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Monday, January 31, 2011
Art Direction Trend Coming To 1WD: Foundations And History
Art Direction is here. The art of creating kick-ass blog posts with great content and super awesome unique designs. ART Direction 1stwebdesigner blogazine A Brief History of Art Directed Blog Posts: A True Story One day a master designer, whose name even time forgot what, was browsing through many blogs and news websites. He was [...]
Shooting Sky: Creating an Archive and Blending to Enhance Washed Photos
Every photographer looks for the best frame for his shots but, unfortunately, weather condition, time of the day and other elements greatly affect the final result. How the sky looks like is one of this.
This could be a really annoying thing. It could happen that you, as photographer, have always dreamt to take that wonderful [...]
This could be a really annoying thing. It could happen that you, as photographer, have always dreamt to take that wonderful [...]
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Why Make Effective Networking Part Of Your Freelance Job
Being a freelancer is no regular job to do. It takes a lot of hard work to become successful in this field. And as a freelancer, it is essential to build contacts for your business work. You need sufficient references ? people who work out as your clients. You need people to help you deliver [...]
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Photoshop Tutorial ? Making 3D Icons
In this tutorial we’ll create a 3D Icon: 1. Start by making a new file with the Width=1024 and Height= 768. 2. Make a new layer then using the Custom Shape Tool with the Arrow 12 shape selected draw the … Continue reading 
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Photoshop Tutorial ? Making 3D Icons
In this tutorial we’ll create a 3D Icon: 1. Start by making a new file with the Width=1024 and Height= 768. 2. Make a new layer then using the Custom Shape Tool with the Arrow 12 shape selected draw the … Continue reading Charlotte Web Design Raleigh Web Design Internet Marketing Graphic Design Online Marketing
11 Ways to Influence People Online and Make Them Take Action
Influence can be defined as�the�power exerted over the minds and behavior of others. A power that can�affect, persuade and cause changes to someone or something. In order to influence people, you first need to discover what is already influencing�them. What makes them tick? What do they care about?�We need�some leverage to work with when�we’re trying [...]
11 Ways to Influence People Online and Make Them Take Action
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A useful assessment to pricing, accounting and client selection
Designer and Illustrator Frank Chimero discusses a technique he uses called Whiteboard Accounting: A guide to deciding which jobs to accept or skip.
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Sunday, January 30, 2011
Beginning Photoshop Tutorials: Start Here
Photoshop is one of the most versatile tools available for the graphic designer or artist. Many people don’t realize how truly powerful the program can be when it comes to altering and enhancing images, but the fact is that most commercial images have been touched by Photoshop at some point. When it comes to using [...]
Beginning Photoshop Tutorials: Start Here is a post from: Tutorial Blog
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Why Make Effective Networking Part Of Your Freelance Job
Being a freelancer is no regular job to do. It takes a lot of hard work to become successful in this field. And as a freelancer, it is essential to build contacts for your business work. You need sufficient references ? people who work out as your clients. You need people to help you deliver [...]
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Please All Types of Clients: Guide to Choosing Color Combinations
Every graphic designer knows that choosing the color combinations is among the most important parts of the design making process, on print or on the web. There is no universal color combination that will please all types of clients. For some designers, it is a matter of trial and error. But trial and error means [...]
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6 Tips to Secure Your Joomla Site
Web hackers experienced this year a boom year by increasing their productivity and computer hacking stealth.In our battle to keep the bad guys out we have pulled together some tips and links that you should consider.
6 Tips to Secure Your Joomla Site is a post from: Tutorial Blog
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Linkswitch #53: Backlinks, HTML5, and Social Networking Trends
The Netsetter: Legitimate Ways to Get Backlinks
SEO can be made as complicated as quantum physics, but the reality is much simpler. While there may indeed be the oft-cited ?200 ranking factors,? anyone with experience knows deep down that backlinks are the lynchpin to scaling the heights of Google. However clever your keyword selection and copywriting are, there?s no getting around the fact that you need more links, stronger links, or more relevant links pointed back at your content than the next guy?s.
I never know what I?m going to write until I actually sit down to write it. Actually, the less I think about it, and just allow myself to relax into the flow, the better the writing usually takes shape.
My state of mind has everything to do with the quality of the final result. Thus, the lack of writing produced in the first 10 months of 2010 ? as I was recovering and overcoming post-partum depression.
