Create a Textured Pool Table in Adobe Illustrator

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In this tutorial you’ll learn how to create a vector pool table. We’ll be using the Appearance panel to create textures and add effects; we’ll use the Swatches panel for creating pattern swatches; and we’ll use some 3D and scripting. Let’s get started!

Step 1

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Useful Tools To Check Cross-Browser Compatibility Issues

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With today’s modern web it’s not uncommon for many visitors to be using a different browser. The options seem almost unlimited with Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Opera, Safari, and of course Internet Explorer. There are also many lesser-known browsers and 3rd party software for Mac and… read more

Free Tags for Adobe Fireworks

Free Tags for Adobe Fireworks

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Huge Collection of Best Adobe Lightroom Presets

Huge Collection of Best Adobe Lightroom Presets

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More Flexible Lightroom to Photoshop Editing

If you work in Lightroom, at some stage you’ll probably want to take an image to Photoshop for some additional processing. How you send it to Photoshop will have an impact on the options available to you. One option in Lightroom is to take an image to Photoshop as a… read more

Automatic Cross-Fading in Adobe Audition

RC shows viewers some tips for cross-fading in multitracks when editing audio files in Adobe Audition.

RC recommends incompetech.com as a great source for royalty-free music.

Also, RC has provided sample files as examples of tracks mixed with crossfade enabled and without.

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HP Z210 Small Form Factor Workstation

Entry-Level PC

HP introduces their newest workstation line with the Z210, available in Convertible Minitower (CMT) or Small Form Factor (SFF) models. The Z210 is designed to be an entry-level workstation for budget-minded folks working in photo or video editing, education, and similar fields. New Intel HD integrated graphics are… read more

Create A Lotus Flower With Adobe Illustrator CS5

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In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to make a Lotus Flower in Adobe Illustrator. We’ll use some basic tools (Ellipse, Direct Selection, Pencil, and more) to draw lotus petals and leaves. Next we’ll color these shapes with the Gradient Mesh Tool. Finally, arrange them to become a complete… read more

The ultimate HTML5 resource guide

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50 Must See Adobe Photoshop Tutorials For Designers

50 Must See Adobe Photoshop Tutorials For Designers

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Create a Padlock with Adobe Illustrator and VectorScribe

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In this tutorial you will learn how to use Shape Building, Clipping Paths and Opacity Masks to make a metallic Padlock. You will also learn how to use the VectorScribe Adobe Illustrator plug-in to save time when creating vector illustrations and designs.

Introduction

I have specifically made this tutorial using multiple… read more

100 Web Apps to Rule Them All

There’s so many web apps today, it’s hard to keep up with them all. From the apps we’ve all used for years such as Gmail to newer apps that just came out this year such as Flow, web apps have increasingly become a part of our daily lives.

Whether you’re just… read more

Building Strategies for Written Website Content

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When you sit down initially to write out webpage content it may feel ultimately boring and a trivial task. But from a broader perspective you should understand just how powerful your writing will become. Each of your visitors interested in the content you write will spend… read more

Best of the Vector Web – May 2011

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Each month, we search the web for the best vector-related content and showcase it here for you all to enjoy. This month, we showcase high quality tutorials on creating vector portraits, composing character based type illustrations, creating shiny illustrative icons, and more. We have loads of tutorials, in addition… read more

Poster Giveaway: Stay Alive by Peter Jaworowski

A couple weeks ago, we’ve featured an amazing case study by Peter Jaworowski Mirage Case Study This week, Peter and in collaboration with Abduzeedo decided to make a poster giveaway for you guys.

We have 5 Stay Alive posters to giveaway. To participate is very simple, just leave… read more

Is Photoshop Evil? Video Interview With Mark Heaps

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Is Photoshop a dirty word? An evil tool? Recently, I had the opportunity to chat with Mark Heaps, a Professional Photographer, an Adobe Certified Professional, and Graphic Designer at Duarte Design where he has worked with some of the world’s most recognizable brands. Mark works as a presentation designer,… read more

Quick Tip: How to Create a 3D Folded Map with Adobe Illustrator

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Turn a simple path into a folded surface, then "map" some artwork to it, using Adobe Illustrator’s 3D Effect.

