Roundup of single page websites

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You! Be Inspired! #0003

May’s a month we (geeks) love so much. There’s a bunch of geeky stuff going on all month long – we’ll be seeing the much- anticipated Avengers film on the fourth, which coincidentally falls in with Star Wars day. We also have May 25th which celebrates Geek Pride Day; it… read more

Using Lens Filters to Improve Your Photography

Whenever we can find ways to shorten the amount of time we spend editing in post-production, it equates to extra time we can spend in the field taking more photographs. As photographers, we should always be striving to take photographs that are as near to the finished product as possible…. read more

Focus On Orlando Uy ~ Walking With His Camera

I met Orlando through social media about year ago and I quickly subscribed to his blog ‘A Walk With My Camera’. I’ve never been to the Philippines but I have discovered the people of Tacloban through Orlando’s lens. His love and respect for mankind shine through his images. Although his… read more

Over 46 Powerful Geeklets and Scripts for the Geek Within You

GeekTool is a small, yet remarkably powerful application that some neglect because of it’s steep learning curve. Thankfully for uniquely useful apps like GeekTool, there is always a community of users that make the app even better — and in this case simpler.

From basic to exceedingly complex, the following is… read more

16 Free Woven And Knitted Fabric Textures

Here, we have come up with an awesome collection of woven and knitted fabric textures for you. All the textures in this collection are free to download and use. Now, you do not have to wait for the hours to find out the ideal texture for your design rather you… read more

Applying Macrotypography For A More Readable Web Page

Any application of typography can be divided into two arenas: micro and macro. Understanding the difference between the two is especially useful when crafting a reading experience, because it allows the designer to know when to focus on legibility and when to focus on readability.

This article focuses mostly on a… read more

Sony SLT-A57 Review

As I recall, this camera’s big brother — SLT-A65 — led me to make these comments:

“It would be a tragedy if this baby ended up shooting family pics and snapshots. It’s too good! … my prediction is that this one will fly off the shelves …”

At first glance this… read more

7 Cringeworthy Business Card Mistakes

In this day an age it’s not uncommon to hear bold statements such as “The business card is dead, it’s all about wireless vCard” or “I’ll email my contact details over after the conference”.

The truth is business cards are as prominent as ever, especially with the ever advancing… read more

Quick Tip: Using a Photoshop Clipping Path within InDesign

Today we are going to explore using Clipping Paths created in Photoshop within InDesign. The following tut will explain what format to export to and how to apply the Clipping Path using InDesign’s built in features. Additionally I will guide you to the tools needed for editing the Clipping Path… read more

WP Theme Generator: Create WordPress themes without coding

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These Tactics Will Give You Great Video With a DSLR

With news DSLRs becoming better and better, more photographers are taking the leap to using their gear to shoot video. Let’s take a look at some of the strategies you can use to make sure your video turns out as well as your still shots.

Perhaps the biggest difference is that… read more

Daily Inspiration #1123

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, You can submit your images and inspiration to RAWZ via http://raw.abduzeedo.com and don’t forget to… read more

Instagram and its Impact on the World of Photography

A Guest Post by Guy Prives.

If you were not on a hot-air balloon for a journey around the world or in a Tibetan monastery on a pilgrimage yet have experienced these images on Facebook then it’s likely you’ve already been exposed to Instagram.

“Instagram” the photo-sharing application, recently bought by Facebook,… read more

Top 10 Alternatives to Pinterest

There is certainly no denying the ever-growing popularity of Pinterest. With over 2.5 million users participating in the beta, Pinterest provides a new and unique way to discover and share the web. This growing popularity has, of course, spawned numerous sites that utilize a variety of Pinterest elements.

If Pinterest… read more

Best of Tuts+ in April 2012

Each month, we bring together a selection of the best tutorials and articles from across the whole Tuts+ network. Whether you’d like to read the top posts from your favourite site, or would like to start learning something completely new, this is the best place to start!

