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In this tutorial we will create a Samsung Galaxy S with some simple techniques in Photoshop. We will be using the Rounded Rectangle Tool, the Pen Tool, shape mode and some effect in Blending Options. So, you should know the basics of them. Continue reading for this incredibly in-depth tutorial.

Here is a great feature for those of you interested in fighting SOPA and the PROTECT IP Act that is currently in the U.S. Congress. Allow visitors to your website to call, email, Facebook and tweet their congressional representatives.

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Whether you’re a web designer, a passionate photographer, or an amateur or professional illustrator looking for original and eye-catching pictures or symbols to serve as decorations for gifts or party invitations, you can find an impressive variety of free Photoshop winter brushes online, by simply browsing by keywords.

However, this can be quite an overwhelming and time-consuming task for someone in urgent need for new tools to add great winter effects to their pictures and design projects. This is why we took the time to browse through a large gallery of free-of-charge brushes available online and to organize them in the list below.

This is definitely the best time of the year to surprise your guests and friends with elegant and unique decorations resembling delicate snowflakes, icicles and other popular winter symbols!

Today we are looking at KISSInsights, a survey and customer feedback service from the same people who bring us KISSMetrics. KISSInsights is useful, incredibly easy to use, and unexpectedly powerful. Watch our review and see for yourself. I have a feeling there is a project of yours somewhere that could use this great tool.

Earlier this year, the full force of post-it note art broke with some of the most amazing visualizations ranging from Super Mario and Kirby to Elvis Presley and Ray Charles. However, where do you start if you want to get involved yourself? If you’ve got a design package like Adobe Photoshop with a grid function, the whole process is actually quite straightforward to design, leaving you with a simple, but time consuming, job of just following your design when you start sticking post-it notes to the wall.

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Whether you decide to work from home, as a freelancer or even as a part of some creative team, your achievement as a Logo Designer centers upon one thing and that is, your creativity. In order to maintain the ideas to be new, prompt and continuing, you must take care of your inspiration levels. When you feel the pressure of work, it can get very difficult to stay motivated, but with control, time and concentration towards your work, you can help avert your motivation from drying up.

Logically, each person has their personal way of working, and you must always make it a point to listen to yourself as far as finding out how to continue the flow of your creative juices. Here are a few opinions and suggestions that might help you on your way.

When thinking of Helvetica, it is fair to assume that many of your minds will go immediately to printed medium. Posters, fliers and calendars all frequently use the font for their main design, usually to use an attractive typeface that isn’t as overabused as the old standard, Arial.

But there are plenty of places where typography lovers can apply Helvetica. In this case, we are going to look at some of the small movies that have been made featuring the font prominently, sometimes as the main focus.

To do image manipulation, to create graphic design, to do digital painting, and to do matte painting there are various designing software available in the world but among that Photoshop is the best program. It has fantastic tools, efficient filters, smart menus and creative actions to create beautiful graphic design. By the use of this software you bring awesome effects to any image.

With all these in-built features, Photoshop is also compatible to include external plugins. So in this post you are going to learn all about Photoshop Plugins and then you will get Top 10 Resources to find your preferred plugin.

The use of wireless internet technology is on the rise and there is no arguing that, especially with revolutionary gadgets like smartphones and tablets available on the market. More and more people are using their tablets or smart phones to visit websites. In fact, according to one study, more people expect websites to work as well on a mobile device as their computers, but more than half of them have problems.

Slow loading is the most common problem, along with not being able to see everything a site has to offer properly. What is more significant is the fact that roughly half of the people searching websites will abandon the search if it takes more than three seconds to load and will not bother to return. With the constant advancement and ease of use of mobile technology, the number of mobile users is only going to go up, and the need for a good mobile friendly experience has become more important.