This week's Designer News (No 465) includes Five Mistakes in Designing Mobile Push Notifications, Intention-Based Design, The Current State of Styling Scrollbars, Free Optician Sans Font, How to Design an Icon Set, CSS Animation 101 eBook, The Problem with Invisible Branding and much more. The post Weekly News for Designers No 465 appeared first on Speckyboy Web Design Magazine.

If anything's clear in 2017, it's that lying is back in fashion (if it ever left us at all). From the heated fake news debate to the false data provided by Facebook, lying is all the rage these days. A white lie here and there is no big deal. We're all guilty of it. The problem arises when lies turn into full-grown myths, then become accepted as truths. In an era of digital chaos, we understandably gravitate to our trusted sources of information. For us designers, this usually means guidelines as defined by juggernauts such as Google and Apple.The post Mobile Interface Myths You Should Throw Out The Window appeared first on Smashing Magazine.

So much has changed, such as new ways of hiring your team, finding employees, reaching new customers, and a new way for them to reach you. Today, technology is evolving at breakneck speed; it is bringing new opportunities to web development companies. But along with unlimited perks and benefits, technology has brought many new challenges to individuals and businesses. Therefore, if you are a business owner and want to create a lasting impression on your target audience, you must address such challenges. In this cut-throat technology world, creating a user-friendly business website is not an easy task. You will face … Continue reading →Visit us at InstantShift.com

This week Access All Areas members have another useful website PSD template to download courtesy of bigpsfan. Quest is a professionally designed single page creative portfolio with 6 PSD files covering a range of layout options. The templates make use of Google Fonts and is based on the Twitter Bootstrap grid to streamline the process […] The post Quest Portfolio PSD Template for Access All Areas Members appeared first on Spoon Graphics.

It’s not easy to find creativity in normal things. It is an art that changes your perspective toward looking things in certain way. Usually the simplistic approach to any problem is the correct one. There is some much to inspire from simple things. There is an impression “Creativity in simplicity” which states the power of simple things. Jose Maria Rodriguez Madoz, also known as Chema Madoz, is an amazing artist who had received many important awards and has this unique ability to look at simple thing somewhat differently and capture simple photographs with creative perspective that mock the mind and … Continue reading →Visit us at InstantShift.com

The creation of SVG graphics is pretty straightforward. If you know HTML, you’ll be able to handle the SVG syntax quickly. However, there are a couple of small, but relevant differences between HTML and SVG [...]

We have collected the best free After Effects slideshow and gallery templates that will help you create stunning video presentations. The post 10 Free Slideshow & Gallery Templates for Adobe After Effects in 2021 appeared first on Speckyboy Design Magazine.

Have you ever wished you could turn a PDF document into a PowerPoint presentation? With the right tools, it is a quick and easy process. To turn a PDF into an editable fully functional PPT file, you need two pieces of software, Adobe Acrobat and Microsoft PowerPoint. Once you’re set with those, it’s a simple […]

After reading the title of this article, it might seem like it's jumping the gun, but with retailers turning on holiday music and putting out holiday-related displays earlier and earlier every year, your consumers are primed to start thinking about the holidays earlier, too. In fact, a study done by the Tampa Bay Times revealed that in-store shoppers were exposed to holiday music as early as October 22 in 2017.

Back in the 80's, there was an iconic commercial created by The Partnership for Drug-Free America called This Is Your Brain on Drugs. It was a short video featuring a guy that looked like the stereotypical American dad sporting a very disappointed look on his face. With an expression of sheer disdain, he stared at...