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Gorgeous Wide-angle Photography

admin — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 05:40:36 +0000

I love photography, but I’ve always thought that one of its biggest flaws is that you don’t get much of the feeling of immersion (or maybe that’s just me). But thankfully, there’s some lenses to correct that.

When I talk about immersion, I mean the fact that our eyesight of 180… read more

Nikon Adds Three Digital Cameras to Coolpix Lineup

admin — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 05:32:40 +0000

Nikon announced a set of new cameras today, catering to everyone from random night-out photographers to photo enthusiasts not quite ready to make the DSLR plunge.

The latest set of Coolpix cameras has a strong focus on quality over quantity. Instead of just pushing the megapixel count as high as it… read more

Prezi Meeting Brings Collaboration to Web-based Presentations

admin — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 01:03:57 +0000

Web-based presentation software Prezi is bringing its own twist to presentation collaboration with the launch of Prezi Meeting.

Prezi, launched in May 2008, ditches the traditional slide format for presentations in favor of a storyboard format where the presenter zooms in and out of the “big picture” to deliver key presentation… read more

Daily Inspiration #610

admin — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 21:38:13 +0000

This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it,… read more

Twitter Launches Sponsored Microsite for Tracking New York Fashion Week

admin — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 20:50:02 +0000

New York Fashion Week is officially underway, and Twitter has launched a special microsite to help users stay abreast of the latest news straight from the runway and backstage.

Twitter has partnered with a number of notable names in fashion to provide comprehensive coverage, including industry publication @WomensWearDaily, retailer @Bergdorfs and… read more

Dissecting the New Vogue.com: How One Magazine Did the Web Right

admin — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 19:40:47 +0000

Vogue is one of the biggest, glossiest names in magazine publishing, and it’s just given its website a huge facelift.

The site has grown exponentially in glamor and functionality with its latest iteration. Colors and typefaces are dramatic, images are huge, social sharing features are discreetly accessible and interaction opportunities are… read more

Google Voice App Adds Home Screen Widgets for Easy Access to Messages

admin — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 18:51:27 +0000

Google has just released an update to its Google Voice Android app that seeks to make it easy for users to access voicemails as well as change their Google Voice settings.

The biggest change to Google Voice for Android is the inclusion of widgets, a first for the app. After downloading… read more

CoolIris: Bring Your Browsing Experience to Life

admin — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:00:15 +0000

If you’re a fan of browsing photos and videos on the web, you might be interested in CoolIris. So what is it? CoolIris is a browser plug-in that changes the way you view websites. It “revolutionizes” the way you find, view and share photos and videos. Basically, the plug-in turns… read more

50+ High-Quality Free Magento Themes

admin — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:37:27 +0000

Magento! is the eCommerce software platform, which enables you to build online stores, Web sites and powerful online applications. Many aspects, including its ease-of-use and extensibility, have made Magento the most popular eCommerce software available. Best of all, Magento is an open source solution that is freely available to everyone…. read more

Upcoming Web Design and Development Conferences in 2010

admin — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:05:48 +0000

At the end of last year, we published a comprehensive list of web design and development conferences that might be of interest to Smashing Magazine’s diverse readership. Many readers commented and added links to other conferences and events that weren’t listed, some of which were added to the post. Using… read more

Air

admin — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 09:09:09 +0000

20 Spectacular Photo Manipulations

admin — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 06:49:09 +0000

Photo manipulation is by far one of the most popular applications of Photoshop. Images can be manipulated in various ways to communicate a message. Sometimes the manipulation is subtle, like adding something to a photo that wasn’t originally there. Then sometimes the message or idea is unrealistic, but executed in… read more

Office job

admin — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 06:28:09 +0000

17 Fantastic Uses of Shadow to Enhance Photographic Composition

admin — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 04:03:30 +0000

A strong shadow can add great effect to a photograph. As a compositional element that is used to draw the eye, however, a shadow can be a defining feature of an entire image. We think this collection of images demonstrates how a shadow can be used to… read more

11 True Stories Behind Tech’s Top Names

admin — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:04:25 +0000

Contrary to popular belief, Pete Cashmore doesn’t have an obsessive love for potatoes. Rather he dubbed his blog “Mashable” because the original site covered tech “mashups” — web projects created by combining two services, like Flickr and Google Maps.

Other companies have different strategies for naming or branding themselves or their… read more

We’re Still Hiring! And 30+ Other Social Media Jobs

admin — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:02:13 +0000

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 to Leverage… read more

Daily Inspiration #609

admin — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 22:13:54 +0000

How many Photographers Watermark their Images? [POLL RESULTS]

admin — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:53:26 +0000

Last month in our poll we asked our community about whether they watermark their images when sharing them online. The results were fairly split.

So it seems that half of our readers watermark their images – at least some times – but quite a few never do.

Note: if we take out… read more

Showcase of Extraordinary Surreal Images

admin — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:00:32 +0000

Showcase of Extraordinary Surreal Images

Typography Mania #45

admin — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:37:10 +0000

Typography Mania is a weekly post series that comes around every Wednesday with the best of Typography work on the web, from type videos to images everything is full of great design and typography inspiration.

