http://gurusunleashed.com Scouring the Web 24/7 for the best creative pro news and how-to so you don't have to. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:28:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://gurusunleashed.com/246038/three-cool-and-fresh-design-tools.php http://gurusunleashed.com/246038/three-cool-and-fresh-design-tools.php#comments Sat, 09 Oct 2010 12:48:29 +0000 speckyboy http://designreviver.com/?p=9876 In today’s news round-up we have a small, yet cool, selection of useful tools, apps and resources for web designers. First up, we have a wonderfully useful jQuery plugin Quovolver) for displaying quotes in a stylish way, next up we…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/246038/three-cool-and-fresh-design-tools.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/245965/5-new-css-and-html-web-templates.php http://gurusunleashed.com/245965/5-new-css-and-html-web-templates.php#comments Thu, 07 Oct 2010 08:18:55 +0000 speckyboy http://designreviver.com/?p=9693 One of the most sought after resources for a web designer are high quality and, preferably, free CSS/XHTML/HTML web templates. And this exactly what we have for you in today news round-up: 5 New High Quality CSS and HTML Templates.…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/245965/5-new-css-and-html-web-templates.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/245486/creative-icon-tutorials-for-photoshop.php http://gurusunleashed.com/245486/creative-icon-tutorials-for-photoshop.php#comments Fri, 24 Sep 2010 07:54:37 +0000 speckyboy http://designreviver.com/?p=9584 For today’s news round-up we take a look at whats new and cool in the world of icon design tutorials. We have picked four such tutorials which we feel are that good that we simply had to share them with…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/245486/creative-icon-tutorials-for-photoshop.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/245343/five-fresh-photoshop-text-effects.php http://gurusunleashed.com/245343/five-fresh-photoshop-text-effects.php#comments Tue, 21 Sep 2010 08:19:07 +0000 speckyboy http://designreviver.com/?p=9485 It doesn’t matter whether you are a seasoned Photoshop pro or a novice, there are two things both levels have in common – a passion for learning new techniques and a huge desire to improve their skills. And as far…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/245343/five-fresh-photoshop-text-effects.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/244936/html5-and-css3-web-page-tutorials.php http://gurusunleashed.com/244936/html5-and-css3-web-page-tutorials.php#comments Thu, 09 Sep 2010 08:22:20 +0000 speckyboy http://designreviver.com/?p=9387 The arrival of HTML5 and CSS3 has given web designers a major sense of excitement by offering a broader range of options, creative opportunities and shortcuts for designing a web page. We could talk about all of these new features…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/244936/html5-and-css3-web-page-tutorials.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/244857/fresh-web-designer-tools-and-resources.php http://gurusunleashed.com/244857/fresh-web-designer-tools-and-resources.php#comments Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:22:14 +0000 speckyboy http://designreviver.com/?p=9396 For today’s design news we have highlighted some fresh tools and resources for all you web and app designers out there. There are a couple of tools to help with any CSS3 and HTML5 development issues you may have, there…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/244857/fresh-web-designer-tools-and-resources.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/244532/our-favorite-freebies-from-the-past-week.php http://gurusunleashed.com/244532/our-favorite-freebies-from-the-past-week.php#comments Tue, 24 Aug 2010 09:10:05 +0000 speckyboy http://designreviver.com/?p=9087 For today’s news we have collected our favorites design and development related freebies from the the past week and thought they were that good, that we simply had to share them with our readers. “Buddycons” – Vector Social Media Icons…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/244532/our-favorite-freebies-from-the-past-week.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/243774/fresh-photoshop-tutorials-and-resources.php http://gurusunleashed.com/243774/fresh-photoshop-tutorials-and-resources.php#comments Tue, 03 Aug 2010 09:12:16 +0000 speckyboy http://designreviver.com/?p=8593 Today we have a nice round-up of hand-picked and fresh articles and resources for all of the Photoshop fans out… that will pretty much everyone then! There are is a huge selection (50!) of tutorials for the latest and greatest…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/243774/fresh-photoshop-tutorials-and-resources.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/243545/awesome-resource-user-interface-design-framework.php http://gurusunleashed.com/243545/awesome-resource-user-interface-design-framework.php#comments Tue, 27 Jul 2010 09:33:09 +0000 speckyboy http://designreviver.com/?p=8456 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…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/243545/awesome-resource-user-interface-design-framework.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/243434/four-simple-and-quick-photo-effects.php http://gurusunleashed.com/243434/four-simple-and-quick-photo-effects.php#comments Thu, 22 Jul 2010 09:56:32 +0000 speckyboy http://designreviver.com/?p=8404 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…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/243434/four-simple-and-quick-photo-effects.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/242844/a-collection-of-fresh-illustrator-tutorials.php http://gurusunleashed.com/242844/a-collection-of-fresh-illustrator-tutorials.php#comments Thu, 01 Jul 2010 13:00:12 +0000 speckyboy http://designreviver.com/?p=7903 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…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/242844/a-collection-of-fresh-illustrator-tutorials.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/242601/our-favorite-photoshop-text-effects-tutorials.php http://gurusunleashed.com/242601/our-favorite-photoshop-text-effects-tutorials.php#comments Thu, 24 Jun 2010 10:04:27 +0000 speckyboy http://designreviver.com/?p=7862 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…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/242601/our-favorite-photoshop-text-effects-tutorials.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/242350/three-fresh-web-apps-for-designers.php http://gurusunleashed.com/242350/three-fresh-web-apps-for-designers.php#comments Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:03:17 +0000 speckyboy http://designreviver.com/?p=7647 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…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/242350/three-fresh-web-apps-for-designers.