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40+ Awesome Photoshop Poster Tutorials For Your Inspiration
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Creating your own creative poster in Photoshop is fun and challenging. If you are not yet an expert, then don’t worry! You can find tons of easy to follow poster design tutorials for Photoshop. Most of them will guide you “step by step” to make sure you learn every step involved in the process. A poster is a perfect medium for individuals to showcase their creativity. A typical poster often features both graphic and textual elements, and they are used for all kinds of different purposes. Photoshop is a versatile and multi-purpose graphic software. It is a powerful tool used not only in creating simple photo enhancements and editing, but also in creating advanced photo manipulations. With its impressive features, Photoshop is a common software tool in creating digital arts, such as logos, posters, web templates and advertisement ads. It is a hugely popular tool for artists and designers and the feasibility of creating creative designs in Photoshop is achievable. The Photoshop poster tutorials in this post will allow you to learn the basics of Photoshop, as well as advanced manipulations for creating unique designs. When you are done browsing our collection, please leave us a comment and tells your thoughts.
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70+ Must Have jQuery Tutorials for UI Developers
Lastly, it’s been an amazing 7 days and we are confident that these tutorials will arm you with all the latest tips and tricks to help you in evolving your design creations. Enjoy!
Want more articles from tutorial week? Check out some of my previous posts:
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20 Fantastic After Effects Video Tutorials
Cinema 4D Tutorials: Create Motion Picture Style FX (Part3)
Cinema 4D Tutorials: Create Motion Picture Style FX (Part2)
Cinema 4D Tutorials: Create Motion Picture Style FX (Part1)
70 Awesome Illustrator Tutorials That Every Designer Should See
Animated Text and Icon Menu with jQuery
Auto Moving Submenu Using jQuery
Creating Consecutive Slide Using jQuery
Make a Fluid Thumbnail Bar with jQuery
Thumbnail Grid with Expanding Preview
Portfolio Flipping Slider Using jQuery & CSS3
Filter Image View Using jQuery
Animated Content Menu with jQuery
Expanding Image Menu with jQuery
Create jQuery Pinterest Pin It Plugin
Making Better Select Elements with jQuery and CSS3
Flyout Image Slider Using jQuery & CSS3
Creating Android Dock Using jQuery & CSS3
Making a Flickr-powered Slideshow
Grid Accordion with jQuery
How to turn jQuery accordion into CSS3 accordion
Magnifying glass for image zoom using Jquery and CSS3
Apple-like Retina Effect With jQuery
Quick Feedback Form w/ PHP and jQuery
Sweet Tooltip a jQuery & CSS3 Tooltips
Making a Custom Facebook Wall with jQuery Templates
Google Powered Site Search with jQuery
Let’s Make A Simple AJAX Note Taking App
How to Create a jQuery Confirm Dialog Replacement
Tutorial: Make a Google Powered Shopping Search Website
Making a Simple Tweet to Download System
Making a jQuery Countdown Timer
Making an Interactive Picture with jQuery
Type and spot using jQuery’s :contains()
Overlay-like Effect with jQuery
Item Blur Effect with CSS3 and jQuery
Sponsor Flip Wall With jQuery & CSS
Create a Cool Website with Fancy Scrolling Effects
Client Testimonials Powered by PHP, XML and jQuery
Mini Help System with jQuery
Swatch Book with CSS3 and jQuery
Timeline Portfolio
Dynamic FAQ Section w/ jQuery, YQL & Google Docs
HTML5 File Uploads with jQuery
Cycle Through Images on Hover with jQuery
Highcharts – deeper practice with jquery
Make Pretty Charts For Your App with jQuery and xCharts
How to Create an Interactive Graph using CSS3 & jQuery
How to Create Accordion Menu (CSS3+jQuery)
How to Create an Upload Form using jQuery, CSS3, HTML5 and PHP
How to Create Login Form with CSS3 and jQuery
Shiny Knob Control with jQuery and CSS3
How to Create Calendar using jQuery and CSS3
Fancy Image gallery – jqFancyTransitions
An HTML5 Slideshow w/ Canvas & jQuery
Parallax Slider with jQuery
Rotating Image Slider with jQuery
Lateral On-Scroll Sliding with jQuery
Easy Slider 17 Numeric Navigation jQuery Slider
How to Create a Responsive Image Slider in jQuery and CSS3
How to Create an Image Slider using jQuery and CSS3
Portfolio Zoom Slider with jQuery
Bubble Slideshow Effect with jQuery
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Photo Booth Strips with Lightbox
Thumbnail Proximity Effect with jQuery and CSS3
3D Flipping Circle with CSS3 and jQuery
Animate Panning Slideshow with jQuery
Live Album Previews with CSS3 and jQuery
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25 Creative and Awesome Apple Inspired Photoshop Tutorials
