Global Web Design Trends: South America

We live in a global world that has an overflow of information. The Internet has given us access to very different cultures and allowed us to share much more information than ever before. But do different regions have their own specific Web design trends?

Design usually has to do with creating… read more

Quick Tips: Instagram your images using Photoshop

Instagram reinvented the photo sharing on our social media structure. It’s a fast, beautiful and fun way to share your pictures to friends and family. And what I like the most about Instagram, are the various schemes that offers you to filter your pictures with your own little touch.

My all-time… read more

Tree: A New Dimension in Outlining

Creating an outline is a handy way to organize, plan and brainstorm. One of the strengths of the outline is its hierarchical linear relationship among the topics in the list. That can also be one of its limitations, as the list can become long and start feeling one-dimensional.

The outliner Tree… read more

The Diverse and Changing World of Apps

Computers are interesting devices. They’re easily one of the most influential inventions mankind has ever produced, and are crucial to almost everything we do today. From smartphones to tablets to Google’s massive servers around the globe, computers come in all shapes and sizes and are used for a mind-boggling array… read more

Creating Captivating Underwater Images on a Budget

Getting your camera into the water doesn’t have to entail purchasing an expensive housing that one might think is necessary. I recently did some research on alternatives to hard casings that would allow you to get your SLR camera into the water.  I came across a few different… read more

Daily Inspiration #876

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

Spacecraft Orbits Protoplanet in Asteroid Belt, a First [INFOGRAPHIC]

On Saturday, NASA’s Dawn spacecraft arrived at Vesta (pictured), a 330-mile-wide asteroid with a gravitational field that’s a mere 0.022 of Earth’s. It’s the first space probe to orbit a large asteroid, known as a protoplanet, in the solar system’s asteroid belt.

While orbiting the asteroid, the 2,800 lb robotic… read more

Delete Ruthlessly

If I were to only be allowed to share one bit of photography advice it would be: Shoot what you love and share it with others.

If allowed to share a second bit of advice, it would be: Then delete ruthlessly.

Digital photography’s nearly limitless capacity for storing photos is both a… read more

Orbit and Reveal: jQuery Plug-Ins For Image Sliders and Modal Windows

A visitor comes to your website all giddy to learn more about your product, when suddenly a snazzy slideshow loads with some snap. Impressed, they go to register and are greeted by a most elegant modal window. At this point they are finally overjoyed by the velociraptor that suddenly charges… read more

We Have 50 Free Invites to BT:Engage – Redeem yours now!!!

Advertise here with BSA

We have been kindly given 50 invites to to give away to our readers. It is a new premium app that gives you the power to transform your drab and boring browser into a beautiful engagement tool for your personal, business or community needs. Within… read more

The Basics of a Stopped Motion Fusion Film [Wedding Edition]

Fusion Films are all the rave right now in the wedding photography arena. Photographers are now equipped to film gorgeous video clips to integrate within their photography slideshows. These “Fusion Films” have a powerful affect on potential clients, and are an invaluable keepsake for your brides and grooms.

But what if… read more

Photography in Harsh Mid-Day Light

Photographers have been fighting with harsh mid-day light since the birth of the camera. Excessive contrast, blown highlights, hard shadows, washed images and other generally unflattering features are common to mid-day light. We’ve actually written a couple of times here at dPS about working in mid-day light, but it’s a… read more

Our favorite tweets of the week Jul 11-Jul 17, 2011

Source

read more

With Love

Model: Mariya Kornienko
Photographer: Me
All rights to image belong to me.

read more

Must-Learn Photo Manipulation Tutorials You’ll Enjoy Checking Out

As requested, here are some of the best photo-manipulation tutorials online. These tutorials are great, not just because the final products are good, but because you can use one or more of the theories you’ll learn from them to create your very own master pieces. It is not… read more

Reaching 200 Million Accounts: Twitter’s Explosive Growth [INFOGRAPHIC]

The 200 millionth Tweep signed up for a Twitter account, and to commemorate the occasion we bring you this infographic tracing the history of the platform that led up to that mind-boggling number.

If that 200 millionth Twitterer figure impresses you, get a load of the biggest number on this… read more

Quick Look: FotoKu

Quick Look posts are paid submissions offering only a brief overview of an app. Vote in the polls below if you think this app is worth an in-depth AppStorm review!

