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Multiply Mode in Photoshop
Author :
Adobetutorialz.com
Well, the answer actually depends on the value (lightness/darkness) of the red and green used, when you're dealing with Multiply Mode in Photoshop.
Software : 
Type : Color Management
Level : Beginner
The Quick and Easy Guide to Choosing a Web Host
Author :
Daniel J. Briere
This is the kind of article you should read before you even design your website. Choosing the webserver will be a lot easier if you read what this author has to say. The article takes you through each consideration, giving good adv....
Software : n/a
Type : Hosting Services
Level : Beginner
Photoshop Channels Revealed
Author :
Ettoremarzocchi.com
This article on Photoshop will reveal Channels. The author explains how to use the Channels tool to the best advantage with lots of well-illustrated examples. And you can apply these effects to many of your graphics projects.
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Type : Articles
Level : All levels
Photo Blending - Landscapes
Author :
Ettoremarzocchi.com
In this tutorial we will use some of the techniques learnt in the Photoshop - Blending Faces - Tutorial
Our goal is to attach two different landscape photos in order to create a panoramic effect:
Software :
Type : Miscellaneous
Level : Beginner
Javascript Clock
Author :
Spacetech
This will create a nice JS clock. You can change the color of it too.
Software : 
Type : JavaScript
Level : All levels
Stylish Paper Clip
Author :
Bosco
This lesson will learn you to draw with application of bookmarks path.
Software :
Type : Drawing Techniques
Level : Beginner
Real Sphere with an Inscription
Author :
Bosco
It is very interesting lesson how to make sphere with the curved image and an inscription inside.
Software :
Type : Drawing Techniques
Level : Experienced
Exploiting Filters part 2
Author :
Adobetutorialz.com
The Lens Flare filter lets you simulate flares caused by light sources shining directly into the camera lens. You can place the lens flare pretty accurately by moving the crosshair in the filter's proxy window (Figure 18-2). However, if you need to place it more precisely, take the following steps:....
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Type : Miscellaneous
Level : All levels
Exploiting Filters part 1
Author :
Adobetutorialz.com
There are literally thousands of Photoshop filters that you can purchase or download for free from the Internet. The filters are designed to cover a variety of functions, ranging from filtering a file with preset settings, to adding ornamental edges, to analyzing a file scientifically.
Software :
Type : Miscellaneous
Level : All levels
Blending Modes: Dissolve
Author :
Adobetutorialz.coml
Photoshop has what it calls "Blending Modes." In the Layers palette, these options show up in the drop-down that is usually set to "Normal." You can also set the blending mode (and access more options) by going to the Layer Style dialog box.
Software :
Type : Color Management
Level : Beginner
Darken and Lighten Blending Modes
Author :
Adobetutorialz.com
Here are two images that I'm going to blend together. I purposefully made them two different colors, and also made sure that the light/dark values were different as well:
Software :
Type : Color Management
Level : Beginner
How to Choose Perfect Domain Name for Your Website?
Author :
Richa Sinha
Worried for your Website Domain Name? Then not to worry!! Our complete guide will illustrate you the most perfect steps to choose domain name. But before doing so it's very essential to understand what domain name stand for!
Software : n/a
Type : Domain Registration
Level : Beginner
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[Feb. 23rd, 2007|04:10 pm] |
Art Blog
This is a beautifully decorated webpage. It was designed specifically as an art blog. The layout, graphics, photos and logos all work together to make a great place to show off images of artwork.
Category : Blog
Style : Flash Site
Transformers
This multimedia website for the motion picture "Transformers" is a truly sci-fi webpage. The graphics are absolutely fantastic. The Flash navigation is very interesting. The soundtrack is very well designed, very sci-fi.
Category : Entertainment
Style : Flash Site, Futurist
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[Feb. 23rd, 2007|04:05 pm] |
News Corp. aims to increase ad revenue from its online division by completing the acquisition of Internet ad placement company Strategic Data Corp. on Thursday.
SDC, based in Santa Monica , California , and founded in 2000, will become part of Fox Interactive Media, the News Corp. division that oversees the company's online properties, including the popular social-networking Web site MySpace.com. All 14 SDC employees will join FIM's Beverly Hills , California , office, said an FIM spokesperson....
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Google gained U.S. search market share again in January, capturing 47.5% of search queries, according to Internet metrics firm comScore Networks. That represents a 0.2 percentage point increase from the previous month.
