Creating black and white photos in Photoshop is quite useful and easy. We will learn basic de-saturation and other ways to influence the color of the photo without destroying our pervious settings. Art College students usually learn this within the first week of Photoshop class. I suggest using un-destructive filters when ever possible to save [...]

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Making fast clouds in Photoshop can be useful to your creative project. Sometimes adding clouds gives your piece a texture or can be used to add contrast.  Using simple rendering effects in Photoshop we can create realistic clouds within minutes. We could also take a photo of clouds and import it into the project, but [...]

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Pie Graphs are a visually pleasing way to display data. Each piece of the pie is a percentage of data. Using Illustrator I create a simple and effective pie chart which you could use in a presentation. This shouldn’t take longer than a hour to create at max, even if your a noob. I assume [...]

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Using Bar Graphs in Presentations can be extremely helpful to pitch your company idea. Using Illustrator I will create a simple and basic bar graph which you can use in your PowerPoint. The image is vector so we can easy adjust the perspective and depth we have on our graph. Also easily being able to [...]

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Web 2.0 Expo, co-produced by O’Reilly Media, Inc. and TechWeb, showcases the latest Web 2.0 business models, development paradigms and design strategies for the builders of the next-generation Web. This annual multi-track conference brings together people, ideas, connections, contacts, products, and companies to foster stronger Web 2.0 communities. Web 2.0 Expo events occur in San [...]

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Creating 3D text in Adobe Illustrator is simple and easy. We could use 3Ds Max or Maya but this way easier. I used CS3 because I haven’t had the time to install CS4. This is a good tutorial for beginners getting into the industry. This is also my first attempt to writing a tutorial, but [...]

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To discuss the difference between custom websites and template websites, let’s first define the two. Template Website – Is a website that is constructed from pre-designed banners, images and layouts. Limited to available designs. Custom Website – Is a website that is constructed completely from scratch. Everything on the website is original and unique. Unlimited [...]

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The following are general guidelines to consider when having your website designed. These guidelines are based on research and studies which have guided Heritage Web Solutions in designing and producing successful websites. 1. Relevance – All of the content and images should be absolutely relevant and focused to the task at hand. 2. Clarity – [...]

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How do you make a website work on the vast Internet?. There are a few right ways and a lot of wrong ones. Whether you use our services or not, I want to give you some free advice on how to make your internet business a great success. Many people think that if they just [...]

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With millions of competing websites, designing a website, let along a successful website with a high ranking, can be quite daunting. The following “Ten Secrets for a Killer Website” will help give you an edge on your competition: 1. Custom vs. Templated – A Custom website is a website that is totally designed and formatted [...]

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To become a web designer in the UK you don’t really need any formal qualifications by law in order to set up on your own and start designing websites for clients. This is both a blessing and a curse to professionals wishing to work in the web design industry. On one hand it makes it [...]

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Having a good looking website design that will appeal to your customers is very, very important to your online success. A web designer must create a design that will convey professionalism and confidence to potential customers. Once a great looking and easy to use website has been designed it is then very important to consider [...]

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If you don’t think you need a content management system you may want to read this article. This article chronicles 10 days in the life of a website client working without the help of a content management system and points out the differences that employing a content management system would have had have to a [...]

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Design plays a crucial role in today’s web sites’ success. Without adequate web design, all web pages are dull not to mention boring. It doesn’t matter if it is a personal web site or that of a company, web design is a must, especially now when the Internet is at its peak of evolution. Nobody [...]

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Thousand of people used internet in their daily routine. They people visited thousand of site in a single minute. But few people take interest to stay on a single site more then 15 second, in the end of the day everyone remember a particular site among those thousand of sites, because that particular site use [...]

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You may not be aware of this and im sure you’ll find it very interesting! Despite the time and effort that your web designer has put into creating a beautiful website for your company, Google – the biggest search engine in the world doesn’t even care what it looks like! This may seem like a [...]

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