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Toast 11 Pro: A Complete Mac Media Toolkit

OS X comes with CD and DVD burning capabilities built-in, so you might have managed so far without needing to install a separate app. When I reinstalled Snow Leopard a few months back, I decided to keep my system as lean as possible, since my old Core Duo MacBook has… read more

Inspiration Shift: Tilt-Shift Photos and Effects

With all of the various techniques and lenses that photographers use to create over the years in the development of their craft, we see many spring to the forefront of the industry to take hold. Of these that are popular with the public, several have been adopted by graphic artists… read more

Congratulations To The Winners Of Ultimate Designer Toolkit

Thanks to all of the participants of contest in which Ultimate Designer Toolkit (Over 60,000 Premium Design Items) were givingaway. We ran the MySQL random query and selected these 3 comments to give them free subscription of Ultimate Designer Toolkit with over 60,000 premium design items (worth $99 each… read more

Linkswitch #70, Personal Branding, Motivational Quotes, Coffee Shops

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How to Pick the Right Colors for Your (Personal) Brand

As a freelancer, your business image isn’t just a reflection of your work, it’s a statement of your personal identity. With every project you complete, a portion of your personal design beliefs, creative insights and unique identity… read more

Beyond Badges: 3 Smart Ways to Gamify Your Startup

Rajat Paharia is the founder and chief product officer at Bunchball. You can follow him on Twitter @Bunchball and read his blog.

Gamification, or the use of game mechanics in non-gaming contexts, has quickly made its way into the lexicon of the marketing and tech world. Companies in… read more

3D Typography Tutorial using Xara3D and Photoshop

3D typography has become very popular. You can see countless of such artworks in many media. It is largely used for advertisements and many form of entertainment.

There are many ways on how to create a 3D text design and the methods are just accessible to everyone –… read more

Lightroom 3.4.1 is Now Available

Hey folks. Last week I mentioned a rare bug in Lightroom 3.4 that had to do with JPEG photos. It only affected a very small amount of people with a certain camera though. Nonetheless, if you were one of those people then it was definitely a problem. Anyway, Adobe has… read more

Designing the Airwaves: Podcast’s Part in Design

One powerful outlet that many designers have been turning to over the recent years, which in turn has allowed for a further evolution of the design community and conversation, is podcasting. This completely accessible, and open format for extending the design dialog is proving a viable solution for many seeking… read more

Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF2 REVIEW

If you’re passionate for a mirrorless, interchangeable lens digicam, this Micro Four Thirds model may be your opportunity. World’s smallest and lightest Digital Interchangeable Lens System Camera? Panasonic thinks so.

The review camera was supplied with a 14mm near-pancake lens and an 8mm fisheye. Neither of these lenses have an optical… read more

Create a Vector Fighter Jet Using Adobe Illustrator – Vector Premium Tutorial

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Today, we have another Vector Premium tutorial, which is available exclusively for Premium members. If you want to learn how to create a fighter jet using 3d modeling techniques, then we have an awesome tutorial for you. Learn how to create detailed object based vector illustrations in Adobe Illustrator…. read more

100+ Free High Resolution Photoshop Brush Sets

Designers all over the world are on a constant search to find useful Photoshop brushes. This is because they know having a good collection of Photoshop brushes can save them in their time of need. Although there are countless brush sets are available for Adobe Photoshop that make finding Brush… read more

Get a Job in Social Media, Web Development or Design

If you’re seeking a job in social media, we’d like to help out. For starters, Mashable‘s Job Lists section gathers together all of our resource lists, how-tos and expert guides to help you get hired. In particular, you might want to see our articles on How… read more

45 Color Tools And Resources For Choosing The Best Color Palette For Your Designs

Every designer knows how important and crucial color palette is in the success of any design. Knowing how to use color palette effectively is an essential part of a designer’s workflow. Color management and experience of using right color in the right place give a website a unique shape… read more

30 Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Tips and Tutorials

30 Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Tips and Tutorials

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World’s Smartest Pens Get Social

There’s no easy way to share handwritten notes in a digital format, but LiveScribe wants to change that with a new shareable web media called “pencasts.”