During the same period, Yahoo lost search market share while Microsoft gained. Yahoo's U.S. search share dropped to 28.1%, a loss of 0.4 percentage points. Microsoft sites meanwhile posted a small gain of 0.1 percentage points to reach 10.6%....
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Dell Computer , anxious to repair its battered image with the consumer public, launched a pair of Web sites designed to build bridges with its customer base and solicit user feedback.
Founder Michael Dell, back in the saddle as the CEO, IdeaStorm and StudioDell at a Texas education reform conference....
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AT&T's YellowPages.com has extended last year's "Need Something?" campaign, created by agency of record GSD&M, with a new cross-media effort that keeps the tagline "We wrote the book on local search." The campaign will roll out online after an initial TV push.
Online brand ad placements use rich media to emulate a search experience. One banner unit, in signature yellow, projects the copy "Need Something? For a Wedding?"...
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If Yahoo really was close to a deal with Mark Zuckerberg for Facebook, the visitor numbers Facebook touted at a recent event probably made them a little regretful about not getting that done.
The insights into Facebook as discussed by Zuckerberg and Dustin Moskovitz at their Facebook Testing & Tasting get-together included one that should make a lot of heads turn - more than half of their users login to the site daily....
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The National Basketball Association unveiled a new video " mashup" tool on its Web site Tuesday that for the first time allows fans to build their own Web 2.0 applications.
The Highlight Mixer tool -- available at the NBA site or myvideo.nba.com -- marks the first time the NBA has allowed fans to build customized applications on the site, said Steve Grimes,...
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Carve out another notch in Google's gunbelt of months it has led the US search market; meanwhile, quite a few of those searches have led people to Wikipedia.
By the numbers, the comScore report on US search share for January looks a lot like it has the previous 12 months. Google's on top, holding 47.5 percent of the market. Yahoo is in second and running backwards with 28.1 percent, while Microsoft held on to third with 10.6 percent....
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Don't expect Microsoft to stand pat in a video-sharing sector dominated by Google's YouTube.
A week after a test version of Microsoft's video site, Soapbox, went live, the company sized up at least one potential acquisition target, sources say....
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The split between the founders of Registerfly.com, the leading domain name registrar, took a tawdry turn last week, as court documents filed by John Naruszewicz and Unifiednames, the corporation that owns Registerfly.com, made some shocking allegations against ousted CEO Kevin Medina.
The complaint seeks compensatory and punitive damages, and alleges that 75,000 domain names were lost in January 2007 alone due to failure to remit registry fees....
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[Feb. 22nd, 2007|04:15 pm] |
Website Designing with Browser Compatibility
Author :
Kyle Newton
In the early days of the Internet, many sites advertising "Best viewed with Netscape" or "Best viewed with Internet Explorer" or the like. These days, such labels seem to be rarer. Web designer today put an inordinate amount of effort to promote their sites on the search engines.
Software : n/a
Type : Web Promotion
Level : All levels
Input Text Field with a Variable
Author :
Tutorialscenter.com
1. Open a new document by clicking on File -> New.
2. Select Text tool go to the properties inspector. In the Text Type list, select Static. Then change the font, color and size if you want.
3. Draw a text field on the stage and type "Your Name".
Software : 
Type : Flash Tutorials
Level : Beginner
Corporate Business Website Banner
Author :
Adobeusersite.com
This Photoshop tutorial teaches you to create a banner or logo for corporate busness website. This tutorial demonstrates the use of Pen Tool, Elliptical Marquee Tool.
Software :
Type : Web Layout
Level : Beginner
Futuristic Cool Green Traffic Lights
Author :
Photoshopzen.com
This tutorial is good to use for creating various styles of Futuristic lights. The author shows you how to use Photoshop to create the shape, color, etc. But you can vary the steps in the tutorial to make any kind that you want.....
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Type : Drawing Techniques
Level : Beginner
Seal of Approval!
Author :
TutorialSite.Org
Learn how to make a seal of approval with this Photoshop Tutorial. Great for beginners, satisfaction guaranteed.
Software :
Type : Drawing Techniques
Level : Beginner
Introduction to Serializing
Author :
Will
Also includes an example that you can use to start building apps with serialize.
Software : 
Type : PHP
Level : Experienced
Photoshop's Linear Light
Author :
Adobetutorialz.com
The Linear Light blending mode is a combination of Linear Burn and Linear Dodge - but similar to Vivid Light, the combination gives slightly different results.