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Apple, the renowned US based MNC which had earned accolades being the inventor of iPhone, iPod, iPad and many other hardware products. Moreover, this big corporation is also engaged in developing its personalized software only on which their hardware runs. Along with its cutting edge products, its alluring marketing techniques have also resulted in the success of this brand. The icon of Apple is simple and creative and it has been inspiring graphic designers and influencing their style. On the internet you are also going to come across many Photoshop tutorials with the help of which different Apple designs can be created. These are particularly important for the designers who are engaged in designing iPhone, iPad or MacBook compatible applications. With the aid of these applications the designers can create different apple based wallpapers or design an icon of iPhone, MacBook or iPad or such other things. These tutorials have been released by the active and expert members of the Photoshop community with the aim of aiding the newcomers and showing them the possibilities. Detailed guidance for creating different effects is present on these tutorials that will be of great help for sharpening the skills of the users. 1. Create A Retro Style Apple Wallpaper in Photoshop
2. Apple Wallpaper
3. Create a Retro Grunge Apple Wallpaper
4. Create a Slick Black iMac in Photoshop
5. Apple Logo and Wallpaper
6. Create a Retro Apple Wallpaper in Photoshop
7. Create an Apple iPhone 4S in Photoshop
8. Create an ecommerce layout with apple products
9. Mac – Colorful Design
10. Apple iPhone Mobile Phone Design
11. IPhone exclusive tutorial
12. Composite an iMac Render into an Incredible Apple Advertisement
13. Green Apple Style Design
14. Create an Apple iPad Layout |
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25 Interior Pictures of Famous Opera Houses Posted: 16 Apr 2013 11:03 AM PDT Opera is an integral part of the western musical tradition the origin of which can be traced back to the 16th century. This art form involves musicians as well as stage performers who perform a drama on stage combining libretto and sheet music. These dramatic acts are usually performed in the opera houses that are being erected with the sole purpose of entertaining the audience. In the hubs of the western culture like France, Italy, Austria and other countries of Europe you are going to come across magnificent opera houses that are going to leave you simply dumbstruck. Not only the architectural style, but the imposing structure, large auditorium, beautifully placed balconies, scientifically designed orchestra pit will mesmerize the onlookers. Apart from these basic features that are present in all the opera houses, different opera houses have some unique architectural styles that are going turn heads. The glass dome over Galleries Lafayette, the frescos present on the Phantom’s Opera, the magnificent chandelier of Palais Garnier and La Scala will definitely amaze you. Wood finishing and architectural designs from Spain and Italy makes the most of the outlook. Furniture and decorative items like Jullian French easel play a major role. Apart from the traditional opera house you are also going to find some modern architectural style opera houses, like the famous Opera House of Sydney which represents a different style altogether. 1. Dome over Les Galleries Lafayette
2. Opera
3. Phantom’s Opera
4. La Scala, Milan, Italy
5. Inside La Scala
6. La Scala – panorama
7. Dresdner Semperoper |
Wireframe Tools and Tutorials To Speed Up Your Web Design Process
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Wireframing is an important part of the design process, one that shouldn’t be overlooked by even the most experienced designers. Wireframes can save development time by outlining exactly how a site should look and function, in a manner that can be shown to and approved by your clients. And that is exactly what the wireframing process offers: a quick and simple method to plan the layout and a cost-effective, time-saving tool to easily communicate your ideas to others. A wireframe typically has the basic elements of a Web page: header, footer, sidebar, maybe even some generated content. This way it gives you, your clients and colleagues a simple visually oriented layout that illustrates what the structure of the website will be by the end of the project. Also it serves as the foundation for any future alterations and is a key tool for communicating to developers. In this article I will be focusing on resources for creating better wireframes, including tools and tutorials that will help you in the near future. Also consider our previous article about wireframe tools. Wireframe Articles1. Wire Frame Your Site