LiveScribe makes pens that record audio in sync with a writer’s notes and allow him to play it back at a specific… read more

How to create amazing colorful text effect in Photoshop CS5

How to create amazing colorful text effect in Photoshop CS5

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User Interface Case Study of Flash Video Players

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Flash technology has overtaken the web by storm. Many designers and app developers have been utilizing Flash since it was created by Macromedia in 1996. Today modern standards have been taking over in regards to audio and video streaming, however none can compare to the quality… read more

Cool and Useful jQuery Image and Content Sliders and Slideshows

Looking for some cool new (and free) jQuery slider plug-ins and scripts? Then here is the perfect round-up created just for you. Here, we have collected the best of the freshest jQuery plug-ins for creating amazing image and content sliders. Because all of these plug-ins come with different functionality, this… read more

Lightroom Public Service Announcement Day

Hey folks. Thought I’d give you two quick Lightroom-related public service announcements today:

1) I realize most of you reading probably own Lightroom. If you do, you’ve also probably been telling your photography buddies that they need to get it. Well B&H Photo has Lightroom 3 on sale for $100 off…. read more

Distraction Management: How To NOT Procrastinate or Get Distracted

Whenever we are working on a design, facing a deadline, it is of the utmost importance that we stay on track and power through til the end. Doing whatever is necessary to keep us walking with progress over stalling with digression.

All too often, we find ourselves facing a… read more

Lightroom Killer Tip – Trick to Borderless Printing

The following video is from Matt Kloskowski’s blog, LightroomKillertips.com, a place to get the coolest Adobe Lightroom tutorials, tips, time-saving shortcuts, photographic inspiration, and undocumented tricks. For more Lightroom videos, visit LRKT or subscribe to the podcast feed by clicking here.

From LRKT blog:
Laying out your print is probably… read more

Creating with Vector Blends In-Depth Using Illustrator – Vector Premium Tutorial

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Today, we have another Vector Premium tutorial, which is available exclusively for Premium members. Have you considered the possibilities of the Blend options in Adobe Illustrator? Today I’m going to show you ways to get creative with Blends by illustrating a whole portrait using primarily Blends!

This Premium Tutorial is… read more

Meet the Developers: Keith Blount of Scrivener

In today’s interview, we’ll be speaking with Keith Blount – the writer and developer behind the phenomenally successful Scrivener. Created by the Literature & Latte team, Scrivener is a fantastic application for writers of all types, helping you organise your ideas and produce a piece of work to be proud… read more

WiebeTech RTX220-QR: A Hard Drive Enclosure for Video & Photo Pros

The Gadget of the Day Series is supported by the Energizer® Inductive Charger, which brings you the next generation of charging with Qi technology. Qi is the new universal standard for wireless charging … now that’s positivenergy™.

Product: WiebeTech RTX220-QR – Quad interface External RAID

Price: $499.99 for the… read more

60+ Must-Have Photoshop Brush Sets For Excellent Grunge Effects

For a designer, having a good set of brushes that he can use with Photoshop, Illustrator, gimp and other editing software is truly priceless. When you need to design something specific, you often search for the particular brush that can be used for the purpose.

Here, A huge list of Photoshop… read more

A Killer Collection of Adobe LightRoom Tutorials

Adobe LightRoom remains one of the most popular pieces of post-production software for photographers and for Light Stalking readers. Luckily, there are a lot of clever and generous people around the internet who have taken the time to produce some great tutorials on using it recently. So why… read more

Google vs Apple vs Adobe. Battle of the Titans

Google vs Apple vs Adobe. Battle of the Titans

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How HTML5 Will Transform the Online Video Landscape

The Future Web Series is supported by Elsevier‘s SciVerse Application Marketplace and Developer Network. The SciVerse applications platform enables developers to build apps based on trusted scientific content. Learn more.

