People’s interest in the internet grows as time passes by. With the increase in internet literacy users now demand more from its content. Websites have become more informative and sophisticated. They are not merely showing text but are also heavy on multimedia content. If you want to design or build a website of your own, you need to make it functional and appealing. Basic web design is a key knowledge for anyone who wants to embark on this project.
If you are going to make a website for your own personal project then it will be much easier. There are a lot of web tutorials and software that could help you build your website. It’s only a matter of dragging and dropping contents and making some text article. Read more…
Perhaps the most popular and dominating video and photo editing tool out there is the Adobe Photoshop. Each new release is being anticipated with great excitement.
In terms of tools and palettes not much has changed since the previous iteration. The only obvious change is the loss of the former File Browser Palette. This has been replaced by an application named Bridge. This is now used as the main file browser for the Photoshop CS 2. It now has a scalable thumbnail adjuster wherein you could resize it by just using a slider. It has enhanced metadata to improve and increase customization as ever. You could choose to load different workspaces be it filmstrip, thumbnail, details, and variation; customizing a workspace is now a breeze to do. Another feature of the Photoshop CS 2 is the Image Ranking. Now you could instantaneously rank any image from 0 to 5. This is a very good tool for organizing and sorting your images. You could also associate image files with corresponding colors so that it could be sorted efficiently. Filter options could be done using rankings or by colors. Read more…
The net offers us a lot of opportunity to explore things. Websites tackle every imaginable topic that you could think of. Also the internet has become an important marketing tool that businesses are pouring a lot of resources to improve their websites. So with this in mind its important that the website will be easy to navigate, informative, and also worth to come back to again. Great emphasis should be put on the websites design and layout so that it will be appealing to regular and newbie visitors. Below we will discuss some elements of a good, clean, and neat website. Read more…
This tutorial shows you how to do a big screen flat television step by step using Photoshop. I hope you enjoyed following the instructions in the tutorial and do let me know if you’ve any suggestion to make the tutorial better. Do not claim or sell the layered .PSD file available for download at the end of the post as your own. You may use the reference file excluding the stock and renders only for personal usage.
This layout design is initially done for a contest. The divazzy LOGO shown in the live demo and screenshot is not done by me. You’ll need to insert your own logo and slogan into the blank image provided in the archieve. This layout is coded by Paul and best viewed using IE 6 and 7 in 1024×768px resolution but also tested in Opera and Firefox. (Note that there will be no bullet beside the links when shown on Firefox) Icons are taken from N.Design Studio. All images are copyright to their respective owners. This linkware layout is provided for FREE provided that the user put a link back to EmpDesign at all times.
This tutorial is meant and suitable for photoshop beginner who wants to do a simple cloud illustration without the use of pencil tool! You will definitely learn something new supposedly you’re still not familiar with the blending options. I hope you enjoyed the tutorial and do let me know if you’ve any comments. Do not claim or sell the layered .PSD file available for download at the end of the post as your own. You may use the reference file excluding the stock and renders only for personal usage.
Search engine spiders will eat you up if you can give them what they want. The spiders are not much interested in the nicely presented graphics and visual display. In order to get elevated rankings, you must get into the search engine indexes. Providing content rich and unique data will help you in getting indexed sooner.
What does SEO do?
The main goal is to display your site in the top ten results. (Search Engine Page Results) A recent statistics say that only half of the people look into the advertisements and only 20% click through the advertisements naturally so if you can better place the ads and is content rich, you can elevate your revenue.
Before we begin, I would like to point out that I initially learned this technique from PhotoShop Top Secret by Mark Monciardini. This tutorial is suitable for starters on learning how to create a simple blue orb. I hope you enjoyed the tutorial and do let me know if you’ve any suggestion to make the tutorial better. Do not claim or sell the layered .PSD file available for download at the end of the post as your own. You may use the reference file, excluding the stock and renders only for personal usage.
This layout features Gaara from Naruto Shippuden, an animated television series. This layout is coded by Kevin Collignan and best viewed using Firefox 2 and 3 in 1024×768px resolution but also tested in IE 7. Renders are taken from Planet Renders. All images are copyright to their respective owners. This linkware layout is provided for FREE provided that the user put a link back to EmpDesign and Planet Renders at all times.
This tutorial is meant for beginner who has at least some photoshop basic knowledge and would like to start on web design. We’ll not be using any stocks except your company logo and more on the blending options. I hope you enjoyed the tutorial and do let me know if you’ve any comments. Do not claim or sell the layered .PSD file available for download at the end of the post as your own. You may use the reference file, excluding the stock and renders only for personal usage.
Step 1
Open up a new document with 875×610 pixels, white canvas. Create a new text layer and type in your website name and slogan. I’m using Walkway UltraCondensed font, #82bfd5, 48pt, Underline and Sharp for the word LOGO. Make a new layer named “Line Seperator” and do a x1 line selection. Duplicate the layer for the second line seperator. Read more…
EmpDesign previously known as PROJECT vindicatedARTS is a design resource blog and personal portfolio of Qi Rong, a freelance webdesigner since 2007. My vision is to create high quality design works yet maintaining simplicity of an idea or service. I hope you enjoyed browsing through my portfolio and feel free to reach me for a estimated quote on your projects.
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