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Tutorials

30 Worth Learning Text Effect Tutorials in Photoshop

There are a lot of new and spectacular text effects tutorials created every now and then. Many people found text effects as one of the most interesting thing to do in Photoshop. We have decided to collect those best tutorials that could help and inspire you to create your own text effects techniques. For those who like text effects, this collection is a great guide to create your own and learn some tips. There is no limitation of creativity in terms of presenting your own text effects or Typography. The creativity injected on text effects helps you deliver the message across and leaves solid impressions to the viewer. It is not easy to design a good typography though the creativity is limitless in creating text effects. The selection of the correct fonts, design and placement of the text are important factors to deliver the message across.

Here some of the best and most recent Tutorials on Text Effects in Photoshop that we found on the web to help you stay up to date on the latest trends and techniques.. These are all useful, cool, beautiful and easy to follow tutorials. Enjoy!

Fonts

A Collection of Beautiful Calligraphy Fonts

A few weeks ago, we have posted different fonts that can be applied by tattoo artists in their designs. This time, we are featuring calligraphy fonts to add up your collection. Calligraphy is the art of producing beautiful or artistic handwriting. It comes from two Greek words which mean “beautiful writing”. Calligraphy is a type of visual art and is often called the art of fancy lettering. It is an art of writing that expresses the beauty of a text into written characters. Despite the significant changes in its status over the centuries, the ancient art of Calligraphy has withstood the tests of time and is still improving until today.

The modern calligraphy has continued to flourish despite the existence of computers that can mimic any script with clarity. Calligraphy is still doing well in the forms of wedding and event invitations, font design, original hand-lettered logo design, religious art, announcement, graphic design art and commonly on memorial documents. Calligraphy is timeless that endured relevance about writing and drawing letters today. Here is A Collection of Beautiful Calligraphy Fonts that can be downloaded for free. Enjoy!

Textures

30 Aesthetically Beautiful Vintage Textures for your Designs

If you are a designer who is working on design projects such as banners or sketch of a website which require vintage touches, the use of design elements that look like they were found in the attic of an old house dating back to the 1920's, 30's, or 40's or vintage looking textures is important to give your design a feeling of authenticity and originality. In today’s post, we gathered some great vintage texures that are extremely useful in decorating your designs to make your viewers feel that they have transported back in time. You will no longer spend much of your time in browsing vintage textures on your local antique shops or on your grandmother’s attic since we have already done this job for you.

Here are 30 Examples of Old Yet Aesthetically Beautiful Vintage Textures for your Designs. Hope that these wonderful pieces of art will be useful in designing your vintage-themed projects. Enjoy browsing!

Blueblots Editorial
November 7, 2011

Development

15 Great Examples of CSS3 Generator

CSS3 is becoming popular nowadays because it is one of the best languages used for styling web pages to have an attract look. If you know the basic properties of CSS then it would be easy for you to write CSS manually. However, if you are not in the mood to write your own code, we suggest you use these CSS3 generators that we compiled to speed up your css3 coding. CSS3 Generators eliminate the extensive manual coding while having the same results the developer wants without writing those long lines of code to get the buttons you desired for your website. Many talented web developers and designers have already found great ways to use CSS3 even though it has been here for a long time.

Here are the Great Examples of CSS3 Generator that are helpful in generating semantic CSS3 code to get a lot done in a hurry. Browse this list and make use of these generators right now!

Photography

30 Examples of Scenic Boat Pictures for your Inspiration

Today’s photography inspiration post focuses on the captivating beauty of boats. Most of these photos are boats with colorful reflections in the water during a sunny day and some are just resting in the sand. A boat is a small vessel designed to float in the water. Boats play an important role in fisherman’s life as this is the instrument they use to travel along the sea to be able to catch a bunch of fish.

To photograph an award winning photo of boat as a subject, you need to head out on a sunny day. That is the best time when the water is still because there is not much of a breeze in the air. To reduce reflections on the water, saturate the colors and enhance the sky, you must use a polarizing filter. If you happen to go out and found out that the tide is out in the harbor, the best thing is to take a shot at the boat which is stuck in the mud and take advantage of the mooring ropes which are already fully visible. It would be better to just shot a single boat in the busy harbor as a shot of several boats will fight for your eye’s attention.