Click here to check out all the previous Typography Mania

Make sure to click on each… read more

Snowflakes Photography Inspiration

admin — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:36:59 +0000

One of these days I was doing a search for images of nature on Flickr and DevianART and was really impressed with the photos I found of snowflakes. Snowflakes are agglomerates of frozen ice crystals falling through the atmosphere on Earth (Wikipedia). What really attracted me in the snowflakes is… read more

Designing and Producing Creative Business Cards: Techniques and Details

admin — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:34:17 +0000

Plenty of creative business card showcases are available out there. Many of these are beautifully done and well thought out, and they serve as inspiration for those who would like their business card to be more than the standard rectangular piece of paper. Yet little explanation accompanies these examples, and… read more

Dark angels

admin — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:30:48 +0000

Personal Project

Editing Opacity With Layer Masks

admin — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:30:36 +0000

On screen, the colors of pixels are a mix of red, green and blue values. A fourth value, opacity, controls how pixels blend with pixels laid over them.

In image-editing programs such as Photoshop, changing the opacity of a layer is easy but not always precise.

Setting a layer to 50% opacity … read more

Aqua dreams

admin — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:27:47 +0000

Personal Project

A new world

admin — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:24:37 +0000

Personal Project

Refresh

admin — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 08:04:43 +0000

Well this is the big photomanipulation but I also used 3D MAx for making some line-renders and a bit of painting in Ps.

Model: Aurora Dawn

Engagement Portrait Posing Tips

admin — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 23:45:56 +0000

A Guest Post by Travis Hill from The Perfect Pose

In recent years photojournalism has been all the rage. Just capture the day or moment as it happens. Honestly that is wonderful style of photography that many people enjoy. The problem is, everyone’s doing it. With so many new photographers in… read more

Daily Inspiration #608

admin — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 23:45:50 +0000

Interview with Featured Freelancer: Stef Gonzaga

admin — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:30:19 +0000

For today’s featured freelancer, we are going to meet Stephanie Gonzaga. You’ve probably seen her comments of your favorite posts. She’s usually providing great feedback, useful tips, or much-needed words of encouragement. And her post about working for Clients in Other Countries was very well received!

We are pleased to present… read more

The Most Frequently Asked Question At Photoshop World

admin — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:01:37 +0000

I just got back from Photoshop World and it’s my first day back in the office. I’m working on a new video today (which should go up tomorrow), but as I was prepping I thought about Photoshop World. Usually, I get bombarded with questions about Lightroom (and I still did)…. read more

Showcase of Interesting Navigation Designs

admin — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:12:22 +0000

Everyone is always looking for interesting and effective ways to organize their website and allow users to move about and find things. But there’s a fine line between unexpected and unusable. Three points to consider in any navigation scheme are consistency, user expectations and contextual clues.

If page is long and… read more

Final moment

admin — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:52:55 +0000

Personal piece

7 Excellent Website To Test And Compare Website Speed

admin — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 12:18:42 +0000

Site owners often need to bookmark a number of site-testing web tools. These tests include site loading time testers, optimization testers, site comparison tools, and performance tools.

If you are looking for these tools, then look no further. Below you will find our list of free online website testing tools. Read… read more

New Zealand Earthquake Visualized in Google Earth

admin — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:08:20 +0000

A strong earthquake that hit Christchurch, New Zealand on September 4 was one of the worst to hit New Zealand in 80 years. No deaths have been reported, but the earthquake caused devastation throughout the country.

Flickr has put up a special page with some of the best user images of… read more

40 Inspiring Portfolio Designs

admin — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 07:15:05 +0000

Portfolio designs can be a great source of inspiration. After all, a portfolio is not only a place to showcase one’s work, but is also a designer’s home on the web. It’s a portfolio piece in itself that represents what the designer is all about. For this reason, you’ll… read more

Are You Using Your Histogram to Get Better Photographs?

admin — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 01:12:38 +0000

One of the most powerful tools for photographers that has come about with digital photography is the histogram – that little graph you see on the LCD screen of your camera after you shoot an image. Yet many people don’t know anything about the histogram. This is… read more

Keynotopia Wireframing Set: Free Wireframing Templates for Apple Keynote

admin — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:01:01 +0000

Lately, Apple Keynote has been gaining popularity among designers as a wireframing and prototyping tool. Features like multiple slide masters, styles, grouping, animation and hyperlinks make it ideal for crafting interactive prototypes and UI narratives. Today’s freebie, Keynotopia, is a free set of interface elements for Keynote that makes it… read more

Daily Inspiration #607

admin — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 21:38:17 +0000

HOW TO: Run Your Business Online with $10 and a Google Account

admin — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 21:05:22 +0000

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

Online infrastructure for your small business doesn’t have to be complicated or expensive. By leveraging many of the free and inexpensive products offered by Google, you can… read more

How Would You Photograph a Birth Scene?

admin — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 20:29:52 +0000

Image by Andrew®

Our last community workshop gave one of our readers some great tips on how to approach photographing a model so I’ve decided to post another reader question. This one is a question I get quite a bit – how do I photograph the birth of a baby?

Here’s the… read more

Sinuous

admin — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:29:02 +0000

Personal project exploring typography, organic shapes and lighting.

