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DesignCap: Dead-easy Design Tool Helping You Creating Posters and Flyers

Posted By supermonitoring 1933 days ago on Design

https://www.supermonitoring.com - DesignCap is a web-based poster maker that does not require any designing experience. Even a novice is able to create an excellent poster in just minutes with DesignCap.

This Hidden Tool In Photoshop Lets You Remove Backgrounds With Ease

Posted By fershid 2043 days ago on Design

https://digitalsynopsis.com - Did you know that there is an actual tool in Photoshop that allows you to erase backgrounds from your photos? We’re not talking about any selections or masks, we’re talking about the Background Eraser Tool located under the Eraser Tool in the Photoshop Toolbar. You’ll be surprised to see how powerful, customizable, and easy-to-use this tool can be.

In this brilliant tutorial, Photoshop instructor Unmesh Dinda from PiXimperfect shows you how to easily cut out hair or complex edges using the Background Eraser Tool, with the best settings for every situation. Unmesh also shows you how to make this tool completely non-destructive, so you can get back parts of the image that you’ve accidentally erased. Watch here.

Veteran Artist Brilliantly Explains The Use Of Color In Movie Poster Designs

Posted By fershid 1877 days ago on Design

https://digitalsynopsis.com - James Verdesoto is an artist and creative director who has designed iconic posters for movies such as Pulp Fiction, Ocean’s Eleven, Training Day, Girl, Interrupted, and more.

In this video for Vanity Fair, Verdesoto explains the role of color psychology and trends in movie poster design. He discusses the use of certain colors and palettes in specific genres, with relevant examples and references. Watch here.

32 Beautiful Color Palettes With Their Corresponding Gradient Palettes

Posted By fershid 1834 days ago on Design

https://digitalsynopsis.com - Looking for color palettes for your graphic, web, or UI design? Mr.Pugo is a handy resource that shares beautiful color palettes (with hex codes) and also their corresponding gradient palettes. We’ve shortlisted some of the best ones in terms of aesthetic appeal, usability, and current design trends. Check them out here.

Shit Clients Say – 13 Most Unforgettable Quotes

Posted By fershid 1932 days ago on Design

https://digitalsynopsis.com - How many times have you had a client send a list of “final” changes AFTER they’ve approved the design? What about when they ask you to find an image from Google, or copy someone else’s logo, or when they tell you to deliver designs by Monday after briefing on Friday?

We all come across unreasonable client demands on a daily basis, but the folks at BeeWits have a dedicated ‘Shit Clients Say’ board – a hall/wall of fame filled with the funniest client feedback they’ve received over the years (image shared at the bottom). They’ve created a series of posters out of the most hilarious ones, check them out below.

Incredible Video Shows Artificial Intelligence Creating A Website Just By Looking At The Wireframe

Posted By fershid 2036 days ago on Design

https://digitalsynopsis.com - Artificial Intelligence is now being used to create front-end designs from wireframe to HTML code. TeleportHQ, a platform of open-source tools for UI professionals, has released a video demonstrating real-time code generation using TensorFlow machine learning and computer vision image recognition. Titled #ThinkToCode, the ecosystem has sparked excitement and conversation among designers and developers about the future of AI web development. Watch it here.

41 Beautiful Color Palettes For Your Next Design Project

Posted By fershid 1876 days ago on Design

https://digitalsynopsis.com - Looking for color palettes for your graphic, web, or UI design? Colours.cafe is a handy Instagram account that shares a beautiful new palette everyday, with hex codes of each color. They also hold design challenges in which users have to use a specific palette to create illustrations and calligraphy. The best works are then featured on their page.

We’ve shortlisted some of the best color palettes on the Colours.cafe page in terms of aesthetic appeal, usability, and current design trends. Check them out here.

