Archive for August, 2010

Using Social Sites to Promote Design Blogs

| August 31, 2010 | 3 Comments

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Social websites are the latest advancement in the field of technology. It helps people to form small groups and communicate within that group. This group can be friends, families, colleagues or simply people who share a similar interest. These websites facilitate an online community of users who use it as a forum to discuss topics of common interest.
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How Designers should Read Clients

| August 30, 2010 | 0 Comments

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The first email or phone call you receive to notify you of a project is also the first indirect contact between you and the client. This initial step includes basic information about the project that you may need to know to continue the conversation with the client and start the project consequently or simply decline with a gentle apology.

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35+ Stunning Photo Manipulation Photoshop Tutorials

| August 27, 2010 | 10 Comments

Learning Photoshop is not limited to take a Photoshop course or read a Photoshop book. It is an extended application with flexible to create amazing effects on photos. So, you need to update your knowledge frequently with the new tips and tricks.

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Although, Photoshop has been developed alot to create many graphic tasks such as web design, printing, video and 3D, it is known as a powerful tool that let you create photo effects and manipulation based on your skills and the tricks you learn.

Articles are one of the great resources that you can use to update your skills with new tips and tricks that are published everyday. Here are some Photoshop tutorials that focus on the photo manipulation and creating digital art effects on the photos. Each tutorial has new tricks that you can learn and apply it to your own designs.

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60 Amazing Frozen Moments of Speed Photography

| August 24, 2010 | 9 Comments

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High speed photography is defined as the ability to take images of very fast motion or high speed frame animation and record these frames as still images. High speed photography can either take a freeze shot of the object while blurring the environment around it or capture a sequence of the motion in one shot.
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Win Royalty Free Stock Photos from DepositPhotos

| August 23, 2010 | 18 Comments

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Who doesn’t use stock photos in their designs and projects? Today, we have a new contest and there will be three winners! Each winner will receive an account from DepositPhotos loaded with $30 to download high quality royalty free stock photos and vectors from their huge library.

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Organizing the Creative Process Workflow

| August 22, 2010 | 0 Comments

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Although the creative process requires thinking outside the box and frees your mind from ordinary thoughts, it is important to build a routine to your creative idea brainstorming process which is the first step in any design project. On the other hand, creative design is one of the steps in any project that you can’t determine an exact estimate for; especially when you are new to the design field. This is because finding a unique idea for the design can take one minute and then extend to numerous hours before reaching a result that satisfies both you and your client.

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Significant Skills Every Web Designer Should Know

| August 17, 2010 | 0 Comments

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The web is becoming more and more complicated everyday. Many innovative technologies for the internet is being developed and tested. As a result, advancements in the internet do not happen in decades. They happen in short periods of time like months or years.

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The Winners of 1800 Free Vector Downloads from Big Vectorious

| August 17, 2010 | 0 Comments

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It is the time to announce the winners of Vectorious big vector contest.  Each of  the three winners will receive 3 months subscriptions that give them access to download 1800 high quality vectors.

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45+ Breathtaking Surreal Digital Artwork Inspirations

| August 14, 2010 | 5 Comments

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Many people, whether they are art lovers or just web surfers become attracted to surreal art; it is one of the arts that take you beyond logic and physics and frees your mind to learn what lies behind the artwork elements. Digital surreal artists have implemented modern tools that allow them to go further with their ideas and create surreal art that not only depends on painting, but also digital painting, photography and photo manipulation.
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Understanding the Website Design Trends

| August 13, 2010 | 7 Comments

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Web design is an integral part of every website because it is the first thing that any visitor notices when they visit a website. It creates the first impression about the business pr the website and this is the reason most people try to keep their websites attractive. There are many aspects to web design like color, buttons, logos, browser compatibility, layout, text and so on. Each of these aspects are vital and require equal amount of attention.
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21 Reliable Marketplaces to Sell Your Designs

| August 11, 2010 | 4 Comments

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Create once; sell repeatedly is one of the trends that allow designers and photographers to generate the most revenue from their artwork by selling a single piece numerous times as royalty free stock resources.
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