Adobe Illustrator CS6 – Review of New Features

Adobe Illustrator CS6 – Review of New Features

Today I will try to analyze the most important of new features of Adobe Illustrator CS6, and will review the other less significant, in my opinion, improvements. After reading this review, you can get a first glimpse of the advantages of this release, and make your own conclusions; I was just trying to make an unbiased approach towards the subject of study. Gradients on strokes Now it is the first time since the creation of Adobe Illustrator it became possible to apply...

Posted by: Iaroslav Lazunov, In: Design, On: May 10, 2012 | 6 Comments
Adobe Creative Suite 6 Review: New Additions and Features

Adobe Creative Suite 6 Review: New Additions and Features

Adobe released the new version of its Creative Suite toolkit, including Photoshop CS6, Illustrator CS6, Dreamweaver CS6 and others. Besides the updates, Adobe released and improved a set of products such as Creative Cloud or packages of products such as CS6 Production Premium, CS6 Design Standard and CS6 Design & Web Premium. In today’s article we take a deep look at each one of them and try to come with a conclusion about Adobe’s first product update in two long...

Posted by: Christian Vasile, In: Design, On: May 9, 2012 | 6 Comments
How to Create an Video Player in jQuery, HTML5 & CSS3 [Tutorial]

How to Create an Video Player in jQuery, HTML5 & CSS3 [Tutorial]

Topic: jQuery / CSS3 Difficulty: Intermediate / Advanced Estimated Completion Time: 45 mins In this tutorial we will code an Video Player from Impressionist UI by Vladimir Kudinov. We will code it with CSS3 for the styling and the “MediaElement.js” for the functionality. MediaElement.js is a HTML5 audio and video player that also works for older browsers using Flash and Silverlight to mimic the HTML5 MediaElement API. Step 1 – Downloading MediaElement.js First...

Posted by: Valeriu Timbuc, In: Freebies, Tutorials, On: May 8, 2012 | 32 Comments
Futurico – Free User Interface Elements Pack

Futurico – Free User Interface Elements Pack

Yay! It’s time for a new free giveaway and we are happy to present a wonderfully creative collection of Futurico – Free User Interface Components (PSD). We think that these are so far the greatest user interface components we have shared with you guys and we hope you will agree with us on this. Better see it for yourself and wait for updates because this giveaway will be totally special. We will update it every month with new cool elements so that our beloved readers...

Posted by: Adrian, In: Freebies, On: May 7, 2012 | 46 Comments
25+ New Examples of HTML5 and CSS3 Websites

25+ New Examples of HTML5 and CSS3 Websites

In the field of web designing newer tools are invented and introduced in the market very often. HTML is a language that is used to structure and present contents for the websites. This technology have seen many changes and goes through many improvements since its first introduction in 1990. Now the latest version of HTML that is known as HTML5 is used to create amazing designs for websites. Both HTML5 and CSS3 are now become one of the most trusted and widely used trend of...

Posted by: Adrian, In: Inspiration, On: May 4, 2012 | 10 Comments
Web Designers are Using the Behance Network to Increase Visibility

Web Designers are Using the Behance Network to Increase Visibility

The Behance Network was created for creative professionals who want to expand their network and display their talents and services. With its many avenues for self promotion, Behance gives creative professionals in industries such as fashion, graphic design, photography and web design, the opportunity to create professional-looking portfolios, promote and share their services and network with other professionals and companies who may become potential clients. Behance gives...

Posted by: Jenna Scaglione, In: Design, On: May 3, 2012 | 11 Comments
Free PSD User Interface Kit

Free PSD User Interface Kit

Sergey Shmidt has created some design elements for you, and we would like to share them with you for free! Wanna know why? Well it is simply because we love you! Today you will get the chance to download a set of buttons, selectors, inputs, drop down menus and breadcrumbs. You can include it in any design, for free with no restrictions whatsoever. If you would like to get bigger sets for web design, we would suggest you to visit our store where you can find a lot of products...

Posted by: Adrian, In: Freebies, On: May 2, 2012 | 1 Comment
The Definitive Guide: Sublime Text 2, a Code Editor to Love

The Definitive Guide: Sublime Text 2, a Code Editor to Love

You know, old habits die hard. Therefore I got stuck to the HTML editor Homesite ever since I started to design websites more than a century ago. I took a look at other editors here and there but always returned to my good ol’ buddy. It had almost everything I needed on my daily business. Okay, it lacked movable tabs, the file browser was pretty sluggish and some other minor glitches bugged me from time to time. But I loved it wholeheartedly. Then, suddenly, things...

Posted by: Christian Krammer, In: Coding, On: May 1, 2012 | 13 Comments
Briefcase Pro – WordPress Portfolio & Blog Theme

Briefcase Pro – WordPress Portfolio & Blog Theme

Briefcase Pro is a premium WordPress theme. It contains more functionalities than the Briefcase Free WordPress theme that you can download for free. The Administration Panel for Briefcase Pro has a bunch of different functionalities that will let you choose the type of website you would want by choosing a certain layout. The Administration Panel has a simple and intuitive user interface that can be easily managed even by users that have never worked with WordPress before....

Posted by: Adrian, In: Shop, WordPress, On: April 30, 2012 | 4 Comments
Parallax Scrolling and Its Usage in Web Design

Parallax Scrolling and Its Usage in Web Design

The parallax effect, also called parallax scrolling, is a special technique used in computer graphics at first, where background images move by the camera slower than foreground images. This is the actual concept where websites with parallax scrolling started. It was widely used in the gaming industry more than 10-15 years ago and it is still used today in different domains. In the past years the parallax effect started to be used widely in web design. Its popularity went...

Posted by: Christian Vasile, In: Design, Inspiration, On: April 30, 2012 | 3 Comments