A great introduction to the benefits of wireframing from Sitepoint. It offers a three-step approach to wireframing in addition to expounding on the benefits of using wireframes, including their ability to let you foresee potential problems before you get into the nitty-gritty of designing. 2. Wireframes for the Wicked
A slideshow that talks about the purpose of wireframes and the different types of wireframes. 3. Wireframes Magazine
This site offers tons of resources and articles about wireframing. They include wireframe samples, UI tools, and job listings, as well as a place for designers to share their wireframes and wireframing tips. Popular articles have covered prototyping with the 960.gs grid system, graph paper sketch layouts, and wireframe moodboards. 4. My Five Commandments for Wireframing
A podcast and article from Boagworld on good practices for wireframing, including why you should wireframe and the benefits of paper wireframing. 5. Sometimes, the Best Wireframing Tool is a Pencil
A brief post on why wireframing with paper and a pencil sometimes works better than using computer-based tools. 6. Ajax Wireframing Approaches
A post in a series from Particletree about prototyping Ajax, this covers wireframing techniques. This article covers three excellent methods of wireframing dynamic content: Keyframing, stacking and TOP (Turn On Possibilities), as well as outlining the benefits and drawbacks of each. 7. Wireframing is Not a Religion
A short but impactful piece from 52 Weeks of UX on the different types of wireframes and why there’s no “right” way to wireframe. 8. Why Sketching and Wireframing Ideas Strengthens Designs
This post from SpyreStudios covers why sketching and wireframing your ideas leads to the evolution of good designs. 9. The Future of Wireframes?
A post on the evolution of wireframes from functional to visual from Made by Many. 10. The Wireframe: All You Need to Know
This is a very basic guide to wireframing, perfect for beginners. 11. UX 101: The Wireframe
A beginner’s guide to wireframing from Viget Advance. 12. Guidelines, Tools and Resources for Web Wireframing
W3Avenue has put together this great resource roundup for wireframing. 13. Storyboards vs. Wireframes
This post talks about the benefits and drawbacks of using storyboards vs wireframes. 14. The Right Way to Wireframe
This is a fun video from Will Evans that shows the “right” way to wireframe (using OmniGraffle and stencils), as well as some commentary about wireframing. The background music is NSFW. 15. The Value of Wireframing
A post talking about the importance of wireframing and why it makes the design and development process go more smoothly. 16. The Importance of Wireframing
A great article on why you should wireframe, along with resources to get your started. It’s a great rundown of the benefits of wireframing, including its ability to help clients focus and what they can teach you about your clients. 17. Pwireframing: Paper Wireframing
It’s a paper-based method, but goes way beyond just making some rough sketches. The photos included really help solidify the technique in your mind. 18. Concerning Fidelity in Design
Here’s a post on UX Booth that talks about using the proper level of fidelity in different design deliverables. 19. Wireframes vs. Prototypes
Another longer article on the differences between wireframes and prototypes. 20. Wireframing is Not Prototyping
A very short article on the differences between wireframing and prototyping. Complete Wireframing and Mock Up Tools1. FlairBuilder
FlairBuilder is a downloadable wireframing program that lets you build wireframes you can then share with clients (there are free online and desktop viewer clients that let them see the files). They offer a free fifteen-day trial, and then can bill monthly ($24/month) or yearly ($99/year). The program includes tools for prototyping websites as well as iPhone apps. 2. Quommunnication Stencil Kit
A PSD file with common design elements for sketching and wireframing: form elements, RSS feed icons, colors, Advertising units, browser windows and grids. 3. Facebook Applications Stencil Kit
Sizable collection of Facebook related elements to use in creating wireframes for Facebook applications. 4. Mockingbird
Mockingbird is a simple but powerful wireframing tool for Firefox, Safari and Chrome. There are a variety of paid plans available depending on your usage needs, and they don’t charge you for months where you don’t have any active projects. 5. ProtoShare
ProtoShare lets you create interactive prototypes that can include CSS, JavaScript and HTML, and you can add Flash, images, and other files. It also offers real-time collaboration tools with browser-based access. 6. Flex Stencil Kit
Includes all Flex components from Flex 3 Style Guide: panels, data grid, buttons, fields, links, toggle, menu, scrolls, accordion, tabs, list, data picker, tool tip, errors. 7. Eclipse Stencil Kit
