Archive for the ‘Photoshop’ Category

Photoshop and similar web design programs are extremely powerful tools, but they are rather useless if you don’t know how to use them. If you’re new to Photoshop, or you’d like to learn more, there are a number of sites out there that can help you. These tutorial sites offer detailed tutorials, ranging from 5 minute tasks to 3-hour ordeals. The difficulty you choose is up to you, and there is such a large selection of tutorials that it shouldn’t be hard to find one that works for you.

Popular web design tutorial sites

PSD fan

PSDfan.com is an excellent source for Photoshop tutorials, but that’s about all they offer. There are no tutorials for other programs, so if you want any of those, try a different site. One of the best things about PSDfan is that they update their tutorials very regularly. If you log on once a week, you will notice that each and every week there are at least 2-3 new tutorials up, and sometimes much more. This keeps the selection fresh, and the designers busy! Read the rest of this entry »

In the life of a webmaster, there are many times where stock pictures come in handy. For those who don’t know, a stock photo is a photo that you can purchase (or get for free from specific sites), and use on your site, without fear of violating copyright laws. There are still rules that go along with the publishing of stock photos, but it’s better to have to follow a few simple rules than to pay hefty copyright fines when you get caught using unlicensed photos. If you’ve been looking for some stock photos, check out the resources below.

Stock.xchng

At sxc.hu you can browse through more than 350,000 stock photos, all of which are available for free. Not only are there more than 350K photos in the library, but more are added every day by more than 30,000 photographers. This gives you quite a bit of variety and choice when it comes to choosing a picture for your blog, website, advertisement, or whatever else you’re using it for. There is no monthly fee or anything, so the photos are truly free. Read the rest of this entry »