Alex Furness was a graphic designer who was tired of the seconds he wasted staring at the computer screen waiting for Photoshop to complete various tasks. So he created Popuload, a simple Mac-only app that shows news feeds as soon as Photoshop’s loading bar appears. Now Alex is sharing the app with the creative community […]
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I was 16 when I had my first trip on an airplane, and it seemed like a really big deal at the time. Going someplace new, especially on a jetliner, was a very special occasion back then. These days we take such trips for granted; hopping on a plane to faraway places is a normal […]
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HTML5 and CSS3 can produce some amazing websites. The problem is, many browsers don’t fully support the new capabilities. If you don’t plan for those viewers, your carefully crafted site could look like a pile of… well, you get the picture. Modernizr is a JavaScript library that you can use as a starting point when […]
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The online trainer lynda.com has launched a new series, “Narrative Portraiture,” taught by photographer Chris Orwig. At the end of the course, you should be able to use location, natural light, and other elements to create photographs that don’t just capture likenesses, but that tell stories about their subjects. The first installment is called Narrative […]
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It’s easy to have too much faith that our page-layout programs will do the right thing, especially when it comes to centering type. Although centering lines of type seems like a straightforward mechanical process, what your program says is centered doesn’t necessarily look centered. It’s up to your eyes to spot the problem and yours […]
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Do all of your pages look the same in the pages panel? Try organizing them with color.
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Excerpted from 100 Things Every Designer Should Know About People by Susan Weinschenk. Copyright © 2011. Used with permission of Pearson Education, Inc. and New Riders. To receive a 35% discount on this book, go to the Peachpit Press Online Store and enter the discount code 100T during the checkout process. This offer is valid […]
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The new $749 Leica V-Lux 30 (shipping this month) is a compact digital camera that can shoot 14.1-megapixel still photos as fast as ten shots per second. It also captures HD video and even records the geographical coordinates and local time of your photos as EXIF data. Other niceties include 16x optical zoom, optical image […]
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JixiPix has updated VintageScene to version 2.0. As its name implies, this $7.99 Mac-only application turns the crisp digital images of today into replicas of old-school shots that have been faded and weathered by time. Depending on the combination of effects you choose, you can harken back to the 1800s, or just go back a […]
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