Even with CS 6 still fresh out of the box or in the clouds, there’s an explosion of tutorials showcasing Photoshop’s new features. If you’re like us, you’re probably itching to get your hands on it to try out. Where do you start? Photoshop is already a beast, and it’s about to get beast..ier. Continue reading Top 10 CS6 Photoshop Tutorials
My feet are still soar and my legs are swollen. As a volunteer, I ran around the Austin Convention Center (ACC) for about 60 hours and consumed oodles of information. What do you do with it all? What does this mean for you? I wouldn’t say that the dust has settled yet because the party around the ACC has exploded on to the rest of Austin with the Music festival portion of SXSW. Continue reading Looking Beyond the Screen: Lessons from SXSW Interactive 2012
What is “above the fold,” and where does this term come from?
“Above the fold” is a design concept that originates from the old newspaper days. Remember that time? Well, back in those days editors would place important news stories and visually appealing photographs on the upper half of the front page. This would entice a perspective reader to buy the paper. Continue reading ‘Above the Fold’ is a Myth! Designing for the Whole Page
In this new year, we look forward to new technologies and techniques. Design blogs have declared Responsive Web Design as the next big thing. Our own Mitch Dunaway wrote a post to explain the basics of “designing once and publishing everywhere.” This article will showcase some of the new Responsive Web Design tools we are discovering. Continue reading Responsive Web Design Tools
The images you use on your site can make or break how your site is received. Like your logo, balance, color scheme, typography and content, images can be that essential piece of design that helps create a pleasing experience for the user. To continue on with our series on images, this post will outline some basics concerning subject matter and design that will help you choose the right images for your site. Continue reading Picture Perfect: Choosing the Right Images for your Site.
This week we are going to showcase sites that inspire us. I have decided to focus on a small collection of sites that use parallax to make them more visually engaging. The term derives from the Greek word parallaxis, meaning alteration. In web design, the parallax effect is a relatively new trend. The effect itself has been around for a while, but lately is becoming more used and talked about. These sites use a gentle 3D effect that makes them really fun to interact with. Enjoy! Continue reading Inspirational Parallax Sites
I would like to start this article off with a confession. For most of my career as a design student in interactive media, I did not give much thought to typography. Not that I am totally at fault. A lot of my instructors followed the common layperson’s approach to design: forget about typography and show me the those poppy shapes and colors. Continue reading Typography 101: What is it and Why you should care
When I was a wee, little designer, my favorite color was lime green. In addition to the the lime green shirt that I wore everywhere, I had a packet of green pens and crayons that I used to draw and re-color the world. Was it cute? Maybe. Was it confusing for everyone else trying to understand my interpretation of a green squirrel climbing over a green house with the backdrop of a green sky? Yes.
Continue reading Color, Color, Everywhere Color: Color and Your Site.
This Friday we focus on sharing is caring. That’s something the Creative Services team likes to promote to keep the ideas and resources flowing. Here’s a little list sites I gathered from conversations around the Wii that offers a ton of great freebies for Designers and Front-End Developers. You can never collect enough free stuff.
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