The day’s best and most important design- and design business-focused articles, tutorials, and resources hand-picked by Pariah Burke.
- How to use the Perspective Crop Tool in Photoshop [Video]
check out this simple Perspective Crop Tool tutorial for Photoshop
- Why Your Tablet Magazine Isn’t Getting Any Better
I looked at my first tablet magazine in 2010. With a few exceptions, the ones I look at today aren’t all that different now than they were then. For the most part, they are magazines that look and navigate like print editions with some “enhanced” elements – an interactive graphic here, a video there. Phones get bigger and digital audiences keep growing, but magazine publishers can’t seem to create a digital product that people want to pay for.
Four years in Internet time is forever. Facebook, Twitter and YouTube all launched within less than a four-year period, and none of those sites looked or worked the same for very long. Yet tablet magazine innovation sputters. I spoke to some industry experts to determine where magazine publishers got stuck. (I tried to talk to publishers too, but they were not as responsive to my queries about why their digital editions sold so poorly.) Here’s what I found.
- The Perils and Perks of Designing with Parallax
How many times has a client, manager, or colleague from a different department asked you to deliver something because it’s trendy?
They’ve seen it, they want it. Relevance, be damned.
How often has this trend been completely unsuitable for your website project? Saying “no” and explaining why a trend makes no sense for your website can be a challenge, so it’s helpful to understand what value a trend can add, and how to apply it effectively in your circumstances.
- How To Give Back To The Design Community
Today, we’re going to go over the importance of giving back to the design community. Yes, that means sharing your secrets with those who are less knowledgable. It’s a mutually beneficial process in many, many ways.
- It’s now legal to make backups of movies, music, and e‑books in the UK
Back in June, the United Kingdom outlined new copyright rules that would allow citizens to make backups of their music, movies, and e‑books. Previously, making copies of media was illegal.
- Adobe Takes Creativity Mobile at MAX 2014
Latest Creative Cloud Release Drives Deep Connections Between New Family of Mobile Apps and Enhanced CC Desktop Tools Via All-New Creative Profile
- THE INTERNET OF EVERYTHING: 2014 [SLIDE DECK]
We’ve created a slideshow highlighting the key trends and forecasts for the entire Internet-connected ecosystem, including connected TVs, connected cars, wearable computing devices, and all of the consumer and business tools that will soon be c…