Tutorials From Around The Web

How to Create a Simple Snowman GIF Animation

January 24th, 2010

200x200Knowing how to animate objects in Photoshop can be very useful in web design, avatars , logos and much more. Here is a simple tutorial for beginners in the spirit of winter which will explain how to create an animation in Photoshop. Anyone can do this, so let’s begin!






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Add Dynamic Lighting to a Flat Photograph

January 16th, 2010

200In this tutorial, I will show you how to spice up a fairly dull and flat photograph. It's very easy and fast! Go from flat photo to a uniquely lit style.

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Terminal, Git, and GitHub for the Rest of Us: Screencast

January 16th, 2010

200So you’ve read the tutorials, and still can’t manage to figure out this stuff? What is Git – and why do we even need it? If you fall into this category, much like I did at one point, I’ve recorded a video tutorial that hopes to teach you exactly how to get started. Rather than feeling your eyes blur over as you attempt to comprehend code snippets like “git push origin master,” relax, and let me explain it to you as best as I possibly can!

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A Basic Guide to Photoshop’s 3D Tools

January 16th, 2010

previewFrom opening a 3D file to rotating, scaling and moving it, working with meshes, creating textures or even materials, adding lights, and more, this tutorial covers most of the secrets of the useful feature 3D Tools of Photoshop CS4 Extended. If you have it, why don't you try? I can assure you that you will discover a brand new world of infinite possibilities.

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How to Create a Fun, Red-Haired Boy Character

January 16th, 2010

previewIn this tutorial, we will learn how to make a funny boy character in Adobe Photoshop. After drawing the sketch, we'll use shapes, layer styles, the brush tool, and other effects to add some dimension to and life to our character.

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Create Destructive Black and White Lettering with a Dramatic Splash Effect

January 8th, 2010

previewToday, I'm gonna take you into the beauty of black and white design. We'll make some expressive lettering, which includes thoughts connected with a central word. We'll turn standard text into a stunning, destructive illustration, and give it a final unique look. So, let's rock this one and learn all about the cool techniques included here!

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The Making of “Constant Slip”

January 8th, 2010

previewToday I'll take you through the creative process of making intriguing light effects and applying them in your work. This is more a process description of making this illustration, than a detailed step by step how to. I'll give you some good guidance on how to deal with an illustration like this and cover the overall workflow. Let's get started!

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How to Disable HTML in WordPress Comments

January 1st, 2010

disablehtmlincommentsBy default, WordPress allows certain HTML tags within the comments such as <a> <em> <strong> etc. If you notice a lot of SPAM comments also contain these tags. Most SPAM comments are made by bots and scripts, which are using HTML tags. If you simply disable HTML from your WordPress comments, it can prevent a lot of SPAM. In this tutorial we will show you how you can disable HTML tags in your WordPress comments.

This tutorial will only disable active HTML tags.

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How to Display Author’s Twitter and Facebook on the Profile Page

December 31st, 2009

authorprofilepageBy default WordPress allow to display author’s website, email, and a few other useless IM contacts, but it is missing important social media networks like Facebook, and Twitter. In this tutorial, we will show you how you can add author’s twitter, facebook, linkedin, or any other contact info on the profile page.

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How to Display a Category only if it has Posts in WordPress

December 31st, 2009

displaycategoryifpostsThis snippet that we are sharing in this article is helpful in very custom designs. By default you can use wp_list_categories function to display categories, and it only displays categories if it has posts. Sometimes when you are customizing WordPress, you might need to use it this way.

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