Archive for February, 2010

25 Funny Photographs of Sleeping Animals

| February 28, 2010 | 18 Comments

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Timing is one of the main factors to create a great photography. One of the basics to learn in photography is to choose the best moment for your shot. Therefore, one of the good practice in photography is to take as many shots as you and filter it to reach the best shot.

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Adobe Photoshop History: Memories That Made a Legend

| February 27, 2010 | 16 Comments

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20 years ago, there was a debate about a new software that may affect photography in a bad way by giving the ability to people to edit original photographs. This software is Adobe Photoshop. In the Adobe Photoshop 20 years birthday, there are alot of celebrations and video around the web. However, the video I would like to share with you today is special. Not only because it is a documentary video about Photoshop, but also because it gathers the Adobe Photoshop founders sharing their memories about this great application.

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3 Winners for Free Stock Flash and Templates From Flash Scope

| February 24, 2010 | 13 Comments

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It is the time for a new raffle, today’s raffle allows three winner to win free account loaded with credits to get free stock Flash templates, components, slideshows, menus and XML Flash content.

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Vintage Ads with Weird Creative Ideas

| February 23, 2010 | 31 Comments

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Some times creative minds go so far looking for ideas to attract customers and audiences. Some ideas are funny and other ideas are weird enough to surprise us. While I was watching some vintage ads ideas, some ideas really got my attention because it is really weird.

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Enter the Logo Redesign Contest for Smashing Apps, Get a Chance to Win $200

| February 23, 2010 | 0 Comments

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Smashing Apps, one of the famous design and technology blogs on the web, is holding a new contest to redesign the website logo with the chance to win $ 200 for the winner logo. The logo redesign contest is part of a new makeover for the website to include more stunning content and new features.

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20 Free Fonts for Your Creative Projects

| February 21, 2010 | 13 Comments

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We both know fonts are an important element when working on your creative projects. There is no doubt cool and fresh fonts will spice up your work – that’s why we spend so much time trying to find something interesting and suitable. To save you some time I put together a collection of 20 cool free fonts. These are my current favorites icon smile .

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15 Amazing Claymation Characters

| February 17, 2010 | 18 Comments

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It is rare to find claymation artwork these days, may be because it is very hard and expensive production or because it is get buried by computer 3D animation techniques that produce even more quality and less cost.

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30 Must Seen Photoshop 3D Effects Tutorials

| February 16, 2010 | 14 Comments

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Photoshop is the friend for every one who want to work with image editing and design either in professional or personal use. Photoshop is an extended tool that scale up your capabilities to create design effects and tricks especially on bitmap images.

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30+ Useful Cinema 4D Tutorial Collection

| February 14, 2010 | 20 Comments

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Cinema 4D is one of the common 3D tools that gives you capabilities to create 3D models, working with textures, effects and animation…etc.

Learning based on example and real how-to tutorials can help you learn fast about the new tools and features. Furthermore, you can use these tutorials to get inspired about new effect and tricks that improve your work and production.

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Big Thanks to Our Sponsors – February

| February 13, 2010 | 0 Comments

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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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Adobe User Group in Egypt first Online Meeting

| February 13, 2010 | 9 Comments

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I am the manager of the first Adobe user group in Egypt and the Middle East since five years. And I have been receiving alot of requests to provide training for the user group. However, the time has come and I plan to hold an online meeting. This 2 hours meeting will be held through Adobe Connect and will discuss the Animation in Photoshop CS4 in Arabic.

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