July 2009

Stay Sharp! Win Free E-books from Packt Publishing

July 20, 2009 Inspiration

The technologies used by web developers and designers are constantly developing, getting better and easier to use etc. but the speed of change is a serious challenge for everyone. It is not unlikely to work hard to learn something new just to realise it is already obsolete knowledge we have been collecting.Several new versions/releases with [...]

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Seriously Awesome Light Painting Photography Collections

July 19, 2009 Inspiration

Light paintings, also known as light drawing or light graffiti, is a photography technique in which exposures are usually made at night or in a darkened room. This momentary approach to art and expression uses the movement of light to create incredible images and is created on the streets, in nature, and in studios by [...]

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25 High Quality Free Fonts for Professional Design

July 18, 2009 Typography

Regardless of industry and product top quality usually comes at high prize. When it comes to Fonts the same fundamental rule applies. The prize of good Fonts usually reflects their quality and start at around $50 going up to thousands of dollars. This may not fit into the budget of most minor design jobs and [...]

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JavaScript Menus made Really Easy, Free License giveaway

July 17, 2009 News

Menus are very important for web site usability and a key element of navigation. Menus also support the overall design of a website if they look good and fit into the other design elements. Even though there are many options available it has never been easy to create complex and dynamic menus unless you’re a [...]

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20+ Highest Quality Photoshop Typography Effect Tutorials

July 16, 2009 Photoshop

With Photoshop you can turn plain text into awesome typographic art. As usual with Photoshop it not easy to do it on your own but with the step by step tutorials you find in this article you’re half done. This article presents the best typographic art tutorials I have seen to date and I hope [...]

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Collection of Really Nice Gadgets for Developers

July 16, 2009 News

Everyone, or at least most adult men that really never “grew up completely” just loves gadgets. Gadgets are small technological items that in terms of design and function is believed to be way ahead of their time. Something we just need even though we may have good and working alternatives already. A true gadget that [...]

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PSD to HTML Contest by Pixelcrayons, Tweet & Win

July 15, 2009 News

I know that designers and front end developers sometimes have long working hours to meet their customers needs delivering high quality on time. I really appreciate that a lot of you still find time to visit tripwire magazine now and then to find advice or inspiration, thanks! When you’re really busy and it is hard [...]

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Essential Web Designers Guide on PSD to HTML/CSS

July 14, 2009 Web Design

If you’re a Web Designer you should be spending most of your time creating unique and creative designs for your customers. Web designers need to know some aspects of web development to understand what is possible and where the technical limitations are but should code the web pages themselves too?. Unless you’re a designer/developer multi [...]

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25+ Excellent Portfolio WordPress Themes to showcase your Creative Work

July 12, 2009 Wordpress

I think most people will agree that WordPress is an obvious choice for blogging. When it comes to showcasing designers, photographers etc. work it turns out to be a superior publishing platform as well. Today a lot of creative professionals have realised this an use WordPress as the engine for building an online reputation. The [...]

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Essential WordPress Hacks to BOOST your Blog

July 10, 2009 Wordpress

WordPress needs no introduction. It is THE blogging platform these days and usually known as the synonym for blogging. It’s a fact that WordPress is getting more and more popular and that tons of blogs are powered by it. The community around WordPress is excellent providing free themes and plugings in nearly any form ans [...]

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