If like me you are a bit of a Mac enthusiast then you’ll no doubt be a sucker for their graphical styling as well. This tutorial aims to give you of one possible way to emulate the Mac OS X desktop background style.
In this tutorial we will be using vector paths, blend modes, gradients and [...]
Mac Style Background in Photoshop
March 3rd, 2008 | by Dave | 3 CommentsTagged in: Design Tutorials Mac Photoshop
Remove Windows Search Indexer (Disable)
March 3rd, 2008 | by Dave | 4 CommentsRemove or disable Windows Search Indexer: If like me you are unfortunate enough to have to work on a machine with Windows Vista from time to time – then you may also be annoyed with Windows Search Indexer which will happily munch up your RAM and CPU whenever it feels like it!
It took me a [...]
Tagged in: Design Tutorials Microsoft Vista Windows
Mosaic Transition Tutorial in Photoshop
February 27th, 2008 | by Dave | 3 CommentsA fantastic Mosaic effect that can be achieved with Photoshop. In this tutorial you will learn how to create a mosaic from a photo and then fade between your photo and the mosaic to achieve a really great looking transition that can be used on headers or other web graphics.
I used CS3 for this tutorial [...]
Tagged in: Design Tutorials Photoshop
DreamHost Promo Codes & Promotional Codes
February 22nd, 2008 | by Dave | No CommentsBecause we love helping people out – please feel free to use our iZone-DreamHost Promotional codes to get the best from your DreamHost package!
We’re happy for you to pass them around your friends or re-post them.
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Photoshop CS4 Tutorials
February 20th, 2008 | by Dave | 1 CommentThe following Photoshop CS3 Tutorials describe some of my favourite techniques for creating and modifying both photos and graphics for web use. Whilst not all the tutorials require Photoshop CS3, having a CS version or above is recommended.
During the series the Photoshop CS3 Tutorials will cover; Touching up photos, Use of light and shadows, The [...]
Tagged in: CS3 CS4 Design Tutorials Photoshop
iTunes Songs On Any Device
February 20th, 2008 | by Dave | No CommentsJon Lech Johansen, the guy who made a name for himself by cracking DRM protection on DVD’s and for reverse engineering the iTunes FairPlay system, has yet again made headlines with a piece of software released by his Company DoubleTwist.
The program, which allows users to share digital media files across multiple devices, breaks the Apple [...]
Best Wordpress Plugins
February 19th, 2008 | by Dave | No CommentsWith the blog a little over a week old, I thought it was about time we shared with you what we believe are the top Wordpress plugins. We’ll tell you about the tools that make our lives that little bit easier including: the ‘All In One SEO Pack’, ‘Feedburner’, ‘Related Posts’ and ‘Spam Karma’.
We’d [...]
Celeb Airbrush in Photoshop
February 9th, 2008 | by Dave | 6 CommentsOne of my favourite tutorials which will show you how to take a fairly average / bad photo of a person of your choice and turn them into an airbrushed model.
This tutorial will cover the basics of face selection, blending, masking and explore briefly how burn and saturate can be used to bring out colours [...]
Tagged in: Airbrush Design Tutorials Photoshop
Flowing Water
February 9th, 2008 | by Dave | 8 CommentsA Photoshop tutorial to show you how to create realistic looking water which you can then apply to a tap, hose, or even with some tweaking, a waterfall.
Tagged in: Adobe CS3 Design Tutorials Photoshop
OpenID – Single Password System
February 8th, 2008 | by Dave | No CommentsMicrosoft, IBM, Google and Yahoo have announced that they have all agreed to join the Open ID Foundation. OpenID, conceived by Google software engineer Brad Fitzpatrick, aims to reduce the need for multiple user accounts and troublesome password remembering.
The principal of the scheme is to allow users to nominate one identity which can then [...]
