Well ye Editor finally shucked off the Winter with a cold shudder and made the change to a Summer New Look for thePhotoFinishes.com. Bah humbug! The new design for the header resulted in two images: A racy design for the very hot days of summer upcoming- and our politicians have guaranteed HOT HOT HOT for July and August And […]
A Touch of Color works very well in photofinishing. By lowering an image to just hints of the original hues or leaving just traces of the original full colors, graphic artists have attractive design alternatives. This post will look at a range of color hints and touches available to photofinishers. Full Color Traces It would appear
Sometimes creating a background for a website is easy because the website’s subject matter, as in the case of a knitting site, offers plenty of background images for tiling. But other times, after several rejected proposals, one can start pulling an already thin crop of hair. But not any more thanks to SiteOrigin’s Background Generator.
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In an earlier review, thePhotofinishes examined Canva.com as a a Graphic Design School and came to the conclusion: So clearly Canva.com is not a Photoshop or Illustrator for design features. But there are enough robust options and a great set of practical, Try-It-Yourself lessons in the spirit of W3Schools for Web Development, that makes learning
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As a web designer and developer,a positive UI-User Interface/User eXperience is a vital ingredient to a website’s success. But making up good UI/UX is Great Graphics Design This is a combination of layout, design, and well tailored media – both images and video – that make the interaction on the website easy and effective. But
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Autodesk is raising software prices by switching from perpetual to annual and/or monthly subscription fees similar to Adobe’s pricing for most of its products. After Jan 31, 2016 only a fraction of Autodesk apps will be available for perpetual usage after purchase. Like Adobe, Autodesk is saying this will improve service to customers for 4
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The world of design is full of double entendres. A sense of humor with more than a touch of empathy which allows a designer to draw out the core elements of a story with a dash of panache. It helps catch the mind behind the eye. But is this design sense teachable? The people at the mostly free Canva.com
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After 6 months, there are 5 new background splash images being used at ThePhotoFinishes.com. The idea is to highlight some of the new plugins we have reviewed here recently. Here are the 5 new images: This rainbow image uses Fractalius plugin in the foreground and no plugin on rainbow portion.. This Naked Elm Lake image
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