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Essential Image Correction and Sharpening Basics

August 24, 2009 1 Comment

Proper color, contrast and sharpness can make or break the final look of an image. In this post I will show you some of the basic image correction and sharpening techniques used not only for photography, but also for use on the web.
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Making Stunning Buttons in Photoshop

August 12, 2009 0 Comments

Buttons are an important part of a design. Their main purpose is to call a user to action and get them to press it, to make an action happen on the page. Many sites out there simply leave buttons in forms and on pages to the default style and let the users operating system take care of making them look, well, boring. In this tutorial I will show you how to create stunning buttons that will draw attention and get some clicking going on.
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10 Incredibly Useful WordPress Customizations

August 4, 2009 4 Comments

WordPress is the most versatile and popular blogging software on the internet today, but out of the box it doesn't always do what you would like it to. Fortunately, many hacks have been found to whip it into shape and get even more functionality out of it for your own personal use.
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Cross-Browser Blockquotes Using CSS and jQuery

July 28, 2009 6 Comments

Back in December 2005, Simon Collison posted a tutorial on how to get "Swooshy Curly Quotes Without Images" on 24 Ways. I'd like to expand on that concept using jQuery, automating and skipping adding the additional span tags each time getting the same effect.
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Easy Snow Covered Text in Photoshop

July 25, 2009 0 Comments

I've seen many complicated tutorials around the internet on how to give your text that "snow covered" look for holiday projects, christmas cards, whatever. It's not really as difficult as it may seem to make your text look "snowy", it's as simple as applying one layer style and changing the settings.
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Setting Up WordPress On Your PC Using XAMPP

July 13, 2009 2 Comments

Having a local environment to test out new WordPress plugins or to develop and test your own themes before using them on your site is very beneficial and easy to set up. This tutorial will walk you through the step by step install of Xampp and WordPress on your pc including enabling mod-rewrite and configuring permalinks.