Category Archives: Web Graphics

Using Animation Effectively in Web Design

Animated GIFs, dynamic HTML, Flash Macromedia – with the plethora of animation methods now available to even amateur web designers, should you feel obligated to add some to your website? The answer is yes… and no.
Here’s a helpful checklist to make sure you use animation effectively and to decide if you need it at all:

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Web Design Templates

Web Design Templates
If you’re interested in designing your own website but you’re not crazy about starting from scratch, web design templates can be a great alternative. This option provides a virtual buffet of pre-designed templates from which you can choose. Once you have the backdrop determined, you plug in content, and voila! Not only can [...]

Got (Photoshop) Gadgets? Part II

More Cool Gadgets
This week wraps up our series on Photoshop gadgets for websites. These gadgets are quite generic and can be used in many different sorts of applications. The accompanying tutorials are straightforward and detailed. The more difficult ones will take more time to build, but the results will be worth it. Enjoy!
Digital MP3 Player

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Got (Photoshop) Gadgets? Part I

Spruce Up Your Website
Are you tired of the same old button gadgets everyone else uses on their websites? If you are, here are a few gadgets you can create in Photoshop that may bring some bling to your webpages. A big thanks to Hongkiat for assembling most of these tutorials.
Flash Drive Gadget

For all those tech [...]

Things You Won’t Hear About Successful Web Designers - Part II

Got Customers?
Take the case of “Jesse,” a brilliant web designer. It’s obvious that he has serious skills in design and can run circles around other web designers when it comes to talent. But oddly enough, he doesn’t have many customers.
On more than one occasion he tells his customers that he is “overworked” and complains about [...]