Newborn Photography Tips for Beginners

admin — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:39:25 +0000

Image by mootje_ mootje

It can be exciting photographing a newborn so compose a list of shots you want to take before you pick up the camera. Grab these ‘safe shots’ first and once you have this selection in the bag, start to get creative with new angles and ideas.
The best… read more

Ultimate Roundup of WordPress Screencasts and Tutorials

admin — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:00:15 +0000

It’s certainly no secret that I think the WordPress platform is the way to go in developing a web presence for any design professional who wants to do it on their own and control the result. What sets WordPress apart from other blogging software are the many free templates, tutorials… read more

MindMeister: Collaborative Mind Mapping That’s Free

admin — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:00:23 +0000

Imagine it now. You’ve come up with the best idea ever and a great way of executing it but you need somewhere to quickly lay down your ideas. Pen and paper’s fine but what if you need to digitise this and send it to your team later? Why not just… read more

How to Make an A5 Print Ready Leaflet InDesign CS5

admin — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 13:00:40 +0000

In this tutorial you will learn how to design a A5 four page leaflet, which can also be saved as a template for future designs. Using some of the new type setting features in InDesign CS5, you will make an appealing design that’s perfect for print.

Introduction

Note: The Premium Download for… read more

10 Ecommerce Design Tips for Increasing Conversions

admin — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:30:32 +0000

Sometimes, web stores get too artsy with their designs. Some use flash animations that can slow down the shopper’s browser, while others use color schemes that send the wrong signals to shoppers.

There are many cases where experienced web designers might overlook usability issues, though creative elements… read more

Fight The System: Battling Bureaucracy

admin — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:13:40 +0000

If you work as part of an in-house Web team, you have my sympathy. If that in-house team is within a large organization, then doubly so. Being part of an in-house Web team sucks. Trust me, I know. I worked at IBM for three years and now spend most of… read more

The Keys to Minimising Noise in Your Photographs

admin — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:53:41 +0000

One of the largest problems many folks have with digital photography is the amount of noise that ends up in the final image. Noise basically presents itself as graininess or speckles, usually most recognizable across larger areas of uniform colour such as sky. While sometimes it is… read more

Daily Inspiration #606

admin — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 18:14:54 +0000

Stunning Digital Photos That Look Like (Surprisingly) Real But Are Not

admin — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 13:31:06 +0000

This is a post in which we are listing down some Stunning Digital Art That Look Like (Surprisingly) Real But Are Not. These are some of the beautiful digital artwork and illustration examples. These are the wonder creations of designers who use their creativity with a different angle and approach… read more

Garry Milne: Skating His Way to the Top

admin — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 16:00:39 +0000

Like his creations, there are many layers to Garry Milne. While some of his images may have dark undertones, Milne is anything but. Here he talks about his inspirations, skateboarding and the importance of being nice to people. Mark Twain once said, “Clothes make the man.” If such a statement… read more

This Week in the Digital Photography Forums (29 Aug-4 Sep ‘10)

admin — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 15:33:27 +0000

Weekly Assignment

This week we photographed a subject that is near and dear to me, Books. A good book can create a story, transport you to somewhere new, help you relax, give you a laugh, or make you think. And we had all of those in our winners this week. Our… read more

Best of the Week #135

admin — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 13:58:31 +0000

It’s time for our best news of this week. We have a lot of graphic and web design, a bit of architecture, ads, tech news, awesome reads and other crazy stuff! So take a look at the links we’ve selected for your inspiration and to keep you updated about what’s… read more

Retro Futuristic Circles

admin — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 12:14:06 +0000

Layered PSD

Amped Up

admin — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 01:13:55 +0000

Photo manipulation – photo retouching, using numerous stock photos, cd4 renders and vectors

Daily Inspiration #605

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 22:48:02 +0000

All Praise

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 22:32:42 +0000

How to Become a Pro Photographer: Part 2 – Getting Started

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 20:03:21 +0000

Image by Romain Guy

Getting started

Once you have the intention and the funds (see Part 1 of Becoming a Pro Photographer) in place it’s time to consider the legality, rules and regulations and all the red tape of what you need to do. In the UK the government provide a range… read more

Explore Space with NASA HD for iPad

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 20:01:30 +0000

NASA has just released an iPad version of its official NASA app for iPhone.

NASA HD is a free app that lets users view thousands of NASA images, information about current NASA images and videos, as well as live stream NASA TV.

The app also includes access to curated topic… read more

My Camera and I: Weekly Photography Challenge

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:37:44 +0000

Image by GiselaGiardino

Your challenge this weekend is to take and share a photo of you with your camera.

Yep – it’s self portrait time – but we want to not only see you (or part of you – you can have some anonymity if you prefer) but also your prize and… read more

The Queen

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:56:23 +0000

Psdtuts Presents an Exclusive Wallpaper By Ee Venn Soh

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:00:46 +0000

Another extremely talented designer by the name of Ee Venn Soh has volunteered to create an exclusive wallpaper for the readers of PsdTuts+. This month’s exclusive wallpaper features an awesome combination of colorful and exotic images that form "The Beautiful Peephole". We also catch up with Ee Venn Soh and… read more

The Coronation

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:51:22 +0000

Gentle

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:38:18 +0000

Free your mind

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:33:29 +0000

Enjoy.

80+ Latest and Inspirational Single Page Website Designs

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:25:31 +0000

As you’ve already seen in our previous posts about Single Page Website Designs that showcasing your work in single page design is a hot trend now days. It’s kind of ironic to see what designers can do with single pages as modern age designers love to experiment with things and… read more

How to Make a Cheeky Squirrel using Corel DRAW X3

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:00:58 +0000

This tutorial will provide you with an overview of the basic tools and ways of creating images in Corel DRAW. Using a hand drawn sketch as the basis of the illustration, you will create objects using some special tools and learn different ways to work with color.

