Beautiful Fluffy Clouds in Photoshop – Christmas Tutorial

abduzeedo_xmasA few days ago I was watching a movie and I saw the Dreamworks logo. It’s very well known and incredibly beautiful; that little kid sitting on the moon fishing. But what caught my attention was the clouds on the logo. They were so dramatic, and I thought that it would be a nice idea try to replicate the effect in Adobe Photoshop CS4.
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Bored at home with Photoshop: The Tutorial

Last week I posted “Bored at home with Photoshop™ ” which showed a sped up process of Cameron Rad retouching an image. I was pretty surprised with the results and the simplicity of the effect. With some persuasion by Fabio, I decided to create a tutorial on how I achieved that effect.
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80 Large Background Websites

As the monitor resolution and internet speed is advancing, it seems like more and more designers use over-sized photo or illustrated image as the website’s background. Large background image can create the stunning visual effect, especially for high resolution monitors. It can also add more life to your site design compared to the traditional tiled background graphic. Here is a collection of 80 websites that used large image as the site background (must-see, you won’t be disappointed).
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Blue Alien Wallpaper

Here something I did while bored and looking at the plain wallpaper in Windows XP… I decided to jazz it up a bit… enjoy

Blue Alien Wallpaper

All About Title Tags

Author: highrankings

What Is a Title Tag?

The title tag has been — and probably will always be — one of the most important factors in achieving high search engine rankings.
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Ten Tips to the Top of the Search Engines

Author: highrankings

Having a website that gets found in Google, Yahoo, and MSN, etc. isn’t hard to do, but it can be difficult to know where to begin. Here are my latest and greatest tips to get you started:

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Why Should You Learn About SEO?

  • SEO isn’t only for online marketers. As a web designer or frontend developer, most on-site SEO is your responsibility.
  • If your site is not search engine friendly, you might be losing a lot of traffic that you’re not even aware of. Remember, besides visitors typing in “www.yourwebsite.com” and backlink referrals; search engines are the only way people can find your site.
  • There are many benefits of getting a high ranking site.
  • SEO is also a value-added service. As a web designer/developer you can sell your SEO skills as an extended service.

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