Posts in 'Design'
Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx: Best and most beautiful theme ever IMO!
Posted on 26. Feb, 2010 by Dragos.
I never like to spend time on finding themes for my system, because I know how addictive and easy is to waste time with it. Though, I can’t stand working on a system with an ugly, and old-fashioned GUI style. So yesterday I have decided it is time to change the old Human theme with [...]
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Best Virtual OS software: VirtualBox 3.0.4
Posted on 18. Aug, 2009 by Dragos.
When you need to quickly run a program which is not supported on your current operating system, most likely you’ll want to install a virtual operating system. Virtual operating system can run simultaneously with other operating systems, so you can easily/efficiently to your work quickly. Let’s say you’re a true Linux adept and need to [...]
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Rare icons: AOL Logo/Big Icon PNG
Posted on 10. Aug, 2009 by Dragos.
It was pretty hard to me to find AOL’s logo/icon in PNG format (with transparency). However I found it, but in JPG format. So I had to remove the white background and make the edges smooth. Here’s what I got: Hope you need it sometime.
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JavaScript: GIFless animation. Animate images,logos with jQuery
Posted on 23. Jul, 2009 by Dragos.
After playing some time with position relative and absolute, I’ve noticed one a great aspect of the png image format (probably gif images are also good, but since we are trying to create a GIFless animation, I won’t use any gif images in this tutorial). So here’s a a PNG (transparent text), with the name [...]
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Photoshop: How to apply a pattern to a custom selection/layer
Posted on 10. Jul, 2009 by Dragos.
In this tutorial we’re going to apply a pattern to a custom selection. I chose to apply the US flag to a custom selection made to fit the US territory on the map. Here’s the map: Now, with the help of the Lasso Tool I made the custom selection to “fit” the US territory. Probably [...]
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Photoshop: How to save/define a new pattern
Posted on 10. Jul, 2009 by Dragos.
In order to save a new pattern you need to have the image opened in Photoshop (the image which will be defined as a new pattern). In my case, the image represents the US flag. So I have the image opened in Photoshop: Now that we have the image opened in Photoshop, defining a new [...]
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Photoshop: Empty selection with smooth rounded edges
Posted on 06. Jun, 2009 by Dragos.
In this tutorial we’ll try to create an empty rectangle selection and to add smooth edges to it. There are several methods to accomplish this task, but only one of them worked best in my case. This is what we are trying to create: Now how to do it? [ad] Step 1: Select the rounded [...]