In this Quick Look, we’re highlighting FotoKu. The developer describes FotoKu as an Indonesia-based free photo/image hosting with 10Mb max file… read more

This Week in the Digital Photography School Forums (10-16 Jul ‘11)

Weekly Assignment

We finished up the Independence assignment this week over in the forums. We saw a lot of different ways to interpret independence, and because of the holidays, we also saw a lot of fireworks shots this week. However, the shots that really stood out to our judges were ones… read more

Cyber Dreams

The finished product

read more

Comics of the week #86

Source

read more

Daily Inspiration #875

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

Portraits with Back Lighting: Weekly Photography Challenge

This week your photography challenge is to take and share a ‘back lit’ portrait.

Image by HckySo

One of the first rules many photographers are taught is to ’shoot with the sun behind you’ to ensure a well lit subject. However rules are meant to be broken and this is no exception… read more

Guest Post Over at Scott Kelby’s Blog Today

Hey there Lightroom peeps (that’s about as slang as I get ). Scott Kelby opened his blog to me once again today. I wrote a post called “How Photoshop Changed My Photography“. The blog post seems to be going over well, but it’s always equally interesting to see… read more

Email Newsletters Worth Subscribing To

Staying on top of the most recent developments in your craft takes time, especially when you have to scan websites daily for articles and news worthy of your attention. Quality newsletters do the job for you. Just check your email inbox every couple of days to find a condensed and… read more

Are You in a Photography Rut? 11 Tips to Get Out of It!

Every photographer hits a wall at one point or another. Here are a few tips to keep things fresh and new.

1. Try something new, get out of your comfort zone. You’ve been photographing nature for years? Try some street photography!

2. Meet other photographers and go on photo walks. It doesn’t… read more

CSS Buttons: Tutorials and examples

Source

read more

Ask Freelance Switch: Promoting Yourself and Pricing

Advertise here with BSA

In this issue of Ask FreelanceSwitch, we look at promoting yourself as a freelancer and pricing. Ask FreelanceSwitch is a regular column here that allows us to help beginners get a grip on freelancing. If you have a question about freelancing that you want answered, send… read more

15 jQuery Space-Saving Content Sliders and Carousels

Advertise here with BSA

We all know about the popularity of jQuery image and video sliders and galleries. For the most part they are all feature-rich and perfect in their own way, but very few of them have been built to accommodate non-image content (blocks of text) that would allow… read more

Melting Time

Promotional Illustration that I created The concept of the piece is about a woman fighting inner turmoil, she is slowly melting away in time she must find herself. – http://www.theotherstream.com/7662/166092/home/melting-time

read more

Beautiful Houses: Graham Residence

The idea in this series is to show beautiful and inspiring houses. Houses that are remarkable for its design, elegance, elements, concept or simply because they are beautiful. So if you like architecture, interior design and beautifully designed houses, you are at the right spot. Check out this week beautiful… read more

4 Types of Lighting and How to Shoot in Them

Light is the main ingredient in the mix of elements that make an image. Content, composition, technique will all pale if the light isn’t “right.” But is there a “right” light? Here are some common lighting situations that could help you create compelling shots. Stalk the light, and… read more

Abstract nature

Personal work

read more

Get Back to the Basics with GetSimple CMS

It’s no secret that I am a huge WordPress advocate. It’s full-featured, extendable, and super powerful. However, depending on the project it could be overkill. You need space and a database backend, and you’ll end up with a lot of features that some clients might not use. Especially if you’re… read more

Daily Inspiration #874

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

The Problems With (Nearly) Unlimited Photos

Let me start by stating I do not hate the fact that digital photography has made nearly limitless photo taking possible. There are many positive aspect of digital photography, as compared to film photography, not the least of which is the ability to quickly see results and thus learn from… read more

How 9 Food Trucks Use Tech To Drive Business

The Social-Savvy Food Truck Series is supported by the Ben and Jerry’s Scoop Truck. For more information on the scoop truck and where it stops, click here.

We know food trucks are embracing social media, but there’s more to running a food truck than marketing on Twitter and… read more

Harry Potter and the Social Media Surge

The Summer Blockbuster Series analyzes the social media campaigns behind major summer movie releases and runs each Thursday.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, the final film in the uber-successful Harry Potter film franchise, opens in the United States on Friday, July 15, 2011.