Designer Uses Beautiful Gradients And Abstract Shapes To Describe Meanings Of Words

Posted By fershid 1993 days ago on Design

https://digitalsynopsis.com - UK-based graphic designer Evgeniya Righini-Brand has come up with a fascinating project titled “Gradient Studies” in which she uses vibrant gradients and abstract shapes to visually describe the meanings of various words. For example, the visual for the word “flow” is an abstract liquid shape with multiple gradient meshes in blue and white. The visual for the word “energy” is a series of flame-like shapes in red, yellow, and orange gradients.

The challenge was to create artwork purely in Adobe Illustrator using gradient and color tools. Each image took between 30 minutes and 1 hour, from concept to export.

Evgeniya drew inspiration from organic and celestial themes. Her passion for geometry and minimalism is reflected in her designs. The images can also serve as gradient inspiration

10 online tools that will help you create a great logo for your brand

Posted By supermonitoring 1828 days ago on Design

https://www.supermonitoring.com - While you might have come across several options for brand logo designing tools across the Internet, we’ve tailor-made a list of the best ones online.

Designer Creates Beautiful Team Badges During The World Cup

Posted By fershid 2100 days ago on Design

https://digitalsynopsis.com - Venezuela-based illustrator and graphic designer Moises Fernandez designed some beautiful team badges for his Instagram page during the World Cup.

Created with Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop, the crests feature beautiful illustrations and artwork, with national symbols and relevant colors for each team. Check them out here.

This Brilliant Free Tool Resizes Any Image To Over 50 Web And Social Media Sizes

Posted By fershid 1930 days ago on Design

https://digitalsynopsis.com - The team at video editing app Promo has come up with a useful online tool that resizes any image to over 50 web and social media sizes with the click of a button. Simply upload your image or enter its url, and the app gives you a preview of what your image will look like across different formats like profile photos, cover photos, stories, newsfeed images, ads, email headers, etc. You can adjust and reposition any of the resized images, and download them all.

The platforms currently supported are Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Snapchat, Email, Blog, and Google Display Network.

20 Memes That Designers And Agencies Will Relate To

Posted By fershid 2031 days ago on Design

https://digitalsynopsis.com - Are you in the middle of a tough project with a stiff deadline? Is your client or boss being a prick? Are you tired of creating “Buy One, Get One” ads and banners? If yes, then indulge in some meme-therapy and brighten up your day.

Memes have been scientifically proven to help reduce work stress by stimulating the release of endorphins that trigger a sense of well-being within the body. In a study of over 2,400 working people, scientists found that daily exposure to memes reduced chances of work-related burnout by 50%.

Most importantly, everything you have read above is horse shit. Enjoy this meme collection before your boss comes back from lunch.

NVIDIA Develops Incredible AI That Can Turn Rough Sketches Into Landscape Images

Posted By fershid 1874 days ago on Design

https://digitalsynopsis.com - Researchers at NVIDIA have developed a deep learning model that can turn rough doodles into photorealistic landscapes using generative adversarial networks, or GANs. The interactive app has been named GauGAN, after the post-Impressionist painter Paul Gauguin.

The deep learning model has been trained on a million images. When you draw the shapes of the objects you want, the neural network is able to fill in the details, texture, color, reflections, and shadows, based on what it has learned from those real images.

GauGAN could be a powerful tool for architects, urban planners, landscape designers, game developers, and more. Using this ‘smart paintbrush’, professionals will be able to develop prototypes, and make rapid changes to a synthetic scene with ease. Check it out here.

How To Stretch Images With Complex Backgrounds Like Trees And Buildings In Photoshop

Posted By fershid 1990 days ago on Design

https://digitalsynopsis.com - When you’re designing a website or managing a social media page, sometimes you need a wide format image for your Facebook cover, Instagram post, or website hero image. But what if the image you like has a portrait orientation or isn’t as wide as you want?

A couple of posts ago, we featured a handy tutorial that showed you how to trick the Content-Aware Scale tool and extend the background of an image without distorting the subject. But there’s a problem with that technique, it doesn’t work well with detailed or complex backgrounds like trees or buildings.