One of the most exciting — and polarizing — aspects of HTML5 is the specifications for HTML5 video…. read more

Ultimate Designer Toolkit (Over 60,000 Premium Design Items) Giveaway

Ultimate Designer Toolkit is running a contest, where 3 winners will get the free subscription of Ultimate Designer Toolkit with over 60,000 premium design items (worth $99 each subscription). Well, you guys know what they are offering? Lets say it once again for n00bs.

Ultimate Designer Toolkit is… read more

Weekly Design News – Resources, Tutorials and Freebies (N.86)

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This is our weekly column were we share our favorites design related articles, resources and resources all from the previous week.

If you would like to be kept up to date with loads of fresh design news and resources, you can follow us on Twitter, on Facebook,… read more

Inspirational Tutorials to Sharpen Your Artistic Skills from Vectortuts+

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If you’ve been looking for some ways to freshen up your vector skills with an artistic twist, then we have a great selection of tutorials for you! We have handpicked a selection of tutorials from the Vectortuts+ catalog with a focus on artistic output and techniques. If you’ve ever… read more

How to Create a Starfish in Adobe Illustrator

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In this tutorial we will study several time-consuming yet important techniques. They are presented clearly and simply. You’ll learn how to use blends, gradient meshes, patterns, and controlled lighting to create a textured starfish.

Step 1

To begin, create the shape of the starfish, and to do this, we will be… read more

50 Killer (Photoshop And Others) Tutorials For Graphic Designers

Tutorials are the best source for the designers when they need to design a project that has been really putting them off. With the help of tutorials, one can learn the new skills and can also polish the skills he already possesses. This assortment of some killer Adobe Photoshop and… read more

Top Freelance Jobs from Job Board – Week 3, May

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Looking for a new client? The FreelanceSwitch job board is a great resource of freelance gigs and opportunities. These opportunities are in various fields, from development to writing to design, and come from a wide range of potential clients. The job board is hand-moderated by dedicated… read more

31 Must Try Photoshop Tutorials in Creating Photorealistic Objects

To see is to believe.

The images below are not real and we, ourselves, would have readily dismissed the possibility that these images are digital illustrations had they not been tutorialized, painstakingly step-by-step. If you’re just learning Photoshop or you’re just willing to go another mile to learn others’ techniques,… read more

Create an Adorable Puppy with Negative Space and the Paintbrush Tool

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Today I’m going to show you how to create a quick illustration of a puppy using negative space and the ever so versatile Paintbrush Tool (B). I recently became the proud parent of a Blenheim colored Cavalier King Charles Spaniel puppy (named Shelley!) and couldn’t help creating a quick… read more

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX700 [REVIEW]

So why would you consider a simple point–and-shoot digicam? Like this one.

A few reasons: the FX700 has a 5x Leica zoom with a 35 SLR equivalent wide end of 24mm; an excellent pressure-sensitive touch control system; Full HD video shooting; high burst rate; and more …

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX700 Features

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How to Create a Small Business Card Size Calendar

You can make memorable your logo and your company in many ways. You can prepare gadget for your customers, beautiful business card for new meeting but, depending on your business activity, in my opinion, one of the best way to promote your business card is having a small calendar printed… read more

Create a Shiny Piggy Bank Icon Using Adobe Illustrator – Vector Premium Tutorial

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Today, we have another Vector Premium tutorial, which is available exclusively for Premium members. If you want to learn how to create a shiny modeled vector icon, then we have an awesome tutorial for you. Learn professional 3D vector icon creation technics using opacity masks, gradient meshes, blends and… read more

50+ Fresh And Useful Adobe Illustrator Icon Design Tutorials

Designing an icon set may sound like an easy thing to do but in actuality it is much easier said than done. Many designers end up with a disaster, while some more matured and experienced designers successfully meet the expectations and deliver.

