This tutorial will show you how to create a very cool sunburst or rising sun effect on Photoshop.
April Fool’s Day 2011 Around The Web
The Internet has become the home of an increasing amount of April Fool’s jokes and pranks thanks to its wide viewing audience. Many popular website such as Google have routinely played pranks on their users, and they did not disappoint this year. A lot of big names played jokes on their website visitors this year along with Google, including Hulu, Toshiba, Kodak, Blizzard, and even NPR. Many communities also ran their own little jokes that amused many members, but would not be fully understandable by the public. Therefore, here’s a rundown of many of the public April Fool’s jokes that appeared on the internet on April 1st, 2011.
Must Read Links for Web Designers and Developers – Volume 7
It is time for the Must Read Links for Web Designers and Developers – Volume 7. There are a few font type links and many CSS, Photoshop, and general Web Design and Development links. Enjoy!
Top 10 Chrome Extensions for Web Developers
Mozilla Firefox is a web browser widely known for its great variety of extensions and add ons, but Google Chrome has a very large library of them as well. In fact, many Firefox extensions have been ported over for use with Chrome. New ones have also been created to replicate the functionality of those not simply ported over to Google’s browser.
The Ultimate WordPress Cheatsheet [Infographic]
With the popularity of the Ultimate HTML5 Cheatsheet we thought we would create one for WordPress. If you create or edit themes at all you definitely want to check this out. Without further delay, we present to you the Ultimate WordPress Cheatsheet. Enjoy!
Photoshop the Underworld with this 3D Text Effect
Many of you, including me, have already stumbled upon several Photoshop tutorials like this on other web sites. Unfortunately, I was not able to follow right away because of the confusing instructions and left out parts and details which are very important. So here’s my detailed tutorial of this Photoshop technique.
How to Rip a CD Like a Pro – Part 2
Welcome back to my ongoing series on ripping those old CD’s like a professional. This process may seem way too long to get to the end product, and really I don’t blame you, because it is. But in the end it is worth it, and you will be very happy with the results of these rips vs. a crappy iTunes standard rip. Thank you for returning to read my guide and stay tuned for the whole thing!
Friday Inspiration Series – Logos
Everyone needs a little inspiration every once in a while. This week I am going to list some of my favorite sites I visit for logo inspiration. Enjoy!
How to Make a Lettermark for Your Business
Lettermarks are quick identifiers for your business that incorporate a letter and an image to bring quick brand recognition. Great functional examples of these in the real world are the McDonald’s ‘M’, which is the first letter of the franchise name and also represents the fries, and the WordPress ‘W’, which has become easily recognizable, and symbolizes writing with its serif font. They are important to have because they are much smaller, and can fit into more types of advertising and have more uses than a full logo. They can also then be blown up and become a full functioning logo as well.
Make a Painting Come Alive with this Photoshop Tutorial
I have been doing a few internet strolling until I came across with this screen captures magically alive paintings in Hogwarts of the Harry potter […]
5 Must Have Exclusive Add-ons for Firefox 4
With the full release of Mozilla Firefox 4 just around the corner, and Firefox 4 RC 2 already available to the public, there are many new add-ons that play around with the new framework that Mozilla is introducing. Many other extensions and themes are being ported over from older versions of the open source web browser, but here we will just be focusing on the add-ons only available for Firefox 4.
10 Reasons to Upgrade to WordPress 3.1
The fourteenth version of WordPress is finally out of beta and available for download; named after the jazz musician Django Reinhard, the WordPress 3.1 offers “more CMS than ever before” and comes with some truly cool features. It sports improved back and front end, has many options that the developers and the more advanced users would love, yet it has managed to simplify some of the admin features in order to make the interface friendlier for beginners.
Must Read Links for Web Designers and Developers – Volume 6
I am pleased to present you with our 6th ‘Must Read Links for Web Designers and Developers’, or as I am calling this one, The Font Free Edition. That is right, we do not have any font links this week which really surprised me. So go ahead and dig in, learn something new, and have fun doing it.
9 Alternatives to PayPal for Web Designers and Developers
As a web designer or developer, you are often dealing with customers from around the World, and you need an easy way to let them pay you for your hard work. While PayPal is probably the most commonly used payment method, there are quite a few other alternatives, which are just as convenient, reliable, and reasonably priced.
Be One with the Blur – Create a Cool Bokeh Effect in Photoshop
The Bokeh effect is a term in photography referring to the way the lens of a camera renders the blurred or out of range focus light. These blurred lights are usually seen as the distant lights found in the background of an image. A popular setting for Bokeh lights is from the distant lights from night time shots in the city streets.