Beyond Likes: How Google and Adobe Aim to Measure Your True Social ROI

Measuring marketing spending used to be pretty easy, at least in theory: You’d run a big ad campaign and then see if your sales rose. If they did, great. If not, then you wasted your money.

Social media has muddied the waters. A campaign may not do much for sales, but… read more

How to Fake Motion Tracking in Time-lapse Photography on a Mac

Most of us have seen those fantastic time-lapse sequences doing the rounds of the internet at the moment. The really high end ones introduce motion tracking to the scene, making the video’s even more compelling. For most of us however, purchasing and carrying around a motion tracking rig is a… read more

Daily Inspiration #1094

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

My Favorites From Photoshop World Washington DC

This was one of the most fun, most inspirational, most friendly Photoshop World’s I’ve been to. I’m not sure if it was because the location was new which meant more people (and new people) could come, or because of the great weather that the northeast has been having, but Photoshop… read more

45 Free Ripped Paper and Page Curl PSD Templates

45 Free Ripped Paper and Page Curl PSD Templates

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Use Photoshop Patterns To Make Your Design More Attractive

Use Photoshop Patterns To Make Your Design More Attractive

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WordPress Wallpapers: Show Your Love for Design and WordPress

At Envato, we love WordPress. In fact, we love it so much that the entire Tuts+ network and the majority of our blogs run on heavily customized WordPress installations. We want to share that love with the wider WordPress community by creating a gallery site full of beautiful and free… read more

Angry Birds Game & Watch

Self promotional image I did for fun.
I wanted to image how It would have looked like an early 80′s Angry Birds :)
The whole illustration is fully made in Photoshop and Illustrator CS5.

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The Work of Goverdose, a Polish Art Collective

In this article we will feature the work of Goverdose, a Polish art collective made up of several well-known and talented designers. Goverdose is a relatively new collective that has been producing work since 2008. Let’s take a look! Michal Sycz – Smoking Kills Konrad Kirpluk – I Kill You… read more

15+ InDesign Tutorials for Magazine and Layout Design

Do you want to learn to how to design a magazine in InDesign? Discover industry standard workflows for print design professionals, magazine layout design tips, and follow how to design a magazine cover layout that attracts attention. These are just a few of the topics you’ll find in this roundup… read more

Create Interesting Smoke Effect in Photoshop

Create Interesting Smoke Effect in Photoshop

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23+ Delicious Food & Drink Photoshop Tutorials

23+ Delicious Food & Drink Photoshop Tutorials

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A Rough Guide to Image Resolution

Digital photography has brought with it a whole host of acronyms, technical terminology and undecipherable jargon, image resolution being one of the most mysterious. In this short guide we will attempt to explain and hopefully demystify the strange pixelated world of resolution.

So lets start with what comes out of your… read more

Daily Inspiration #1093

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

34 Free & Beautiful xHTML/CSS Templates

34 Free & Beautiful xHTML/CSS Templates

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Redesigning With Personality

We are very happy to present a sample chapter from the upcoming printed Smashing Book #3, written by Aarron Walter. In this chapter, Aarron explains how sharing our personalities can help us create lasting relationships with users, and how it can improve the bottom line of our business. The sample… read more

Building Websites with a Priority for Mobile

Today it’s more common to find a skilled web artisan who understands desktop support over mobile. This appears to be a symptom of building on the desktop browser for decades as opposed to other screens. Yet there is a growing case to argue that mobile development is the… read more

Introducing the New Crop Tool in Photoshop CS6

A good crop can make a big difference in how well a photograph looks. In Photoshop CS6, Adobe has made some significant changes to how the Crop Tool works. In this episode of our Introduction to Photoshop CS6 series we will discuss the changes that were made to the Crop… read more

The State of Online Education

It’s a nice thought that “we’re never done learning”. One quick look around you at the world and it’s hard to come to any other conclusion than “yup, most of us do actually stop learning very soon on in life”. It’s a shame too, because if we didn’t, we’d have… read more

Create a Psychedelic, Funky Line Art Portrait

In today’s Illustrator tutorial, I’m going to show you how I created a retro, psychedelic, funky, 70s inspired portrait using link art, bold colors and the handy Swirl Tool.

I’ve always admired the bright colors, delicate line art and psychedelic patterns of the work of Marleen Weijman aka WomanWithAGun. Although I’ve… read more

Weekly Design News – Resources, Tutorials and Freebies (N.125)

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

25 Useful Photoshop Background Tutorials

25 Useful Photoshop Background Tutorials

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Why Good Photography Isn’t About the Gear

This is a guest post by Phil Hill, a travel photographer from the UK based in Australia. You can see more of Phil’s great work at his travel photography blog or follow him on Facebook or Twitter.