This stencil enables you to easily prototype Eclipse (wizard) dialogs with OmniGraffle(TM). 8. MockFlow
MockFlow lets you wireframe both online and offline, and offers a design library addon service with components and templates you can use. You can link pages using a sitemap, creating a clickable prototype. 9. Lovely Charts
Lovely Charts is free a wireframing and diagramming tool that lets you create all sorts of professional-looking wireframes, flowcharts, and other diagrams. 10. Massive Web UI & Button Set
This set contains UI elements in three distinct styles: glossy, satin/light gradient, and one-color. The satin/light gradient set is available in 7 different colors (which you’ll find all of in the PSD file). Available are control buttons including arrows and basic symbols, info and text boxes, breadcrubs, buttons, and other navigation elements, drop-down and collapsible box styles, speech bubbles, search forms and loading elements. 11. Free Sketching & Wireframing Kit
The Sketching & Wireframing Kit is a free set of elements for sketching and wireframing. It consists of form elements, icons, indicators, feedback messages, tool tips, navigation elements, image placeholders, embedded videos, sliders and common ad banners. The Kit comes in two vector formats, one for Adobe Illustrator and the other in SVG, which can be easily modified. It can also be downloaded in PDF and EPS formats. 12. Cacoo
Cacoo is a free online drawing tool that can be used for creating wireframes or other diagrams. You can export images in PNG format. 13. EightShapes Unify
EightShapes Unify is a collection of templates, libraries and other assets that enable user experience designers to create more consistent and effective deliverables faster. The system uses the Adobe Creative Suite of products; Adobe InDesign is the primary authoring tool 14. Wireframe Symbols
This download contains a wireframe symbol library and a full Adobe Illustrator file with all of the elements spread out on a board. To install the library just drag and drop the file named Wireframe Symbols.ai into your Adobe Illustrator “Symbols” directory. Once you open Illustrator, go to your Symbols Palette and load the library. 15. Lumzy
Lumzy is a free app that lets you quickly create interactive mockups. It includes live chat and real-time collaboration, as well as a built-in image editor. 16. SimpleDiagrams
SimpleDiagrams is an Adobe Air app that lets you build sketchy diagrams in minutes, and includes pre-made design elements. There are free and paid ($19) versions. 17. Web Page Elements
18. Gliffy
Gliffy is a free wireframing tool that requires no signup and lets you share and collaborate on the wireframes you create. You can also use it to create diagrams and flowcharts. 19. Keynote Wireframe Toolkit
This toolkit gives you various elements you need to create wireframes using Apple’s Keynote software. Included are things like form inputs, scroll bars, tabs, breadcrumbs, progress bars, iOS elements, modal windows, and more. The website also offers some tips and tricks for creating wireframes using Keynote. Price $12. 20. Keynotopia Wireframing Set
Another free wireframing template set for Keynote. It includes controls, breadcrumbs, containers, dialogs, galleries, social elements, and more. 21. PowerPoint Wireframe Template for UI Design
PowerPoint templates for PC users out there. These include sample screens with various design elements included. 22. 10 Free Printable Web Design Wireframing Templates
If drawing wireframes by hand is more your style, then the printable wireframing templates in this collection are for you. There’s everything from printable browser frames to iPhone mockups. Author : Dustin BetonioDustin Betonio begin_of_the_skype_highlighting end_of_the_skype_highlighting is a Translation Management graduate at University of Mindanao. His earlier career was devoted on customer service outside the information highway. Currently studying Law in the same University. |
30 Latest Wallpaper Design Tutorials
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Designing wallpapers in Photoshop is mostly admired among designers. And why shouldn’t it be? You are free to decorate your desktop any way you like. You can go for abstract, nature, typography, simple, contemporary or any other style you want. Besides this, designing wallpapers is also a fulfilled way to master new techniques. Today’s post provides you a compilation of the techniques available in Photoshop; for beginners as well as for experts! So take your time and have a look at these tutorials — and take your creativity to the next level!
Creating a Simple yet Creative Graphic Typography Wallpaper Design — This tutorial helps you create a simple but creative graphic typography wallpaper.
