ColorSchemer Browse Schemes Sort: Date|Rating|Downloads Showing schemes 1-10 of 6,152 10 Steps To Designing An Amazing Infographic Information can be useful—and even beautiful—but only when it’s presented well. In an age of information overload, any guidance through the clutter comes as a welcome relief. That’s one reason for the recent popularity of information graphics. Introduction To The Basics Of After Effects Scripting To go along with our recent tutorial about script development workflow , we will go over the basic concepts and good practices necessary to start writing After Effects scripts. We will go over usual After Effects actions such as: creating a project, creating a composition, creating a layer, creating shapes, adding effects, changing values and expressions, using text and fonts, adding keyframes, using functions, etc. Writing Your First Script As stated in the After Effects Sublime Text build package installation and usage tutorial, scripts are files which use the Adobe ExtendScript language. ExtendScript is an extended form of JavaScript used by several Adobe applications such as , , and . ExtendScript is a good and efficient way to achieve anything you want in After Effects.

Free textures for your next web project Nothing like a field of beautiful flowers. Download Download These lovely water-colorful dots will make your designs pop. English-Bisaya Grammar Page 1 In Twenty Eight Lessons. Abridged from the Grammars Fathers, Guillen, Nicolas and Zueco 95 Inspiring Websites of Web Design Agencies Fresh, innovative, creative, minimalist ... What's your style? You probably won't have a better chance to show off all your potential if it's not by designing a website for your own agency or web studio. It's time to push all those ideas and concepts forward, those a client would never understand or that would probably end up spoiling in the end. Now you have no excuses, it's time to surprise your clients, your competitors, and why not, the world. At Awwwards, we're eager to see the results of all your efforts and talent and that's why we've prepared this article, so it serves you as inspiration for your next site.

Fluid Images — Unstoppable Robot Ninja (Hello! If you think this article’s interesting, you might check out my ALA article on responsive web design.) I’ve always hated publishing. I don’t mean the industry, but the act. Hitting “print,” sending an email, pressing that “Publish” button on the CMS: at some point, you relinquish your ability to smooth down some of the sharper edges, fill in the holes of your argument, and just generally fix whatever’s broken. At some point, you just accept what’s on the page, tousle its hair a bit, and send it off into the world at large to be judged, poked, and prodded. Polaris UI Free - User Interface Pack Polaris UI Free is a set of beautiful free UI components, which includes Edit Boxes, Check Boxes, Radio Buttons, Page Navigation, Menu, Buttons, etc. You can use this UI Kit in any of your projects, and even learn with it, by examining each component to see how it is put together. You can easily use these elements in your design, or create a new one.