The topic I wanted to talk about in today’s Photoshop video tutorial is creating the trendy ‘matte’ look within your photos. The thing is, creating the effect literally takes seconds. So instead, I’m going to show you FIVE ways to create a matte effect in Photoshop! There’s a range of tools you can use, each […] The post Video Tutorial: 5 Ways To Create a Matte Effect in Photoshop appeared first on Spoon Graphics.

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 7.1.32. This is a security release.All PHP 7.1 users are encouraged to upgrade to this version.For source downloads of PHP 7.1.32 please visit our downloads page, Windows source and binaries can be found on windows.php.net/download...

Let’s start with taking closer to What is AngularJS, React.js, and Ember.js. What is AngularJS? AngularJS is an open-source, structural, and Java-based framework, which is mainly used for developing single-page applications. AngularJS enables developers to practice HTML as a template language. This makes it easier to propagate application components by extending the HTML syntax. Angular completely...

For many people, a map of a transportation network is a given, an expected part of the system, something that just is — like a fire-escape plan in a building. So, when I say that I design transportation maps, they don't understand. What is there to design even? Well, let's take the London underground map as an example. Designed by Harry Beck, it was the world's first transportation map to use the principles of electrical circuit drawings. All line segments were put to the angles of 45 or 90 degrees. The distances between stations were equalized.The post Things To Keep In Mind When Designing A Transportation Map appeared first on Smashing Magazine.

A successful UX project relies heavily on testing to achieve a project’s goals and objectives. Wireframes, mockups, and prototypes allow designers to create blueprints and models of the final product for usability testing. The problem is that many people use wireframes, mockups, and prototypes interchangeably, when in fact, they’re all different and used at separate The post Prototype vs Wireframe vs Mockup - What Are the Differences? appeared first on Studio by UXPin.

Animated GIFs have a lot going for them; they're easy to make and work well enough in literally all browsers. But the GIF format was not originally intended for animation. The original design of the GIF format was to provide a way to compress multiple images inside a single file using a lossless compression algorithm (called LZW compression) which meant they could be downloaded in a reasonably short space of time, even on slow connections.

Editor's note: Please note that this is the last Monthly Web Development Update in the series. You can still follow the Web Development Reading List on Anselm's site at https://wdrl.info. Watch out for a new roundup post format next month here on Smashing Magazine. A big thank-you to Anselm for sharing his findings and his thoughts with us during the past four years. Do we make our lives too complex, too busy, and too rich?

One of the most important aspects of selling real estate property is making the houses, apartments, and the property look good on your website, flyers, and banners. It's the first step in attracting prospects. Thankfully, there are amazing real estate Lightroom presets you can use to enhance your photos with just one-click. You invest so […]

Gritty, grainy, grungy textures are my favourite type of design asset for roughing up your clean digital artwork to give it an old, worn, and distressed appearance. Because grungy textures are sourced from real dirty surfaces, there's an infinite supply of resources, each one with its own unique style. In today's roundup post I collate […] The post The Best Grit, Grain & Grunge Textures (Free & Premium Packs) appeared first on Spoon Graphics.

Finding the inspiration to design the perfect shop sign for your business can be a time-consuming task. We're here to make that process easier for you. With these hand-picked sign templates and mockups, you'll be able to not only find inspiration to design professional and modern signage but also find the perfect mockup template to […]