How to Make a Simple Green Wallpaper in Photoshop — In this tutorial, you can see how a simple green wallpaper is made using Photoshop.
Duality Wallpaper — This DUALITY wallpaper is inspired by an amazing fractal freeware called ContextFree.
Mother Nature Artistic Wallpaper Design — Easy techniques to make an artistic mother nature design wallpaper using Photoshop.
Create an Intensely Grungy Wallpaper — In this tutorial, the artist shows you how to create an intensely grungy wallpaper.
Forest Fairy Wallpaper — In this tutorial, the artist shows you how to make a Forest Fairy Wallpaper.
Creating nice wallpapers for your desktop — Here the artist has made a beautiful apple wallpaper and shares the technique with us.
Creating a Very Shiny Summer Wallpaper — Learn how to create shiny summer wallpapers.
Creating A Final Fantasy XIII Wallpaper — Wallpaper inspired by the game “Final Fantasy XIII”.
The Screamusic Wallpaper Tutorial — Simple techniques to help your creativity.
Creating a Wallpaper Based on Making of the Logo — This tutorial will show you how the creation of a logo can help you create the rest of the elements of the corporate style and even into a wallpaper.
How to Make a Wallpaper — Here you can make a wallpaper using produced custom brushes, colour gradients and non-standard fonts with Photoshop as a main application.
Creating A Graffiti Car Wallpaper — Here you can learn how to create a graffiti wallpaper for a hot looking car.
Create an Astonishing Soccer Desktop Wallpaper Using Photoshop — In this tutorial, the artist will be creating a very simple but nice looking desktop wallpaper.
Matte Painting Wallpaper — In this tutorial, we will make a fast matte painting wallpaper. Matte painting is actually based on a photo with different hand painted elements.
Stunning Abstract Wallpaper Design — This tutorial shows you some simple ways using the pen and brush tools to create a really cool abstract wallpaper.
Making of nine and venue wallpaper — In this tutorial, the artist shows you how to make a nine and venue wallpaper.
Create an Abstract Wallpaper for World Cup 2010 — This tutorial will show how to create an abstract glowing background using the various brushes and warp transformation tool.
Create a Futuristic Abstract Wallpaper — In this tutorial, the author shows you how you can use filters to create wallpapers with abstraction in futuristic style.
Graphic Wallpaper: Hit-Girl — In this project walkthrough the artist shows you the different techniques that went into creating a graphic featuring the show-stealer Hit-Girl.
Clash of the Titans: Medusa — The Gorgon Queen Medusa is back in the Clash of the Titans; here the artist felt very inspired and so has created a wallpaper of Medusa.
Creating Avatar Movie Wallpaper — Here is an interesting tutorial how to create an Avatar movie wallpaper.
Desktop Wallpaper Calendar February 2010 — Here the artist has created this wallpaper calander keeping Valentine’s Day in mind.
How to Create an Abstract Colourful Background with Bokeh Effect in Photoshop — In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to create an abstract colorful background using the bokeh effect and the rest of Photoshop’s drawing tools, blending modes, and lighting techniques.
If This is Your First Night of Fight Club… — Here you can learn the techniques on how to make a gritty fight wallpaper.
Create a Fantastic Grayscale Wallpaper in Photoshop — In this tutorial, the artist explains how to create a fantastic grayscale wallpaper in Photoshop.
Creating Your Own Custom Gaming Wallpaper — In this tutorial, you can create your own Super Paper Mario Wallpaper.
How To Draw Mother And Baby Turtle Wallpaper — This tutorial shows you how to make a lovely mother and baby turtle wallpaper.
The Warrior Angel — Here’s a walkthrough of the creation of a wallpaper featuring a mystical warrior angel.
Quick And Dirty Space Monitor — In this tutorial, the artist has created his own custom Space Monitor Display.
Creating a Celebrity Wallpaper — Learn how to create a celebrity wallpaper.
Wall-E Cartoon Style Wallpaper — You must have watched Wall-e movie. This tutorial shows you how to make it immortal as a wallpaper.