The film series… read more

Learning To Use The :before And :after Pseudo-Elements In CSS

If you’ve been keeping tabs on various Web design blogs, you’ve probably noticed that the :before and :after pseudo-elements have been getting quite a bit of attention in the front-end development scene — and for good reason. In particular, the experiments of one blogger — namely, London-based developer Nicolas Gallagher — have given pseudo-elements quite… read more

Create Vector Whiskey on the Rocks Using Adobe Illustrator CS5 – Vector Premium Tutorial

Advertise here

Today, we have another Vector Premium tutorial, which is available exclusively for Premium members. If you want to learn how to create a complex object with exacting details, then we have an awesome tutorial for you. Learn how to use multiple advanced Illustrator and art techniques to make this… read more

Interview with designer and typographer, Erik Spiekermann

Source

read more

Definition, Usage and Popularity of Infographics

Advertise here with BSA

In the first quarter of 2011, 99.6 million smartphones were sold and sales of smartphones are expected to rise by 105 percent in 2014 compared with 2010. Facebook has added 45 million mobile users in the last six months and Foursquare reported 380 million check-ins in… read more

Capturing Powerful Photos of Fire Trails

Photographing fire performers – and the trails they make – is an art form of its own. These incredible artists can put on quite a show, and photographers love the opportunity to capture surreal images using long exposure techniques.

Burning Dan by naturalturn, on Flickr

Successful fire trail photography… read more

Daily Inspiration #873

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

Teens-Only Incubator Announces First Startup Class

Teens in Tech and Appcelerator have announced the first crop of startups accepted into the Teens in Tech Incubator.

The incubator was announced at the beginning of 2011 as a way for aspiring teen entrepreneurs to get hands-on instruction and mentorship to bring their ideas to life.

Each team… read more

Easily make sexy error messages in WordPress (and everything else)

Some hosts have custom error page options in their admin panel software, but if you want to bypass that and easily make your custom error messages work (as long as you’re running Apache) it’s pretty simple. Especially if your a blogger, and you’re familiar with .htaccess files, this is a… read more

5 Trends Shaping the Mobile Gaming Industry

The Consumer Trends Series is supported by GameSpot, giving brands the next level of engagement with gamers through exclusive news, clips, trailers and more. To connect your brands with true enthusiasm, visit CBSInteractive.com/ideal.

Mobile gaming has really taken off in the past few years, and the… read more

Evernote Raises $50 Million, Aims To Become a “100-Year Company”

Evernote has raised $50 million in funding in a round led by repeat investor Sequoia Capital, with participation by Morgenthaler Ventures.

Cash from the round will be used for acquisitions. It will also be taken off the table and go to long-term investors and shareholders, CEO and founder… read more

HOW TO: Turn Fans Into Brand Ambassadors

The Behind the Social Media Campaign Series is supported by Oneupweb, an award-winning agency specializing in search marketing, social media and design for mid-to-enterprise level brands. Download Oneupweb’s free whitepaper, “Measuring Social Media’s Contribution to the Bottom Line: 5 Tactics.”

The introduction of Malcolm Gladwell’s The… read more

Google Docs Spreadsheet Offers Help in Wake of Mumbai Blasts

Update, 5:10 p.m. ET: The document is no longer public. See below for how you can still access it.

A Google Docs spreadsheet is being widely circulated on the Internet, following three bomb blasts in Mumbai, India. The document, simply titled “Mumbai Help,” provides contact information for Mumbai… read more

12 Top YouTube Videos for Social Good

YouTube videos are becoming an increasingly popular way to generate awareness for causes. Recent natural disasters, such as the earthquakes in Haiti and Japan and the floods in Pakistan, led to a slew of charitable uploads.

This list picks out 12 of the best, most interesting or just… read more

12 Ways to Add Randomness and Creativity to Your Photography

Photo by Wam Mosely

One of the wonderful things about digital photography is the creativity that you can engage in once you’ve got your image on your computer and in Photoshop. All kinds of effects can be achieved to make your shots look any number of ways.

But what about in-camera techniques… read more

Quick Tip: Adding Movies and Sounds to InDesign PDFs

Advertise here

Did you know that you can add movie and sound files to an InDesign CS4 project letting you build an Interactive document? In this Quick Tip you’ll learn how to embed files and export your final work to Adobe PDF.

Introduction

This quick tip was written using the features of… read more

Typography Mania #88

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.

<!–break–>
Click here to check out all the previous… read more

The Heritage Of Berlin Street Art And Graffiti Scene

Art critic Emilie Trice has called Berlin “the graffiti Mecca of the urban art world.” While few people would argue with her, the Berlin street scene is not as radical as her statement suggests. Street art in Berlin is a big industry. It’s not exactly legal, but the city’s title… read more

Heaven

read more

70+ Fresh WordPress Site Designs for Inspiration

Many of you should know that instantShift is proudly powered by WordPress, as a Blogging and CMS tool. If you are in search of good CMS or a web tool for your projects, we strongly recommend WordPress to you. WordPress is a great tool, and best thing is FREE!

Now days… read more

25 examples of symmetry in web design

Source

read more

Review: Publish Your Photography Book

Advertise here with BSA

Publish Your Photogrpahy Book

Is there a book in you? If you’re a photographer, the answer is probably a resounding “Yes!”

