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Websites and apps have all sorts of visual elements that have to coexist – buttons, columns, icons, images, lines, media and typography. All of those elements need a canvas (the blank web page), and that canvas needs blank space, i.e., negative or white space. The viewer’s eye can’t process...
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If you arrived here wondering how to make a GIF with Photoshop, it’s probably because the video you uploaded to your website was slowing down the loading time. Well, you’ve come to the right place. In this guide, we’ll show you how to make a GIF in Photoshop from video footage. It...
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How do you know an idea is great or terrible without testing it? Wireframing, mockups and prototyping are necessary parts of digital design. Visualizing your concepts lets you simulate your designs, try out different user experiences and test various user journeys and flows before making anything...
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As web designers, we are always looking for new and creative ideas to add to our websites. Thankfully, inspiration isn’t hard to find. For example, retro comic book art always makes a comeback. Sometimes it’s as typography, other times as photo filters. Lately, textures and...
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Adobe Illustrator (AI) is considered one of the best–and certainly one of the most popular–design programs for illustrators and graphic designers. If you need to design something in vector format, then Adobe Illustrator is an excellent tool for the job. Currently, AI is available as...
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There are many reasons why you would want to remove the white background from an image. Maybe you don’t have a transparent version of your logo or you need a cutout of your product to create a composite. Thankfully, Adobe Photoshop has plenty of options for removing a white background....
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The Adobe Creative Cloud is the industry standard for all things design and is the favorite layout design program for desktop publishing. With InDesign, you can create print and digital projects like magazines, books, brochures, and booklets. Some creative professionals actually prefer Adobe...
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If you’re the kind of Photoshop user who primarily opens the software to resize and crop images, you might never touch the Brush tool. However, if you’re in Photoshop day-in and day-out, Brushes are likely to be your best friend. Having as many options as possible will undoubtedly make...
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At some point, pretty much every PhotoShop user gets overwhelmed by all of the options. The menus and submenus and panels and panes and context menus…it’s a lot to take in. Adobe, however, knows this, and instead of relegating everyone to clicking forever, they designed some very...
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Microsoft’s Internet Explorer is one of the biggest memes on the internet. It’s also the bane of many web designers, as newly introduced technology simply isn’t supported. When Microsoft rebranded IE into Microsoft Edge, there was hope that those days were at an end. That the...
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Designers everywhere should know about the Golden Ratio. It is a mathematical ratio that creates aesthetically pleasing designs. Since the Golden Ratio exists so frequently in nature, it’s not a surprise that its results are natural-looking. The Golden Ratio goes by several other names,...
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In a nutshell, User Experience (UX) plays a key role in your website’s conversion rate. Ensuring your users can navigate around your site and find what they need with ease will help make your site more successful. This is where conducting a thorough UX audit comes in. This post will provide a...
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