Software :
Type : Color Management
Level : Beginner
Feel the Color Burn
Author :
Adobetutorialz.coml
Again, let's start with the Photoshop description of Color Burn: Color Burn: Looks at the color information in each channel and darkens the base color to reflect the blend color by increasing the contrast. Blending with white produces no change.
Software :
Type : Color Management
Level : Beginner
Color Dodge Blend Mode
Author :
Adobetutorialz.com
You may have caught on by now that Photoshop has "opposite" blend modes: Darken vs. Lighten, Multiply vs. Screen, and Color or Linear Burn vs. Color or Linear Dodge. So the definition in Photoshop Help for Color Dodge may sound eerily familiar:
Software : n/a
Type : Color Management
Level : Beginner
How To Choose A Good Domain Name
Author :
Christine Anderssen
One would think that registering a domain is the first step when setting up your website. This is not quite true. Hopefully you had done your research first to identify your niche keywords, in other words, the primary key terms that people are looking for in relation to your business.
Software : n/a
Type : Domain Registration
Level : Beginner
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[Feb. 22nd, 2007|04:10 pm] |
Orbital
This is a hot multimedia website for an electronic music company. Aside from the really great soundtrack this website has all original artwork. The layout is excellent, fonts and logos look good. The navigation is easy and fast.
Category : Music
Style : Artworks, Flash Site
X-prime
This is a great Flash-built webpage. The layout is impressive and has original art and fonts. The navigation is slick and easy to follow. The 3D logos look good too. Photography for this website is a real plus as well.
Category : Web Design
Style : Clean, Flash Site
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[Feb. 22nd, 2007|04:05 pm] |
Mozilla's Firefox browser lost market share last month, report web metrics company Net Applications. But Apple's Safari continued to gain ground, an indicator of a slow but sure uptick in Macintosh sales.
In January, Firefox accounted for 13.7% of the browser usage market, says Aliso Viejo, Ca.-based Net Applications, down slightly from 14% the month before. The dip was the first since May 2006. Since then, Firefox's share has risen continually month to month....
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Adobe Systems on Wednesday unveiled plans to supply online video-editing tools to Web sites in return for sharing ad revenue, and said Photobucket would be its first partner in the new venture.
The maker of software for creative professionals said it was entering a "new stage" in offering over the Web capabilities found within its flagship Premiere Element and Premiere Pro products. In making portions of these tools available on Web sites, Adobe hopes to grab a piece of the booming online advertising market, and introduce its products to people who may eventually decide to upgrade to the desktop software versions....
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A cash-strapped UK Ministry of Defence is resorting to increasingly desperate measures in the struggle to get its finances back on track. The latest of these is the setting up of an eBay-style online auction site to flog the military's surplus gear, already reported in these pages.
Most of the wares on offer are relatively mundane - tents, bulletproofed Discovery landrovers, obscure bits of electronics....
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"Micro-business" executives spend more time online than other small business executives and overall Internet users, according to a recent survey by Jupiter Research. The report found this select group of executives, those working in a company with less than five employees, spends more time online than with any other media source.
A total of 449 micro-business executives responded to the survey, which was conducted to compare their media patterns with those of traditional small business execs and average online users....
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Researchers from the University of Maryland have proposed the development of the social networking equivalent of a 911 call center, where users could post information during a disaster and respond offline to the needs of their neighbors during a flood, heat wave or other emergency event.
Professors Ben Shneiderman and Jennifer Preece outlined their research around creating a network of 911.gov sites that could be linked as a "community response grid" in last week's Science magazine....
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New Zealanders are flocking to an exciting new online initiative aimed at connecting sheep fanciers with their perfect date - AdultSheepFinder.com (NSFW).
The ovine-lovers resource is evidently a big hit down there in NZ, with around 100 per cent of the current worldwide membership of 20,333 coming from the set of Lord of the Rings ....
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The New York Post reports that Getty Images is considering a purchase of digital image rival Jupitermedia Corp. The purchase price would likely be an amount substantially higher than Jupitermedia's current stock price of around $8 per share.
Over the last few years Jupitermedia has become a major player in online imaging by acquiring more than 25 online subscription image sites including Comstock and Photos.com....
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There was a time when it seemed that powerful trademark holders generally prevailed when they sought the transfer of Internet domain names that contained their trademarks.
But recent decisions show that domain name registrants have a fighting chance under certain circumstances....
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[Feb. 21st, 2007|04:15 pm] |
How Long Should Your Long Tail Be?
