How to Customize Keyboard Shortcuts in Photoshop

Adobe Toolseugene • December 21, 2012

Each of us who work in Adobe Photoshop use different tools from drop down menus, which can be costly in terms of time. Why click through menus when you can create keyboard shortcuts for a variety of tools and actions? …

Creating a 3D Button in CSS3

CodingNathan Barry • December 13, 2012

Topic: CSS3 Difficulty: Beginner Estimated Completion Time: 30 mins Today I want to show you how to use some of the awesome new features in CSS3 to create an animated, three-dimensional button. To start off, we care about creating a …

Get in on Gamification: Tips for Building Easy Site Badges

Website DesignCarrie Cousins • December 04, 2012

It seems like almost every website is adding a game to its interface these days. Are these play-along gimmicks just a fad? Or is the game add-on something that your site needs? While we are too early in the trend …

Responsive Typography in Web Design: Understanding and Using

Website DesignChristian Vasile • November 30, 2012

Responsive web design, also abbreviated as RWD, is a well-known concept on the internet nowadays. It is very popular and was introduced about 4-5 years ago to the masses. Since then, everybody has talked about it and website owners without …

28 Examples of iPhone App User Interfaces

App DesignFerman Aziz • November 15, 2012

Examples of iPhone App User Interface Design

Attractive and interactive user interface designs are all the rage for smartphone, tablet and other tech savvy device users, therefore the appearance of an application is of utmost importance when it comes to how popular it is going to be. …

Using the Rule of Thirds as a Grid Outline

Website DesignCarrie Cousins • October 31, 2012

Designers talk about grid structures all the time. It’s not surprising. Grids are the backbone of just about any design project. But what about the rule of thirds – a mathematically-based grid that can be traced to design projects that …

Create Interest with a Novelty Typeface

Website DesignCarrie Cousins • October 19, 2012

Novelty typefaces are everywhere. They are some of the most commonly found free font available for download and can be fun and interesting. But will a novelty font work for your next project? Maybe. Proceed with caution. Novelty typefaces can …

Typographic Style: Identifying Type Categories

DesignCarrie Cousins • October 09, 2012

Typography is about so much more than just picking a couple of fonts and working them into a design. A designer must understand some of the basic characteristics of type in order to effectively use fonts. Different typefaces can create …

5 Essential Contract Templates for the Freelance Designer

FreebiesVeronica Picciafuoco • October 05, 2012

You’ve heard this before: “Sign a written contract for every design job! And most importantly, sign it before starting to work!” What you don’t often hear is the answer to, “What do I have to sign, exactly?”. This is particularly …

Typography Basics: Understand the Language of Letters

DesignCarrie Cousins • September 25, 2012

Sometimes the toughest part of getting started with a first design project can be understanding the language of design. Typographers, for example, have a whole language of their own that relates to type, fonts and design. Read more: Typography Cheat Sheet …