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Web and Print Design tutorial recommendations

bpdsbot — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 21:14:41 +0000

Here’s our latest Roundup of Print and Web tutorials. The following tutorials are great examples of the website design and print design work we complete on a day to day basis. Tutorials make great practice and try to do different variations of them by using your own text or images.

Print Tutorials

Business Card – Making a Print-Ready Business Card Using Only Photoshop
Business Card - Using the Vanishing Point Filter to Mock up a Business Card

Print – Creating an Old-Collage Effect Poster
Print - Creating A Cool Vintage Collage Design In Photoshop

Text - A Slick Supernatural Text Effect

Web Tutorials

31 Practical (Web) Interface Design Tutorials

40+ Greatest Web Interface Design Photoshop Tutorials, Part I

How To Create a Stunning Vista Inspired Menu

How To Create A Desk Environment In Photoshop From Scratch!

The Challenges of Moving to Horizontal Navigation » UIE Brain Sparks

An analysis of CNN’s process of tweaking their navigational menus. The shift from a vertical menu to a horizontal tab style structure presented some unique challenges with their depth of content.

10 Web Design Tools I Can’t Live Without
Great list of tools for web designer to help you get the job done right.

Great Photoshop tutorials for beginner to advanced users

bpdsbot — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:56:15 +0000

Photoshop can be a very versatile tool and can be used in many different instances. Here are so of our featured tutorials we recommend to get your feet wet.

Image effect:

create a red hazard sign

The above tutorial is great for the beginner. Here are more great image tutorials for some great effects.
30 Nicest Photoshop Tutorials
41 more nice Photoshop Tutorials

Text Effect:

Icy Styles

After you mastered the above tutorial and you want more try so of these:
22 more great text effects
55 text effects
30 beautiful text effects

Web 2.0 stuff:

making a message strip

web 2.0 buttons

glossy web 2.0 button

web 2.0 badge that flips

web 2.0 badge/label

8 Web Design Mistakes That Developers Make

eric — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 06:28:04 +0000

wakeuplater.com â€” “An excellent website takes a particularly savvy blend of both great design and great code. Because of this, you often find designers having to figure out code and developers trying their hand at design…” link to the article.