With the release of the Nikon d800 and the Canon 5d mk3 many people will have no doubt begun checking their… read more

Free Price Tags and Pricing Tables PSD Templates

Free Price Tags and Pricing Tables PSD Templates

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Daily Inspiration #1092

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

15+ Free Sleek Progress & Loading Bars Design PSD

15+ Free Sleek Progress & Loading Bars Design PSD

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Understanding Exposure by Author Stansfield: Book Review

It’s probably a matter that need not concern users of budget-priced fixed lens compact digicams but it is a subject of great matter to those who own DSLRs and other sundry ‘clever’ compacts. Exposure is where it all begins and, sometimes, disastrously ends.

The relationship of lens aperture and shutter speed… read more

Stylish Ribbon and Badge

Stylish Ribbon and Badge

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Create a One-Page Retro Web Design Layout in Photoshop

In this tutorial we will explain how to create a one-page retro web design using Adobe Photoshop. While most of the design is created in Photoshop, we will also use Illustrator to create various shapes and elements. Let’s get started! This tutorial was a collaboration with Ciursa Ionut. Tutorial Assets… read more

25 Photoshop Tutorials for Creating 3D Text Effects

25 Photoshop Tutorials for Creating 3D Text Effects

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Review: Photoshop CS6 Beta

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45 Free Price Tags and Pricing Table PSD Templates

45 Free Price Tags and Pricing Table PSD Templates

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100 best Photoshop tutorial websites of the world

100 best Photoshop tutorial websites of the world

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35+ Amazing Photoshop Photo Effects Tutorials

35+ Amazing Photoshop Photo Effects Tutorials

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23 Cool New Features in Adobe Photoshop CS6

This week Adobe announced a new version of Photoshop – CS6 which is now available for download as a free beta test for a limited time.

There’s been loads of posts this week with details of new features but here’s a quick video with 6 of them by Terry White.

Want to… read more

Adobe Photoshop CS6 – All You Need to Know

Adobe Photoshop CS6 – All You Need to Know

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Vector Circle Brushes are Pretty useful for Photoshop Professionals

Vector Circle Brushes are Pretty useful for Photoshop Professionals

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This Week in App News: 19 – 25 March 2012

This week saw some pretty big announcements in the world of Mac software, especially with the release of Photoshop CS6 beta on Thursday with a completely revamped interface and tonnes of new features aimed at making editing photos an absolute breeze.

However, Adobe news aside, let’s take a look at what… read more

Wallpaper of the Week 196 by Timothée Mathelin

The wallpaper of this week is an image created by Timothée Mathelin. A graphic designer from France. His influences are from everywhere, from skies to David Lynch and The Designers Republic to Baroque.

My main influences come from everyday’s life. Just a bird on a wire or a falling leaf… read more

Photoshop CS6 Tutorials: Create Oil Painting Photo Effects

Photoshop CS6 Tutorials: Create Oil Painting Photo Effects

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Freebies: Photoshop Tree Brushes

Freebies: Photoshop Tree Brushes

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Photoshop Tutorial: Create A Parody Movie Poster.http://designcrust.com/2012/01/photoshop-tutorial-create-a-parody-movie-poster/

Photoshop Tutorial: Create A Parody Movie Poster.http://designcrust.com/2012/01/photoshop-tutorial-create-a-parody-movie-poster/

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Photoshop Tutorial: Create a dark portfolio web template

Photoshop Tutorial: Create a dark portfolio web template

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Best of the Week #215

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

13+ Fresh Photoshop Tutorials – How to Design a Website Template

13+ Fresh Photoshop Tutorials – How to Design a Website Template

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Create Your Own Custom Brushes in Photoshop

Create Your Own Custom Brushes in Photoshop

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Daily Inspiration #1090

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

Freebie: Radial Portfolio Site Template (PSD)

Freebie: Radial Portfolio Site Template (PSD)

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Create a fire bulb in Photoshop in under 10 steps

Create a fire bulb in Photoshop in under 10 steps

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Adobe’s Lightroom Lab at Photoshop World

Just figured I’d let you know (if you’re at Photoshop World) that Adobe actually has 2 booths on the expo floor (Booth #455) at Photoshop World. I’ll be at the 2nd booth around 3:30 on Sunday for a while too. The 2nd booth is next to Westcott’s “Shootout Bays”. The… read more

Useful WordPress Tools, Themes And Plugins

If you’re looking for some great ways to improve your WordPress workflow, read on for a massive collection of free themes, plugins, tools and tutorials. These resources were all linked via the Smashing Magazine Twitter stream, Facebook stream, and other social-media streams around the Web.