Author :
Stephanie Foster
This is a very timely and useful article for traffic and SEO information. The author explains a lot in a few paragraphs about keyword phrases, a bit longer than keywords, and how these can be strategically used to drive traffic via sea....
Software : n/a
Type : Web Promotion
Level : All levels
XHTML vs. HTML
Author :
Kreate^
A quick introduction to XHTML.
Software :
Type : Articles
Level : Beginner
Easy Apophysis
Author :
Webmaster
This tutorial will explian how to create a great Apophysis effect w/out using any extra software other than photoshop!
Software :
Type : Special Effects
Level : Beginner
CMS Buttons
Author :
Webmaster
Learn how to create simple CMS or (Content Management System) buttons, quickly and efficiently for your application GUI's and web forms.
Software :
Type : Web Layout
Level : Beginner
Crystillic Ice
Author :
Webmaster
Learn how to make the widely popular "cristillic-ice" effect that you see used on banners, signatures and even on TV!
Software :
Type : Special Effects
Level : Experienced
Business Header
Author :
Webmaster
This Photoshop tutorial is real help if you want to create a Business Header. The article is broken into 15 easy to follow steps and the author provides a lot of screenshots and illustrations for clarity.
Software :
Type : Web Layout
Level : Experienced
Hue Blending Mode in Photoshop
Author :
Adobetutorialz.com
The Hue Blend mode is pretty straightforward: Hue Mode: Creates a result color with the luminance and saturation of the base color and the hue of the blend color.
Software :
Type : Color Management
Level : Beginner
Saturation Blend Mode in Photoshop
Author :
Adobetutorialz.com
We're in the home stretch of the Photoshop Blending Modes series (good heavens, that means I have to come up with more topics to write about!), and today's blog looks at the Saturation Blend Mode.
Software :
Type : Color Management
Level : Beginner
Color Blend Mode in Photoshop
Author :
Adobetutorialz.com
The Color Blend Mode in Photoshop takes the "grey levels" of the base color and colors them with the blend color: Color Blend Mode: Creates a result color with the luminance of the base color and the hue and saturation of the blend color. This preserves the gray levels in the image and is useful f.....
Software :
Type : Color Management
Level : Beginner
Photoshop's Luminosity Mode
Author :
Adobetutorialz.coml
Photoshop says this about the Luminosity Mode: Creates a result color with the hue and saturation of the base color and the luminance of the blend color. This mode creates an inverse effect from that of the Color mode.
Software :
Type : Color Management
Level : Beginner
Adjusting the Monitor Display
Author :
Adobetutorialz.com
Although the RGB color model used by computer monitors can display much of the visible spectrum, the video system sending data to a given monitor often limits how many colors can be displayed at once. By understanding how color data is measured in digital files and on-screen, you can better adjust c...
Software :
Type : Photoshop Basics
Level : All levels
Web Hosting - The Essential Guide For Beginners
Author :
Moses Francis
Web hosting is a seemingly complex topic that small business owners can sometimes feel confounded by. When the techie on a message board offhandedly mentions IP addresses, domain names, and the type of hosting plan your business needs, you might be ready to head for the hills!
Software : n/a
Type : Hosting Services
Level : Beginner
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[Feb. 21st, 2007|04:10 pm] |
Tom Robinson
This website is as clean and minimalistic as it gets. The Flash elements are very fast because there is so little design. There is very simple and quick navigation as well as good sound effects in n navigation.
Category : Personal Pages
Style : Clean, Flash Site
Digit Motion
This very sleek high-tech looking webpage was built in Flash Technology. It has a great overall layout, beautiful navigation, all original graphics and logos. The soundtrack is calm music with quiet sound effects.
Category : Web Design
Style : 3D, Flash Site
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[Feb. 21st, 2007|04:05 pm] |
Jyve has launched a new search site that links users directly with people who can answer their questions.
San Francisco-based Jyve, a maker of plug-ins for the Skype peer-to-peer internet telephony network, describes the new site as an "ask engine," where user searches provide a live chat, instant message or phone call from a person with expertise in the search topic. Users can get how-to advice and tips on topics as varied as learning a language, buying a computer, mountain biking or cooking, says the company....
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A new application from Raketu Communications aims to integrate IPTV (Internet Protocol television) with social networking, two of the Internet's hip technologies.
Raketu.tv, which became available in beta mode on Tuesday, delivers IPTV and VOD (video on demand) programming. The social-networking component factors in when using the IPTV or VOD services with Raketu's other communication and entertainment application, which shares the company's name....
