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same image, multiple frames
2008-06-06 10:24:00 For an interesting effect, you can make one image look as if it?s inside multiple frames: 1. Place the image in a circular frame. 2. Use Edit > Step and Repeat to create a row of frames. 3. Using the Direct Selection tool, shift-click to select each image 4. Using the Alignment controls in the Control Palette, align first the top ... More About: Image
designers? books for free
2008-05-08 13:06:00 Today I received a link from a good friend of mine: truisme. It’s a very usefull site with a lot of interesting books available for free dowload. Books like: The Fundamentals of Creative Design, The Complete Guide to Digital Graphic Design - Bob Gordon, Black and White in Photoshop CS3 and Photoshop Lightroom - Focal Press so… read, ... More About: Free , Designers
sites that inspire
2008-05-07 11:51:00 Every once in a while you see a website that inspires you. That is what happened when I visited Kashiwa Sato’s site. Born in Tokyo in 1965, Kashiwa Sato studied graphic design at the Tama Art University. After a period working for Hakuhodo, he started his own business, establishing his creative studio “Samurai” in 2000. Sato’s ... More About: Sites , Inspire
how to design a political logo
2008-05-07 10:41:00 I never have been interested about the news, from my country or another, but when I received this drawings on my e-mail I read on the internet and began to realize what it’s happening in Tibet, and about the continuous war between China and Tibet. I am against violence, and this drawings are ... More About: Design , Political , Logo
eulda-european logo design annual
2008-04-17 13:14:00 The Eulda winners in 2007 for the best logo are all over Europe. For Romania the winner is x3 studio from Timisoara. Who knows, maybe this year we could be the winners too register Share This More About: Design , European , Logo , Annual
Tip of the day: Reverse the Direction of an Arrow
2008-04-16 16:43:00 When you add an arrowhead to an open path, the arrowhead appears at either the start of the path or the end. However, you might want to change the placement of the arrowhead from one end of the path to the other. The quickest way to do so is to choose Object > Paths > ... More About: Direction
Indesign Magazine offer
2008-04-15 21:13:00 Indesign Magazine offers a 1-year subscription to the PDF Indesign Magazine for the price of $39.00. This is a $20 savings off the regular price of $59.00. Go to http://www.indesignmag.com/purchase.php , type “tips” into the Promotional field to get your $39.00 price. You can have also a 2-year subscription to the Indesign Magazine for $69.00. I ... More About: Offer , Indesign
photoshop express - the good, the bad, the ugly
2008-04-03 22:03:00 Photoshop Express , the long-awaited free online image editor from Photoshop maker Adobe, was released. If i was to present it, i would say it is like Ennio Morricone says: it has good points, bad points, and… ugly points. the good: the attractive interface of photoshop express; useful retouching tools and well-done interface for using them; most operations ... More About: Photoshop , Good , Ugly , The Good
My first blog
2008-03-16 09:40:00 Hey there..Long time, no talk. I was realy busy, still am but i wanted to show you what i’ve been doing. I started working on a blog for the firm i’m working and i want your advice and feedback…it’s in romanian but i hope this will not stop you to take a look. We’ve ... More About: Blog
How to use a preloader for external images in flash
2007-11-21 11:52:00 I made a site for some friends and i needed to put external images. Because they were too big i wanted to use a preloader. How did i make it? Follow this post and see. 1. First save all the images on a folder (for example /images - on the root of the site—see the previous ... More About: Flash , Images , External , Preloader , Ages
My first blog
2007-11-21 11:39:00 Hey there..Long time, no talk. I was realy busy, still am but i wanted to show you what i’ve been doing. I started working on a blog for the firm i’m working and i want your advice and feedback…it’s in romanian but i hope this will not stop you to take a look. We’ve ... More About: Blog
What do you think about the new photoshop logo?
