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Interview with Jacob Gube from Six Revisions

Posted on 24. Nov, 2009 by bmackler.

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For our second designer interview I had the privilege of speaking with Jacob Gube, the man behind the very extremely popular design blog Six Revisions. I hope you’ll enjoy hearing from Jacob, He has an expansive set of design and developments skills. Besides being an amazing designer and running one of the top design blogs [...]

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35 Awesome Photoshop Actions that Enhance Your Work

Posted on 23. Nov, 2009 by bmackler.

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First we need to ask What is a Photoshop Action? Each Photoshop action stores a sequential series of tasks/jobs, and by hitting the ‘play’ button you get the same effect again and again without the need to repeat steps individually. Photoshop actions can be very powerful and a great time saver because it automates a [...]

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31 Essential Web 2.0 Tutorials and Freebies

Posted on 19. Nov, 2009 by bmackler.

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Web 2.0 is still an extremely popular trend that has been going strong for a while now. It is generally defined by clean, crisp lines, rounded corners and smooth gradients. For those who do not want to develop dark and edgy designs, this is the way to go. It places a focus on usability, [...]

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30 Plugins to Supercharge Photoshop

Posted on 12. Nov, 2009 by bmackler.

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It is well known that straight out of the box Photoshop is capable of an amazing amount of things, but mastering some effects are considerably harder than others. These days you do not have to be a Photoshop pro in order to complete some of the harder projects and achieve the more elaborate effects. While [...]

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17 Best Tutorials for 3D Text in Photoshop

Posted on 02. Nov, 2009 by bmackler.

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As we have seen, there are some amazing 3D text effects you can create with Photoshop. 3D Typographic design is extremely popular and not as hard as it looks to develop. Here we have collected 17 really cool 3D typographic tutorials for you to learn from. While some of them use Xara 3D or Illustrator [...]

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20 Most Inspiring Examples of 3D Photoshop Typography

Posted on 29. Oct, 2009 by bmackler.

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One of the most recent and popular trends in web design is the reliance on bolder styles of typography, including the use of 3D text. No longer is text just used for content, it is considered an integral part of the overall design. While 3D has been around in various styles of print design for a [...]

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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 style [...]

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15 Creative Website Navigation/Menu Bars

Posted on 06. Oct, 2009 by bmackler.

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A site’s navigation menu is usually the first thing that users see when they visit a website. These days there are many ways to design a navigation menu , not just horizontal or vertical – and since just about every website has navigation – it is vital that designers push their creativity to develop ones [...]