Use 9-Slice Scaling in Adobe Fireworks CS4 to Scale Objects Without Distortion

Use 9-Slice Scaling in Adobe Fireworks CS4 to Scale Objects Without Distortion

I’m sure most of you have probably attempted to scale an object in Illustrator or Photoshop with rounded corners. If so, you have probably noticed how Photoshop or Illustrator can distort the rounded corners on your objects. This…

Ultimate Icon Search Engine – FindIcons.com: More Than 300,000 Free Icons at Your Fingertips

Ultimate Icon Search Engine – FindIcons.com: More Than 300,000 Free Icons at Your Fingertips

Hey guys, today I wanted to let you know about a new icon website; FindIcons.com. FindIcons.com is a new website that features the world’s largest icon library with over 300,000 free icons in over 2,100 packs.

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Fluffy Clouds: 25 High Resolution Photoshop Brushes

Fluffy Clouds: 25 High Resolution Photoshop Brushes

Let’s face it; there are a lot of ways to produce clouds in Photoshop. If you ask Google how to create clouds in Photoshop, you’re likely to discover a list as long as the Internet itself. The main…

Torn Paper: 10 High Resolution Photoshop Brushes With a Flat Edge

Torn Paper: 10 High Resolution Photoshop Brushes With a Flat Edge

My favorite way to create torn paper edges in Photoshop is to use a nice set of Photoshop brushes. The right set of Photoshop brushes can produce a realistic-looking effect in a short amount of time. I’ve released…

10 Steps to Powerful Online Self Promotion for Creatives

10 Steps to Powerful Online Self Promotion for Creatives

Hello everyone! My friend Alex Mathers asked that I let you know about his latest eBook ‘10 Steps to Powerful Online Self Promotion for Creatives‘. ‘10′ Steps is an in depth guide to effective marketing, winning clients, and…

Quick Tip: Apply a Pattern Overlay to a Gradient in Adobe Fireworks

Quick Tip: Apply a Pattern Overlay to a Gradient in Adobe Fireworks

One of the reasons that I enjoy working in Fireworks so much is the ease in which it allows you to apply basic effects to objects. In this brief video tutorial I will demonstrate how to apply a…

More Stunning Smoke: 30 High Resolution Photoshop Brushes

More Stunning Smoke: 30 High Resolution Photoshop Brushes

You may remember not too long ago when I released an enormously popular set of Smoke Brushes on this website. I really enjoyed creating that set and received a ton of positive feedback; so much so that I decided…

Exploring Gradients in Adobe Fireworks

Exploring Gradients in Adobe Fireworks

One thing that has always frustrated me about Illustrator and Photoshop is their poor support for gradients. While they have made some strides in recent years, the tools that they provide to manipulate gradients are really sub par.…

Subscribe to These Excellent Design-Related RSS Feeds

Subscribe to These Excellent Design-Related RSS Feeds

Last year, I published an article that listed some of my favorite websites to subscribe to using RSS. That article quickly became one of the most popular articles on this site; making it to the front page of Digg.…

6 Decorative Vector Ornaments

6 Decorative Vector Ornaments

It is always nice to have some decorative vector ornaments on hand when you’re in the middle of a project. Decorative ornaments have a ton of uses from pattern creation, to stationary design. That’s why today I am…

4 Tips to Help Promote Your Website Using Facebook Fan Pages

4 Tips to Help Promote Your Website Using Facebook Fan Pages

When it comes to promoting a website through social media, a lot of people clump Twitter and Facebook Fan Pages into the same category. Most people see them as similar tools to help promote their brand; and while…

Don’t Be Constrained by Control Points: An Introduction to Extreme Path

Don’t Be Constrained by Control Points: An Introduction to Extreme Path

Hello everyone! Today, I would like to introduce you to Extreme Path, a plug-in for Adobe Illustrator that allows you to manipulate paths and shapes in ways that you can’t otherwise do using Illustrator. One of the biggest…

Giveaway Announcement: 2 Readers Win 500 Free Business Cards From Make Me Cards

Giveaway Announcement: 2 Readers Win 500 Free Business Cards From Make Me Cards

Hello everyone! Last week our friends at Make Me Cards were generous enough to sponsor a giveaway with 2 sets of 500 business cards. Today, we are very excited to be announcing the winners.

If you have never heard of…

Working With Auto-Shapes in Fireworks

Working With Auto-Shapes in Fireworks

I mention quite a bit how fond I am of the tools that Fireworks provides to help draw basic shapes. Today I would like to talk a little about one of least known but helpful tools that Fireworks…

22 Fantastic Animal Character Tutorials for Illustrator

22 Fantastic Animal Character Tutorials for Illustrator

If you love animals, you’ll love this round up of 22 Fantastic Animal Illustration Tutorials. These tutorials will take you step-by-step through the process of creating a professional-looking character or mascot in Illustrator and will help you fine-tune your…

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