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20+ Important Feeds for Freelance Designers
Posted on 16. Jul, 2010 by Joel.
In order to stay sharp in your current industry it pays to be up-to-date on the aspects that define the skill-sets you need to work on the most. Freelance designers aren’t any different to any other professional within the same profession, we all need to get the most out of the best design and development [...]
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20 Amazing Mac Applications for the Novice Designer
Posted on 30. Jun, 2010 by Joel.
As a freelance designer you need to be at the top of your game which means you’ll want to have the most useful tools available to you. Your arsenal should be heavy with all sorts of development, financial, and time tracking tools that will be of great use. Without these essential tools, life as a [...]
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13 Alternative Browsers for Web Designers
Posted on 10. Jun, 2010 by Joel.
Over 90% of users are viewing this web page with either Firefox, Safari, Chrome or Internet Explorer. However, not everyone wants to use the “popular” venues for surfing the web, and others may want a more flexible approach. This has lead to the creation of several other less-known browsers that offer great functionality and bring [...]
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20 Amazingly Easy to Use Color Tools for Designers
Posted on 01. Jun, 2010 by Joel.
Taking the time to choose and test the colors that mesh well with your web or print project can go wrong if you’re not familiar with color theory and/or which colors can be combined. Because choosing the right color for your design is so vital, for the most part, a large chunk of designers take [...]
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30 Magnificent Sites Using HTML5 in Their Core Layout
Posted on 28. May, 2010 by Joel.
As HTML5 has been evolving into the new web standard, there’s good reason why. HTML5 has defined a variety of elements and attributes that will surely change the way websites are being developed. It’s no wonder this new revision of hyper text mark-up language is opening new doors for developers and creating much more semantic [...]
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25 Beautifully Amazing Photoshop Typography Effects for Your Next Project
Posted on 18. May, 2010 by Joel.
As designers we know what we can accomplish through the potent force called Photoshop. There are so many options, tools, enhancements and effects that can be done to alter the quality or to create an image. Below we’ve gathered one of the most overlooked enhancements you can produce with this application; text effects. Using text [...]
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Problems and Mistakes When Developing With AJAX
Posted on 07. May, 2010 by Joel.
Ajax is a powerful technology that allows you to coin websites with amazing functionality all without your users having to refresh the web page they’re on.
However, there do exist a few “bumps” on the road when trying to implement Ajax, and within this article we plan on exploiting the most common mistakes as well as [...]
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CSS Techniques that Turn a Dream into Reality
Posted on 28. Apr, 2010 by Joel.
CSS has amazed us with the flexibility that it comes with. You can create a number of functions that you didn’t think were possible unless you used technologies such as Flash or jQuery. Below we’ve taken the time to round up various CSS techniques that can turn a “dream” into a reality.
CSS Based Image Maps
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Italian Web Designs Made to Inspire
Posted on 21. Apr, 2010 by Joel.
The beautiful thing about web development is anyone (with the required skills), of any race or ethnicity can design a website and be viewed by the (online) masses. Today we’re going to dive in and take a look at some amazing websites that were developed by Italian designers.
Italy’s Style
Italian web designs tend to use a [...]
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15 Time-Saving JavaScript Tools to Speed Up Development
Posted on 15. Apr, 2010 by Joel.
Saving time as a web developer or designer is vital these days. Being able to save loads of time and use that time to work on clients projects will allow you to gain more income in a shorter period of time. Your clients will also thank you because you will always finish beforehand or always [...]
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15 Best Photoshop Filters and Plugins for Digital Photography
Posted on 09. Apr, 2010 by Joel.
The more designers learn, the more resources and tools they need. And because a lot of designers have picked up photography, it’s important that we can make use of these skills and expand their quality through the use of Photoshop of similar applications. This is why we’ve compiled a list of the best Photoshop Filters [...]
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20 Twitter Applications To Help You Distribute Images and Videos
Posted on 02. Apr, 2010 by Joel.
Sharing photos and videos on Twitter started as a rumor and then (like every social media rumor) it turned into a reality. Not only has this revolutionized the way we use Twitter as a whole, but designers and other artists are able to share their work as well as videos throughout the Twitter network with [...]
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Best Tools to Convert Illustrations to Fascinating Animations
Posted on 01. Apr, 2010 by Joel.
If you’re accustomed to designing graphics that are meant to stay still, picking up a new set of skills and converting those graphics to animations can be a scary thought. However, through the collaboration of a few softwares and tools, creating animations is easier than we thought the task to be. Also, the feeling you [...]
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10 Useful and Time-Saving CSS Grid-Layout Generators
Posted on 02. Mar, 2010 by Joel.
CSS is considered the “back-bone” of a website. It structures, helps embed, and styles elements. Now, if we were to code a CSS layout by hand, it would take us an unneeded amount of time that we could be putting towards other areas of our designs.
With somewhat similar concepts to the all-famous button, background, and [...]
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15 Free And Useful Typography Tools For Web Designers
Posted on 28. Feb, 2010 by Joel.
Typography is one of the most important components that make a design complete. This aspect of your design can effectively engage users when used properly. It can also help you enhance the visual appearance of your website, print/graphic designs, and more.
Here we have 15 Free and Useful Typography Tools for Web Designers that’ll help you [...]
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