I recently spotted an iPhone ad which inspired me to write this tutorial. It is a gift ribbon, consisting of various app icons, wrapped around an iPhone. This effect can be easily achieved with Photoshop Warp transform tool. If celebration times are around the corner and I hope you may find this tutorial useful for upcoming projects. Preview of The Final Image 1. Download The Source Files Download the zip file which includes the iPhone [...]

Is time kickin’ your back? Well, learn to defend yourself! Master these killer Photoshop keyboard combos and you’ll find yourself with more time for the important things (e.g. Facebook trivia questions). These combos assume you’re using Photoshop CS3 on Windows platform with default keyboard shortcuts. Legend: ( ) = Repeat as desired { } = Manual Input Required 10. Cloak of Invisibility Remove everything from the screen except for your file. F, F, F | [...]

Open source applications and tools are a great alternative for web designers on a budget. Many open source tools have comparable features to the expensive applications, and are also free. This makes it possible possible for a web designer to have all the tools and applications needed to complete everyday tasks without even spending a cent. In this article you will find 13 of the best open source tools for web designers. Text Editors Aptana [...]

1. Title Tag Near the very top of a web site’s source code you’ll find various meta tags — the standard ones being the Title, Description and Keyword tags. The title tag is technically not a meta tag, though it is commonly associated with them. The title tag plays such a large role in the indexing of your web site, that it is considered the most important of the three. A page title is the [...]

When it comes to freelancing and working on the web, few things are more important than the online applications that make it all possible. From project management, to invoicing, to contact management, and more — each of these apps play a critical role in running an online or freelance business. At FreelanceFolder, we’ve been on a sort of quest to find the ‘holy-grail’ — A combination of web apps that completely fulfills a business owner’s [...]

1. Pixel Resort 2. Tap Tap Tap 3. Tutorial9 4. Checkout App 5. Clearleft 6. Cosmic Soda 7. Cultured Code 8. DFW Usability Professionals 9. Digital Artifex 10. Dragon Interactive 11. Ecosimply 12. Explovent 13. ExpressionEngine 14. Icon Designer 15. Jason Dorn 16. Loodo 17. MacRabbit 18. Mason Hipp 19. Nitram + Nuca 20. Nopoko Graphics 21. OKB Interactive 22. Panic Coda 23. 30elm.com 24. Rawnet 25. South Creative 26. Apple Reviews 27. Fluxiom 28. [...]