These awesome resources have now been… read more

Free download: Retro Business Card PSD

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Creative Fuel #2: Letter-cutting, Presidential Logos, Responsive Design & Chat UI PSD

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Creative Fuel is a periodic collection of design and creativity awesomeness found around the web. Find out about new apps and services, the best freebies, and other significant news from the design community!

Letters & Stone

I Love Typography has an absolutely fascinating feature on Fergus Wessel. Fergus is… read more

Funny Logos – Designer Inspiration

Funny Logos – Designer Inspiration

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Leather Ribbons & Web Elements

Leather Ribbons & Web Elements

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40+ Easter Photoshop & Illustrator Tutorials & Freebies

40+ Easter Photoshop & Illustrator Tutorials & Freebies

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The Most Epic Collection of Photography Links (Since Last Week)

It’s been an action-packed week in the world of photography, and Toad Hollow Photography has been busy compiling a list of the best links to tutorial, great photography and interesting blogs to share with everyone here.  The Toad loves to follow the work of incredible artists and photographers, and loves… read more

Daily Inspiration #1089

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

Handy Admin Bar: Freebie

Handy Admin Bar: Freebie

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Angry Birds Space is a Stellar Game — Even for Angry Bird Haters [REVIEW]

Rovio released its highly-anticipated Angry Birds Space on Thursday — and its easily the most inventive game in the franchise yet.

I should add that I’m no fan of the original. Angry Birds never grabbed me; after a few levels the content felt recycled. As far as mobile puzzles go, there… read more

Photo Effect Tutorials for Designers by Photoshop

Photo Effect Tutorials for Designers by Photoshop

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Photoshop CS6 Beta Is Here!

You’ve probably seen some sneak peaks over the last few months, but now it’s official. Photoshop CS6 Beta was just announced. Adobe’s been releasing public betas for a few versions of Photoshop now. It gives people the chance to test it out before it’s ready for prime time. There’s definitely… read more

Perfect Effects 3

Photographic Effects Plug-in

Many of you know the PhotoTools plug-in from onOne Software, but did you know it has been rebranded as Perfect Effects 3? The result is you get most of the same effects with a ton of new capabilities. Perfect Effects 3 packs a complete library of photographic… read more

Manage Your Layers More Efficiently With Photoshop CS6

Designers often work with PSD files that include hundreds, if not, thousands of layers. Managing those layers was a hassle in previous versions of Photoshop. In Photoshop CS6 however, the Photoshop team has given us some tools to help us manage our layers more efficiently. In this episode of our… read more

Freebies: Photoshop Leaf Brushes

Freebies: Photoshop Leaf Brushes

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Download: Free Photoshop Firework Brushes 2.

Download: Free Photoshop Firework Brushes 2.

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Adobe Releases Photoshop CS6 Beta

Just 5 days after we wrote about the fact that Adobe was putting the finishing touches on Creative Suite 6, which promised to be their biggest update to the software package yet, Adobe has released the public beta of Photoshop CS6, the first of the new programs to hit consumers…. read more

Our First Look at Photoshop CS6 – Now Available in Beta

Today, Adobe announced some big news. Photoshop CS6 is now available for download in Beta. For the last several months, we have been speculating about what features we can expect to see in Photoshop CS6. This speculation was fueled by the Photoshop team’s release of several sneak peek videos that… read more

Review: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4

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How Much Code Should Web Designers Need to Know?

This is an interesting topic which isn’t often discussed between web designers. Getting started in Adobe Photoshop is difficult, and you feel an exhilarating rush when you complete your first web project. But what good is a website mockup if you can’t build it?

Arguably designers by definition do… read more

LCD Style Effect in Pixelmator

Digital LCD effects are very common but they still impress me especially in terms of light effects. The way the light gets blurry on the edges and super strong in the center is simply amazing. I have been doing this kind of effect for quite a long time but… read more

Create a Cute Easter Themed Collage in Illustrator & Photoshop

Create a Cute Easter Themed Collage in Illustrator & Photoshop

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Flyer PSD – Download Premium Looking Flyer Templates

Flyer PSD – Download Premium Looking Flyer Templates

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Daily Inspiration #1088

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

Create Space Fantasy Composition

Create Space Fantasy Composition

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30 Digital Paintings By Riley Stark

30 Digital Paintings By Riley Stark

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22 Free and Premium Well-Designed Web Form PSD Files