We’ve Been in Kuala… read more

30 Ecommerce Sites Using HTML5

Searching online it’s easy to find great examples of websites using HTML5, but less easy to discover such sites by category. Commercial sites using the fifth revision to its full potential have been showing up all over the world, so we decided to research and collate some of the better… read more

Is phoneography the future of photography?

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Weekly Design News – Resources, Tutorials and Freebies (N.130)

This is our weekly column were we share our favorite design related articles, resources and cool tidbits from the past week. Enjoy :)
If you would like to receive our daily updates and keep up to date with the latest and greatest articles and resources from the… read more

iPad Giveaway from DealPixel

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From the guys who brought you excellent sites like WDL, TPA, Theme Trust, and Union Actions – DealPixel is a soon to launch site where web and creative professionals will find amazing deals on the stuff that makes their job easier. At DealPixel, you’ll be able… read more

Professional PSD: How to Properly Prepare a Design for Development

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The fields of front-end web development and web design are becoming more entwined with one another as interface design becomes more interactively demanding. With new devices and interfaces that rely heavily on interaction married to aesthetic, design for the web is certainly no longer limited to things… read more

Five Easy Tips for Better Indoor Architectural Photography

There is an art to photographing indoor spaces and truly capturing the essence of their architectural design. Not only does it take a skilled photographer, but also one that has a solid grasp on the elemental aspects of the space they are photographing. The point of architectural photography is, after all, photographing… read more

Daily Inspiration #1122

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, You can submit your images and inspiration to RAWZ via http://raw.abduzeedo.com and don’t forget to… read more

A Comprehensive Guide to the New Facebook Timeline for Pages

Just as businesses were mastering Facebook Pages, Facebook pulled out the rug from underneath them and changed the game plan.

On March 30th, Facebook launched the new Timeline for Pages and no business was immune to the changes.

The new platform is a stark difference from the previous, and learning the ropes… read more

Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: May 2012

We always try our best to challenge your artistic abilities and produce some interesting, beautiful and creative artwork. And as designers we usually turn to different sources of inspiration. As a matter of fact, we’ve discovered the best one—desktop wallpapers that are a little more distinctive than the usual crowd…. read more

10 Creative Large Typography Sites Where Size Matters

I was talking to a friend earlier today who works for a large design firm and he admitted to me that he’d never make it as a freelancer.  His reason was based solely off the amount of time it took him to find the perfect font for everything.  That lead… read more

15 great HTML5 and CSS3 generators

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Vision

for more artwork visit my website at: www.kevinroodhorst.com

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Sasquatch Reborn

Collaboration with Seattle based photographer, Will Austin. Created entirely from photos of the city of Seattle.

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How to Create a Simple Hover-Over Banner

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Traditionally, to make a button or banner change when you hover over it, developers and designers have loaded two separate images — not the most efficient method. The most obvious drawback is that the image would be loaded only when the user hovers their mouse over the… read more

Daily Inspiration #1121

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, You can submit your images and inspiration to RAWZ via http://raw.abduzeedo.com and don’t forget to… read more

25 Most-Followed Users on Instagram [PICS]

25. Jason Mraz

Username: Jason_Mraz
Followers: 363,621
Number of Pictures: 254

Click here to view this gallery.

The big guns on Instagram have… read more

Canon EOS 5D Mark III Review

You’ve seen this camera’s predecessors, the Canon EOS 5D Mark II and 7D and Nikon’s D90, everywhere or, least you’ve seen their product on TV or at the movies.

What made many industry players sit up and look closely was the use of the Canon EOS 5D Mark II to… read more

Ideal city

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Stop Whining About Your Equipment, Get Out There And Shoot!