Step 1

Launch CorelDraw. Import… read more

40 Awesome Works of Art Made From Paper

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:29:45 +0000

By Tim Mercer

Paper is a humble medium. It’s often cheap and you probably have some within 20 feet of you right now. Most of us just use it for jotting down ideas, writing notes or doodling but some resourceful artists out there use it to create stunning works of art.

Often… read more

In-Depth Review of Tumblr’s Custom Theming Ability

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:29:11 +0000

Tumblr. If you’re a savvy tech maven, you may have heard of, or had the chance to use, this powerful microblogging platform.

No wonder; millions of people have chosen Tumblr as their blogging service, and the average Tumblr user creates 14 original posts every month. Half of … read more

Web Design Checkmate: Using Chess For Success in Web Design

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:49:39 +0000

The business of building websites is one of constant change, adaptation and strategy. The way designers and developers build websites is often informed by the methods of others and their own trial and error. In light of this, we can draw a number of parallels — some philosophical, to a… read more

Modellinea v1

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:06:12 +0000

Modellinea v1
photo from http://www.janmikolaj.com/
my works: http://www.kreatif.pl/

The World Collabs #4 – with Nik Ainley

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:26:12 +0000

Abduzeedo takes pride in being one of the worlds leading design blogs. Having interviewed a bulk of the most infamous creative geniuses, we want to use our potential to introduce a new star on the Abduzeedo stage …YOU.

This is our fifth contest for The World Collabs. Our new cutting… read more

The World Collabs #5 – with Nik Ainley

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:26:12 +0000

This is our fifth contest for The World Collabs. Our new cutting… read more

Spaced Out

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:56:41 +0000

A Retro-Futuristic Design that combines vector elements with Photoshop blending techniques. This design was featured on Design Instruct and PSD Tuts.

Drifting

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:31:02 +0000

Personal Work

Fashion

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:20:33 +0000

Personal experimental Work, includes hand-drawn elements and abstract shapes.

HOW TO: Track Hurricane Earl Online

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:13:15 +0000

Hurricane Earl is expected to wreak some havoc on the East Coast this Labor Day weekend. According to the the National Hurricane Center, Earl is expected “pass near the North Carolina outer banks tonight [Thursday]… and approach southeastern New England Friday night.”

President Obama has declared a state of emergency for… read more

Liberate Your Video with Pixorial

admin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:57:56 +0000

We human beings have come almost a full circle in communicating with each other. From the paintings in caves during stone age, we have now come to communicating with images & combination of fast moving images (videos) in this modern age. When a picture speaks thousand… read more

Daily Inspiration #604

admin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:05:21 +0000

How Social Data Built a Better Health Care App

admin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:02:51 +0000

Alexander B. Howard is the Government 2.0 Washington Correspondent for O’Reilly Media, where he reports on technology, open government and online civics. He’ll be reporting live from the upcoming Gov2.0 Summit in Washington, D.C., on September 7-8.

Every year, poison control centers get more than one million calls for pill identification…. read more

Chemical Collision

admin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:54:24 +0000

A galactic reaction filled with chaos.

Picturesque: Give Your Images a Magic Touch

admin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:00:56 +0000

There are a number of mammoth picture editors that can do just about anything with an image. Then there are a few very effective smaller-scale apps that have a lot of power while remaining simpler to use – a personal favourite is Acorn. But if you’re someone with… read more

Showcase Of Appetizing Restaurant Websites

admin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:54:23 +0000

They say the first bite is taken with the eye. If so, these appetizing restaurant websites succeed in whetting our appetites, inviting us to a savoury next bite. In these designs, color scheme and introductory copy show vastly different aspects of the restaurant experience. Moody warm tones create atmosphere, vibrant… read more

Creating Psychedelic Character Art Using Adobe Illustrator – Vector Premium Tutorial

admin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:00:43 +0000

We have another great Vector Premium tutorial available exclusively for Premium members today. If you want to learn how to make a psychedelic comic style character and background with Adobe Illustrator, then we have an awesome tutorial for you.

This Tutorial is Filled with Creative Techniques

Starting with a hand… read more

35 Inspiring Food Packages

admin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:49:09 +0000

Continuing our posts showing you beautiful and inspiring packages, we gathered some really nice examples of food related packages. From catchup to peanuts and honey, we will show a little bit of everything to illustrate that no matter what your product is about, a nice and well designed package always… read more

20 Useful Free PDF ebooks for Designers and Bloggers

admin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:50:44 +0000

Over the years I have a saved a decent sized library of useful design and blogging related PDF ebooks, I love them. I have voraciously collected them, and all stored on my mobile for whenever the chance of quick read arises. In this post I would like to share my… read more

HOW TO: Get Started with HTML5 Boilerplate

admin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 07:08:14 +0000

This series is supported by Rackspace, the better way to do hosting. Learn more about Rackspace’s hosting solutions here.