22 Free and Premium Well-Designed Web Form PSD Files

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Perfect Layers 2

Create Layered Files outside of Photoshop

Perfect Layers 2 from onOne Software is a Lightroom and Aperture plug-in, as well as a standalone Mac OS X and Windows application, for layer-based image editing outside of Photoshop. Its familiar interface makes easy work of editing images with layers without requiring the… read more

Create a hi-tech interface creative resume in Photoshop

Create a hi-tech interface creative resume in Photoshop

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Paint a Castle in Photoshop – Part 2

Photoshop is an excellent tool for manipulating photographs but it can also be used as a means to create stunning digital art. This tutorial is part of a 25-part video tutorial series demonstrating everything you will need to know to start producing digital art in Photoshop. Digital Art for Beginners,… read more

15 Beautiful and Useful Free PSD Files

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Dribbble is a great community, and is a place where you can find much more than inspiration and awesome professionals. It’s a place where you can find really talented people sharing their work with you for free. This is the case of today’s list, we are… read more

Mac 101: Part 4, 10 Apps That Every New Mac User Needs

Even if you’re new to all things Mac, you’ve most likely already realized that your computer comes packed with a great selection of built-in applications designed to cater to most people’s basic needs. However, it’s when installing third-party apps that the fun can really start and there’s a massive amount… read more

Daily Inspiration #1087

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

30+ Minimalist Web Design Inspiration

30+ Minimalist Web Design Inspiration

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3 Minutes with Photographer Michael Kern

Photographic artistry can take on many forms. Those that make the greatest impact often challenge convention and blend styles to create something new. Nature photography is defined almost as strictly as Photojournalism where one’s subject must be honestly portrayed with minimal digital alteration (e.g. no composites, cloning, etc.) all while showing… read more

Photoshop Tutorial: How To Create A Bathing Shade Effect.

Photoshop Tutorial: How To Create A Bathing Shade Effect.

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Download: Free Photoshop Firework Brushes

Download: Free Photoshop Firework Brushes

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Designer’s Hosting Special – Save Up to 70%

Are you looking for a place to host your new or current website? If so, our friends at Eleven2 are offering Psdtuts+ readers 68% off their shared (S-200) hosting package and 53% off their reseller (R-100) package for the first year. To take advantage of this fantastic designer hosting special,… read more

Photoshop tutorial: Create an elegant minimal web template in Photoshop

Photoshop tutorial: Create an elegant minimal web template in Photoshop

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Community Project: Custom Skateboard Jam, Round 3

Vectortuts+ loves Illustration and discovering new talent, so today we are proud to be showcasing Round 3 of the Custom Skateboard Jam. Check it out at the jump.

Create Your Own Skateboard Design, Round 3

The designs are posted in no particular order, but we thought we would kick things off… read more

Test Your Photoshop Knowledge #7

We know how much you guys like to test your knowledge of Photoshop so today we are giving you an opportunity to do so with another quiz from Martin Perhiniak. Please take a moment to complete this 10-question quiz and see if you’re prepared to pass our test! Good luck!… read more

50+ Free Mac Apps for 2012

Let’s face it – buying a Mac isn’t cheap, but you can help justify some of that cost if you use only a few of these outstanding free Mac apps. I’ve included my favorite apps, from simple text editors to advanced publishing tools, which are available at no cost to… read more

Weekly Design News – Resources, Tutorials and Freebies (N.124)

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

Web Worker’s Library: Awesome Printed Web Design and Development Books

There’s no doubt that eBook devices such as the Kindle and the Nook have changed how people read books forever. At the start of 2011 Amazon reported that for the first time eBook sales exceeded paperbacks. It’s doubtful this trend will ever be reversed.

Though with E ink devices, image… read more

Create a Royal Gold Text Effect in Photoshop Using Layer Styles

Create a Royal Gold Text Effect in Photoshop Using Layer Styles

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25 Photoshop Tutorials Released in February 2012

25 Photoshop Tutorials Released in February 2012

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Easy Hulk Logo on Illustrator and Photoshop

Easy Hulk Logo on Illustrator and Photoshop

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Gridpak: The Responsive Grid Generator

This article is the fifth in our new series that introduces the latest, useful and freely available tools and techniques, developed and released by active members of the Web design community. The first article covered PrefixFree; the second introduced Foundation, a responsive framework; the third presented Sisyphus.js, a library for… read more

Create a Walking City With Photoshop – Tuts+ Premium Tutorial

Taking your own photos and combining them into an entirely new composition can be quite satisfying. In this Tuts+ Premium tutorial, author Josh Dykgraaf will show you how to create a walking city using a combination of photos that were taken exclusively for this project, as well as a few… read more

Flash-centric misconceptions of HTML5

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