Every day I get emails from photographers asking which camera to buy so they might become better photographers. STOP!  Use what you have, get out there and shoot! As Darren Rowse wrote in a recent article about camera lust ”Sometimes I think our lust for cameras and gear could be getting… read more

Our favorite tweets of the week Apr 23 – Apr 29, 2012

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30 Realistic Pencil Drawings

It’s hard to believe that all of these beautiful pictures are pencil drawings and not digital. Pencil, paper, creativity and a heck of a lot skill are the only attributes of these masterpieces. Check them out:

Gurn Drawing

Christopher Reeve

FuFu

What a Lovely Picture

Karlstadt Watermill

Snow White

Broken Heart

Yendos Nature

Pencil art by Rupak… read more

51 Digital Media Resources You May Have Missed

Have you spent the past week studying the nuts and bolts of the new Gmail interface? Or have you been preoccupied with the space shuttle Enterprise‘s final flight to New York City (and the absurd memes that came along with it)? For whichever reasons you missed our latest digital media… read more

Prepo: Take the Drudgery Out of Screen Resolution Optimization

If you create apps in addition to using them, then you know that it can be a real pain to optimize your artwork for various devices. Prepo is a free application that aims to make the task of converting retina display artwork to ‘normal’ app artwork less tedious.

Does it… read more

Comics of the week #127

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5 Tips for Great Content Curation

Steven Rosenbaum is the CEO of Magnify.net, a real-time video curation engine for publishers, brands, and websites. He’s also the author of Curation Nation.

You’ve heard the buzz word — curation — being thrown around like it’s a gadget we all know how to work. In reality, good content curation isn’t… read more

Forget Emoticons — Skype Wants You to Use ‘Humoticons’

As part of Skype’s latest marketing campaign, the video call service has launched a Facebook app geared at making our interactions more human: Skype Humoticons.

The app basically allows us to recreate classic emoticon images — such as the smiley face, sad face or tongue-out face — with our own real-life… read more

Daily Inspiration #1120

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, You can submit your images and inspiration to RAWZ via http://raw.abduzeedo.com and don’t forget to… read more

This Projector Lets You Watch TV, Play Games on Any Wall

The Summer Gadget Series is presented by the Galaxy Nexus from Sprint. Android 4.0, Google Wallet and Google Play make it pure Google. Truly Unlimited data from Sprint makes it unstoppable. Check it out.

Product: WowWee Cinemin Slice Pico Projector

Price: $429.99

What It’s Good For: Projecting movies, video games and photos onto… read more

Natural Light Portraits: Photography Challenge

To celebrate the launch of our brand new Natural Light eBook this week your photographic challenge is to take and share a portrait – lit only with natural light.

Image by Sebastiano Pitruzzello

Feel free to take any approach to this challenge that you want. You might like to shoot a… read more

10 Free WordPress Themes for Photo Lovers

1. Fullscreen

Fullscreen is a one-column photography and multimedia theme with a side-scrolling homepage. You can use it to… read more

Google Drive is Finally Here!

It has been a long time rumor that Google was going to release some kind of cloud stoage product akin to the likes of Dropbox or iCloud. It does make sense, after all; Google was the company that changed email by offering an unprecidented 1GB of storage for email all… read more

Mashable Photo Challenge: How Do You Spend Your Lunch Break?

Lunch is a part of our daily routine. Whether you spend the time at your desk cramming in some extra work, or you’re at home relaxing in front of the TV, we want you to share a moment from your lunch break for this week’s Mashable photo challenge. So, when it’s time… read more

How to Add ‘Pin It’ Button With Images To Your WordPress Blog Without Plugin

How to Add ‘Pin It’ Button With Images To Your WordPress Blog Without Plugin

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How to Use a 10-stop ND Filter to Take Long Exposure Sunset Images

The following tutorial was submitted in our forum by Chris Gin.

I used my B+W 10-stop the other day to do some long exposures at sunset and thought I’d write up the steps I took to get the shot.

Firstly for those of you who aren’t familiar with this type of filter,… read more

The Power of Your Emails in Mobile Devices

Email marketing is the most popular trend of today’s business world. It is one of the simplest, yet most successful, ways to market your business. The core aim of email marketing is to reach out to the maximum number of customers and market your business. This helps you reach many… read more

Workshop: Vector Critique #12

Vectortuts+ is all about helping people turbo charge their skills, and today we have another special community post that will help our readers take their images to the next level. The best thing is, you can be part of it too! Find out more at the jump.

