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What to do with Downtime?
With the slow down in the economy and the impending holiday season, everybody is likely to have a little spare free time. Most freelancers don’t do too well with free time and start scrambling for more clients, but what else can you do with that free time?
Posted 17th November 2008
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8 Web Application Showcases
Call it Web2.0 if you must, but the techniques and mind set of building simple, building fast has lead to a plethora of web applications. Following close behind was a collection of directories and showcases for these web apps.
Posted 24th October 2008
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45 Excellent Sets of Adobe Illustrator Brushes
While there are not as many free brushes available for Illustrator as there are for Photoshop, there are still some excellent, high-quality options. In this post we'll look at 45 sets of brushes in several different categories.
Posted 23rd October 2008
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Creative User Interfaces in Modern Web Design
The whole may be more than the sum of its parts, but without the parts, there is no whole. Lest that sound like some weird philosophical meandering to you, take comfort in observing the finer aspects of creative and appealing user interface design.
Posted 23rd October 2008
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10 Helpful Resources for Cross Browser Testing
Every web designer knows that browser differences can create plenty of headaches. Finding and fixing problems can be difficult if you're not equipped with the right tools. In this post we'll take a brief look at 10 of the leading resources for making your browser testing less time consuming and more productive.
Posted 23rd October 2008
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30+ Exceptional GIMP Tutorials and Resources
GIMP is a freely distributed GNU Image Manipulation Program. Available for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring.
Posted 23rd October 2008
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Categories vs Tags
Content focused sites like blogs and online magazines have various ways to organize and sort their content. Sorting articles by date and by author is usually done automatically by the content management system.
Posted 23rd October 2008
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Adobe Dreamweaver Toolbox
This post is a comprehensive collection of resources and links for users of Adobe Dreamweaver.
Posted 23rd October 2008
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CSS Typography Reference Sheet - Get Creative with your Headlines!
This Reference Sheet was created to emphasize the many options available within CSS, particularly for Typography. So, what are you waiting for, get creative with your headlines!
Posted 14th October 2008
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Pricing Tables: Examples And Best Practices
Pricing tables play an important role for every company that offers products or services. They are a challenge from both a design and usability standpoint. They must be simple but at the same time clearly differentiate between features and prices of different products and services.
Posted 13th October 2008
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Experience vs. Function a Beautiful UI is Not Always the Best UI
A good user interface (UI) is essential if you want your product to be usable, but you must always be careful to not fall into the trap of focusing too much on that interface. A good UI should fade away, putting content in the front seat it should be transparent.
Posted 13th October 2008
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Admin Templates
Some free, and some paid templates for your custom CMS.
Posted 13th October 2008
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50 Beautiful Movie Posters
Movie posters are art and, unfortunately, the forgotten one. In the early years of cinema history, they were used just like advertising material. Displayed in theatres only, movie posters had the same function as a menu in a restaurant: what feast can I enjoy this evening? Nowadays, movie posters play a big role in cinema memorabilia collection. They have lost the "informative" tone to wear a more artistic and decorative dress. We want to change it with this post.
Posted 13th October 2008
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Using Javascript to Fix 12 Common Browser Headaches
We advocate using CSS whenever possible, and we often successed. Modern browsers have very good support for CSS — it’s certainly good enough for you to use CSS to control layout and presentation. Sometimes however, certain page elements will appear differently in different browsers.
Posted 13th October 2008
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25 of the Best Photographer Portfolio Websites
Web designers often browse through portfolio websites of other designers for inspiration and ideas that can be used in their own work. Photographers, like designers, have a need to display an attractive portfolio for their websites visitors, and many photographers have excellent portfolio sites. In this post I\'d like to take a look at 25 of the best. This collection is based on the quality of the portfolio site itself, not necessarily the work being displayed inside the portfolio.
Posted 13th October 2008
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10 Ways to Monetize a Design Blog
Have your own design blog or considering starting one? Here is a look at 10 options that you'll have to monetize the blog.
Posted 13th October 2008
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35 Photoshop Tutorials Inspired by Apple
Apple and its innovative products and marketing are the focus of some excellent design tutorials for Photoshop. Since I kept seeing tutorials inspired by the iPhone and iPod, I decided to compile the best tutorials of this kind that I could uncover. Here are 35 for those of you who can't get enough of Apple.
Posted 10th October 2008
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A Guide to Choosing Colors for Your Brand
strong brand is color selection. Every color has a different feel and various associations. By choosing a color or a combination of colors for your brand identity, you will take on those associations. Colors will evoke certain emotions and feelings towards your brand so it is vital to choose a color that will represent your identity effectively.
Posted 9th October 2008
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Top 10 Sources of Logo Design Inspiration
If you're a logo designer or interested in learning more about logo design, there's no doubt you'd like to see some excellent examples for the best logo designers around for your own inspiration. The ten sites listed below are all great places to visit when you're in need of some inspiration, and many of them will also allow you to share your own work with others.
Posted 9th October 2008
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15 Useful Batch Image Processors
Whether you’re a Web developer, Web designer or blogger, you’ve probably had to deal with the headache of converting many images to different sizes and formats. It’s not much fun if you have to convert all of them by hand. Batch image processing can reduce this process from hours of work to just a few simple clicks.
With batch image processing, you can specify a size or file type, and then a script runs to convert the images. You can process hundreds or thousands of images with just a few clicks. And nearly every image processor comes with a unique feature set.
Image processors are worth their weight in gold if you’re a designer or developer spending a good chunk of time converting images by hand in Photoshop. Let's take a look at 15 useful batch image processors for both Mac and PC.
Posted 9th October 2008
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