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Awesome Resource: User Interface Design Framework Today’s news focuses on only one single design resource… and what a FREE resource it is! It is The User Interface Design Framework from webalys.com, which is basically a huge design framework that consists of a complete GUI library, a…
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Four Simple and Quick Photo Effects High quality photo effects are not only reserved for professionals or tech-savvy image editing specialists, they can be achieved by anyone, as today’s design news demonstrates. We have collected four recent photo editing tutorials that can be easily followed and…
- A Collection of Fresh Illustrator Tutorials
We do focus a lot on Photoshop resources here at Design Reviver, and as such, in today’s news round-up, we would like to highlight tutorials from its much prettier and flexible sister, namely Illustrator. Below you will find a small…
- Our Favorite Photoshop Text Effects Tutorials
In today’s news round-up we have collected some of the best and freshest Photoshop text effect tutorials. Text effect tutorials are one of the most popular sought after learning categories for PS, and as such there hundreds upon hundreds of…
- Three Fresh Web Apps for Designers
Every once in a while we like to highlight and showcase some new web applications (preferably free) that are aimed primarily towards designers. So, in this news round-up we have found three really useful fresh apps that we are sure…
- Should Long CSS Code be Divded into Several Files?
There are some debates within web design that have always split the community down the middle, everyone has there opinion about them, and both sides in there own way are correct for differing reasons. You know the kind of fiery…
- Fresh Photoshop Resources – Patterns, Textures and Actions
There is nothing better, nothing more powerful and nothing more popular than the greatest graphic image editor ever that is Photoshop. Photoshop by itself is a pretty useful tool, but when its extended with stylish brushes, beautiful patterns, seamless textures…
- How Can I Decrease Page Loading Times on My Site?
In the past web designers had no option but to focus on page load times, it was a darker time when internet connection speeds rarely went over 52kb. Times have changed, internet speeds have dramatically improved and as a result…
- How Did You Get Into Web Design?
As we do every week, we like to offer a question to our readers that has been previously asked on Answers, we love to hear your thoughts and read your comments.
This weeks question is: How did you get into… - Sketching or Straight To the Computer for Design Concepts? What’s Your Choice?
There are several methods for wire-framing,prototyping or sketching a web design project. Some may use a web based wire framing app or download one of the many powerful desktop applications available, and others, will simply use the ageless and always…
- 5 Simple yet Effective Fresh Vector Tutorials
Vector art doesn't have to be difficult or even time consuming, quite often you will find that the simplest of designs and ideas will make the biggest impression.
The tutorials below show that with a little learning and a smidge… - 5 Fresh Photoshop Web Design Layout Tutorials
Designing a web site layout with Photoshop has been a very popular trend that has emerged into the main stream over the last couple of years. Whereas in the past Fireworks was the tool of choice, with Photoshops wide…
- A Collection of Extraordinary Photo Manipulations
In itself photo manipulation is an art-form. Its basically taking a digital image and creating a deception, however slight, and entirely altering its focus and meaning.
It is quite possibly the most popular design category for graphic designers, giving an… - Photography and Photo Editing Cheatsheets
Even if you are a seasoned professional photographer the chances are you will from time to time need one or maybe all of these cheat-sheets, whether it be to remember a shortcut key when photo editing or it could a…
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Whats Better For Designing A Website, Photoshop Or Fireworks? This week a contentious and highly debatable question was asked on Answers and, as expected, we received a lot of great answers favorable for both sides. We felt it was such a good question that we are opening it up…
- 5 Cool and Fresh Photoshop Text Effects Tutorials
Text effects seems to open up a can of creativity within artists that is unrivaled with any other aspect of graphic design. By taking the simplest form of text and a blank canvas you can create something amazing and at…
- Week in Review: Design Reviver Answers
It has now been two weeks since our launch of Design Reviver Answers, and we couldn’t be happier. Even more members, yet more visitors, an abundance of questions and a hell of a lot more answers – we really are…
- 5 Well Designed Icon Tutorials
Graphical icons offer an opportunity to project to the user an instantly recognizable message – that is something that would normally take an entire paragraph of words. Of course the icons need to be well designed in the first place…
- A Round-Up of Fresh Illustrator Tutorials
It does not matter how creative and efficient you are within Illustrators environment. It doesn't even matter if you have 50 years or even 5 days graphic design experience… there is always room to learn a new technique.
In today’s… - A Collection of Free Design Resources
Designers can never get enough resources. Fonts, tutorials, source files, plugins, stock images, icons… you name it we love them. Especially when they are free!
Thankfully within the design community there are no shortage of designers willing to offer free… - Fresh Photography Inspirational Showcases
There is an amateur photographer in all of us. We all aspire to capture that memorable moment from that single image, and for it to be remembered for ever. Of course, the reality is, we are for the most parts…
- The Best Photoshop Resources of 2009
What a year it has been for Photoshop, with a multitude of new, fresh and original tutorials, a wide array of useful Actions, textures for, well, every possible texture you can think off. Resources are seemingly endless.
What we have… - The 15 Best Articles For Designers in 2009
What a great year it has been for design related articles. So many new blogs, new blog writers, great content, great resources, a lot of inspiration, it really has never been a better time to be a designer.
In this… - 3 Amazing and Fresh Photoshop Brush Collections
Photoshop brushes are an integral part of any any designers toolbox. Sadly Photoshop doesn’t come packaged with an abundance of high quality brushes, you do need to search and scour the web for quality brushes. On a positive note, there…
- Five Amazing Graphic Design Portfolios
Being able to design artistically is a gift, no doubt about it. You can learn all the theories and study all the art of the great artists, and it will not make you an artist, it is something you have…
- Photoshop Productivity and Learning Resources
Photoshop is the number one choice for graphic designers, it is powerful and it has an infinite amount of design possibilities. No one can possibly know Photoshop inside and out, that would be impossible. Everyone, including seasoned pros, can learn,…
- A Round-Up of the Best Illustrator Tutorials
Adobe Illustrator is the most powerful tools for creating vector graphics. If you are a novice stepping into software as powerful as it, it can be daunting and off putting trying to learn. Where could you possibly start? The long…
- 12 Fresh, Original and Unique Photoshop Tutorials
Everyday the Photoshop community offers several new tutorials and free resources. Any and all tutorials are appreciated, sometimes though, you yearn for a tutorial that is fresh, original and unique. Something out with the norm. A chance to learn a…
- The Best Image Galleries from the Blogosphere
For todays news we have collected from the blogosphere the best design and technology related image collections. You will find a mix back of galleries, some are inspirational, some nostalgic, some are innovative and, of course, there are some images…
- 50 Illustrator Cartoon Tutorials
Illustrated cartoon characters within web design has taken a surge in popularity recently, a most welcome trend. Those very effective cute, odd or even nasty characters will always stay in your memory a lot longer than the actual web sites…
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