How to Participate:

This workshop… read more

Free download: SC iPhone UI Kit (PSD)

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Adapter Could Let Any Smartphone Camera Shoot in 3D [VIDEO]

You may soon be able to shoot 3D video with your cellphone — even if that phone doesn’t have a 3D camera.

Fujitsu is working on a new way for phones that just have one rear camera to shoot three-dimensional videos — a process that traditionally requires two cameras. The… read more

89 Awesome Photography Links and Photographs

Never one to spend too much time lounging, the Toad is always searching the internet for tutorials, great photography and interesting blogs to share with everyone.  This week’s list contains a set of links to some truly incredible pieces of art posted by some truly talented artists.  We really hope… read more

How a Distasteful Meme Sparked a Web Culture War

When does an Internet joke go too far?

Years ago, a photo of a baby with down syndrome was taken from a support group website and turned into a controversial Internet meme. That child — now 16 years old — is Heidi Crowter, and Heidi just discovered what the entire Internet… read more

Daily Inspiration #1119

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, You can submit your images and inspiration to RAWZ via http://raw.abduzeedo.com and don’t forget to… read more

If You Use Lightroom, Do You Need Photoshop CS6?

I’m in sunny (sorry, cloudy and maybe rainy) LA today teaching my Lightroom seminar, but I wanted to do a quick post about some questions I got the other day in my Minneapolis seminar. I had a few people ask me what was new for Photographers in Photoshop CS6 and… read more

Gamification And UX: Where Users Win Or Lose

The gaming industry is huge, and it can keep its audience consumed for hours, days and even weeks. Some play the same game over and over again — and occasionally, they even get out their 15-year-old Nintendo 64 to play some Zelda.

Now, I am not a game designer. I actually… read more

Breezi: Website Design Sans Effort

Website creation nowadays can be a slightly gruelling task, especially given the demands on web designers and creators to produce high-quality, professional-looking and intuitive websites. Often with these kind of sites there is a steep learning curve as CSS, HTML5, and even Flash in some ways play huge roles in… read more

13 Tips to Speed Up and Optimize Your WordPress Plugins

A common query among the internet users is that they need to know how can they enhance the speed of WordPress apps and optimize the plugins. Frankly speaking, this is never a cumbersome process as there are certain skilled tips that work towards speeding up WordPress experience. But, in this… read more

Tools and methodologies for better coding

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Websites of the Deep: A Showcase of Underwater Web Design

Developing a website can sometimes be a dry process, but that doesn’t mean the finished site can’t make a splash. As the lead designer at a studio called “The Deep End”, it’s always interesting to see what others have done with the underwater web design theme, and it turns out… read more

How to Build an Accordion Image Gallery with only CSS

Fluent animated transitions for sliding web page elements such as a menu or an image gallery, have always traditionally been implemented with JavaScript. But using the CSS3 pseudo-class :target and the negation pseudo-class :not() properties, together with the CSS3 Transition Module you can achieve the same effect, but… read more

60 Minutes to a More Efficient Social Business Strategy

Josh S. Peters is the co-author of TwittFaced, and is the social media manager at The Search Agency. Follow him @JoshSPeters.

Every company should run a quick social media audit each quarter to make sure content is properly optimized and every aspect of their social presence aligns with their brand. The… read more

Daily Inspiration #1118

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, You can submit your images and inspiration to RAWZ via http://raw.abduzeedo.com and don’t forget to… read more

10 Unmissable Apps for Ipad and Iphone Photographers

When Apple launched the iPhone, most people realized there was about to be a revolution in mobile telecommunications, what perhaps, was not recognized was the quiet revolution in photography. Since the launch and the emergence of the iPad and Android devices, a huge number of photographic apps have become available,… read more

How a Social Network Helps Families Coping With Autism

Autism Awareness Month may be coming to a close, but by using the social network MyAutismTeam, parents of children with autism spectrum disorder can spread awareness and find support throughout the year.

