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Better web designs with these Photoshop Tutorials
November 22nd, 2009 - by Jeff Wagner
Most of my web design work is done in Photoshop and I’m always looking for new and creative ways to make my designs stand out. Over time you learn very handy photo manipulation techniques that really allow you to make different aspects of your work pop.
I’ve posted a collection of links to great Photoshop tutorials that I think designers would find very beneficial. These tutorials will help push you to be even more creative with your designs.
Photoshop Tutorials
Enjoy.
Tags: Design, Photoshop, Tutorials
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Save time with these web design tools
November 17th, 2009 - by Jeff Wagner
I wanted to share a few tools that I use on many of my web design projects that not only save you an enormous amount of time but really help make your design much more creative. The best part is all these tools are FREE to use.
1. ADOBE KULER
Adobe KULER is an amazing online tool that can help you find the right colors that you want to use for your next design project. They have hundreds of different color combinations to choose from or you can create your own and submit it to KULER. A very awesome tool that I hope more and more designers will start to use.
2. BG PATTERNS
BG Patterns allows you to create repeating background patterns and textures. Again, you can create your own with your choice of pattern and color or you can choose from a very large collection that others have created. I think patterns and textures really make a website stand out. It gives it that custom look that other sites won’t have.
3. STRIPE GENERATOR
Stripe Generator is another background creation tool that allows you to create custom stripe backgrounds. These come in handy and can be used on almost any design element to give it that Web 2.0 look and feel. You can create your own account that will store the stripes you’ve created and you can others designs to your collection for reference at any time.
4. FAVICON GENERATOR
Favicon Generator is a great tool for creating free favicons. Are you asking yourself “What is a favicon?” Look up in the URL bar (where my domain is) and you’ll notice a blue “W” with a black box around it, that’s my favicon for this site. You can create your own for your site at Favicon Generator. It’s a nice feature that really polishes off your website.
I hope that you find these tools useful in your web designs.
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JWI gets new E-commerce project
November 11th, 2009 - by Jeff Wagner
I have a new E-commerce project in the works that is looking really good. The new website will bring a multi-store company online giving them a whole new presence they never had before. Not only is the site going to look and function great my client is going to have full control over it with content management.
Below is a sample of the home page for this project (sorry, I don’t want to give too much away).
We’re going to really push the user’s overall shopping experience on this site to be as smooth and enjoyable as possible. I can’t wait to send this project live which hopefully (fingers crossed) will be in the near future. Stay tuned.
Tags: E-commerce, Web Design
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