Generally speaking, a designer needs to learn the basic… read more

Quick Tip: Working with Text Wrap and Fit Content Options in Adobe InDesign

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Adobe In Design lets you wrap text around any object, including text frames and imported images. There are different styles to choose from and some features you can set up including the distance between the text and object frame. In the following Quick Tip you will learn more… read more

Why Career & Technical Education Should Be a Priority for the U.S. [OPINION]

This post reflects the opinions of the author and not necessarily those of Mashable as a publication.

Bob Regan is the Director of Worldwide Primary and Secondary Education at Adobe Systems. Bob works closely with educators, students, and school administrators to ensure that Adobe strategies and solutions align… read more

Budding Logo Design Trends for 2011

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Logo trends have been ever-advancing with the changing web. As digital artists are becoming more creative and mainstream we can see the crescendo of new ideas. Logos are some of the most important graphical pieces in any website, as they display your company and purpose to… read more

Adobe Launches Photoshop Companion Apps for iPad

In April, accompanying the launch of Photoshop Touch SDK, Adobe announced three Photoshop CS5 companion apps for the iPad. The apps — Adobe Color Lava for Photoshop, Adobe Eazel for Photoshop and Adobe Nav for Photoshop — are now available in Apple’s App Store.

Adobe Color Lava costs… read more

Interview with Taylor Mingos from Shoeboxed

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In this interview learn from Taylor Mingos about cloud based apps that can help your freelance business. Shoeboxed is the company he runs, which can save you time by scanning and organizing your business receipts for you. It integrates with Freshbooks and other affordable, open… read more

Best of, Free Vector Business People Silhouette Packs

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Freebie time! Jump in, we’ve rounded up a massive resource of vector business people silhouettes. There are 15 packs listed here and well over 150 vector silhouettes. They’re all free vector downloads with a simple flat or linear style. All these free graphics are illustrated with limited colors and… read more

How To Create An Espresso Machine Icon Inside Adobe Illustrator

How To Create An Espresso Machine Icon Inside Adobe Illustrator

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Quick Tip: How to Draw an Infinite Clock with Art Brushes

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Follow this tutorial and you will find out how to draw a clock that goes round and round to the infinite with the help of Adobe Illustrator’s Art Brushes. You will also learn some tricks on how to make all the hours and the divisions to fit perfectly.

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Start… read more

50 High Quality Free PSD Icon Sets You Probably Never Want To Miss

We have previously shared many collection of free icon sets with our readers and upon huge request and demand, here we have compiled yet another  collection of Free Icon Sets which you probably never want to miss. These icon sets are available in editable PSD format so that you can… read more

Your Camera Wants You To Be Average

Holy Average-Boring, Batman

I’m going to let you in on a secret but first I need you to put your camera away. You see, cameras are becoming smarter and smarter every year as the ability to pack more and more information and programming into their circuits becomes available thanks to the… read more

The 4 Biggest Stories in Tech, Marketing & Social Media This Morning

Welcome to this morning’s edition of “First To Know,” a series in which we keep you in the know on what’s happening in the digital world. We’re keeping our eyes on four particular stories of interest today.

Blavatnik Buys Warner Music for $3.3 Billion?

Access Industries, a privately held… read more

How to Create a Glamorous Portrait Using Adobe Illustrator

Today we’re going to show you a detailed step-by-step guide on how to create a glamorous portrait using a stock reference. The final result will be 100% vector; therefore will retain its scalable properties. This walk through is ideal for those an intermediate to advanced knowledge of Illustrator. Illustrator CS5… read more

Lawsuit Accuses Google, Apple, Lucasfilm & Others of Fixing Employee Wages

Apple, Google, Adobe, Intel, Intuit, Lucasfilm and Pixar are the target of a new lawsuit that claims that the companies conspired “to fix and suppress the compensation of their employees.”

The class action lawsuit (PDF), filed yesterday by former Lucasfilm software engineer Siddharth Hariharan, focuses around “no solicitation”… read more

Choose Your Own Adventure Film Promotes Range Rover [VIDEO]

The Range Rover Evoque Pulse of the City project is out with a new offering: a choose your own adventure film called Being Henry.