MyAutismTeam is a part of the MyHealthTeams network, online communities for people living with or caring for those… read more

Google Photo Tours Take You to 15,000 Destinations [VIDEO]

Upload your travel photos to Picasa or Panaromio? Those images might now be used in Google photo tours — a new feature that turns dozens of still pics into a photo gallery for more than 15,000 destinations.

Similar images are shown one after the other to give the viewer… read more

Creating an Image of Impact.

I love Digital Photography School, because I love learning. I love understanding. I love pushing through the doubt and insecurity inherent to lack of understanding, to a place of KNOWLEDGE, confidence and the competence that comes from the marriage of the two. It’s a thrilling process for me. That said,… read more

Stunning 3D-Printed Guitars Will Blow You Away [PICS]

1. Spider 3D Printed Guitar

This intricate and beautifully crafted guitar is a 3D-printed design that is completely playable…. read more

Big Changes in Store for Facebook on Windows Phone [PICS]

If you recently picked up one of the new Windows Phones like the Nokia Lumia 900 or HTC Titan II, get ready for some good news. A new version of the Facebook Windows Phone app is almost ready, and it adds many new features.

A post on the Facebook for Windows… read more

Unlock the Secrets of Using Natural Light with Our New eBook

Today on dPS we’re launching an eBook that I’ve been looking forward to for over a year now – one on the topic of Natural Light.

I’m excited about the eBook for a number of reasons:

I get emailed by readers all the time asking for a lighting eBook – now we… read more

A Pure CSS3 Cycling Slideshow

Thanks to CSS3, we can create effects and animations without using JavaScript, which will facilitate the work of many designers.

But we must be careful to avoid abusing CSS3, not only because old browsers do not support all of its properties. In any case, we all see the potential of CSS3,… read more

8 Free Screencasting Tools For Making Video Tutorials

Screencasting tools are used to show other people what exactly is happening on your computer like you see in video tutorials. Screencasting tools come in handy enormously as they allow you to demonstrate a product along with all its features, let you broadcast your preferred software hack, share a how-to-do… read more

Typography Mania #129

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

Click here to check out all the previous Typography… read more

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You! Be Inspired! #0002

We’ve had quite a lively and green weekend – we’ve got the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival closing out, and on the same day we had Earth Day. Well, if you’re going to count the Friday before the weekend, it’s more a lot more greener than we thought.
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Are Brain Waves and Heartbeats the Future of Passwords? [VIDEO]

James Bond who? As badass as retinal scanners and fingerprint IDs are in movies, the next generation of password technology is even more advanced — it reads your brain.

Numerous researchers are looking into ways to use brain waves and heartbeats to identify individuals.

“There will come a… read more

The Decline of KONY 2012: Where Did the Online Buzz Go?

KONY 2012, the most viral video of all time, took the web by storm in March. Yet KONY 2012 couldn’t sustain its momentous social buzz until its day of action on April 20, called Cover the Night.

Kony-related topics received 74,000 total Twitter mentions on April 20 — less than half… read more

PinPuzzle Turns Pinterest Into a Mobile Game

Fascinated by their girlfriends’ obsessions with Pinterest, two friends have created a mobile app that turns your Pinterest boards into a mobile game. Called PinPuzzle, the app takes photos from your boards (or anyone else’s on the service) and turns each one into a new level of a sliding puzzle… read more

Coming Soon: Planet Earth, Live-Streamed from Space [VIDEO]

Wouldn’t it be amazing to sit aboard the International Space Station, watching Earth’s continents and oceans pass by as you orbit the planet?

If a startup called Urthecast has its way, you’ll soon be able to replicate that experience from your computer, thanks to HD cameras mounted on the station… read more

Daily Inspiration #1117

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, You can submit your images and inspiration to RAWZ via http://raw.abduzeedo.com and don’t forget to… read more

3 Reasons the Call Center Is Far From Dead

Jeff Valentine is senior vice president of product at M5 Networks, ShoreTel’s cloud division, and is responsible for bringing new M5 products and services to market.

