Most people get their news online nowadays, and as a result, magazines are focusing more on high quality art and photography to catch a buyer’s eye. The photo surely makes the cover, but the overall design of the cover is just as important.
The primary components that complete a cover are the title or masthead, cover lines and a date or volume. In this tutorial, you will learn how to use Adobe InDesign to setup a print-ready document and use a couple valuable techniques for placing text to create your own stylish and hip magazine cover layout.
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There are several types of design and every web designer decides for himself which approach he takes, but today we take a look at a particular one of them, called Defensive web design . What does it mean? The defensive design is also called contingency design and refers to the idea that the interface has to be designed in such a way that potential failures will not force the user away from your webpage, but will keep him there.
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Building a website requires days, sometimes months of planning, coding and retouching. But if you already bought the domain name, there`s no reason why you shouldn`t do something. In this case, a coming-soon template is a must have. For this reason, I created a tutorial which shows you how design a very nice and clean coming-soon template in Photoshop in a very few steps which fits for any needs.
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We’ve heard 2011 being many times named as the year of the mobile web , although the last couple of years we heard this association many times.
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This generation’s children are becoming more web-savvy as more and more children have access to the internet. Over the years, the growth in sites that cater to younger children has increased by leaps and bounds, and kids even as young as three years old can use the internet. In the world of children oriented websites, the conventional rules of web design don’t quite work.
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Texture plays a key role in any web design, although hardly noticed by the users but definitely the integral component of a web design that supports the overall design. Textures are used in all sorts of website designs no matter it is a fashion related site or a grungy website. Many designers use textures subtly to provide a personal tone to otherwise dead and unrevealed design elements.
Here, we have gathered 65 Free and Useful Texture Packs that you can use in your next web designing project. Enjoy!
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The Internet browser is the user’s vehicle to all online information. Whether we are checking email, managing accounts, facilitating business, or watching movies, without a browser we would be stuck. Most of us do not give the browser the credit it deserves and this is probably because most of us are not really interested in our browser itself; we are instead interested in what our browser provides us.
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Every creative design needs creative elements and without a doubt, Photoshop brushes represent a must-have in a designer toolkit. For dirty projects, I want to share with you some of the best Splatter Photoshop Brush Sets which I`m sure will beautify your designs and will improve your work flow.
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As you may know, there are lots of great tutorials out there which can definitely help you practice, learn and achieve amazing results. The good thing about having so many tutorials to learn from is precisely that – you have a large variety of sources to choose from. Sometimes though, the tutorials aren’t clear, or difficult to understand or you just can’t apply it in the real world
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You might get a shock to read this at the start of this article, but let me tell you, there is no need to redesign your website.
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