Whether you’re dreaming of producing one of those coffee table books with a hefty price tag or if your desires run to creating a client-wowing portfolio that… read more

Printful: Serious Reeder Competitor or Work in Progress?

Keeping up with an RSS reader has become so boring and monotonous that many people just stopped using their usual Gruml or NetNewsWire apps a while ago. That is, until a small app called Reeder for Mac came along, bringing the beauty and simplicity of mobile apps to the RSS… read more

7 Inspirational Pro Photographers You Should be Following on Facebook

Facebook is a great place for photography fans to learn about the craft, get inspiration and keep up to date with what other photography lovers are doing. Some pages stand out more than others though. While there are a heap of great photographers on Facebook, we think these… read more

Daily Inspiration #872

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

Historypin Launches, Shows Your World As It Was

Ever wonder what your house looked like 75 years ago? Or if that beach from your childhood photo album still looks the same? Historypin is hoping thousands of users will crowdsource those kinds of answers after its official launch this week.

Historypin is a non-profit website and mobile… read more

Paint Sculpture Tutorial

A Guest Post by Henning Huenteler from www.shutter-lag.com.

Paint sculptures are not only beautiful, they also offer a vast variety of different images that depend on many different factors. By experimenting with the main drivers, fantastic variations of different images can be achieved. In the following tutorial, I will introduce the… read more

Wall

A tutorial for “Advanced Creation” magazine. (Advanced Photoshop in France).

read more

Epuration

Personal project

read more

Comment to Win – Inkscape 0.48 Illustrator’s Cookbook

Advertise here

Inkscape has been around for some time now, and with each new release it has become the vector editor of choice for many illustrators and web developers the world over. Learning more about Inkscape has been on my "to-do" list for some time now, so today I’m excited to… read more

Behind The Scenes Of Nike Better World

Perhaps one of the most talked about websites in the last 12 months has been Nike Better World. It’s been featured in countless Web design galleries, and it still stands as an example of what a great idea and some clever design and development techniques can produce.

In this article, we’ll… read more

30 Creative QR code business cards

Source

read more

Get Your Avatar Almost Anywhere With Gravatar

The internet is increasingly a social place where we can actually see the things our friends and colleagues are doing across the web. Social networks bring updates from all of our connections together, and RSS feeds help us see what others are writing on their blogs. However, it can still… read more

Add a Personal Touch To Any Webpage With BO.LT

The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here.

Name: BO.LT

Quick Pitch: BO.LT is a platform that allows anyone to copy, edit, comment… read more

A Snapper’s Guide to Street Photography

One of the exciting things about photography is the anticipation of ‘the shot’ – hunting down the moment in time that is worth recording and being there with your camera poised when it happens.

Photo by tom dinning

No genre of photography creates this anticipation like ‘Street Photography’; moving… read more

Awesome Samples of Portrait Photo Manipulation

Great designers always find new ways to express their thoughts and creativity. Photo Manipulation is one art genre most designers practice because of the limitless possibilities in terms of technique and abstract style of creating digital art. It’s also a combination of photography and graphic… read more

Daily Inspiration #871

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

10 Tips for Better B2B Community Management

Maria Ogneva is the Head of Community at Yammer, where she is in charge of social media, community programs, internal education and engagement. You can follow her on Twitter, her blog, and via Yammer’s Twitter account and company blog.

The communities most of us are familiar with tend… read more

Filter Forge Contest Winners & Free Patterns for Download

A few weeks ago we held a design contest sponsored by Filter Forge with the prize being a free copy of their software up for grabs to the top three contestants. However, just in case you didn’t catch that first post, here’s a brief explanation of who/what Filter Forge… read more

10 Best Practices for Bands on Facebook

The Facebook Marketing Series is supported by Buddy Media, Power Tools for Facebook. Are you posting blindly? Use our insights to help you deliver the right content at the right time and get the results you need. Download our data report now.

Hey, bands, Facebook isn’t just for… read more

How Western Entrepreneurs Are Supporting Egypt’s Growing Startup Scene

A group of young American and Danish entrepreneurs traveled to Egypt last week for the NexGen IT Entrepreneurs Boot Camp, an intensive mentorship program meant to teach Egyptian youth how to turn a simple idea into a viable business in the IT space.

The sort of “traveling startup… read more

Photographing Komodo Dragons

Will Burrard-Lucas is a professional wildlife photographer from the UK. He aims to take unusual and innovative photographs of wild animals in their natural environments.

