Archive for August, 2009

Text on a Dark Site

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Text on a Dark Site

Dark sites have become very popular, and there are a few tips that should be kept in mind when working with black or near-black backgrounds with often white text.

Aug

29

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How to Create Shiny Metal Text in Photoshop (Easy)

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How to Create Shiny Metal Text in Photoshop (Easy)

The “metallic” effect seems to be rather popular, so here’s a simple 7-step method for a very easy approach to that effect.

Aug

25

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How to Get Blog Traffic – the Sea Gull Way

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How to Get Blog Traffic – the Sea Gull Way

Whoever invented the saying “birdbrained” definitely didn’t have the right experience with birds, because a trip to the beach today showed a few gulls who demonstrated just how easy it can be to rapidly grow traffic.

And the good new is, it works perfectly for starting blogs as well.

Aug

23

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Why Scaring People Makes for Successful Marketing

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Why Scaring People Makes for Successful Marketing

“Excuse me sir, I just noticed your child is riding the “Fairy-Princess-32″ model bicycle. Aren’t you at all concerned about your child’s safety?”

Of course, you have no idea what this random fellow is talking about, and let him continue. “Those were recalled in 2008, you know. Some nasty gear problem or whatnot. I could be wrong, so don’t take my word for it, but I’m pretty sure they talked about those on the news a while back, remember? I was down at the local bike shop earlier and they had some sales though…”

Faster than you can stop yourself, you’re already dashing to your nearest bike store to pick up a new bike for your precious little girl, because you can’t have her playing about in an unsafe environment. Little did you knowthat “kind bystander” really worked for that same local bike shop.

Aug

22

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How to Use Flash Effectively – 10 Tips for Headers

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How to Use Flash Effectively – 10 Tips for Headers

Flash headers are becoming more and more popular in a lot of contemporary sites because they can add some motion and life to a site, but do they really add that much value for visitors?

Here we’ll see how to properly utilize flash headers to make the most of your site.

Aug

21

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How to Design a Flower Logo

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How to Design a Flower Logo

Another easy tutorial on making a simple logo, this one focuses on an simple flower vector. We will be working on pen tool techniques to draw out a flower with Photoshop.

Aug

19

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