Posted by admin on Apr 8, 2010 in
Photoshop,
web design Here are a few websites I found to get some tips and tutorials on making web layouts.
 |
A lot of tutorials of different graphic styles
coming from many sources and websites. |
 |
Theme-based layouts.
You will also find the tutorials to convert
your PSD template in a CSS/HTML document |
|
A compilation of good tutorials.
Some of them you will find in the websites I listed earlier. |
 |
The design is beautiful, but I’m not quite sure of the practicality of the method… The tutorial could be used for any other printed document or just a desktop background!  |
Tags: layout, sites, tutorials, web, website
Posted by admin on Mar 11, 2010 in
Illustrator This tip is for Illustrator CS2 and less, which don’t have the stroke outside option…
To avoid type that chokes between its stroke lines, try adding a stroke that is double the size you actually need.
If you want a 2-point stroke, change the stroke to 4 points.
Then, make a copy of your text and choose EDIT – PASTE IN FRONT.
Make sure that the stroke is NONE, and you’ll see a much more presentable outlined type.
Before, with a 6pts stroke
|
After, with a 12 pts stroke and a no-stroke black text on top
|
Tags: Illustrator, large, outline, stroke, text, tip, type
Posted by admin on Mar 3, 2010 in
Tips and tricks I got some great articles from Anidan Design. Hope you learn something from them! I’ll try to get some more, so we can all get better at what we do!
Some good tips from Design Reviver : The 15 Best Articles for designers
Posted by admin on Jan 31, 2010 in
inspiration,
web design Here’s an article with many inspiring retro websites and most important : tips on easy ways to get the right colours for a nice retro feel!
Tags: color, colour, design, retro, vintage
Posted by admin on Jan 19, 2010 in
Tips and tricks Hey!
I found wonderfully useful documents and cheat sheets up on Creative Repository :
20 Must-have documents…
Downloaded a couple of them, hope you enjoy !
Posted by admin on Dec 30, 2009 in
web design I’ve been looking for an effect like this for such a long time, I had to share it!!
Thank you to Anidan Design who shared it and Lam Nguyen who wrote it!
Bubble effect with CSS
Tags: bigger, bubble, code, CSS, HTML, image, larger, sprite, zoom
Posted by admin on Dec 26, 2009 in
Illustrator Here’s a link where you’ll learn easily how to make a great vector image from a photograph you like.
Simple stuff, great explanation! Came in from Anidan Design.
Creating a Cut-out style Illustration from a Photo Template
Tags: cut-out, illustration, Illustrator, photo, tip
Posted by admin on Dec 9, 2009 in
Photoshop If you have a large photo you need much smaller, here’s a helpful hint so you won’t loose so much definition and quality durong the process.
Open your image and just reduce it to half the size it is, as many times you need until you reach the desired size.
Lets say its 1600 by 1200 pixels large. Change the image size to 800 x 600 (IMAGE – IMAGE SIZE – don’t change the resolution. Only the size in pixels).
Reduce it in half again, to 400 x 300. You can do this another time to get a small thumbnail…
Nice tip for web graphics 
Tags: definition, images, large, photo, quality, resolution, web
Posted by admin on Dec 9, 2009 in
Illustrator In Illustrator, you can change the number of points in the star by pressing the UP and DOWN arrow keys as you drag your cursor while drawing.
You can also change the length of the arms by holding down COMMAND (CTRL in Windows).
If you make them too long, a quick tap of the OPTION key (ALT key in Windows) will flatten the star to start over without ever releasing the mouse!
Tags: Illustrator, key, objet, shortcut, star
Posted by admin on Dec 2, 2009 in
Illustrator Sometimes when you attach a brush to a path, it doesn’t apply in the direction that you expect it.
- To remedy to similar situations, you can change the path direction of an OPEN path by selecting the path and then clicking at the end of the path with the pen tool
- If you are not the one who created the original path and don’t know which is the starting point, try both points.
One won’t work, but the other will.
Have another tip for this problem? Please comment !
Tags: brush, Illustrator, reverse, tip