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/241972/should-long-css-code-be-divded-into-several-files.php http://gurusunleashed.com/241972/should-long-css-code-be-divded-into-several-files.php#comments Fri, 04 Jun 2010 14:30:25 +0000 speckyboy http://designreviver.com/?p=7286 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…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/241972/should-long-css-code-be-divded-into-several-files.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/241958/fresh-photoshop-resources-%e2%80%93-patterns-textures-and-actions.php http://gurusunleashed.com/241958/fresh-photoshop-resources-%e2%80%93-patterns-textures-and-actions.php#comments Fri, 04 Jun 2010 08:20:53 +0000 speckyboy http://designreviver.com/?p=7252 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…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/241958/fresh-photoshop-resources-%e2%80%93-patterns-textures-and-actions.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/241074/how-can-i-decrease-page-loading-times-on-my-site.php http://gurusunleashed.com/241074/how-can-i-decrease-page-loading-times-on-my-site.php#comments Fri, 07 May 2010 13:00:12 +0000 speckyboy http://designreviver.com/?p=6898 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…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/241074/how-can-i-decrease-page-loading-times-on-my-site.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/240573/how-did-you-get-into-web-design.php http://gurusunleashed.com/240573/how-did-you-get-into-web-design.php#comments Fri, 23 Apr 2010 10:52:11 +0000 speckyboy http://designreviver.com/?p=6727 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…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/240573/how-did-you-get-into-web-design.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/240347/sketching-or-straight-to-the-computer-for-design-concepts-what%e2%80%99s-your-choice.php http://gurusunleashed.com/240347/sketching-or-straight-to-the-computer-for-design-concepts-what%e2%80%99s-your-choice.php#comments Fri, 16 Apr 2010 13:20:49 +0000 speckyboy http://designreviver.com/?p=6515 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…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/240347/sketching-or-straight-to-the-computer-for-design-concepts-what%e2%80%99s-your-choice.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/239900/5-simple-yet-effective-fresh-vector-tutorials.php http://gurusunleashed.com/239900/5-simple-yet-effective-fresh-vector-tutorials.php#comments Thu, 08 Apr 2010 11:45:02 +0000 speckyboy http://designreviver.com/?p=6405 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…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/239900/5-simple-yet-effective-fresh-vector-tutorials.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/239474/5-fresh-photoshop-web-design-layout-tutorials.php http://gurusunleashed.com/239474/5-fresh-photoshop-web-design-layout-tutorials.php#comments Thu, 01 Apr 2010 09:31:22 +0000 speckyboy http://designreviver.com/?p=6335 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 array…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/239474/5-fresh-photoshop-web-design-layout-tutorials.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/237938/a-collection-of-extraordinary-photo-manipulations.php http://gurusunleashed.com/237938/a-collection-of-extraordinary-photo-manipulations.php#comments Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:13:59 +0000 speckyboy http://designreviver.com/?p=6224 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…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/237938/a-collection-of-extraordinary-photo-manipulations.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/229904/photography-and-photo-editing-cheatsheets.php http://gurusunleashed.com/229904/photography-and-photo-editing-cheatsheets.php#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:59:28 +0000 speckyboy http://designreviver.com/?p=5927 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…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/229904/photography-and-photo-editing-cheatsheets.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/227460/whats-better-for-designing-a-website-photoshop-or-fireworks.php http://gurusunleashed.com/227460/whats-better-for-designing-a-website-photoshop-or-fireworks.php#comments Fri, 26 Feb 2010 09:02:34 +0000 speckyboy http://designreviver.com/?p=5662 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…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/227460/whats-better-for-designing-a-website-photoshop-or-fireworks.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/227183/5-cool-and-fresh-photoshop-text-effects-tutorials.php http://gurusunleashed.com/227183/5-cool-and-fresh-photoshop-text-effects-tutorials.php#comments Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:05:28 +0000 speckyboy http://designreviver.com/?p=5427 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…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/227183/5-cool-and-fresh-photoshop-text-effects-tutorials.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/226134/week-in-review-design-reviver-answers.php http://gurusunleashed.com/226134/week-in-review-design-reviver-answers.php#comments Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:12:25 +0000 speckyboy http://designreviver.com/?p=5079 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…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/226134/week-in-review-design-reviver-answers.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/224680/5-well-designed-icon-tutorials.php http://gurusunleashed.com/224680/5-well-designed-icon-tutorials.php#comments Tue, 02 Feb 2010 09:11:07 +0000 speckyboy http://designreviver.com/?p=5028 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…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/224680/5-well-designed-icon-tutorials.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/218526/a-round-up-of-fresh-illustrator-tutorials.php http://gurusunleashed.com/218526/a-round-up-of-fresh-illustrator-tutorials.php#comments Tue, 19 Jan 2010 14:39:16 +0000 speckyboy http://designreviver.com/?p=4836 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…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/218526/a-round-up-of-fresh-illustrator-tutorials.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/215125/a-collection-of-free-design-resources.php http://gurusunleashed.com/215125/a-collection-of-free-design-resources.php#comments Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:23:20 +0000 speckyboy http://designreviver.com/?p=4675 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…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/215125/a-collection-of-free-design-resources.php/feed 0