This is not your father’s world wide web. Thanks to soaring smartphone sales, new tablet devices like the iPad, and the burgeoning trend of connected devices, individuals are accessing and experiencing the… read more

How Mastering Motion Blur Can Make You a Better Photographer

admin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 01:45:25 +0000

One of the great things about stepping up from compact cameras to SLRs is the amount of extra control you get over the final shot. While that control can be used in an almost infinite set of combinations, one of the more popular and effective ways to… read more

iCandies Icon Set: 60 Free Icons For Your User Interfaces and Apps

admin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:08:48 +0000

Today we are glad to release iCandies Icon Set, a set with 60 high quality icons in 64×64px, 48×48px and 32×32px, available in .EPS, .AI and .PNG. The set is designed by the talented folks from IconEden on a sole purpose of giving your projects a sleek and geeky style… read more

Daily Inspiration #603

admin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:46:03 +0000

Facebook Places Gets a Romantic Twist with MeetMoi Integration

admin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:02:44 +0000

If you’re one of those people who has yet to figure out exactly how and why to use Facebook Places — and you’re single — MeetMoi might have the answer. This week, the geolocation dating service became the first matchmaking service to integrate with Facebook Places.

MeetMoi, which launched in 2007,… read more

We’re Hiring! 50+ Job Vacancies in Social Media, Web Design, and More

admin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:47:51 +0000

Typography Mania #44

admin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:14:11 +0000

Click here to check out all the previous Typography Mania

Make sure to click on each… read more

Bleeding Nature

admin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:17:33 +0000

The Case For Open-Source Design: Can Design By Committee Work?

admin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:08:43 +0000

In celebrating the merits of free software and the excitement over this radical networked production method, an important truth is left unspoken. Networked collaboration shines in the low levels of network protocols, server software and memory allocation, but user interface has consistently been a point of failure. How come the… read more

Tribal Sacrafice

admin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:24:12 +0000

Personal piece

The hunted

admin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:23:01 +0000

Personal piece

The collector

admin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:21:55 +0000

Personal piece

Gowalla Feature Defines Place Popularity by Experience, Not Checkins

admin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:02:15 +0000

Travelers and city adventurers looking for a better way to harness geolocation data for their own amusement, get ready: Gowalla is releasing a brand new beta feature designed to crowdsource the best a city has to offer.

Gowalla Highlights is a web-based product that currently consists of 18 place-based questions that… read more

Criminal minded

admin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 06:55:46 +0000

criminal minded

Criminal minded 2

admin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 05:50:43 +0000

criminal minded

Meet the First Plant That Requires Facebook Fans to Survive

admin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:07:06 +0000

Most plants require sunlight, water and carbon dioxide to survive. We’ve found one that requires Facebook fans and wall posts.

Meet Eater is a “real garden that feeds on social interaction.” It is an experiment in human interaction and design, focused on rebuilding the connection between human being and… read more

Daily Inspiration #602

admin — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 22:29:37 +0000

Japanese Resort Caters to Men with Virtual Girlfriends

admin — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 22:11:33 +0000

File this one under “only in Japan”: A beach town near Tokyo has begun catering to a specific segment of young men, ones who play the game Love Plus and have a strong desire to take their virtual “girlfriends” from this game on a romantic holiday in the real world.

Love… read more

Recovering lost or deleted files – Backing Up & Saving Your Images: Part 4

admin — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 21:24:22 +0000

This post is the final part in our Backing Up and Saving Your Images series. See previous posts on Backing up and Saving Your Images – External Hard Drives – Online Storage Sites and Software Solutions.

That crushing, sickening and agonising feeling of realising your memory card has corrupted or for… read more

Lensbaby Soft Focus Optic

admin — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 17:56:54 +0000

ADD CREATIVE EFFECTS TO YOUR IMAGES BY SOFTENING THE FOCUS

The creative folks at Lensbaby have been busy coming up with more lenses for their innovative Optic Swap System. According to Lensbaby, the Soft Focus Optic “…creates a velvety soft image perfect for portraits, flowers, landscapes, or any subject that… read more

10 Quick and Easy Tips to improve your Photography

admin — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:11:12 +0000

It’s a new week and I’ve got a new set of tips to improve your photography. This week’s tips focus on planning and decision making while taking your shots…. Eventually it will feel like second nature and you won’t even be aware of the process, until then… keep these tips… read more

The Complete Overview of Indie Graphics Software for Mac

admin — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:00:35 +0000

Everyone knows about the big guns in the graphics field. Adobe is pretty much the unchallenged master of image editing with Photoshop, Illustrator, and Fireworks. Adobe’s InDesign shares the digital publishing field, albeit grudgingly, with Quark’s QuarkXPress. Serious graphic designers find themselves stuck between these two large corporations, due in… read more

Print Tutorial: Creating A Magazine Cover

admin — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:58:57 +0000

By Cameron Chapman

Graphic design in a print environment can be a nice change for someone who normally does web design. It’s a slightly different skillset, but still incorporates a lot of the same concepts. Print projects can be an exciting new challenge, something that lets a designer stretch their creativity… read more

Best of the Vector Web – August 2010

admin — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:00:01 +0000

As you know, each month, we search the web for the best vector-related content and showcase it here for you all to enjoy. This month, we found some really great tutorials on vector character design, creating charts in Illustrator, and vector skulls among others. We’ve also expanded this month’s offering…. read more

70 Latest and Creative Logo Designs for Design Inspiration

admin — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:53:27 +0000

A Logo is a graphical element that, together with its logotype (a uniquely set and arranged typeface) form a trademark or commercial brand. Typically, a logo’s design is for immediate recognition. The logo is one aspect of a company’s commercial brand, or economic or academic entity, and its shapes, colors,… read more

Easy Design Feedback with Notebox

admin — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:52:54 +0000

Collecting feedback and incorporating them in the design revisions is as important to a designer as his/her creativity. The easiest and the most common way a designer collects feedback is by emailing a PDF file or an image and the client will revert back in an email with the changes… read more

Appbistro: Supermarket for Facebook Apps

admin — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:28:26 +0000

Just like Android apps, Facebook apps are growing exponentially in number. But just like the Android platform, Facebook app platform is also bogged down by the lack of a great centralized repository from where people can find, read about & install apps and comment on the usefulness apps as well.