Falling for HTML5: Finding Love in the Little Things
I?ve lost count of the number of posts that have been written about the big features of HTML5: amongst the most anticipated being rich media (video, audio, canvas) and JavaScript APIs. However, call me a woman of simple tastes, but this is not the sort of thing that gets me swooning. What does? The small additions to the spec that will make the world of difference to the way I code day-in, day-out. This is the stuff fairy tales are made of.
Are you considering starting a blog? Maybe your blog isn?t working for you? Blogging is one of the hottest ways to build business online.
It?s changed considerably from the early days of ?dear diary? and ?angry conspiracy theorist? blogs. Even Time Magazine has started honoring their ?Best Blogs? of the year.
Accelerated Design: Streamline Your Workflow
Two weeks ago, in Part One of this article were tips on how to assess a rush job and when it might be a good idea to turn one down. Some of this season?s Layer Tennis contestants also shared thoughts about how they work under the strain of a tight deadline. In this half of the article are some tips for how to work quickly without completely abandoning your creative process.
What to Ask a Client Before You Start Their Project
We all know the importance of fact-finding before starting any web design project.
We can?t really get started on a project until we know exactly what?s needed, what the client wants, and who the site is aimed at. In fact, in most cases we can?t even create an effective proposal until we know those things.
There are plenty of pages-long web design questionnaires out there. Some have forty, fifty, or even a hundred questions on them.
5 New Social Networking Trends for Freelancers to Explore
Social media is here to stay. Twitter, Facebook, and Foursquare are a vital part of many freelancer?s marketing efforts.
But, just because these social media tools are popular today, doesn?t mean that they will always be effective marketing tools for freelancers. What?s popular today may be forgotten tomorrow. The shrewd freelancer will be constantly exploring new social media marketing alternatives.
Get Going With Sync.In for Real-Time Collaboration
Would you like a better way to edit documents and collaborate on ideas? Emailing notes back and forth is a mess and wikis can be complicated to use. Plus, neither of these let you see your team?s document changes in real time. Google Docs now allows collaborative editing, but it makes it hard to get a sense of what was added and when.
Five Things That Will Keep Shaping The Web in 2011
Last time, I discussed the things that shaped the web design industry in 2010. Now, let?s look forward to what?s ahead this year. I won?t be making crazy, outlandish predictions; instead, I?ll be talking about things that will likely continue to exert an ever-increasing influence on our industry this year.
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Tools and services I couldn?t live without in 2010
Every Builder needs a hammer or something equivalent to make their everyday work and / or life easier and more enjoyable. In the past year, I’ve signed up for both free and paid tools and services that have made my life easier as an�independent�Graphic Designer, while also getting rid of a few from last year [...]
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Saturday, January 29, 2011
Please All Types of Clients: Guide to Choosing Color Combinations
Every graphic designer knows that choosing the color combinations is among the most important parts of the design making process, on print or on the web. There is no universal color combination that will please all types of clients. For some designers, it is a matter of trial and error. But trial and error means [...]
?The Web Blend? Is Getting a Facelift, so Here?s an Exclusive Sneak Peak
I started The Web Blend because I wanted a resource that would centralize a location for all design news and trends. 
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Linkswitch #53: Backlinks, HTML5, and Social Networking Trends
The Netsetter: Legitimate Ways to Get Backlinks
SEO can be made as complicated as quantum physics, but the reality is much simpler. While there may indeed be the oft-cited ?200 ranking factors,? anyone with experience knows deep down that backlinks are the lynchpin to scaling the heights of Google. However clever your keyword selection and copywriting are, there?s no getting around the fact that you need more links, stronger links, or more relevant links pointed back at your content than the next guy?s.
I never know what I?m going to write until I actually sit down to write it. Actually, the less I think about it, and just allow myself to relax into the flow, the better the writing usually takes shape.
My state of mind has everything to do with the quality of the final result. Thus, the lack of writing produced in the first 10 months of 2010 ? as I was recovering and overcoming post-partum depression.
Falling for HTML5: Finding Love in the Little Things
I?ve lost count of the number of posts that have been written about the big features of HTML5: amongst the most anticipated being rich media (video, audio, canvas) and JavaScript APIs. However, call me a woman of simple tastes, but this is not the sort of thing that gets me swooning. What does? The small additions to the spec that will make the world of difference to the way I code day-in, day-out. This is the stuff fairy tales are made of.
Are you considering starting a blog? Maybe your blog isn?t working for you? Blogging is one of the hottest ways to build business online.
It?s changed considerably from the early days of ?dear diary? and ?angry conspiracy theorist? blogs. Even Time Magazine has started honoring their ?Best Blogs? of the year.
