Today's websites are overflowing with animations--often too many. They get in the way of the content and slow down our busy users. But at the same time: they're wonderful. They bring websites to life, are fun to implement and … The post Stealing Game Animation Techniques to Engage Users appeared first on CSS-Tricks. You can support CSS-Tricks by being an MVP Supporter.

Many of the text effect tutorials I produce for Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop tend to require the text to be permanently set, which means if the wording needs changing, the effect would have to be created all over again from scratch. In today’s tutorial I’m going to cover some useful tricks that incorporate the […] The post How To Create an Editable Retro Text Style in Illustrator appeared first on Spoon Graphics.

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If you want your next email campaign to stand the best chance of success, using a responsive design that looks good on any screen or device is really important. Responsive email design is notoriously difficult, so starting with a template can be a good bet. It’s worth taking advantage of pre-made responsive templates that have already […]

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A simple and fun hover effect with repeated image layers that get scaled up and down. The post Repetition Image Hover Effects appeared first on Codrops.

Plagiarism is the term given to the borrowing of someone else's ideas and passing them around as one's own. It exists in academia, in professional work environments, and any other field where there's a creation of some kind of content involved. It's considered a serious offense, leading to copyright laws, fines, and even imprisonment (in some severe cases). Today, there are software and other special practices implemented to keep plagiarism in check.

Design is one of the most controversial things in our industry. There are barely any redesigns that aren't discussed heavily in the community. Changing a well-working design is even harder as people tend to dislike anything new, but if we give them a bit of time, they might start to see things from a different perspective. Instead of following what everyone else is doing, we shouldn't hesitate to leave the beaten tracks when designing -- by creating a contrast-rich, deep design without using drop shadows, for example. Whatever you do, be sure to explore new options whenever you can.The post Web Development Reading List #186: Tor 7, Designing Depth, And Mac Ransomware appeared first on Smashing Magazine.

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Direct mail marketers – and increasingly, designers – live and die by results. If the design is beautiful, but doesn’t sell – it’s scrapped. If the copy’s clever, but doesn’t... The post What Direct Response Marketers Can Teach You About Designing Pages That Sell appeared first on Speckyboy Design Magazine.