The film keeps with the theme of mingling tech and art with advertising. Starring Leo Fitzpatrick (The Wire) and directed by Nick Gordon (Levi’s, Sony, Doritos), Being… read more

Lightroom Killer Tip – Trick to Getting Brighter Prints

The following video is from Matt Kloskowski’s blog, LightroomKillertips.com, a place to get the coolest Adobe Lightroom tutorials, tips, time-saving shortcuts, photographic inspiration, and undocumented tricks. For more Lightroom videos, visit LRKT or subscribe to the podcast feed by clicking here.

From LRKT blog:
Basically, the idea was that our… read more

Create a Vector Chopper with Illustrator CS5 and VectorScribe

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This tutorial will cover a set of tools and techniques for creating a photorealistic vector chopper, such as Blends, Gradient, Gradient Mesh and most importantly we will meet the new VectorScribe plugin, which will make your job easier.

The VectorScribe plugin offers dynamic change in shape, fully managed, and correct… read more

WDL Premium: Heavy Grunge Vector Pack

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This week for our WDL Premium Members, we have an awesome vector pack from Go Media. Heavy Grunge will absolutely destroy any design you throw it’s way. For only the most worn, torn, and distressed applications! These vectors have many points. So those with sluggish computers… read more

Meet the Designers: Jean‑Marc Denis of Sparrow

The role of the interface designer is not one that should be taken lightly – Without a great interface, chances are that you wouldn’t be using the apps you currently are. If the Safari address bar was hot pink and created in MS Paint, would you still use it? Probably… read more

66 Desirable Photoshop Brush Sets For Creating Colorful Lighting Effects

Having a quality set of Photoshop brush pack in place is like the icing on the cake for the designer when he is up to creating a new design. Graphic designers use different types of brush sets to give their design an edge that sets it apart from others’ work.

High… read more

Interview with Graphic Designer Strange Program

Today I would like to share with you an interview I’ve done with designer StrangeProgram, an artist with an extensive gallery on deviantART that shows a colorful and interesting style.

Check out the interview!

1. First of all we would like to thank you for taking the time to provide abduzeedo.com with… read more

Useful Photoshop Tools and Techniques For Your Workflow

Productivity is a crucial asset of professional designers. Photoshop is an extremely powerful application for photo processing and image manipulation, and we can make it even more powerful by using handy tools, actions, plugins and templates to save time for solving mundane regular tasks. The better our professional tool set… read more

20 Essential Firefox 4 Addons/Extensions for Web Developers

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Firefox is a widely-used browser – not just by users but web developers. Simply put, Firefox and its addons can make developing for the web easier and simpler. And with the release of Firefox 4, it got even easier. This article features 20 essential Firefox 4… read more

20 Best and Fresh Adobe Illustrator Tutorials

20 Best and Fresh Adobe Illustrator Tutorials

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Big Data: How New Technology Is Helping Marketers Create Better Consumer Experiences

Ray Velez is the CTO at Razorfish, and the editor of new technology report, Razorfish 5: Five Technologies That Will Transform Your Business.

In this era of constant connectivity and tracking, we are creating huge amounts of data every second. Just like consumers, marketers are facing information overload…. read more

Can a $300 House Save 2 Billion People Living in Poverty? [PICS]

Can the world’s business leaders apply their creativity and financial acumen to help pull 2 billion people out of poverty? That’s the challenge put forth by a Dartmouth professor and a veteran marketer, who are soliciting designs for a $300 house.

The professor, Vijay Govindarajan, and the marketer,… read more

HOW TO: Document Your Life Using Photo Apps

The Digital Photo and Film Series is supported by Adobe® Photoshop® Elements. To connect with the product team, find creative tutorials, tips and information, join them on Facebook and Twitter.

With smartphones projected to take over feature phones in the United States this year, there are a lot… read more

5 Valuable Online Communities for Freelancers

This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business.

Many people are exploring the option of freelancing in today’s marketplace, whether it’s for extra money or more flexible hours. Whatever the motivation, becoming… read more

Quick Tip: How to Create a Retro Style Textured Logo

Learn how to create a retro vector seal logo in Adobe Illustrator with Ryan Quintal. We’ll be using simple shapes, effects, transparency masks, and a free grunge texture pack from PSD TutsPlus to create the final effect.

