Some designers prefer the jack-of-all-trades route because it offers more job security. But most specialists would debate that focusing on a particular skillset improves your recognition amongst clients and employers. This isn’t to say you should only learn one area of design and never try anything else. The idea of specialization is to do amazing […]
Adobe Keyboard Mapper Showcases Hundreds of Keyboard Shortcuts for Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign
Editor’s note: This post was written by John, a design enthusiast with a passion for blogging, too. He regularly writes on the subject of design on his own blog, along with a number of other popular publications. He is also a design freelancer. If you’re a photographer, web designer, developer, blogger, magazine designer/editor, or even a […]
33 Illustrator Design Tutorials for Unique Text Effects
Illustrator is the perfect tool for building large scalable design effects. Either for print or digital mediums, Illustrator is a wonderful tool with a lot to offer in the way of customized typography. There are plenty of great Photoshop effects that can also apply to text and lettering. But with Illustrator you get access to […]
20 Web Design Tutorials for Learning Adobe Fireworks
Adobe recently started a slow push away from supporting Fireworks since CS6. But it’s still quite the popular(and affordable) software amongst web designers. You can build vector and bitmap objects to mockup wireframes, website layouts, icons, and similar graphics. In the past we’ve put together a Fireworks web design tutorial on website navigation. The program […]
30 Video Tutorials for learning to use Adobe Premiere Pro
Digital creatives are known for delving into new topics of interest. Personally I love entertainment media, especially related to film or animation. Adobe Premiere Pro is a top-tier video suite which can help directors and other film editors put together finished pieces. But when you don’t know anything about the software it’s very confusing and […]
25 Adobe Dreamweaver CS6 Tutorials for Web Designers
The newer Adobe Creative Suite 6 includes many updates for experienced creatives. Anyone who has designed or developed websites in Dreamweaver knows about typical methods within the development environment. Whether you choose to build a website using drag-and-drop GUI or code a website using HTML/CSS, the software is capable of handling both solutions with ease. […]
36 Brand New Freebie PSDs Released by Dribbble Members
Dribbble has quickly grown into the most amazing community for design inspiration. Members are constantly posting up shots for user interfaces, icons, and even full website layouts! Many times you’ll also notice these shots have an attached .PSD or .AI file free to download. This freedom of sharing open source graphics has really helped the […]