Topic archive for
‘Graphics’
Friday, March 12th, 2010
In this tutorial I will show you how to make a speedometer gauge interface using the tools in Photoshop. This could show you skills on how to create a gauge for a website or something you could convert over to a working flash document. Who knows maybe you could even use this as a real [...]
By: John Overbee in Adobe, Design, Graphics, Photoshop, speedometer display
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010
In this beginner tutorial I will run you through some simple steps to take a texture of your choosing and turn it into a seamless texture that you could use as a repeating background or anything else you want.
I am going to use a rocky texture I downloaded somewhere. You can use this file if [...]
By: John Overbee in Adobe, Design, Graphics, Photoshop, seamless texture, Texture, texture tutorial
Thursday, February 4th, 2010
March Madness is upon us and basketball buzz is in the air. Television graphics become more sophisticated and sports networks tend to have very eye-catching ones. When you’re finished with this tutorial you’ll be able to recreate some righteous TV graphics often seen on ESPN.
By: Mark Rivera in Adobe, Graphics, March Madness, Men's Basketball, Photoshop, Top 10
Thursday, January 14th, 2010
In this tutorial I will run you through some steps on creating a cool abstract screaming effect using the pen tool for curvy lines, some abstract stock photos, glowing sparks and lightning.
First download these images
Now create a document 1000X600px with a black background
Drag the screaming face to the very right of the new document.
We need [...]
By: John Overbee in abstract, Adobe, Design, Graphics, Photoshop
Wednesday, December 16th, 2009
Hashtags emerged some time ago as a way for people to indicate keywords in their tweets, metadata if you like. Usage was simple, just put a # before any word and it became a #hashtag. Search engines could filter through the noise for # and find metadata about the tweets. This works well for [...]
By: Karl Long in Graphics, Hashtags, Web Development
Monday, November 9th, 2009
Each year at Blogworld Expo, Technorati CEO Richard Jalichandra presents The State of the Blogosphere as one of the event’s prestigious keynotes. For those who are unfamiliar with Technorati, it serves as a directory and search engine for the blogosphere as well as a benchmark for the ranking of blogs worldwide.
While there has been much [...]
By: Brian Solis in Graphics, Web Development
Friday, October 9th, 2009
In what appears to be an on-purpose release of MAX related announcements ahead of the event which starts today in LA, Adobe have announced the latest version of Flash Player: version 10.1. Do not let yourself be fooled by the .1 release as this version is much more than just another point release, it is [...]
By: Stefan Richter in Adobe, Flash, Flash Player 10, Graphics, Open Source, RTMFP protocol, Streaming Media
Thursday, September 3rd, 2009
One aspect of Photoshop that is outstanding is its ability to correct flaws in photographs. The number of flaws ranges from red eyes, to grainy images or exposure problems. Whatever it is, it can be annoying if after a wedding event or if during a holiday you thought your camera had captured that amazing shot [...]
By: Stephen Davies in Design, Firefox, Graphics, Photoshop
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009
Planning a web design project comes in various forms not to mention no plan at all (not really recommended!) to working on the fly from a barebones blueprint to a structured plan that takes weeks to reach its start date.
How you approach the project depends on your resources though there [...]
By: Stephen Davies in Accessibility, Database, Design, Firefox, Flash, Graphics, PHP, SEO, Site Navigation, Web Development