2007-10-15 09:02:00 Hey… I just stumble upon the new logo for photoshop… Is this better then the Photosho p Cs3 logo? I think not. Ok it’s not bad but i think it’s way worse then the previous. I’m curious also to see if illustrator and indesign and all the programs will have a new logo or it’s just for ... More About: Logo
Time breakdown of modern web design
2007-09-07 08:36:00 I found a funny chart on the net. I thought it’s nice to share this with you so you can understand why web designers are always working and learning. Technorati Tags: chart, funny, time breakdown, web designShare This More About: Web Design , Design , Time , Modern , Brea
use an icon for your site adress
2007-09-04 10:14:00 hello! i just discovered how to use a little icon to show before my adress in the browsers it’s really nice. so! you need to put this line in between head tag in your html file <link rel=”shortcut icon” href=”http://www.yoursite.com/favic on.ico” /> you have to create an icon and put it where your site is you can create an icon with ... More About: Icon , Site
looking for inspiration?
2007-08-31 09:55:00 hello again. Long time no see if you are looking for inspiration here are my favorite sites with great ideas logo , websites , advertising i hope you will find great ideas Share This More About: Inspiration
graphic design computer to avoid computer hell
2007-05-10 18:38:00 hi friends, please excuse my slower posting these days… i’m travelling the computer hell here… (i’ve reinstalled windows the second time… but’s still going blue… i think it’s something else… i think i need a new one…) do you have any advice for me? should i look for a macbook? of for a laptop pc? ... More About: Design , Graphic Design , Computer , Hell , Sign
webee?s 5 productivity boosters for design tasks
2007-05-09 09:53:00 a woderfull thing has happened to me just the other day: i have been tagged by paul enderson on the productivity meme. thanks paul! i really appreciate it!! this is a long going meme all over the meme so i will try share things that work for me and haven’t already seen it around: 1. wake ... More About: Design , Productivity , Sign , Boost , Tasks
fine cut for object background in photoshop
2007-05-07 22:06:00 not so long ago, at my old job, i quite frequently had to cut out the background of some photoshop images. nothing special so far… but guess what: all of those images presented close-ups of people (women and children)… can you imagine how fun it is to cut off their hair? especially with curlly hair!! ... More About: Photoshop , Background , Object , Fine , Round
will google be the next microsoft?
2007-05-04 12:35:00 mr garry lee wants to “beat google”. he posted this article where he explains why the interneters should brainstorm an innovative strategy to beat google. i won’t get into any interpretation or judgement of this here, but there’s a really annoing question running in my mind: why does he want that??? and that’s how i think ... More About: Google , Microsoft , Soft , Will , Micro
webee?s blogging policy
2007-05-02 19:17:00 i’m commited make friends with designers allover: - i’m happy to have met robcubbon, david, aaron, tara, connor and ahsan. hopefully others will follow. i will help other bloggers and designers: - i will share my know-how in design, blogging and maybe some seo. - i will answer to all comments. i will give feedback and will try to ... More About: Blogging , Policy , Blogg , Poli
working with ocr sotfware to save time
2007-05-02 17:42:00 working as a designer within a quite small advertising company has pros an cons. and although we manage some great accounts, like emporiki bank and nike, we also have smaller customers with smaller marketing departments (if any ). in my experience these smaller companies always have “special requests” and provide us with fewer materials. today i’ve had ... More About: Time , King , Save , Working , Workin
new logo proposal for rob
2007-05-01 09:07:00 robcubbon is a freelance designer in london who’s just got incorporated. and is now looking to recreate it’s corporate visual elements. he’s started with his logo. and has presented his first logo proposal here. i too have decided o create one logo proposal for him: and this is a short argument for this logo proposal: - i think rob is right when deciding to focus it’s logo on presenting his name. - i tried to enhance and strengthen the focus on the name by different fonts and colours. - rob cubbon’s name: i’ve used brisk, font with rounded corners which is (in my opinion) easier to read. - “ltd”: written with 2tech, gives sobriety (through the font used) and dinamism (through colour) while still letting the name to gain the most visibility. btw: here’s a good collection of free fonts. what do you think? - should rob consider another strategy when designing his logo? - what do you think about the composition? - what do you think ... More About: Proposal , Logo , Prop
boost your PageRank from 0 to 4 in 2 months
2007-04-30 12:17:00 i’m almost sure, everyone of us received a (hopefully) nice surprise last week, as google’s just updated it’s pageranks. i’ve increased from 0 up to 4… so, this being my first blog… i’m quite happy for that! in this post i’ll present the tools and methods i’ve used to do this. 1. onsite: - i’ve installed headspace plugin: it is the most complex and flexible tool i’ve found for the manipulation of metadata. - i’ve submitted my site with google webmasters and i use google analytics. - i analyse keywords that drive natural traffic into my site and i try to strengthen my site on those keywords. i do that with creating more relevant content on them. - i moved my blog directly on the homepage url. at the beginning i’ve installed the blog on a directory of my site. webee.ro/webeeblog. i’ve moved it on the homepage so… this got me into other trouble: - i’ve had quite a lot of the pages (113... More About: Pagerank , Boost , Months , Month , Ager
challenge: what are the results of the alistapart survey?