Accelerated Design: Streamline Your Workflow
Two weeks ago, in Part One of this article were tips on how to assess a rush job and when it might be a good idea to turn one down. Some of this season?s Layer Tennis contestants also shared thoughts about how they work under the strain of a tight deadline. In this half of the article are some tips for how to work quickly without completely abandoning your creative process.
What to Ask a Client Before You Start Their Project
We all know the importance of fact-finding before starting any web design project.
We can?t really get started on a project until we know exactly what?s needed, what the client wants, and who the site is aimed at. In fact, in most cases we can?t even create an effective proposal until we know those things.
There are plenty of pages-long web design questionnaires out there. Some have forty, fifty, or even a hundred questions on them.
5 New Social Networking Trends for Freelancers to Explore
Social media is here to stay. Twitter, Facebook, and Foursquare are a vital part of many freelancer?s marketing efforts.
But, just because these social media tools are popular today, doesn?t mean that they will always be effective marketing tools for freelancers. What?s popular today may be forgotten tomorrow. The shrewd freelancer will be constantly exploring new social media marketing alternatives.
Get Going With Sync.In for Real-Time Collaboration
Would you like a better way to edit documents and collaborate on ideas? Emailing notes back and forth is a mess and wikis can be complicated to use. Plus, neither of these let you see your team?s document changes in real time. Google Docs now allows collaborative editing, but it makes it hard to get a sense of what was added and when.
Five Things That Will Keep Shaping The Web in 2011
Last time, I discussed the things that shaped the web design industry in 2010. Now, let?s look forward to what?s ahead this year. I won?t be making crazy, outlandish predictions; instead, I?ll be talking about things that will likely continue to exert an ever-increasing influence on our industry this year.
____
Supercharge your freelance business with the FreelanceSwitch Job Board, the only hand-moderated job board built around the way freelancers find work. Check it out now.
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Set of 10 best Photoshop tutorials for fire effects
I am starting today with a new set of articles which will enjoy all fans of design and especially the Photoshop?s fans.
I am myself a big fan of this software and I know thousand of good addresses to help to create and to learn.
Then, I am going to give you a list of good [...]
I am myself a big fan of this software and I know thousand of good addresses to help to create and to learn.
Then, I am going to give you a list of good [...]
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Design is in the Details: Using CSS Selection Pseudo-Classes to Declare Your Team Spirit
I’m hesitant to admit it, but I’m not a huge football fan. My boyfriend, however, loves “his” team ? the USC Trojans. And if there’s one thing I’ve learned over the years, it’s that football fans will use any excuse to dress up or decorate with their team colors. Actually, real fans don’t even need [...]
Design is in the Details: Using CSS Selection Pseudo-Classes to Declare Your Team Spirit is a post from: Tutorial Blog
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Friday, January 28, 2011
Site5 - Web Hosting for Web DesignersLogo Design Inspiration: 50+ Latest Creative Designs
A Logo is a graphical element that, together with its logotype (a uniquely set and arranged typeface) form a trademark or commercial brand. Typically, a logo?s design is for immediate recognition. The logo is one aspect of a company?s commercial brand, or economic or academic entity, and its shapes, colors, fonts, and images usually are [...]
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The World?s Best Corporate WordPress Themes You Can Actually Afford to Buy
Since the boom of Content Management Systems (CMS) like WordPress, Drupal, and Joomla, many websites started offering free and premium pre-built and made-to-order themes. The market was doing great on its own until it became oversaturated. Oversaturated how? There now exists tens of thousands templates and themes for these CMS, the problem lies in the [...]
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Cross-Browser Compatibility with CSS3
CSS3 is the latest version of the CSS specification developed by the W3C and includes many exciting features such as rounding corners, adding drop shadows and skewing/rotating elements. Don't let old browsers hold you back from using the newest CSS3 properties on your websites. 
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The Most Powerful Way to Presell Any Product or Service
Preselling is the art of conditioning potential customers and making them more likely to buy products/services. It is usually performed at your website before you send the visitor over to the vendor’s store or landing page. The goal of all presell tactics is to get prospects into a frame of mind whereby they not [...]
The Most Powerful Way to Presell Any Product or Service
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Interview with artist: Tom Deininger
I feel like I always knew that I wanted to make things. I did not enjoy playing with toys as a kid but instead used them as a catalyst for a creative endeavor like building jumps for cars and motorcycles, forts for GI Joe figures and stuff like that. 
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