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How to Create a Realistic Fountain Pen
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In this tutorial, you’ll learn to design a realistic calligraphy pen from scratch. The tutorial involves a simple use of the Pen Tool and a few flexible Layer Styles. Lighting and reflection techniques are explained throughout the tutorial. This might be a quite useful for icon enthusiasts. Let’s dive in…
Final Image PreviewTake a look at the image we’ll be creating. Want access to the full PSD files and downloadable copies of every tutorial, including this one? Join Psd Plus for just $9/month. You can view the final image preview below. Tutorial Details
 Step 1Create a new document with these settings:  Step 2Create a new layer set and name it “Pen”. Select Pen Tool (P) and draw a shape like one below. Before making the shape, make sure to select “Shape Layers” option from Options bar. Name this shape as "base" and give it a Gradient Overlay of gray shades.  Step 3Draw another shape using Pen Tool and name it “body”.  Step 4You need to add some reflections to the body. Create a new layer and Command-click on “body” layer, fill the selection on the new layer with white. Press Ctrl+T and reduce the width of the new layer to 75%. Now go to Filter > Blur > Motion Blur ,click OK after making the settings shown below. Finally, reduce opacity of the layer to 50% and give it a Gradient Overlay.  Step 5Use Rectangle Tool (U) or Pen Tool (P) to make a shape like one below and name it “neck” for convenience. Give it Layer Styles as mentioned.  Step 6Just like the body of the pen, add reflections to the neck but while doing so, change the opacity of first reflection layer to 75% and that of duplicate layer to 100%, keeping size reduction proportions same.  Step 7Using Pen Tool (P), make a curved strip as shown.  The strip looks very smooth but actually it has got some aliasing which can create problems in the forthcoming steps. To fix this, right-click on the shape layer and select “Rastersize” from the menu. Now apply these filters to the layer: Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur (Radius = 0.5 px) Next, give the strip these layer styles.  Step 8Create a new layer (name it “shadow”) and place it below “strip” layer. Command-click on strip layer and go to Select > Modify > Expand, type 2 px and click OK. Now fill the selection with black on the “shadow” layer. Next, apply Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur (Radius = 0.5 px) to the layer. |
How to Create an Electronic Piano in Illustrator
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In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to make your own realistic, electronic piano in Illustrator. We’ll create quite a few shapes and apply various gradients and blends to make this vector instrument. Even though it’s a bit of work to put all this together, the techniques used in this tutorial are fairly simple. Set aside a couple hours for this one!
Final Image PreviewWant access to the full Vector Source files and downloadable copies of every tutorial, including this one? Join Vector Plus for just 9$ a month. Tutorial Details
Below is the final image we will be working towards.  Step 1Open a new document with sizes 1654px by 600px. Create a wide rectangle using the Rectangle tool (M). Go to Effect > Stylize > Round Corners and set the Radius at 10px. Now go to Object > Expand Appearance, then create another rectangle a little bit wider than the first one and position it as shown below. Open the Pathfinder panel and click Minus Front. Fill it with a Linear Gradient.  Step 2Correct the curves of the upper two points of the rectangle using the Convert Anchor Point Tool as shown.  Step 3Create a rectangle using the Rectangle Tool (M) and position it as shown. Fill it with a gray color, copy it using Command + C, and paste it by using Command + F. Move it a few pixels up, using the arrow keys on your keyboard and change he fill color to black.  Step 4Create a rectangle filled with a white color using the Rectangle Tool (M). Position it at the beginning of the black rectangle and go to Effect > Distort & Transform > Transform. In the open window apply the following settings: for Move set Horizontal to 25px, set the number of copies to 51, leave everything else at the default, and then click OK. Now go to Object > Expand Appearance and fill the keys with a Linear Gradient as shown.  Step 5Copy the group of electronic pianos keys using Command + C, followed by Command + B to paste in back. Move the duplicate shapes a few pixels down and change the color to gray.  Step 6Create a rectangle using the Rectangle Tool (M), position it as shown below. Fill it with a linear gradient with colors from white to gray, Stroke color – black and Weight 1pt. Reduce the Opacity to 50%. With the rectangle still selected, go to Object > Path > Offset Path and set the Offset to -2px, click OK. Change the fill color of the newly created shape to black and set the stroke to none. Set the Opacity back to 100%, move the shape a little bit up. Now select the rectangle you filled with black and the rectangle you filled with a linear gradient and reduce the Opacity. Go to Object > Blend > Blend Options and in the new opening window set the Spacing to Specified and Steps to 10. Click OK and straight after that go to Object > Blend > Make.  