09/08/2010
Editing Opacity With Layer Masks
On screen, the colors of pixels are a mix of red, green and blue values. A fourth value, opacity, controls how pixels blend with pixels laid over them.In image-editing programs such as Photoshop, changing the opacity of a layer is easy but not always precise.Setting a layer to 50% opacity  makes all of its pixels [...]
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09/07/2010
Showcase: Textures in Web Design
Textured backgrounds in website design are common, especially in grunge designs. But they’re used in a variety of other design styles, too.Textures can add visual interest to an otherwise-minimalist design, or can add that extra bit of detail that really makes a design pop.Paper textures are by far the most common, but other regularly-seen textures [...]
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09/06/2010
10 Ecommerce Design Tips for Increasing Conversions
Sometimes, web stores get too artsy with their designs. Some use flash animations that can slow down the shopper’s browser, while others use color schemes that send the wrong signals to shoppers.There are many cases where experienced web designers might overlook usability issues, though creative elements might look very attractive [...]
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09/05/2010
Our Favorite Tweets of the Week Aug 29-Sep 4, 2010
Every week we tweet a lot of interesting stuff highlighting great content that we find on the web that can be of interest to web designers.The best way to keep track of our tweets is simply to follow us on Twitter, however, in case you missed some here’s a quick and useful compilation of the [...]
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09/04/2010
Comics of the Week #41
Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD.The content revolves around web design, blogging and funny situations that we encounter in our daily lives as designers.These great cartoons are created by Jerry King, an award-winning cartoonist who’s one of the most published, prolific and versatile cartoonists in the world today.So [...]
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09/03/2010
In-Depth Review of Tumblr’s Custom Theming Ability
Tumblr. If you’re a savvy tech maven, you may have heard of, or had the chance to use, this powerful microblogging platform.No wonder; millions of people have chosen Tumblr as their blogging service, and the average Tumblr user creates 14 original posts every month. Half of those posts are photos, and [...]
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09/02/2010
Working For A Web Design Agency
The most obvious job for a web designer is working for a web design agency, but if you’ve never done that before… then how do you know what to expect? Is it even the right path for you?Setting foot in an agency for the first time can be daunting. It’s filled with people who [...]
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09/01/2010
Winners of Custom Stickers from Sticker Mule
After more than 300 comments on last week’s Sticker Mule giveaway, we finally have the results.As you know, Sticker Mule makes awesome custom stickers in all different shapes and sizes as well as skins that you could use, for example, for your laptop, iPhone or iPad. These are not only great fun, but [...]
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08/31/2010
How to Make an Internet Web Page
Do you browse the internet often? Are you amazed at how many internet web pages there are in the world today? Don’t you wish you could get a piece of that action?You’re probably thinking that in order to build an internet web page, you have to be some kind of computer [...]
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08/30/2010
A Collection of Mini Icon Sets
Icons can add a lot of meaning to a website or web app design.Used appropriately, they can make it faster for your visitors or users to complete the tasks they need to complete. But not every website design has space for normal, full-size icons (often 32×32 to 48×48 or sometimes even [...]
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