Resources: Freebie Pack – 4 Free High Resolution Grunge Textures

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Layers in (sorry WITH) Lightroom Follow Up :)

Hi all. I wanted to take a VERY quick moment to follow up to the onOne Perfect Layers post (and comments) from the other week (sorry, I was on vacation last week). Here’s the deal. I saw three types of comments. 1 and 2 below address them pretty quickly. Number… read more

News – Lightroom 3.4 (and Camera Raw 6.4) Released

I know I’m a little late with this one, but I was on vacation with my family last week and took the week off from, well, just about everything Anyway, just in case you haven’t read about it already, Adobe released Lightroom 3.4. There’s some new overall camera… read more

Photosmith – the iPad mobile companion for Adobe Lightroom (Win a Copy)

During the week we got the following press release from the makers Photosmith – a cool App for iPads. We also got permission to give a couple of copies of it away so once you see if it’s for you – check out how you can enter to get one… read more

30 Best Adobe Photoshop CS5 Video Tutorials

30 Best Adobe Photoshop CS5 Video Tutorials

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Best of the Vector Web – April 2011

Each month, we search the web for the best vector-related content and showcase it here for you all to enjoy. This month, we showcase high quality tutorials on using vector patterns in your illustrations, adding killer chrome to your text, giving your identities skulltastic flavor, and more. We have loads… read more

Spot or Process Color? Essential Guidelines

When you create a color swatch with Illustrator you may need to know some easy settings which the software proposes. Particularly the difference between Spot Color and Process Color is really important for a good printing result. Moreover, properly choosing the type of color between these greatly affect the final… read more

Useful Photoshop Tutorials for Designing Abstract Backgrounds

An attractive and compelling background adds depth to your graphics, banners or ads; and for this reason is of great importance. Sure there are some people who might not notice backgrounds, but the role they play in making the entire artwork look more interesting and visually alluring is paramount. They… read more

20 Fresh Icon Design Photoshop Tutorials

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Icons are an important element of an effective and attractive web design. An appropriate use of icons will help you to achieve a professional and solid website design look in your client eyes. Most of the icons are small and very detailed and often it can… read more

Ultimate guide to crafting extraordinary headlines

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Free Vector Downloads: 50+ Illustrator Patterns for Vintage Design

Alrighty then, we’ve rounded up a whole slew of Adobe Illustrator patterns for you to download today. They are all free vector downloads with a retro style. The designs vary, from simple circles, to ornate patterns. Some are quite unique, adorned with vain peacocks or colorful butterflies. Many have a… read more

Acrobat X Pro

The Emperor Has New Clothes
Considering Acrobat 9 has been out for almost two and a half years (a long time—software years are like dog years), Acrobat X is surprisingly short of new features. Granted, Acrobat X (read ten) is a mature program and new, exciting features are harder… read more

25 Stunning Adobe AIR Applications For Designers

25 Stunning Adobe AIR Applications For Designers

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HOW TO: Get Started With Photo Blogging

The Digital Photo and Film Series is supported by Adobe® Photoshop® Elements. To connect with the product team, find creative tutorials, tips and information, join them on Facebook and Twitter.

The term “photo blog” has almost become redundant. Between the popularity of microblogging, and the fact that smartphones… read more

Major Nook Color Update Turns the Ereader Into a Tablet

Barnes & Noble has released a major update to its ereader, Nook Color, which pushes the device far into tablet territory.

The update, which brings the firmware to version 1.2, brings several important new features: support for Android 2.2, Nook Color app store, Flash and a built-in email… read more

Firefox 4: Welcome Improvements & Helpful New Features

In the Mac browser wars, there are many contenders for the crown. But the big three are Chrome, Safari and Firefox. On my desktop, I found myself using Safari and Chrome more often than Firefox because Chrome looks better and I could ditch Flash on Safari easily.

But more importantly, Firefox… read more