Need to measure graphics? Here’s a great tool . . . Great Find: Pixel Ruler v3.1Permalink: http://www.mioplanet.com/products/pixelruler/index.htmTarget Audience: All Windows usersContent: This week I want to tell you about a tool I use a lot. It’s a virtual ruler for your desktop that you can use to measure pixels. What are pixels? They [...]
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Paint.NET packs a lot of power in a small packageGreat Find: Paint.NETPermalink: http://www.getpaint.net/index2.htmlTarget Audience: All computer usersContent: Who doesn’t like free? While some argue that this might not be the application a graphics professional would use, it is a powerful photo and image manipulation application to add to the average computer [...]
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What Does Learning Style Have To Do With Graphics? We each have a different learning style. The three basic styles are visual, auditory, and kinesthetic (VAK). Approximately 60-70% (depending on the source) of the general population are predominantly visual learners. They need visual aids to fully grasp a concept or idea. Graphics are a huge [...]
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What This Is Not: This is NOT a design critique. It doesn’t take into account, the elegance, usability, great content, SEO, or revenue values of the fabulous blog discussed here: Read/WriteWeb, which is one of my favorite reads. What This Is: It’s an exercise in point of view, how readers look at things. It also [...]
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Expert or Beginner? I know I need some of these. Great Find: Eyes on Design Photoshop TutorialsPermalink: http://www.eyesondesign.net/pshop/tuts.htmTarget Audience: Photoshop usersContent: I need them. If you don’t, you’re probably not reading this. If the ones at the top sound too hard for you, look at the ones at the bottom. Click [...]
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Great Design Doesn’t ShoutFrom the eyes of a naive, intelligent customer, Escape from Cubicle Nation is not just great content. It’s also reader-supporting design done well. Let me point out 11 Things so elegantly right above the fold.The title says what the blog is about.The tag line makes the promise even clearer.I can [...]
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Want a light version of Photoshop?Great Find: Adobe Photoshop ElementsPermalink: http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshopelwin/Target Audience: Computer users who edit photosContent: The latest Great Find postabout Photoshop tutorials sparked discussion about photo editing tools. While Photoshop is the industry standard for image editing, and an excellent professional tool, the full version is expensive at around $600, [...]
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