2007-04-27 18:04:00 a list apart, one of the most popular webdesign portals and, frankly, a place for real webdesigners has unleashed for sometime now their latest project: first annual a listapart survey, aimed to increase knowledge of webdesign and webdesigners. it covers questions related to: - demographic data (geographical, age, gender of webdesigners, etc) - career data (career status, profession, job ... More About: Survey , Results , Challenge , Part , Hall
wrap text around objects - clipping path in indesign
2007-04-27 11:04:00 i’ve been writing you for some time now about how you can use text wrap in indesign. and now, because some of you asked for this… i’d like to get into that in more detail here’s how you can wrap some text on a nonregular formed object using indesign. it’s a 6 steps tutorial which goes ... More About: Text , Sign , Object , Objects , Round
wrap text around objects - clippling path in indesign
2007-04-27 11:04:00 i’ve been writing you for some time now about how you can use text wrap in indesign. and now, because some of you asked for this… i’d like to get into that in more detail here’s how you can wrap some text on a nonregular formed object using indesign. it’s a 6 steps tutorial which goes ... More About: Text , Sign , Object , Objects , Round
import images from word to indesign or photoshop
2007-04-26 13:43:00 some days ago i’ve wrote you a post on how to import excel charts in indesign and how to import excel tables in indesign. now… i’m sure you find yourself quite used to getting the images and text supplied from customers are in MS word formats. and inserting them within layouts with simple copy paste operation ... More About: Photoshop , Word , Images , Shop , Image
where do you find design inspiration?
2007-04-25 14:12:00 a cool post from robcubbon got me thinking: - where do we find design resources and inspiration? - where (with whom?) do we exchange our knowledge? here are my sources for design inspiration sources: - creativebits - tools, reviews and tips for graphic designers - ideasonideas - a site for communication designers and brand strategists - Connor Wilson - a ... More About: Design , Inspiration , Find , Sign , Here
445bn dollars post
2007-04-24 12:33:00 there’s a new top ten brands in the world! and… guess what?!? google’s leading! here’s the…. The 10 most powerful global brands of 2007 plus value 1. Google - $66.4bn 2. General Electric - $61.9bn 3. Microsoft - $55bn 4. Coca-Cola - $44.1bn 5. China Mobile - $41.2bn 6. Marlboro - $39.2bn 7. Wal-Mart - $36.9bn 8. Citi - $33.7bn 9. IBM - $33.6bn 10. Toyota - ... More About: Post , Dollars , Doll , Lars
create 3D objects in illustrator
More articles from this author:2007-04-23 16:00:00 did you ever want some fancier buttons? or controls? did you ever wonder how you can create some regular (or non-regular) 3d objects? here’s how! first of all you have to create a 2d object that you want to convert to 3d object. for example, you need a circle to create a sphere. or a square to create ... More About: Illustrator , Trat , Object , Lust , Stra 1, 2, 3 |
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