Facebook has been working hard for the past year to enhance its sharing functionality and to encourage members to actively share web content within the network. Various new features ("Like" functionality, tagging people, etc) have been developed and changed. With the functionality growing in features… [read more]
Dynamic features such as Variables and Functions in CSS have been a hot topic of debate for a while. On one hand, programming-oriented people have been begging for these to be included in the next CSS installments, while countless others are pointing out the difficulties of including these inside CSS… [read more]
Images are an important way to add that extra kick to your blog posts. They are often the first thing that attracts visitors to read further. But where do you find good image? After completing your masterpiece, you begin to search endlessly around the internet for an image that depicts the core message… [read more]
"Contact Us", "Learn More", "Click Here", "Free Money!". OK that last one I made up, but we have all seen these calls that ask us to do something. Calls to action in interactive media are usually buttons or links that begin a process. Making these important calls stand out requires some designing… [read more]
Last week I wrote about how to create great header graphics for linkbait pieces. Now I would like to go a bit deeper into that and explain how I create graphical text, text that is an image, that stands out and screams to be noticed. Like the last tutorial mentioned, it is important for your article… [read more]
When you need to focus the attention of the reader to a certain area in the text or story pull quotes are the best method. Pull quotes are small pieces of the story or article that is being repeated and set in a larger size font and placed near the middle. The idea is to pull the reader in further and… [read more]
For this 'How to...' I am going to use a linkbait piece from PC World called 10 Cool Gadgets You Can't Get Here-Yet. The piece tells about how often the coolest gadgets originate overseas and usually in Asia. The information is interesting enough to hold my attention and I want to see which gadgets… [read more]
OK, before I begin let me say that I use stock photography. Stock photos are a great convenience. I sometimes depend on it, especially in a crunch or when I just need someone smiling and expressing happiness for a call center spot. That being said, there comes a time when stock photography is so obviously… [read more]
What is RSS? An RSS Reader is a simple and easy way to read your favorite news site or blogs. Instead of going out to these site to read the most recent stories or posts, the newest stuff comes to you, all in one simple page. Even more convenient is having a Reader which is online, reaching it from… [read more]
Some things are easier to do than others when manipulating type. Here is a quick tutorial on how to transform and distort your type in an easily scalable way with a vector mask. This works on the same premise as distorting or transforming a basic shape. When you convert a text layer to a shape a vector… [read more]