Here are the 30 Examples of Scenic Boat Pictures for your Inspiration. Take a look at these photos if you would like to get an idea on how to capture the postcard shot of colorful boats in the water. Enjoy browsing!

Web Design

A Showcase of 30 Appealing Restaurant Websites

Many restaurants use their websites to effectively communicate and reach out to their new customers by showcasing the atmosphere of their restaurants and by providing quick information about the food they offer. Because of that, colorful layouts and elegant typography are used to please the eyes of the viewer. These are a few of the reasons that make restaurant websites a great place to find inspiring designs and to check out some nice ways of displaying photographs within the design. Every restaurant website conveys the sophistication and personality specific to complete each restaurant experience. A great restaurant website allows the customer to view menus and specials, find a location, and make a reservation or even sign up for a mailing list and any other ways that can both benefit the customer and the business as well. Whether a small, national franchising, or local restaurants, a good restaurant website always gives a significant impact on the business. The most basic way to present your restaurant is to show beautiful images of the food. It is very noticeable that restaurant web design use images in a variety of ways to put the focus where it needs to be. The images which are more often all about the food, restaurant interior, friendly shots of the staff are usually presented in a full background or in a slideshow format.

Here is An Appealing Showcase of Restaurant Websites for your inspiration. Try to browse the list to see the different presentation of sites with really inviting visual impact. Enjoy!

Icons

A Collection of Free Android Themed Icons

The default folder icons on Android phones are somewhat plain to look at. If you are one of those Android users who are looking for icons for your apps or websites to customize your home screens and personalize your desktops, this article is definitely for you because we are showcasing Android icons which include menu, lists, tabs (selected & unselected), dialogs, social network icons, other applications and more. These high definition icons are not just beautiful and gorgeous to look at through their bright and vibrant colors but they also score high on usability and utility. You can download these icons on your own, free of charge without worrying to pay a dime.

Here is A Collection of Freely Downloadable Message-Focused Android Icons to optimize your mobile applications and websites. Check out this post and find the icons that match your style. If you are a developer or a designer, this collection will also serve as an inspiration for you in designing mobile apps. Take a look at this list right now.

Tutorials

24 Yet Another Nice and New Photoshop Tutorials

For those who would like to improve their skills and love to learn more about certain techniques and styles in Photoshop, this post is for you because we have collected and listed new Photoshop tutorials that popular design blogs release last month. Some of these tutorials could be applied to your websites to make them look more awesome and unique. If you want to brighten the areas of your design, these tutorials can help you do better and can also help you enhance your creativity.

Here are the 24 Really Nice and New Photoshop Tutorials Created in September 2011. These may served as a good guide for you to make an exceptional art. Browse this list and try each of them now. Enjoy!

Tools

List of Free To Use Google SEO Tools

Search Engine Optimization is helpful for website owners in increasing their website’s traffic and global presence to be in the top of the list and to be ahead of their competitors. The tools and techniques used for website optimization help maximize the visibility of your web page in search engines and thus easy to attract more visitors and reach potential customers to your website. In today’s post, we are presenting SEO based applications that Google are providing for free to optimize your website quickly and effectively.

Here's a List of Free To Use Google SEO Tools helpful in conducting or monitoring the search engine marketing efforts of any website. Check out this list and enjoy!

Web Design

30+ Simple and Organized Grid Layout Websites

Grid-based web design is another type of web designing that is becoming popular in the modern web design. The grid is a series of intersecting horizontal and vertical lines spaced at regular intervals. As an established tool in web design, grids act as a guide in placing the elements in a design to look clean, highly readable, scannable, and navigate-able for your visitors. It gives both visual structure for laying out site elements and a framework for its content.

Here is another web design inspiration for you to give you an idea on how to use grid effectively to build websites. Check out these Incredibly Simple and Organized Grid Layout Websites. Enjoy!

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