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How to design an album cover in Photoshop CC

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by on September 25, 2014 at 4:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, How-To's

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Jordan Roland is a staff designer and illustrator for the Shutterstock blog. This post was originally published on the Shutterstock blog and has been reprinted with permission. There are a few types of projects that most, if not all, designers will jump at the chance to work on. At the top of that list is album art (which, even in physical form, is still a thing). When done well, an album cover allows you to take one form of art (music), and reinterpret it as another form (visual). For this tutorial, I’ll provide a few of the techniques used to create…

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Learn to design for Web and mobile… and name your own price!

Sep25
by on September 25, 2014 at 1:50 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Design & Dev, Offers

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If you’re serious about learning to design for web and mobile platforms, there’s never been a better time to get started: pay what you want for eight great courses to learn responsive web design, grasp the fundamentals of user experience design, and master the latest versions of Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and Dreamweaver, with over 80 hours of video tutorials from professional instructors. This bundle includes lifetime access to all 8 courses, with over 800 lectures that you can watch and learn at your own pace online at Udemy. You can name your price to get Learning Creative Web Design…

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Seek Thermal’s new smartphone camera-app combo lets you ‘see’ the heat

Sep25
by on September 25, 2014 at 1:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Product Launches

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It’s safe to assume that most people have yet to devote a single thought to thermal imaging — and there’s a good reason for that. Up until now, that rarified technology has been the exclusive (and expensive) province of law enforcement, firefighters, contractors, boating pros and the military. But that is starting to change. Earlier this year a product called Flir, which brought artistic-looking thermal imaging to the iPhone, was demoed at Macworld Expo. Today, Seek Thermal enters the consumer market with a thermal camera and companion app for both iOS and Android. The Seek thermal camera, which weighs about half an ounce…

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HERE and now: Nokia’s curbing Windows Phone development in a bid for mapping supremacy

Sep25
by on September 25, 2014 at 10:45 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Profiles and Interviews, PSF

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Nokia may have been gradually building out its mapping empire for more than 10 years, but it’s only now preparing to really ramp up its presence in the mobile navigation realm as it prepares to launch for Android and iOS this year, only months after selling its Devices and Services division to Microsoft. But how did it all begin? Here’s a quick summary of how Nokia’s efforts have come to fruition. A potted history of Nokia’s maps The Finnish tech titan’s mapping efforts started to take shape in 2001 with its involvement in TellMaris, a consortium that pushed the Smart2Go…

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Dear Rupert: Google responds to News Corp’s criticisms point-by-point in ongoing EU antitrust case

Sep25
by on September 25, 2014 at 9:52 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Google

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Google has responded to an open letter, written by News Corp for the European Commission, which criticises the company and claims its search engine is negatively impacting news organisations. In the original letter, News Corp chief executive Robert Thomson said Google was changing the way links are ranked and shown in its search results, which would “inevitably maximise income for Google” and “punish” small companies. Thomson argued this, alongside its handling of Android, was evidence Google now “exploit(s) its dominant market position to stifle competition.” Today, Google responded with a ‘Dear Rupert’ blog post: “With the Internet, people enjoy greater…

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