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Big Thanks to Our Sponsors – March

By Radwa Samir   |   March 18, 2010   |   Posted in News   |   No Comments

Big Thanks to Our Sponsors – March

Graphic Mania main purpose is to provide free tutorials, resources and support to the community. However, we would never continue without the support of our valuable sponsors and audiences.

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Fonts You Do Not Want to Use!!

By Rafiq Elmansy (admin)   |   March 16, 2010   |   Posted in Articles   |   5 Comments

Fonts You Do Not Want to Use!!

I do not mean to offend the font designers, but sometimes font designs go so far from the main purpose of font design and the usage of the font. The main purpose of using the font is to deliver text content to the user with the maximum readability. The font is one of the main and critical design units that is related to the most important part of the design, which is the content.

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How To Use The Color Picker In Flash Tutorial

By johnnyb   |   March 15, 2010   |   Posted in Flash   |   6 Comments

How To Use The Color Picker In Flash Tutorial

The application that we will be creating, is one you have seen on many website I am sure. A situation where you get to change the color of an object(a car, clothes, etc.). Ours we will be a simple one, but the lessons you learn here can apply to the more complex applications as well.

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30+ Stunning Pencil Drawing Artwork

By Radwa Samir   |   March 12, 2010   |   Posted in Inspirations   |   5 Comments

30+ Stunning Pencil Drawing Artwork

I was always wondering why we still see black and white artwork and photography in the age of millions of colors and HD technologies. I tried to answer this question based on my love to black and white photography and apply the answer to any black and white art. The black and white artwork takes you beyond the shapes and colors to give you dramatic effect using shadows even more than lines.

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Why Designers Should Join Design Contests

By Rafiq Elmansy (admin)   |   March 11, 2010   |   Posted in Articles   |   3 Comments

Why Designers Should Join Design Contests

When young designers attend design schools or collages, they are required to provide assessments and exams that measure their skills and how did they benefit from their study. However, these tests have other hidden benefits. These exams are like a challenge that stimulates all your energy and mind power to achieve the success in this test.

In the real career life, things are different. No one is that lucky to have a daily challenging project or a client that can motivate you to get the most out of your creative mind. Actually, it may be rare to face such a client. However, designers should have a challenge from time to time to be able to keep their creative curve is going up or at least stable through the career as a designer.

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Classic Cartoon Model Sheets and Illustrations that Amused Us

By Rafiq Elmansy (admin)   |   March 8, 2010   |   Posted in Inspirations   |   6 Comments

Classic Cartoon Model Sheets and Illustrations that Amused Us

For many of us, classic cartoon characters have formed initial part of our life for long years. Characters like Micky Mouse, Donald Duck and Tom and Jerry have been our source for amusement and fun for years regardless how old we are. Classic cartoons have a special magic that affects both old and new generations, but have you ever thought in the efforts that done to make this magic come true?

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How To Create A Flash Login Screen Tutorial – Part 2

By johnnyb   |   March 7, 2010   |   Posted in Flash   |   10 Comments

How To Create A Flash Login Screen Tutorial   Part 2

The last tutorial I showed how to to create a simple flash based login just using actionscript. A visitor has asked “how do I modify this to go to a web page instead of a different scene?” So this is the topic of today’ s tutorial, and the solution is very simple!

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Truly Inspired Mixed Media and Digital Art Collection

By Rafiq Elmansy (admin)   |   March 5, 2010   |   Posted in Inspirations   |   9 Comments

Truly Inspired Mixed Media and Digital Art Collection

While the digital art uses the computer tools to produce artwork and visualize the artist’s ideas. Mixed media art free the artist hand by giving the ability to merge different types of tools and materials to reach the desired effect and artwork impression.

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The Winners of the Free Stock Flash From Flash Scope Are…

By Rafiq Elmansy (admin)   |   March 4, 2010   |   Posted in Contests   |   4 Comments

3 Winners for Free Stock Flash and Templates From Flash Scope

Now, it is the time to announce the winners of the Flash contest. The winners will receive three free accounts loaded with credits to get free stock Flash templates, components, slideshows, menus and XML Flash content.

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Totally Green Dual Monitor Wallpapers Collection

By Radwa Samir   |   March 3, 2010   |   Posted in Wallpapers   |   11 Comments

Totally Green Dual Monitor Wallpapers Collection

Multiple-monitor, multi-head and dual-monitor are all the same definition for displaying content on multiple display devices in the same time. Most of us know the dual-monitor expression as the ability to display computer content on two or more monitors, but actually the expression expands beyond the computer monitors. Dual-monitor concept includes displaying the content on various types of display devices such as computer monitors, TV and projectors…etc.

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Photoshop Blur Filters Tutorial

By Diana Eftaiha   |   March 1, 2010   |   Posted in Photoshop   |   7 Comments

Photoshop Blur Filters Tutorial

Photoshop filters are basically an easy-to-use yet powerful means to add special effects to images, layers, and even selections. A wide selection of filters are found under the “Filter” menu, including third party plug-in filters that can be downloaded and used in Adobe Photoshop. You will notice most of Photoshop filter effects only work in RGB mode. This is because filters have a dramatic effect on image pixels, and can throw colors out of the CMYK color gamut. So to unleash the full power of Photoshop filters, it is recommended that you work in RGB mode and then convert later to the CMYK gamut if you wish.

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