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Essential Cheat Sheets and Reference Cards For Web Designers and Developers

Posted on 26. Oct, 2009 by bmackler.

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Its impossible to remember all of the functions and keyboard shortcuts for all of your favorite web design and development applications. The one way to master your frequently used applications and increase productivity significantly is to use reference guides.
No one will accuse you of “cheating” or doing something wrong…being able to perform a function [...]

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20 Amazing Photo Enhancement and Editing Tutorials

Posted on 21. Oct, 2009 by bmackler.

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Previously we discussed the top 15 digital photo effects and all the amazing special effects you can create in Photoshop. Now, I would like to get back to the roots of Photoshop and what it was originally built to do, before it became the ultimate design and layout program.
Photoshop was created to help photographers [...]

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Photoshop Layer Effects Explained

Posted on 08. Oct, 2009 by bmackler.

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Layer effects are one of the most commonly used features used in Photoshop. When you use them separately or together you can create some wonderful effects. It is important to get to know each of the styles and what each does along with the available options. This tutorial will go though every default layer [...]

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Top 15 Photoshop Photo Effects

Posted on 04. Oct, 2009 by bmackler.

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We forget all too often that first and foremost Photoshop is an image editing and manipulation program. Yes it is also the best program to develop your websites but the power that it has to alter and manipulate imagery is astounding. And the added bonus is that much of these examples of course can [...]

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Learning Photoshop Layers and Effects – Lesson Three

Posted on 02. Oct, 2009 by bmackler.

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In Photoshop, layers are used to work on individual parts of an image while not affecting other parts. It’s hard to believe there was ever a time when layers didn’t exist inside Photoshop. Yet prior to Photoshop 3, they didn’t. Thankfully we have come a long way since Photoshop 3.
There is no question in my [...]

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15 Best Photoshop Text Effects Tutorials

Posted on 28. Sep, 2009 by bmackler.

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The web is home to hundreds of Photoshop text effects and tutorials, but I have made a list of what could be considered the best tutorials on the web. Its a great way to improve your Photoshop skills and to stay up to date with what is going on.
In just a few steps you can [...]

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Photoshop Type Tools and Vector Drawing – Lesson Two

Posted on 24. Sep, 2009 by bmackler.

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So we have learned all about raster and bitmap images and what they can and can’t do but the question remains, can we create images in Photoshop that can be made larger and smaller without losing their quality? The answer used to be no, but in recent versions of Photoshop that has changed. [...]

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Getting Started with Photoshop – Toolbar Overview and Selection Tools – Lesson One

Posted on 18. Sep, 2009 by bmackler.

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Time to dive in, head first. To most people Photoshop seems very intimidating and overwhelming, especially if you don’t even know where to begin. In this multi part series we are going to discuss the tool bar, what they do and the overall functionality of Photoshop in relation to Web Design. There will be certain [...]

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Essential Knowledge – Understanding file formats : .JPG, .GIF and .PNG

Posted on 17. Sep, 2009 by bmackler.

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When speaking with people at the early stage of their design education one of the most frequent questions I get is “What is with all the file formats, how do you choose between .gif, .jpg, .png and and .psd” This is essential knowledge for any designer, the quality of your work and the end result [...]

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Things you need to know before you start – Raster Vs. Vector

Posted on 13. Sep, 2009 by bmackler.

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Like many people, my first experience with an “image editing” program was Microsoft Paint. It was with that program I learned what a pixel was and what happens when you put 100’s of those little guys together. As we all know, it makes a picture. Any type of picture actually, from a person to [...]