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Google said the problem with minimum bids skyrocketing after routine maintenance had nothing to do with adjustments to how Quality Score is calculated.
It was a dark and stormy night. Thunder crashed! Keyword prices exploded for advertisers everywhere on Google AdWords. People who had been seeing prices at pennies on the dollar suddenly found themselves being charged $5 and $10 as minimum bids....
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If you're site goes down for whatever reason, get it back up quickly or risk being de-listed from Google's index.
Though it has been thought there may be somewhat of a grace period, it now seems robots only notice what's there when they arrive....
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Web site owners can now add a dynamic list of Google News headlines to any Web page, thanks to Google's new Ajax Search Wizard.
Users of this latest search tool can customize the appearance of the news bar widget -- changing its orientation from horizontal to vertical, for example -- and indicate what searches it should perform on Google News content. The Ajax Search Wizard then generates code that can be added to a Web page to make the widget appear when the page is visited....
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"Rate My Room," a new interactive feature on Scripps Networks' HGTV.com Web site, relies on social networking to collect images of viewers' home projects and allow others to discuss and rate them. The site, launched today, relies on technology from Neighborhood America to gather and manage images as well as feedback from viewers.
The network expects the "easy-to-use hub" will be popular among people adept at decorating and those who have the desire "but need some help pulling it together." HGTV is encouraging people who submit pictures to add their thoughts about the room and to ask for assistance solving their design or decorating problems....
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ABOUT $170 billion is spent each year on business travel in the United States . Nearly 90 percent of that is "managed" — that is, booked by corporate departments — in-house or under contract with a travel management company, or both.
Managed programs have one great advantage: volume. They negotiate significant discounts with specific airlines, hotels and car rental companies in exchange for a guaranteed amount of business....
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[Feb. 20th, 2007|04:15 pm] |
Woman With Apple iPod Nano
Author :
Adobetutorialz.com
This fun tutorial shows you how to create a Woman With Apple iPod Nano. The author walks you through the process with lots of screenshots and easy to follow instructions. When you see the results you will be surprised at how easy....
Software :
Type : Drawing Techniques
Level : Professional
Water Color Painting
Author :
PhotoshopZilla
At the end of this tutorial you will be able to learn how to create a Modern art water color Painting using this technique.
Software :
Type : Drawing Techniques
Level : Experienced
Watermarking
Author :
Will
This interesting article teaches you a foolproof way to make Watermarking in your graphic projects. The author explains the process and shows you how to do it easily. The code examples are even written for you.
Software :
Type : PHP
Level : All levels
LCD Display
Author :
Will
Make a cool looking LCD
Software :
Type : Drawing Techniques
Level : Beginner
Easy Silhouette
Author :
Webmaster
In this tutorial l will show you a few techniques used to create an easy one, or two town Silhouette. Also know as "iPod people", or the "cell shading" technique. This can work with virtually any photo
Software :
Type : Special Effects
Level : Beginner
Alien Embryo
Author :
Webmaster
This tutorial will explain the how the Alien Embryo render was created using photoshop. Great for desktop backgrounds, banner/sig backgrounds, and pieces of headers.
Software :
Type : Special Effects
Level : Experienced
Text Tools in Adobe Photoshop
Author :
Adobetutorialz.com
If you're anything like me, you don’t like the default text of Adobe Photoshop. You like a lot of space between your text and some space between text lines as well. Or maybe the default line height is too much? Either way, this tutorial is for you.
Software :
Type : Photoshop Basics
Level : Beginner
Creating Path-Based Objects in Photoshop
Author :
Adobetutorialz.coml
For this example, we're going to create a simple window frame--just six rectangles--and we're going to start by using the rectangular Marquee tool. While you can also easily do this using the rectangular Path tool, I'd like to show you how to convert a selection into a path so that you might get ...
Software :
Type : Photoshop Basics
Level : Beginner
2 Surefire Ways To Maximize Your Adsense Earnings
Author :
James Winston
Most webmasters know that Adsense generates a sizeable source of additional advertising income. That is why most of them use it to go after high paying keywords. They have with them the lists that tells what the keywords are and have already used various methods of identifying them.
Software : n/a
Type : Web Promotion
Level : Beginner
Abstract Sun
Author :
PhotoshopZilla
This tutorial teaches you how to create 3d sphere, Tentacles, Burst rays and stunning abstract background effects using photoshop filters.
Software :
Type : Drawing Techniques
Level : Experienced
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