Zor Gorelov, CEO of Speech Cycle, recently wrote an article in which he suggested that the call center “will cease to be the… read more

‘Moms for Mitt’ Flock to New Romney Facebook Community [EXCLUSIVE]

An unexpected social media byproduct has risen from the “War on Women” debate between Democrats and Republicans: Mitt Romney’s team was able to build an 80,000-strong women-centered Facebook community nearly overnight.

The Romney campaign created “Moms for Mitt,” a Facebook community that’s being used to display Romney’s life as father and… read more

Introduction to Night Photography

A guest post by Sam Levy, founder of citifari.

When speaking about night photography and what there is to it, the first thought is long exposure, car light trails, etc. While this is correct, there is a lot more to night photography and since we have more time for our exposure,… read more

Community Project: Vectortuts+ Creative T-shirt Project, Round 1

Vectortuts+ loves Illustration and discovering new talent, so today we are proud to be showcasing Round 1 of the Vectortuts+ Creative T-shirt Project. The best thing is, you can be a part of it! Find out how to get involved, at the jump.

Create Your Own T-shirt Design, Round… read more

Dvour: A Beautiful Way to Share Recipes

If the explosion of internet-powered social media websites in the last several years is characterized by giant corporations such as Facebook and Youtube, then it is made unique by the number of small, independent, and flexible startups that come up with intuitive and unconventional solutions to everyday problems.

A site that exemplifies… read more

Create a Website Planning Spec Before You Build

Successful website design requires both skill and creativity. Another BIG piece that I think separates successful website developers from unsuccessful website developers is the ability to Plan. Website Planning is one of the most critical pieces of website development, yet it’s the piece that I see Website Developers skipping over… read more

Tutorial: How to design a chatroom iPhone UI

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Weekly Design News – Resources, Tutorials and Freebies (N.129)

This is our weekly column were we share our favorite design related articles, resources and cool tidbits from the past week. Enjoy :)
If you would like to receive our daily updates and keep up to date with the latest and greatest articles and resources from the… read more

Join Me for a Free Photoshop CS6 for Photographers Webcast Today

First off, I wanted to say thanks to everyone who came out to my Lightroom 4 Live seminar in Minneapolis yesterday. There were almost 350 photographers there. We had a great crowd, lots of laughs and everyone I spoke to seemed to learn a lot throughout the day (in spite… read more

Are Hipster Playing Cards Cool Enough for Kickstarter Funding? [PICS]

Hipster Playing Cards

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Images of the stoic kings, queens and jacks on playing… read more

Daily Inspiration #1116

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, You can submit your images and inspiration to RAWZ via http://raw.abduzeedo.com and don’t forget to… read more

Caregiver Site Helps Families Sync Schedules

One quarter of Americans act as a caregiver to a family member — and that number will only increase as the baby boomer population ages.

So how does one balance the emotionally demanding job of caring for your loved one? Hopefully, you can have others help with tasks such as… read more

Adobe Launches $50-a-Month ‘Creative Cloud’ With CS 6

Adobe has announced a significant switch to a cloud-based version of Creative Suite alongside the launch of the latest version of its popular line of design software.

Unveiled at an event in San Francisco on Monday, Creative Cloud represents a shift for Adobe after years of simply selling packaged software…. read more

That’s a Photoshop!

A Post by George Maciver from the Highlands of Scotland Photography

‘That’s a Photoshop!’ she cried, and left the group.

The photograph in question had been popped, but that was all. Well, I didn’t really know what to say. I mean, every photographer on the planet uses photo editing software, even the… read more

Thanks to Our Weekly Sponsor: Instant

Our featured sponsor this week is Instant, an awesome app that brings the fun of Polaroid instant cameras to your desktop.

There was something great about the old instant Polaroid cameras, an allure that still lasts to this day. Instant is an officially licensed Polaroid app that seeks to… read more

The Art of the Graphic Design Leave Behind

The graphic designer leave behind has, ironically, been left behind in recent years. Its something that is heavily focused on in design school, but rarely is it put into practice in the real world. I think that’s a shame.

If you made a good impression on your potential client… read more