Step 7With the blend shape still selected, go to Effect & Distort > Transform & Transform and in the new window inert the following settings: set Horizontal to 48px, Copies to 1, and click OK. Go to Object > Expand Appearance.  Step 8Now select the second black key from the group and go to Effect > Distort & Transform > Transform, and in the window enter the following settings: Horizontal of 30px, Copies at 1, and click OK. Then go to Object > Expand Appearance. Now select the third key and go to Effect > Transform > Transform and in the new opening window do the following settings: Horizontal: 45px, Copies: 1, click Ok. Go to Object > Expand Appearance. Now select the fourth key and again go to Effect > Distort & Transform > Transform and in the window enter the following settings: Horizontal of 28px, Copies at 1, and click OK. Then go to Object > Expand Appearance. Now select the fifth key and again go to Effect > Distort & Transform > Transform and in the new window enter the following settings: Horizontal of 28px, Copies at 1, and click OK, then go to Object > Expand Appearance.  Step 9Now select the last five keys of the electronic piano and go to Object > Transform > Move and in the enter the following settings: Horizontal of 175px and click the Copy button, repeat this until you get the required result. To do this you can use the keys combination Command + D, take a look at the picture below to get a better idea.  Step 10Create a rectangle using the Rectangle Tool (M) like the one shown below. Then fill it with a gray to dark gray linear gradient.
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An Introduction to Livebrush – the Vector Motion Brush Program
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Livebrush is a new and innovative drawing program. It’s not a full vector application like Illustrator®, nor does it have the myriad features of Painter® or Photoshop®. Livebrush creates graphics with a simple stroke of a “motion-enabled” brush, which means it responds to your mouse’s movement to modify the line and apply different styles. That’s the “live” part — no two strokes are the same, and each can have infinite variations. This unique brush is what makes Livebrush fun — and addictive.
Downloading LivebrushLivebrush is better understood once you jump right in and try it. It’s a free download and will run on most modern computers and operating systems. Livebrush is an Adobe AIR application. It’s not made by Adobe, but rather runs in Adobe’s AIR framework. When you install Livebrush, AIR will be installed as well (if you don’t already have it). The InterfaceWhen you first open Livebrush, a new “project” is started by default. The Livebrush interface contains six basic elements: The “paper,” or drawing area, the Project Bar and Tool Bar, plus three panels: Styles, Tool Settings and Layers.  DrawingLet’s get right to the fun part — drawing. Make sure the Brush tool is selected, then choose a style from the pre-sets in the Styles panel. Here, I’ve used the Floral Basic style. Paint a line with the brush to get a feel of it.  As you can see, Livebrush adds a new layer in the Layers panel for each stroke. These layers can be turned off and/or deleted. You can also change the color of the locked background layer by clicking on the swatch at the top right corner of the panel.  Tool SettingsTake a look at the Tool Settings panel. Under the Behavior tab, there are settings for Velocity and Friction. These are the two basic settings which determine the behavior of the live brush  Velocity: Adjust this slider to set the “speed” of the brush when drawing. A higher setting will let the brush keep moving after you’ve stopped drawing. Friction: Sets the “resistance” of the brush. A higher setting slows the brush while drawing. With no friction at all, the brush would keep moving indefinitely. Try different combinations of velocity and friction to see how they interact. Mouse Up Complete: When checked, the brush will stop immediately (regardless of the velocity or friction settings) when you release the mouse click.  To get a sense of how each brush will behave, you can click the Preview icon (an eyeball) at the bottom of the Styles panel. Click through the styles to see a demonstration of each. You can change the color of the preview background, by clicking on the swatches menu in the upper left corner, or you can just delete it.   While in preview mode, you can change the settings of each style and get live, updated previews. You could spend all day doing this! For example, preview a simple smooth brush, then as it’s previewing, change the color, the opacity, the line type, etc.,  DecosYou’ll notice that some brushes add swirls, leaves or other flourishes to the line as you draw. These are called decorations, or “decos,” for short. The decos are not part of the line, but are small graphic files that are added to it, based on the settings of the given style. Decos can be GIF, JPG, PNG or SWF files. |
