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Illustrator Template Toolbox for Web, Mobile and App Developers-Speckyboy Design Magazine

Illustrator Template Toolbox for Web, Mobile and App Developers-Speckyboy Design Magazine
For today’s post we have an extensive selection of UI templates, all in Illustrator format, and all perfect if you are a web, mobile or app designer who prefers to use Adobe Illustrator rather than the more commonly used Photoshop. It was mildly surprising how difficult this post was to put together, I really did expect to find a lot more. What is clear from this is that generally most designers would not even consider Illustrator for UI design, which was an even bigger surprise. So, if you are a UI designer who does prefer Illustrator over everything else, then you may consider this post as your treasure chest. iPad Wireframe Template (.eps) License: This file must not be hosted on any other site but you are free to use it. iPad Vector GUI Elements (.ai) iPhone Sketch-Like Elements (.ai) iPhone UI Vector Elements (.ai) Illustrator Template for iPhone Design (.ai) Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License”> iPhone 4 Vector Template (.ai & .eps) Touch Notation (.ai) Yahoo Design Stencils

High Quality and Useful Photoshop Brushes Photoshop brushes can add artistic effects and save a lot of time and effort in digital art and graphic design. Many tutorials on Design.CreativeFan use custom brushes to achieve a variety of artistic effects, from dispersion, drips and splatters to cosmic style effects. We’ve gathered up 20 high quality and useful Photoshop brushes for you to use in your projects. Need more free stuff? Enjoy! Paint Trails Brushes Photoshop Fire Brushes Photoshop Ink Brushes Watercolor Brushes Photoshop Sun Brushes Abstract Smoke Brushes Retro Abstract Circles Halftones Music Brush Electric Storm Brush Pack Vector Grunge Brush Pack Watercolor Reloaded PaulW Tech Brushes Cloud Brushes 1 More Cloud Brushes Tree Brushes Sun Mini Pack Reborn Brushes Galaxies Brushes Messy Spraypaint Advertisement

London 2012 Olympics Map Points to the Future of Cartography One challenge faced by any city ramping up its local services in advance of hosting the Olympics: You can't put any old company's logo out there for the world to see unless they've inked a hefty sponsorship deal and/or been named as an official contractor. That means even the lettering on the side of the construction vehicles building your new stadium will get painted out in press photos. Online, where almost everything is branded, from YouTube to Flickr, this gets tricky, especially when it comes to mapping--yep, you guessed it--no using Google Maps. So LOCOG (the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games) tapped SF-based collective Stamen Design to build a custom map for the London 2012 website, a beautiful and radical departure from off-the-shelf mapping programs that makes full use of that pupil-rattling logo. Poke around a bit on the map and you'll start to notice the impressive navigational capabilities that have you zipping into central London in no time.

35 Fantastic Photo Retouching Tutorials - Noupe Design Blog Oct 19 2010 Whether you want a glow effect on the bride’s face in her wedding photographs, or want to make an ordinary face more attractive by removing her blemishes or wrinkles, Photoshop is a widely used tool for photo retouching. Photoshop is known as best remedy for giving a fresh look to an old or dull photograph. Today we present some nice tutorials which will take you through different aspects of Professional Photo Retouching. Photo Retouching Photoshop Tutorials Rose The One – The sexy pink tutorialAuthor has given a pink tone to the original photograph. Adding color to your subjects in photoshopMost of us now use a handy little tool “Actions” in Photoshop for correcting an stylizing our photographs. Soft and dreamy movie effect Author will create a soft, dreamy effect on the face also make it stand out with warm color from the background darkened. Color your Black and White Photos EasilyEver had a photograph you wished was in color?

SharonTanPF® The Ultimate Photoshop Toolbox - Noupe Design Blog Sep 07 2010 For years now, whenever designers have been asked about their go-to program for image editing and creation, one of the top answers that comes back, is Adobe Photoshop. Its generations of evolution has centered around the growth of any number of digital imaging professionals and has made this software giant a staple in the graphic design community. Since so many of us find this tool in our design arsenals, we thought we would put together a post that would have you get the most out of this dynamic imaging program. Below is a collection of invaluable Photoshop resources from the online community that runs the proverbial gamut of available PS content. Websites The websites that have been gathered below are the first place that you should go when you are setting out on a path of beefing up your proverbial toolbox of Photoshop resources. Web Designer’s Toolkit is a valuable resource for Photoshoppers indeed. Photoshop Tutorials is a site whose name slightly undersells the place.

The Square Grid - A simple CSS framework for designers and developers 12 Beginner Tutorials for Getting Started With Photoshop This series is supported by Ben & Jerry's Joe, Ben & Jerry's new line-up of Fair Trade and frozen iced coffee drinks. Learn more about it here. Adobe Photoshop, the ubiquitous and industry standard graphics software for photographers, designers, digital artists, as well as casual enthusiasts, can be a baffling application to understand the first time you fire it up. Luckily, littered across the vast space of the web are tutorials in all shapes and sizes that will help you get up and running in no time. In this post, I've pieced together 12 excellent Photoshop tutorials geared toward beginners. If you're a complete novice or a casual user of this software, you've stopped by the right place. Because this is specifically for beginners — and because Photoshop's robust set of features is near-bottomless — I've skipped intermediate and advanced topics such as drawing with the Pen tool and working with 3D effects. If you have tips for aspiring Photoshoppers, share them in the comments below. 1.

Infinite Scrolling Best Practices by anthony on 12/23/10 at 1:06 am Infinite scrolling is a new interface technique you’ll find popping up on various websites. It allows users to browse through content without clicking on pagination links. Instead, all users have to do is scroll to the bottom of the page and new content will automatically load on the current page. This not only cuts the clicking, but it also cuts the need to load new pages. This new and efficient way to browse content has many advantages. Keep the navigation bar persistently visible When you scroll down a normal web page, the navigation bar gradually loses its visibility. Give users feedback when loading new content When new content is loading, users need a clear sign that the website is doing this. Show how much content has loaded and how much is left With infinite scrolling, users will inevitably load a lot of content on their page. Use a More button if you have a footer Bring users back to their previous spot when they click back

Mind Blowing Hyperrealistic Sculptures Artists that produce photorealistic sculptures, for the most part, aim to show us our bodies and life as it really is. Technically, artists who strive for a high resolution level of detail in painting or sculpture are called “hyperrealists”, although all hyperrealists are also considered to be photorealists. Every detail is slavishly recreated as close to the real life model as possible, even if the sculpture is larger than the original scale. Photorealistic sculptors create truly amazing sculptures that will make you feel wonder, revulsion and the sense of looking in someone else’s mirror. In this post we feature sculptors Ron Mueck, Evan Penny, Jamie Salmon, Duane Hanson, Sam Jinks and Adam Beane who produce sculpture that seems alive in every detail, right down to veins and rashes on skin. Ron Mueck Ron Mueck is one of the premier names in the photorealistic sculpture field. Evan Penny Age spots, wrinkles, and every detail of a face are featured in the work of Toronto artist Evan Penny.

RIM’s Plans for 2011 Leaked 28 January '11, 02:34am Follow BGR has just posted leaks from Crackberry.com of what appears to be RIM’s plans for 2011 and the first quarter of 2012. The leaked Montana (Bold Touch) specs show the device will sport a 5mp camera and will do HD recording at 720p. The Monaco Touch is one of the sexiest BlackBerry we’re seen and it seems to have a thin and light curved body.

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