Archive for January, 2011

Creative and Artistic Poster Designs

Creative and Artistic Poster Designs

    For most designers, it can be difficult to find inspiration by doing quite the same tasks within daily ongoing projects. Going for a walk to catch some fresh air, reading an interesting book or simply going to...

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Get Rid Of Those Pesky Edge Halos In Photoshop

Get Rid Of Those Pesky Edge Halos In Photoshop

When you make a selection in an image in Photoshop, then paste the selection to another image or background, very often you’ll find (when it’s placed on a different colored background) a stubborn ring of pixels around your initial...

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Become a Great Online Community Member

Become a Great Online Community Member

Today is an exciting day for me. It is the second annual Community Manager Appreciation Day . I admit that it might not be as big of a deal as say, any other day at all ever, but as...

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Call To Action Buttons and the Psychology of Color

Call To Action Buttons and the Psychology of Color

By combining scientific studies on color with some design principles, you can create a great call-to-action button for your website and improve conversion rates drastically. ...

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How to Motivate Yourself When You Feel Like Quitting

How to Motivate Yourself When You Feel Like Quitting

Have you ever decided to do something, put in the time to create a plan for success, and gotten about 25% of the way through, only to get hit with second thoughts? You may start doubting yourself and your...

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Learn the Basics of Design This Weekend [Weekendhacker]

Learn the Basics of Design This Weekend [Weekendhacker]

Last weekend we looked at resources to teach you how to code , but writing your app is only half the battle. ...

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SitePoint Podcast #96: The Plug-in Wars

SitePoint Podcast #96: The Plug-in Wars

Episode 96 of The SitePoint Podcast is now available! This week your hosts are Patrick O’Keefe ( @iFroggy ), Stephan Segraves ( @ssegraves ), Brad Williams ( @williamsba ), and Kevin Yank ( @sentience ). Listen in Your Browser...

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5 of the Best Browser-Based Font Viewers

5 of the Best Browser-Based Font Viewers

You probably have several hundred fonts installed on your PC. Windows, Mac OS and Linux install a wide variety and you may have purchased or downloaded free fonts. If you’re like me, you’ll regularly browse font foundry websites when...

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35 Beautiful Examples of Fractal Flowers

35 Beautiful Examples of Fractal Flowers

    The beauty and appeal of flowers is immense and it is no wonder that many designers and artists use this patterns of flowers within their artworks. ...

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The Shadow DOM

The Shadow DOM

You know the little blue knobby on WebKit range inputs? And all those fancy <video> controls? That stuff is all built with regular ol' (styled) HTML elements, only they are behind a bit of a glass wall...

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