44 Clean New Startup Homepage Designs
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44 Clean New Startup Homepage Designs

Clarity is a vital aspect of any successful startup. Your purpose needs to be conveyed in an easy-to-understand manner without obscurity. The best websites know how to convey information through design aesthetics while expressing the main purpose of a company. The following examples are perfect for any designers who want to design their own modern…

Quick Tip: Metadata Editing in Adobe Bridge
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Quick Tip: Metadata Editing in Adobe Bridge

If you’re a photographer or a creative artist who uses a lot of digital resources, Adobe Bridge is something you should learn. It’s like a much more powerful version of Explorer where you can browse files, organize collections, and edit metadata for project work. Bridge can be opened directly through Photoshop which allows you to…

40 Material Design Android Apps for Clean User Interfaces
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40 Material Design Android Apps for Clean User Interfaces

Google’s material design has become a language unto itself. Both mobile and web designers are swooning over the simplicity of Google’s systematic foundation for textures, animations, and icon styles. Material design is here to stay and only seems to be growing in popularity. 21 If you want to design apps for Android then material design…

The Basics of Illustrator Vector Manipulation
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The Basics of Illustrator Vector Manipulation

Adobe Illustrator is a powerful vector program made for digital and print designers. Vector shapes are made to scale without any quality loss, which makes them quite different from pixel graphics. This means vector graphics can be manipulated differently and under different contexts which may be confusing for new designers. In this post I’d like…

How To Use Photoshop Adjustment Layers
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How To Use Photoshop Adjustment Layers

Most people who are familiar with photo editing should know about image adjustments. These are used to affect a photo’s levels in light & color. The only problem with using typical adjustments is that they can damage an image’s pixels permanently. This brief how-to will explain the benefits of using an adjustment layer instead of…

37 Best Websites for Online Tools & Design Resources
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37 Best Websites for Online Tools & Design Resources

Free online tools have reshaped the way designers work on digital projects. The Internet is full of amazing resources for free photos, code libraries, icon sets, and loads of other splendiferous goodies. It can be difficult keeping up with new websites so I’ve organized this collection of the best modern resources and online tools for…

Basic Shape Manipulation Techniques in Photoshop
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Basic Shape Manipulation Techniques in Photoshop

Adobe Photoshop has come a long way since it was originally released in 1990. While Adobe has put out their latest “monthly subscription” suite of Creative Cloud, many designers choose to stick with the last iteration of CS6. The CS6 pack is still incredibly powerful and there’s not much of a difference from CS6 to…

30 Flat Analytics Dashboard Charts & Graphs for Website UI Design
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30 Flat Analytics Dashboard Charts & Graphs for Website UI Design

Online dashboards like Google Analytics are some of the most advanced modern web applications to date. They pull data related to stats, sales numbers, or conversion rates and display this information in sortable charts. Each dashboard has a set of personal needs which can be met through expertise in web design. The following examples are…

38 Most Creative Landing Page Website Mockups
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38 Most Creative Landing Page Website Mockups

Landing page design is a tough gig which focuses more on snazzy design coupled with smooth page copy. In order to sell a product or service you really need to draw people into the site. This means colorful graphics and well-placed typography can make all the difference in converting new customers. kl This gallery is…