Today in Design - Top Articles RoundUp 13 May 2014

Great con­tent found by Pariah and shared to the design and cre­ative com­mu­ni­ties on social media.

  • The History of Graphic Design Made Easy by Pop Chart Lab
    “For edu­ca­tors, stu­dents, or even design nerds, teaching/learning about the his­to­ry of graph­ic design could be a gru­el­ing task since there is a lot of ground to cov­er. But not for long and you bet­ter thank the love­ly folks of Pop Chart Lab for …
  • How To Make a Cool Cinemagraph (Animated) Image in Photoshop

    No doubt you’ll have heard of the term Cinemagraph since it explod­ed onto the Internets. Originally coined by Photographers Kevin Burg and Jamie Beck, a cin­ema­graph is a clever revival of the clas­sic ani­mat­ed GIF. It com­bines fea­tures of video and pho­tog­ra­phy to cre­ate a the illu­sion of a still image but with cool motion effects. Let’s take a look at how to cre­ate your own ani­mat­ed GIF cin­ema­graph by play­ing around with Photoshop’s ani­ma­tion tools.”

  • How to con­vert a JavaScript book­marklet into a Chrome extension
    “However, you may be using book­marklets on your Chrome tool­bar or your book­marks fold­er as well that you may have wished could be moved or grouped with the oth­er Chrome exten­sions. This post will show you how to do exact­ly that.

  • Adiós, Over-Tweeters: Twitter Finally Adds a Mute Button
    “Twitter has announced the addi­tion of a mute fea­ture for users of its web­site and the com­pa­ny’s app on iOS and Android.

  • Adobe Voice review: Video sto­ry­telling soft­ware cap­tures some of Apple’s magic
    “What’s your sto­ry? Adobe’s bril­liant new Voice app is designed to help you answer that ques­tion. Though it may not please pros, it’s a per­fect video sto­ry­telling tool for the aver­age user.

  • Beyond respon­sive: three mobile web­site design tricks becom­ing trends

    Another (and per­haps the most inter­est­ing) thing is the LA Times’ “Sharelines” – pre-written Tweets read­ers can quick­ly share. These are posi­tioned at the top of arti­cles, as Nieman Lab’s Joshua Benton points out, to a) facil­i­tate the fact that most read­ers tweet/share before read­ing and b) “serve as bullet-pointed sto­ry high­lights to draw the read­er in.””

  • The next gen­er­a­tion of web design tools (final­ly)
    So why have these oth­er cat­e­gories far out­paced devel­op­ment of the web mar­ket? Why is it that the print pub­lish­ing work­flow has been great for so many years, as have the tools for the video mar­ket, and yet the web tech­nol­o­gy is so scattered?

  • But You Asked Me to Stare At Your Tattoos

    But that sleeve tat­too? That com­plex design on your calf? That tat­too on your wrists? Those angel wings across your shoul­ders? And the fact your cloth­ing choic­es ensure your tat­toos are always vis­i­ble… even in a pro­fes­sion­al setting?

    While those tat­toos are indeed for you, they are also def­i­nite­ly for us.”

  • But You Asked Me to Stare At Your Tattoos

    But that sleeve tat­too? That com­plex design on your calf? That tat­too on your wrists? Those angel wings across your shoul­ders? And the fact your cloth­ing choic­es ensure your tat­toos are always vis­i­ble… even in a pro­fes­sion­al setting?

    While those tat­toos are indeed for you, they are also def­i­nite­ly for us.”

  • 3 Google Tools To Check Before Starting A Business – Forbes
    “Here is what I walked them through:

  • Thomas Phinney’s List of Type Design & Font Making Resources

    Here is my col­lec­tion of links and resources on design­ing type­faces and mak­ing fonts, all in one place! If you do not already have gen­er­al typog­ra­phy back­ground and books, read my post aimed at begin­ners and non-​designers inter­est­ed in typography.”

  • 25 Artists on Instagram you should Follow to Boost your Creativity

    we have list­ed some of the most cre­ative­ly inspir­ing artists on Instagram you might want to fol­low for your dai­ly dose of cre­ative juices. The list fea­tures pho­tog­ra­phers, illus­tra­tors, fash­ion design­ers, street artists and many oth­er cre­atives with cool projects all being shared on Instagram. Check them out below and you might just want to lessen your self­ie pho­tos and start cre­at­ing a unique Instagram project.”

  • 20 Free Photoshop Styles to Create Stunning Text Effects

    Styles are ready made con­fig­u­ra­tions of Photoshop’s Layer Style options. These pre­sets can be import­ed into the Styles palette to instant­ly repli­cate an effect with­out hav­ing to man­u­al­ly adjust the var­i­ous options. Click the Load Styles option from the fly­out menu to import an .ASL files into your Styles col­lec­tion. Simply click your cho­sen effect to instant­ly apply it to your own art­work lay­er. Keep in mind many of the Styles fea­tured in this post are part of a larg­er pack, or require lay­er­ing of mul­ti­ple effects to pro­duce the desired result so be sure to refer to the author’s exam­ple in each down­load file to cor­rect­ly set them up.