90+ Fresh Posts for Designers and Developers
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This post is a collection of latest community news submitted on tripwire magazine by readers and other blog owners. Most new posts in the web design and development community is included making this regular post a really fast and easy consumable overview of what is going on just now. You can find more community news here
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Codeigniter shopping cart v1.1 Part 15: contact page and sending email message Contact page allows visitors to send a message through a form. It has a reCaptcha in order to avoid spam. I will cover the contact page and sending email message to an administrator in this article. Quote Portal for iPhone is The Epitome of Simplicity and Brilliance Quote Portal has one of the nicest interfaces I have ever seen on an iPhone app. The concept is completely basic, yet the UI is so good, it transforms this app into a keeper. So what does the app do? Coffee Shop Posters: 17 Creative Design Examples Coffee shop posters can set the mood, provoke discussion, wake creativity, and express the shop’s unique identity and style. Warwick Saint was born in South Africa in 1972. With a Creative dad and a Model mom, it was not surprising Warwick Saint was to become a photographer. Here are over 500 Beautiful Frames for you. These frames can be used for making different Wish cards. All Frames are Zipped in a file, some of these are inserted directly so you can view these. 3 Best Solutions to make your own custom Linux Linux is fun so much fun. It gives you awesome multidimensional opportunities to experiment. Its not just bunch of distros with colorful desktop environments. This is the seventh post of our awesome fonts series. Last time we posted a collection of free grunge fonts now in this post you will find 15 Gothic Fonts for Designers. Over 800 Beautiful Backgrounds I’ve collected a large number of Beautiful Backgrounds. You can use these backgrounds as your Website Bg. All backgrounds are present in a ZIP file, preview also available. 22 Fresh Web Design Tutorials using Photoshop for 2010 I have compiled a list of 22 of the latest web design tutorials released in 2010. Top 3 Internal link building Tactics Internal link building plays a crucial role in ensuring that all the relevant pages of your website gets crawled by the search engines. 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Must-See Collection of Amazing Illustrator Tutorials For Every Designer
Adobe! A name widely known to all digital designers, as the platform of unimaginable possibilities in the digital designing world! Any designer related to digital media development knows and confirms the usefulness of software range introduced by Adobe. Amongst them is Adobe Illustrator, one of the most dominant tools in the designing industry, for the crafting vector based graphics for web designing, illustrations providing excellent professional outcome of any design you decide to make.
Including here a roundup of Illustrator tutorials, that will satisfy your inspiration as well as enrich your imagination to the possibilities the vector-graphics can achieve. This will be inspiring Photoshop artists too, as, with slight difference of technique, these effects are achievable in Adobe Photoshop we well. Variety ranges from plain infographics to interesting typography patterns, posters, illustrations, comic characters and much, much more. Dig in and find your own favorite to get Adobe Illustrator inspired today!
Create Detailed Tulips With Gradient Mesh, Without the Mesh Tool in Illustrator
How to Create a Detailed Flag Stand Illustration in Adobe Illustrator
How to Create a Simple Vector Web Ribbon in Adobe Photoshop
How to Create an Iron Cross Self-Mailer Template Using Adobe Illustrator
How to Create a Promotional Website Infographic in Adobe Illustrator
How to Create a Unique USB Sign in Button in Adobe Illustrator
How to Create a Detailed Depot Building Icon in Adobe Illustrator
How to Draw a Colorful, Tasty, Ice Cream, Sundae in Adobe Illustrator
How to Create a Detailed Keyboard Button Illustration in Adobe Illustrator
How to Vector a Portable Scanner in Adobe Illustrator CS6
How to Create a 3D Lego Text Effect in Adobe Illustrator
Gradient Mesh Flower
How to Draw a Vector Kiwi
How to Create a Semi-Transparent, 3D Text Effect in Adobe Illustrator
How to Create Flexible Image Grids in Adobe InDesign
How to Draw Isometric Circles in Adobe Illustrator
Create a 3D custom map in Illustrator
How to Create the New Smart Phone Lightning Connector
How to Create a Vector Dream Catcher with Brushes in Adobe Illustrator
How to Create a Detailed Box in Adobe Illustrator
How to Create a Detailed Lighter in Adobe Illustrator
How to Create an Open and Closed Zipper in Adobe Illustrator
How to Create Sketchy Weather Icons in Illustrator
How to Illustrate a Screw-bolt and a Nut with 3D Effects in Illustrator