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How To Develop Websites On Linux

How To Develop Websites On Linux

From Ricardo Cappellano, August 28th, 2009

In this article we will look at tools that can help those of you who want to develop websites on a Linux platform, from powerful text editors to desktop and system features. How do you edit files remotely without FTP ...

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The Ultimate Collection Of Maya 3D Tutorials

The Ultimate Collection Of Maya 3D Tutorials

From Vailancio Rodrigues, August 27th, 2009

Ever wonder how animated films like Ice Age are made? Maya is the answer. Maya (or Autodesk Maya, having recently been acquired by Autodesk) is powerful 3D modeling, animation, texturing, rendering and visual effects software. Maya was developed for the ...

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If Famous Graphic Artists Were Web Designers…

If Famous Graphic Artists Were Web Designers…

From Francisco Inchauste, August 27th, 2009

Styles in design are described and classified in many ways. Sometimes they are given a moniker, like “Web 2.0,” other times they are referred to by their appearance: grungy, minimalist, retro, big type. The people (and brands) to which modern ...

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Vital Tips For Effective Logo Design

Vital Tips For Effective Logo Design

From Jacob Cass, August 26th, 2009

There have been numerous creative logo design showcases, logo designresources and logo design tutorials posted across the Web. While these help you to create a powerful toolbox for your logo designs, first you need to gain a solid understanding of ...

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Showcase of ‘09 Festivals and Conferences

Showcase of ‘09 Festivals and Conferences

From Catalin Zorzini, August 25th, 2009

Some of the best festivals and conferences of the year are gone by now, but if we’d just want to judge them by their online presence we can do it from the comfort of our couch. There was some research ...

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Marketing Rules and Principles for Freelancers

Marketing Rules and Principles for Freelancers

From Jeff Gardner, August 24th, 2009

Freelancers have it hard. I mean, really hard. In theory, the idea of working for yourself, of being able to choose who you work with and what you work on, sounds like the perfect job. In practice though, it’s a ...

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50 Useful New jQuery Techniques and Tutorials

50 Useful New jQuery Techniques and Tutorials

From Vitaly Friedman, August 23rd, 2009

The simplicity, advanced features and strong support are common arguments for developers preferring jQuery against other JavaScript-frameworks. In fact, jQuery is one of the most popular JavaScript frameworks, with powerful tools that can significantly improve the user’s interaction with Web ...

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Expand Your Development Skills With Creative Tech Projects

Expand Your Development Skills With Creative Tech Projects

From Christian Baeuerlein, August 23rd, 2009

Even if you’re an experienced Web developer, your next project doesn’t have to be a website. Sometimes doing something outside of the usual Web developer’s box is more fun and can even be educational. We’ll try here to give you ...

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Free Podcasting, Video and Photography WordPress Theme

Free Podcasting, Video and Photography WordPress Theme

From Vitaly Friedman, August 22nd, 2009

In this post we are glad to release Smashing Multimedia, a unique, flexible and advanced WordPress theme for artists, photographers, podcasters, designers and users. The theme was designed by Sarah Neuber especially for Smashing Magazine and its readers.Smashing Multimedia was ...

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45 Amazing Examples of Code Generated and 3D CG Artworks

45 Amazing Examples of Code Generated and 3D CG Artworks

From Aquil Akhter, August 21st, 2009

The most interesting thing we like about art is that it is independent of any medium; an artist can express himself without any limitations or restrictions by creating a wonderful and creative piece of art. A creative artist can come ...

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Typographic Design Patterns and Best Practices

Typographic Design Patterns and Best Practices

From Michael Martin, August 20th, 2009

Even with a relatively limited set of options in CSS, typography can vary tremendously using pure CSS syntax. Serif or sans-serif? Large or small font? Line height, spacing, font size and padding… The list goes on and on. To find typographic ...

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Corporate Blog Design: Trends And Examples

Corporate Blog Design: Trends And Examples

From Steven Snell, August 20th, 2009

With tens of millions of blogs online today, major corporations have started to recognize the value of a corporate blog for communicating with customers. However, corporate blogging is far different than the more traditional blogging that most of us encounter ...

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6 Simple Ways For Freelancers To Increase Productivity

6 Simple Ways For Freelancers To Increase Productivity

From Tim Mercer, August 19th, 2009

The best part about being a freelancer is having the freedom to set your own schedule and make your own rules. This, however, can also be the worst part. Without the normal structure of an office environment, many would-be freelancers ...

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Mastering Photoshop With Paths

Mastering Photoshop With Paths

From Thomas Giannattasio, August 18th, 2009

Anomalously residing within the pixel-gridded world of Photoshop are a series of tools waiting to break out of the canvas’ inherent squareness. Mastering these tools opens the stage for a higher level of flexibility, full of clean lines and non-destructive ...

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10 Useful WordPress Hook Hacks

10 Useful WordPress Hook Hacks

From Jean-Baptiste Jung, August 18th, 2009

Hooks are very useful in WordPress. They allow you to “hook” a custom function to an existing function, which allows you to modify WordPress’ functionality without editing core files. In this article, we have compiled 10 extremely useful ready-to-use WordPress ...

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Android GUI PSD Vector Kit

Android GUI PSD Vector Kit

From Smashing Editorial, August 18th, 2009

In this post we release Android GUI Starter Kit, a set that comes with several button elements as well as different interface options for Android GUI. This set was designed by Pavel Maček and released especially for Smashing Magazine and ...

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Taming Advanced CSS Selectors

Taming Advanced CSS Selectors

From Inayaili de Leon, August 17th, 2009

CSS is one of the most powerful tools that is available to web designers (if not the most powerful). With it we can completely transform the look of a website in just a couple of minutes, and without even having ...

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Free and Commercial Stock Photography Sites

Free and Commercial Stock Photography Sites

From Jourdan Wilkerson, August 16th, 2009

Stock photography is often used in print and web design and has been around since the 1920s, when it was utilized by the newspaper industry. It has turned out to be such a common element to use now when designing, ...

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How To Effectively Communicate With Developers

How To Effectively Communicate With Developers

From Ryan Scherf, August 14th, 2009

If you have ever worked with a developer or a development team, this article will probably strike close to home. As designers, we work with dozens of developers across the globe each year. Some of us are fortunate enough ...

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Unique TV Series Episodes That Inspire Creativity

Unique TV Series Episodes That Inspire Creativity

From Louis Lazaris, August 13th, 2009

Whatever creative field you are striving to excel in – whether it be graphic design, web development, blogging, or writing of another kind – inspiration can be gleaned from any creative field, even if that field is not directly related ...

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