Enter… read more

The Robust Collection Of (50) Mindblowing Icon Sets For Your Next Design

admin — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:17:36 +0000

Icons can be useful to furnish users with unforgettable images and examples if used properly, and this is the reason why Icon sets always come in handy. You will find the huge collection of recently released icon sets which are believed to assist you in bettering your designs on websites… read more

Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: September 2010

admin — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:04:18 +0000

Desktop wallpapers can serve as an excellent source of inspiration. However, if you use some specific wallpaper for a long period of time, it becomes harder to draw inspiration out of it. That’s why we have decided to supply you with smashing wallpapers over 12 months. And to make them… read more

Refreshing styles of Corona

admin — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 06:34:20 +0000

Advertisements take us away to far off places and far off lands theres not much more refreshing than being whisked off to a far-off beach with a nice cold one. Corona advertising has been synonymous to simplicity, bright colors and lots of beer and limes. With bright blues and clean sandy beaches… read more

Daily Inspiration #601

admin — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 22:54:19 +0000

3 Winning Alternatives to Online Sweepstakes

admin — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 22:21:21 +0000

Meaghan Edelstein has gained national media attention through her blog, I Kicked Cancer’s Ass, which she started to document her battle with end stage cancer. She is an attorney, the founder of the non-profit organization Spirit Jump, and works for the Real Time Marketing Group.

For some time now, companies have… read more

NASA Puts Historic Image Collections on Flickr

admin — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 21:33:10 +0000

Three compilations of historic NASA images have been released on The Commons on Flickr, the fruit of a collaborative effort between Flickr, NASA and the Internet Archive.

Although all of the photographs in these sets have been available to the public via NASAimages.org since 2008, NASA on The Commons allows the… read more

Bing for Android Has Arrived… for Verizon Only

admin — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 20:54:20 +0000

Bing has made its debut on Android, but you can only download the app if you’re a Verizon customer.

The new app doesn’t skimp on bringing the full Bing experience to Android. Not only can users search the web with the Bing app, but they can also browse search results… read more

Siren Queen

admin — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 20:37:21 +0000

Queen of the Ocean

Bonsai

admin — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 20:29:55 +0000

Inspired by nature

How CEOs Will Use Social Media in the Future

admin — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:36:54 +0000

This series is supported by Gist. Gist provides a full view of the contacts in your professional network by creating a rich business profile for each one that includes the most news, status updates, and work details. See how it works here.

Today’s CEO is not social. So says Forrester… read more

Arcade Fire’s Experimental New Video Shows What’s Possible with HTML5

admin — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:06:04 +0000

Watch out MTV, the music video has just got a new gold standard. Indie band Arcade Fire has released a vid for the song “We Used to Wait” off of their new album, The Suburbs, and it’s basically one big ball of HTML5/Google Maps/musical goodness.

The video was announced today on… read more

King of the Jungle

admin — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 17:46:04 +0000

Created for Desktopography collection 2009

Dark stallion

admin — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 17:41:16 +0000

Personal piece

Interactive PDFs

admin — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 17:08:26 +0000

InDesign CS5 now offers a choice of exporting for print and a brand-new interactive PDF format to fulfill your interactive needs. The interactive PDF format supports a robust export function that takes advantage of the ability in InDesign CS5 to create multiple page sizes and includes a range of interactive… read more

Good vs Evil

admin — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 16:43:47 +0000

Personal piece

The Awakening

admin — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 16:38:03 +0000

My entry for 2007 Battle Royale which was placed 1st in round three.

An Interview With Professional Nature Photographer Jon Cornforth

admin — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 15:24:52 +0000

I was blown away the first time I saw Jon Cornforth’s images. Even more so because many of the images were taken in my native Washington State. While we have many talented photographers in our fine state, I was also impressed with how personable Jon was on Twitter and… read more

The Next “Oxford English Dictionary” Could Be Online-Only

admin — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 14:43:47 +0000

Bad news for everyone out there who was eager to hold the third edition of the Oxford English Dictionary (that exceedingly portable 20-volume set of wordy goodness): Thanks to the rise of the Internet, the next OED will probably be online-only.

Granted, OED3 is still about a decade in the making… read more

Writing and Web Design: Editorial Calendars and Style Guides

admin — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 14:38:04 +0000

A few years ago, you might not have pointed out during a meeting with a potential client that you maintained a blog. Over time, though, blogs have evolved from the being a personal hobby to a serious work tool. In fact, today, web designers are supposed to know much more… read more

One Hundred Project

admin — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 14:29:00 +0000

The ONEHUNDRED Project is an experiment from the German Kid Grandios that started back in 2009 with the idea of creating posters that would include landscape and grunge elements. One Hundred posters later the project is done and it’s amazing, check it out!

