Even if you’re very experienced using image manipulation tools like Photoshop and GIMP, you may not be a capable artist. These skills don’t have to come together. In fact, it’s quite easy to manipulate images, even if you’re awful at drawing. But, this can create certain problems when generating content for your work. A lot of people using this software are using it to create media for websites, social media, and advertising. And, this usually involves some graphics. So, to help you out, this post will go through some great ways to source your graphics.

In most countries, you will find that images are governed by copyright law. This is so that people can maintain their rights to content that they create, and so that other people can’t use it without permission. If you use copyrighted content illegally, the content will likely be taken down. If you make a profit or offend repeatedly, you could find yourself in trouble with the law. So, it’s always best to take these laws very seriously. Of course, the law is different in every country, though. You should always research law yourself, to find the information that’s relevant to you. Most governments provide this information online. But, if yours doesn’t, you may need to visit a place with a record of your country’s laws. In most cases, you can use the methods below to find content that you’re allowed to use.

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There are plenty of frustrating decisions out there, but there’s nothing more frustrating than dealing with technical issues. Even something that sounds simple, like picking the right web host, can turn into a much more difficult decision to make than it appears. After all, most people don’t like the idea of setting everything up for their website, only to have to switch to another place. It leads to a lot of frustration and wasted time, which isn’t fun at all for anyone. You should make sure that you’re looking at the bigger picture, which means choosing the right company for your needs. (more…)

Your website can’t just look nice to succeed. A website can look nice and can still fail to get you the results that you really want. If you want to know what your website really needs to succeed, read on…

The Right Colour Scheme

Your website needs the right colour scheme if you’re going to give your audience the right impression right from the start. You should take a look into the psychology of colours so you know what effects colours have on people. For example, green can convey feelings of nature and health. Blue can be calming, purple luxurious, and so on. Choosing the right colour scheme not only looks good, it says a lot about your business, whether your consumers consciously realise it or not. Make sure you discuss this in depth with your web designer, along with things like how you’ll host the site. Ask as many questions as you can to ensure that your website is going to turn out exactly as you need it to. (more…)

If you are starting a website for your business, or even just a blog for yourself, you’ll need to decide, first and foremost, how you want to host the site. Casual bloggers often sign up for a free page within someone else’s domain, but serious bloggers and businesses are strongly advised to get their own domain name registration and website hosting.

Why would it matter whether you have a separate domain of your own or a subdomain from a larger site?

There are three major benefits to doing this on your own, rather than signing up for a free account somewhere: (more…)

Photoshop has become an important tool for many people across the world to improve their creativity and learn new techniques about designing. Image editing and photo manipulation is one of the most utilized activities in Photoshop. A lot of people consider Photoshop as another name for passion and creativeness. Photoshop now has become classier and highly diversified.

Photoshop is a great means for image editing it is pretty tough to master in Photoshop if you don’t get training in it. There is a chain of new techniques appearing and broadening in Photoshop. In the present day, people can find several tutorials that aid them to accomplish their passion. Here are some of tutorials that will help you in learning some Photoshop techniques which can be utilized in our real life: (more…)

Designers are extremely busy people. Fact. Not only do they have to make time to find inspiration for their next project, manage feedback, attend meetings, and communicate with their clients, they also have to find the time to actually sit down and do the work.

Let’s not forget the time and effort they have to put into mocking up an idea, creating a visual for sharing or keeping abreast of modern design trends. The role of a designer is so much more than just ‘colouring in’.

To ease the workload of time-poor designers, we’ve compiled a comprehensive list of the best software, apps, tools, skills, websites and resources that no designer can live without. Each of these tools has been carefully selected for its ability to help you streamline your work, find inspiration easily, show off your amazing design skills, and make collaboration easier. (more…)

Adobe’s Photoshop was and still is the undisputed king of image editing software everywhere. It’s so omnipresent that it’s practically a verb. ‘Photoshopping’ is equivalent of ‘image editing’ to people (unless they’re graphic designers who know the finer distinctions).

Photoshop is awesome, but that’s not to say it’s the only image editing tool on the planet. And now, thanks to ‘Creative Cloud’ and subsequently douche move/ vendor lock-in by Adobe, more people are interested in other options.

In this post, I have listed down 5 of the most fantastic alternatives to Photoshop that you can use with relative ease and freedom:

1. Corel PaintShop Pro X8

Platform: Windows
Price: $63.99 (X8), and $79.99 (X8 Ultimate). Extensible via plugins.
Corel’s Draw, Painter, etc. are renowned for their brilliant effects and ease of use among graphic designer and DTP (Desktop Publishing) agencies. PaintShop Pro family is brought to you by the same name.

This toolset works quite as flawlessly as Photoshop and goes beyond image editing and graphic making tools. The entire suite is packed with features for basic to pro image editing (color correction, filters, retouch, etc.) and there are a slew of super cool graphic tools complete with lifelike brush effect and sleek vector options. (more…)

Graphic designer, a term which has become a synonym of creativity, puts passion for art to daily use. Being a graphic designer, you’re job is to create a masterwork that not only looks beautiful but also solves its purpose.

Today, businesses of every size and shape need talented and professional web designers to assist them in communicating and reaching out to its audience and persuade them to take action – whether it’s about joining an imperative social cause, or purchasing a product or service.

However, it takes more than a creative mind to become a successful and skilled designer.

There is a variety of tools and techniques you would want to master, be it Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator or any other software, to polish your skills and put your best foot forward. (more…)