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We have simply been overwhelmed by the response from the design community, it has more than beat our expectations and we very much appreciate the support from everybody.
Color is the integral element with design. It can bring a bland idea to life, it can revitalize a boring and dreary web site and can bring lifeless art to, well, life. Why is it so powerful? Because different colors can invoke different emotions with different people, thus altering our perception of how we see art.
In today’s news round up we have collected some color related articles, some tools for your inspiration and learning.
Color Theory for Designers, Part 1: The Meaning of Color
Color in design is very subjective. What evokes one reaction in one person may evoke a very different reaction in somone else. Sometimes this is due to personal preference, and other times due to cultural background. Color theory ...
PHP is a powerful and widely recognized scripting language that enables you to build interactive applications and websites. If you’re new to using PHP, then you’ll most likely benefit from know how you can use it to make your website or applications more interactive and aesthetically pleasing.
With PHP you’re rarely limited to functionality and restrictions, if you can code it, you can build it. Below we’ll touch base on 5 Interactive and Creative Uses for PHP web and desktop oriented.
Graphical User Interface
There are instances were web developers make the switch from only knowing how to create apps for the web, to building desktop applications. And they use PHP as a transitional vehicle since many are already familiar with the programming language.
Creating a GUI made for ...
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For the last few years jQuery has been the jewel in Javascripts crown. Its rapid rise in popularity not only reflects how powerful a tool it is but also how relatively easy it is to work with. It is because of these two factors that developers have been churning out plugins and new techniques at a phenomenal rate.
Thanks to all of those developers for making our life easier!
30 Stylish jQuery Tooltip Plugins For Catchy Designs
Tooltips can be an important factors on a web site,although little and not always visible, they do offer so much. Although important, they also happen to be a very badly misunderstood and a poorly implemented component.
30 Stylish jQuery Tooltip Plugins For Catchy Designs
45 jQuery Navigation Plugins ...There’s no denying that the web has evolved and continues to evolve into something very different from what we had in mind a few years ago.
Animation on websites has gone a long way, some time ago everything and anything that had movement on a website was automatically categorized as Flash, now we have these different technologies that have raised the standard and have broken the mold. One of these key technologies is jQuery, and with the powerful scripting language that it represents (JavaScript) you can do amazing things.
This trend of progress is more than heartwarming, it’s amazing, and this is why we’ve compiled a hand-picked list containing 20 Easy-to-Learn jQuery Animation Tutorials that are truly amazing! Have we missed any? If so, please share with us below.
Moving Boxes ...There is seemingly no end to the conyer belt that is CSS development. Every day there are new tips and techniques being published with fresh ideas and new solutions to age old problems. keeping up with it all is not easy.
In today’s news round-up we have collected some fresh CSS reources and some good CSS reading to keep you in the loop.
Hacks are dangerous, since they are based on non-standard exploits, you can’t predict how they are going to behave in future browsers. The tool of choice for fighting IE problems is the conditional stylesheet.
IE provides comment tags, supported all the way up to the current IE 8 to target specific versions, as well ...
Everyday at Design Reviver we receive messages from readers looking for answers to all kinds of design questions. It’s because of this we have decided to launch Design Reviver Answers – a free Q&A community exclusively for Web Designers.
Our hope is that Design Reviver Answers with your help, can become a indispensable source of information and inspiration for Web Designers. Together we can help each other create better, more beautiful websites.
Interested in becoming part of this new community?Get started answering one of these:
Tell Us About Yourself: Who Are You And Where Are You From?
Designers: Which Of Your Designs Are You Most Proud Of?
How Can I Add Social Media Links To My Pages And Posts In ...
As we are stepping in a new decade, I can foresee that web design in 2010 is going to be fun and filled with experimental works. With the new CSS3 and HTML5, designers and developers are trying to utilize the new features to create impressive designs. Sketchy and large background styles are fading out. Serif fonts and texturized background will be popular. Thanks to CSS3, we are going to see a lot of rounded corners, RGBA transparency, and drop shadows. With the rise of smart phones, mobile web design is going to pick up this year.
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First off, open a transparent new document: 650 by 700 pixels. I have placed a white background temporarily which of course is to clearly show the shape drawn. From the Tools bar, select the Rounded Rectangle Tool (U) with its rounded corner set at 32 px.
Have your new shape filled with the colour #535255. Now double click the “zen” layer to bring up the Layer Style option. Choose Inner Shadow and enter the parameters below.
Now the dimensions of the Zen is beginning to take shape.
Still under the same Layer Style, select the Inner Glow and click it’s gradient and select both Color Stop as #e5e8e9. Also, reduce the transparency of Opacity Stop on the upper right corner to 0%.
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