ONEHUNDRED Project

I started the project in… read more

The Perfect Office #52

admin — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:39:15 +0000

We’ve seen some great gadgets and equipment for designers. So many cool stuff, that we could actually assemble infinite perfect office spaces! Every week we’ll assemble a perfect office, and we’d like you to help us. What equipment would the perfect office have?

Not only gadgets and equipment, but also furniture,… read more

A Collection of Mini Icon Sets

admin — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 11:30:57 +0000

Icons can add a lot of meaning to a website or web app design.

Used appropriately, they can make it faster for your visitors or users to complete the tasks they need to complete. But not every website design has space for normal, full-size icons (often 32×32 to… read more

Presets – The Trick to Getting Good Prints

admin — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 09:17:03 +0000

Hey everyone! I’m out in Las Vegas teaching at Photoshop World this week, but I wanted to kick the week off with a topic (and some presets) that I get asked about often.

The Problem That Used To Be
Every time I get in front of a crowd and… read more

50 Refreshing CSS Tutorials, Techniques and Resources

admin — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 07:58:21 +0000

In this CSS (2 & 3) round-up article we have focused on highlighting as many varied techniques covering as many aspects of web, mobile and application development as possible. And believe me, it wasn’t easy!
Due to CSS3s current popularity, the volume of new tutorials and fresh ideas has jumped… read more

Old to Young Case Study in Photoshop by Cassio Braga

admin — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 03:58:14 +0000

Reading the comments about the Photoshop Battle and I noticed the a lot of people were interested in knowing and seeing the images that were created during the event. Because of that I decided to recreate one of the images I did in my first battle, which was my favorite…. read more

The Golden Section: What a 12th Century Italian Mathematician Can Teach Photographers About Composition

admin — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 01:56:48 +0000

A lost of people know about the rule of thirds, the s-curve as well as other elements of photographic composition. Let’s have a look at something that is a little more advanced in the world of image composition that was discovered by a 12th century Italian mathematician… read more

Use These 5 Elements to Compose Great Photographs

admin — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 00:57:22 +0000

Composing a great photograph can be done in so many different ways that it seems more logical to talk about “guides” to composition rather than “rules” of composition. We have covered several compositional elements of photography previously such as the photographer’s rule of thirds and the s-curve,… read more

Academica: Free WordPress 3.0+ Theme For Educational Websites

admin — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 19:04:01 +0000

In this post we release a yet another freebie: Academica WordPress Theme, a free WordPress theme designed specifically for educational websites such as universities, schools etc. It’s a flexible and versatile free theme that can be easily customized and branded for any university, academy or non-profit organization. The theme is… read more

Date Night (3)

admin — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 17:15:20 +0000

Date night gone wrong. Photoshop montage.

Daily Inspiration #600

admin — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 16:04:49 +0000

5 Cheap and Easy Ways to Re-inspire Your Photographic Creativity

admin — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 14:02:02 +0000

A Guest Post by Claire Woollam the Digital Iris.

Every few months I feel a lack of motivation creeping in and I realise that my daily photographs in particular (I’m doing a 365 project this year) are starting to become a bit dull and lacking in inspiration. Happily I’ve managed so… read more

50+ Web Development, SEO, Social Media and Sales Job Opportunities

admin — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 14:00:19 +0000

OffiSync Supercharges Microsoft Office By Enabling Real-time Co-Authoring And Google Apps Integration

admin — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 13:38:13 +0000

OffiSync Supercharges Microsoft Office, enabling users to significantly improve the way they create, collaborate and share their documents by integrating Microsoft Office with Google Docs, and Google Apps.

Installing OffiSync adds a new toolbar to any version of Microsoft Office, letting users easily import web content such as images and templates… read more

Battle

admin — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 11:43:28 +0000

Battle

Older Adults Nearly Double Social Media Presence [STATS]

admin — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 03:33:15 +0000

A new study from Pew Internet found that between April 2009 and May 2010, social networking site usage grew 88% among Internet users aged 55-64, and the 65 and older group’s social networking presence grew 100% in the same time frame.

Young people still dominate social networks like Facebook, but their… read more

Profile: Getting into Character with Cartoonist George Coghill

admin — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 13:00:49 +0000

From bad jokes to sultry devil girls, Cartoon Character Designer George Coghill knows how to inject some fun into life. He set aside some time to talk with us about everything from the importance of knowing how to run a business to what it’s like to see his characters come… read more

Survey Says Facebook Feeds Narcissism [STUDY]

admin — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 07:38:05 +0000

In a rather small survey conducted by a young psychologist, Facebook was shown to have some interesting correlations with self-esteem and narcissism in young adults.

In a survey of 100 college students, young people with narcissistic personality traits were shown to exhibit Facebook activity that was distinctly more self-promotional. These people… read more

The Emmy Awards Get Social

admin — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 05:19:05 +0000

The 2010 Emmy Awards are this Sunday, and NBC is using the ceremony to embrace social media in a big way.

NBC is using services such as Twitter, yfrog and Ustream to bring a more real-time experience to the event. These services will also let fans and viewers interact with Emmy… read more

“Photo Memories” Coming to Facebook Places?

admin — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 02:12:31 +0000

While checking into a Facebook Places location recently, one Mashable reader noticed a new tab: Photo Memories.