I recently travelled to the remote Indonesian islands of Komodo and Rinca in order to photograph one of the most prehistoric animals on Earth – the… read more

5 Ways To Develop a Company Culture for Remote Teams

The Digital Careers Series is supported by Elance, the world’s leading site for online work. Check out Startup Cloud for tips on how to build a remote team.

Developing a company culture can be a challenge for any business, but especially for ones that employ remote workers. However,… read more

Picking A Mobile Support Strategy For Your Website

The number of people browsing the Web from a mobile device has more than tripled since 2009, and it is sure to continue growing, with browser platforms such as iOS and Android offering mobile browser support that is almost identical to what we have come to expect from a desktop experience…. read more

Is Taking Secret Photos in an Apple Store Legal?

After artist Kyle McDonald rigged Apple Store computers to take photos of customers, the Secret Service confiscated his computers with a search warrant for computer fraud.

McDonald had been compiling photos for a project called “People Staring at Computers.” He had installed a program on about 100 computers… read more

What’s new for web designers – July 2011

Source

read more

50+ Useful CSS Tools And Generators for Developers

CSS tools are essential for web developers because they act like a sort of magic lamp that can simplify the job at hand. Most development tools are time savers that are there to help developers create stylish, functional and optimized websites with a few shortcuts.

CSS tools and generators are available… read more

20 New Tools for for Easier CSS Development

Advertise here with BSA

There are many tools built to help with CSS, and improved ones are constantly being created. The fresh tools we have for you in this article will greatly improve your work-flow, whether that be by solving validation or debugging snags, or taking care of many of… read more

Plex: Your Media Library, Turbocharged

Despite Apple’s near-domination of the digital media world with iTunes, Macs have never really had a stand-out solution for watching video – iTunes supports approximately 0 codecs, Front Row is pretty cumbersome, and standalone video players like QuickTime or VLC require far too much rooting around in my movies folders… read more

3 Fresh iPhotography Apps: LEGO Photo, KaleidaCam & WordFoto [PICS]

Do you love finding cool new iPhone photography apps? So do we. In fact, here are three that we’ve tried, tested and think you just might love.

Our trio will let you create cool typography images from your photos, a LEGO mosaic portrait and have tons of fun by turning your… read more

Nintendo 3DS

I realized the Nintendo 3DS on Photoshop, primarily with layer styles and some paint.

read more

How to Photograph Star Trails: The Ultimate Guide

Photographing the night sky can be a surreal experience, and star trail photography is highly rewarding if you have a bit of patience. Those 2 hour long single exposures can turn an otherwise mundane day shot into an otherworldly image.

Racing Stars by Andrew Stawarz, on Flickr

When photographing… read more

Daily Inspiration #870

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

7 Tips from an Avid Photographer Traveling with Kids

That’s me! I could write a book about traveling with kids in general but since you’re all photographers too, I can certainly give you a few tips about making the most of your family vacation when one of your goals is to capture some amazing images.

1. Get up early, let… read more

Natural

Some of my recent work.

read more

Rocker

Some of my recent work.

read more

Our favorite tweets of the week Jul 4-Jul 10, 2011

Source

read more

Using Typography to Your Advantage

Advertise here with BSA

Whenever people are communicating, there is the apparent message of the words being spoken and the underlying message coming from non-verbal cues. In a conversation, non verbals can be eye-contact, posture or tone of voice. These significant little details are a vital part of the overall… read more

3 Cool Web Apps for Your Online Convenience

The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here.

Each weekend, Mashable handpicks a few startups we think are building interesting, unique or… read more

6 Tips for Photographing the Churches of Europe

This last winter I had the great experience of going to Europe exclusively to visit and photograph the old Cathedrals and churches there. This trip was full of both adventure and serenity, and every day I had the opportunity to learn more about myself and my craft.

Photographing these old… read more

What’s In a Name: Google+ Is Your Plus One

Google+, the long-awaited and highly ambitious Circle-driven social network from Google, has a clumsy name. It’s a search-unfriendly and seemingly unfitting moniker for the world’s next great social network. So, why this bizarre name choice?

At launch, Google+ project co-leader Bradley Horowitz told AllThingsD that the name denotes… read more

HOW TO: Promote Your Band With Turntable.fm

Marketing your music can be a royal pain when it entails answering misspelled emails from your one true fan and tweeting about your upcoming tour. Well, imagine if you could raise awareness about your band just by playing music. Musicians of the world, allow me to introduce… read more

Comics of the week #85

Source

read more

Ditch the Spiral Notebook with CourseNotes

Apple products have long been hailed as great tools for education.  It hasn’t been too long since I was a student myself, and even since then some of my favorite Mac software has been apps aimed at students.  Because developers see the market for this, students have access to great… read more