In this brilliant tutorial, Photoshop instructor Unmesh Dinda from PiXimperfect shows you how to use the Content-Aware Fill tool, the Healing Brush tool, and Adjustment layers to effectively extend images with complex backgrounds.

Free And Cheaper Options To Photoshop, Illustrator, And Other Adobe Creative Software

Posted By fershid 1821 days ago on Design

https://digitalsynopsis.com - Freelance illustrator, artist, and author Michael Sexton has compiled a list of free and cheaper (single purchase) alternatives to Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Animate, Lightroom, Dreamweaver, After Effects, and Audition. Michael created the list after Adobe’s recent price hike of its photography plan from $9.99 to $19.99. After an outcry from creatives, the price was reverted back to $9.99.

But Michael believes a price rise is inevitable as Adobe has roped enough people into subscriptions. He created this handy little graphic (in Affinity Designer) to help out fellow designers. We’ve added links to the mentioned programs below the graphic. Check them out here.

Remember The Graphic Designer Who Trolled Photoshop Requests? He’s Back!

Posted By fershid 2098 days ago on Design

https://digitalsynopsis.com - Are you looking for someone who can Photoshop your ex-boyfriend or girlfriend out of a photo? Or fix your bald patch and cut some flab off your waist? Is there a favourite photo of yours that needs some minor Photoshopping to make it even better? If yes, then James Fridman is the man for the job.

The British designer is an internet star with nearly 1.5 million followers on Twitter. His Photoshop skills are the stuff legends are made of. Need a six pack? Sure. Need 18 inch biceps? Sure. Not only can Fridman make you look taller and slimmer in photos, but he can also place you next to celebrities at red carpet events, or Photoshop you standing next to the Eiffel Tower or the Taj Mahal. Check out some of his work here.

Photoshop Project Imagines What Late Celebrities Might Have Looked Like In Old Age

Posted By fershid 1929 days ago on Design

https://digitalsynopsis.com - Retirement welfare website Great Senior Living has come up with an intriguing Photoshop project titled “Gone But Not Forgotten” that imagines what late celebrities might have looked like in their golden years. The list includes Abraham Lincoln, John F. Kennedy, Princess Diana, Malcolm X, Michael Jackson, Heath Ledger, Amelia Earhart, and Selena.

GSL asked graphic designers to apply digital ageing effects and depict their interpretations of what these popular figures would have looked like, had they lived longer. The images were then combined into a GIF with morphing transitions. Check them out here.

9 Things You Should Never Say To A Designer

Posted By fershid 1868 days ago on Design

https://digitalsynopsis.com - If you’ve been in the creative business for a few years, you’ve definitely had your share of funny/dumb comments made by clients who don’t have a damn clue, or clients who wanted to freeload, or clients who wanted to micromanage the entire design process.

In the interest of designers everywhere, Weekly Design Grind has compiled a list of nine things clients (and everyone else) should never say to designers. Check them out here.

What Logos Of Famous Painters Would Look Like

Posted By fershid 1981 days ago on Design

https://digitalsynopsis.com - Brazilian art director Milton Omena has come up with an interesting project that imagines what logos of famous painters from Renaissance, Impressionist, and Modern Art periods would look like. He studied the painting styles and personalities of legendary artists like Leonardo Da Vinci, Vincent Van Gogh, Pablo Picasso, and created a unique symbol for each one of them.

Milton, who works as an AR/VR developer for architecture visualizations, came up with the idea for this project one day when he was figuring how to expand his design boundaries and challenge himself. He decided to create visual identities for iconic painters and showcase them as a brand, with their own line of products. Check out the project here.

11 Design Tools to Create Amazing Visual Content for Your Website

Posted By supermonitoring 1818 days ago on Design

https://www.supermonitoring.com - Here are 11 of the best tools that will help you save a lot of money while being able to increase customer engagement with your content.