We’ve been unable to duplicate the same tab ourselves, which means Facebook may be testing this feature with a small number of users first before committing to a larger roll-out. But this offering is… read more

Daily Inspiration #599

admin — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 22:57:22 +0000

Interview with Tim and Bram Vanhaeren from Into1

admin — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 20:11:27 +0000

Tim and Bram Vanhaeren, belgium based artists, run a creative studio focused on graphic design. Read how the brothers get along working together

1. First of all we would like to thank you both for taking the time to provide abduzeedo.com with this interview. Please tell us more about your art… read more

Net Neutrality: 7 Worst Case Scenarios

admin — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 19:45:00 +0000

Many consumer advocacy groups, web companies and startups are ranting about the perils of losing net neutrality. Net neutrality, they say, is what made the Internet what it is today by giving small companies the opportunity to become big companies, and it rightly puts the user in full control… read more

The Little Black Dress of the Future Doubles as a Cellphone

admin — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 19:36:31 +0000

London-based fashion company CuteCircuit has just upped the ante in the Little Black Dress category.

The company recently released images and a few details about its forthcoming M-Dress, a dark, richly textured, form-fitting silk jersey dress that also doubles as a cellphone. That’s right, you can make and receive calls with… read more

Your Favorite Subject: Weekend Photography Challenge

admin — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 19:34:55 +0000

Image by Éole

This week your photographic challenge is to photograph your ‘favorite subject’ and share the image with us.

Most photographers that I talk to have a subject that they just keep coming back to – whether it be a person, a landscape location, pet or some other kind of subject… read more

Getting To Grips With InDesign Part 6: Importing Images

admin — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 18:00:02 +0000

Getting To Grips With InDesign Part 6: Importing Images

10 Best Business Web Apps To Make Your Lives Easier

admin — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 16:59:42 +0000

This is one of the very best list of its kind where you can find incredibly useful and life saver FREE web apps that you probably never heard of and these would be great enough to bookmark or just for get in your knowledge. I hope everyone… read more

40+ Elegent Free CSS/(X)HTML Templates from 2010

admin — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 15:59:56 +0000

Today we present some useful free CSS/(X)HTML templates which are available for free download and use. You may want to consider using them for your next projects or build upon them, creating more advanced themes from these basic templates.

Free CSS/(X)HTML Templates

Blue Jeans (Demo | Download)
Stand out from… read more

100+ Free High Quality Icon Sets for Web Designers and Developers

admin — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 15:45:27 +0000

Icons are the basic requirement of any web related projects and good icons are like a treasure for web designers.

The demand for good icons are too much in these days and finding the best icon sets from the pool with tens of thousands of packs is not a easy job… read more

Ground Zero

admin — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 15:41:21 +0000

Ground Zero

SWAT in action

admin — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 15:38:09 +0000

SWAT in action

Backing Up & Saving Your Images: Part 3 Online Storage Sites & Software Solutions

admin — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:21:45 +0000

Storing your images on a safe and sturdy external hard drive is one of the easiest and cheapest options available to photographers, however this shouldn’t be considered as the only option open to you. In recent years there has been a steady growth of online photo storage sites that specifically… read more

Free Wireframing Kits, UI Design Kits, PDFs and Resources

admin — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:07:54 +0000

To mock-up the user interface of a website, software or any other product, you’ll need some basic UI elements. And this is where wireframing kits and UI design kits come in handy. When you want to create a low-fidelity prototype for your projects, you can use these kits to give… read more

In Defense Of A/B Testing

admin — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 07:34:30 +0000

Recently, A/B testing has come under (unjust) criticism from different circles on the Internet. Even though this criticism contains some relevant points, the basic argument against A/B testing is flawed. It seems to confuse the A/B testing methodology with a specific implementation of it (e.g. testing red vs. green buttons… read more

Daily Inspiration #598

admin — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 22:44:24 +0000

Action

admin — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 21:33:31 +0000

Eight Days in Haiti – Photos by Bobby Moon

admin — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 19:39:40 +0000

Bobby Moon is one of our readers and regular Daily Inspiration contributors. Lately Bobby sent us some pretty interesting photos to feature at DI, images from a series called Eight Days in Haiti. As the images are really beautiful we decided to show more of them here to you.

Born… read more

A Quick Note About Comments on this Site

admin — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 19:18:28 +0000

Hey folks. I just wanted to let you know I went into my comments folder for the blog today, and saw that over 200 of your comments were caught in Spam. I’m really sorry about that so please don’t think I was moderating them or deleting them. The only ones… read more

Typography as Art

admin — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 17:07:20 +0000

Typography is one of the cornerstones of good graphic design. Selecting and manipulating typefaces is an art unto itself. Therefore it’s no surprise that classic typography regularly makes its way into famous paintings and sculptures.

Below are some inspirational images of typography used in the fine arts to help give you… read more

Advice from the Winners of The Money Book

admin — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 16:30:59 +0000

During our recent review of The Money Book, we asked for your very best money-saving tips. The huge number of comments and savvy advice we received shows that our readership definitely knows a thing or two about saving pennies!

After careful consideration, Joseph and Denise, the authors of The Money Book,… read more

10 Good and 10 Bad Things About Adobe’s Dreamweaver

admin — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 16:25:10 +0000

Dreamweaver is a tool for making web sites. Learning Dreamweaver can be a bit of an uphill struggle if you are new to either web design, html or the program itself. When you first open it, even the welcome screen can look daunting, there seems to be 1000 tools you… read more

Earthbound: Zebra

admin — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 14:31:54 +0000