Archive for September, 2008
The First Month Of 1stwebdesigner
Hey! I wanted to check in with You, guys! Today is the first month of my website existence. I want to really say thanks to my loyal readers - for now I got 132 RSS readers - I really appreciate that You spend Your time reading and checking out my articles! Without You I am nothing! Why I started to blog? Main reason was - I read many articles and sites, where other people say that blogging is the best thing happened to them. I thought why shouldn't I give it a try! And yes, I totally agree - I started blogging and that's one of the best things happened to me, even if it's only the first month :)
9 Great File Hosting Services Reviewed
It really doesn't matter what are You doing - there are time for everybody, when You need to upload files, share with them online or just keep somewhere You can always get those files from. In my early days I send my files to e-mail and that's my way of file hosting. Now there are a lot more options, to choose from and the best way is to choose some file hosting service, so You don't need to keep those files on Your own server and get better download and upload speed too. I made great list of 9 the most known free file hosting service sites You can choose from - choose the one which fits You the most.
Easy Logo Creation From Bitmaps
There are a lot of different ways, how to create logotype - it can be unique icon tied with company name or the field company is working, it can be stylized text - 3D text, outlines - actually there are unlimited opportunities how to fulfil this task. I just wanted to show You one more easy and effective way, how to create nice logotype in few easy steps. I love this way, because I am not so great in sketching, so here is my opportunity to do job effectively and maybe Your's too!
42 Free Nature And Floral Photoshop Brush Sets
I really enjoy natural, floral brushes - something that always comes handy while creating some new web designs, posters or everything else related. In the list you will find different Photoshop brushes for every taste - really inspiriting too!
I have a bunch of different brushes downloaded on my computer, but I wanted to see the best of them just in the one place.
There are more than 500+ brushes out here, so I think You have a little list now to choose from!
45 Photoshop Tutorial Sites
Dainis Graveris • September 22nd, 2008
Adobe Photoshop is the most popular program, when it comes to graphic design. Great tutorials always become handy - You can look how other designers get his job done, and there are tons of different ways how to do the same job. I saw many people creating different tops with different kind of tutorials, but I wanted to do something different and summarize different Photoshop tutorial sites. So here is my selection of different Photoshop resource sites with some great and unique tutorials out there. I hope You will enjoy and evaluate this list as I did! Now there is surely enough tutorials to master Your Photoshop skills!
2 in 1 – Stunning 3D Ice Text Effect Tutorial
I wanted to create very natural Ice text separately and later add it to iceberg image. In this tutorial we will learn to use different filter settings, create 3D text effect, different layer styles and much more! I hope it's not too complex, I tried to keep it as simple as possible. Scroll down the page to see finished result we will accomplish! And just be sure to check out this tutorial and join me to these simple steps !!!
What Screen Resolution We Should Design For?
I always struggled at first when I needed to decide, which resolution to design for. So first thing We would need to ask ourselves is - who we will design for, what's really our audience? That's not important only to which resolution create our document, but how big our fonts must be and which browsers we must support. Now the vast majority uses computers with 1024x768 px resolution. But that doesn't mean, that You should create design in 1024x768 resolution too and You got all that space available to use.
50 Awesome And Creative Business Cards
Business cards are cards representing company or individual bearing business information like company's or individual's name, address, e-mail, telephone number etc. Usually business cards are simple - black text on white background - including just main information and company's logotype, but there are many other creative business cards standing out and really taking attention. I took a special interest in these kind of business cards, so here is my list about the most awesome and creative business cards, I've ever seen.
Xara 3D Review – Easy 3D Text Animation
So what really is Xara 3D? Xara 3D is simple 3D animation program, which is very easy to use and it's great program for beginners or people, who just wants fast and amazing outcome. Graphic designers usually use this program to create nice 3D text, then export it to Photoshop for example and add some spice. Xara 3D serves well also for clean 3D logos,buttons creation. Program is really light weighted too, installation file is just 25mb small! If You hear about Xara 3D first time, then just keep reading and You'll understand what's this program capable of.
9 Useful Image Hosting Services Reviewed
Why to bother uploading images elsewhere? Images and videos takes usually the biggest time to load and takes space. For videos solution is youtube and similar services, offering to upload videos on their database - so You don't need to be agitated about loading time, because I am sure that they own the best hosting possibly available. The same is about images - if You have limited loading speed and space, where You are hosting, You can just choose to upload images at different services so You don't need to bother Yourself anymore thinking about all those limitations.
