Swiss typographic designer Renato Casutt has come up with an ingenious new reading system called Bionic Reading that helps you read text faster by artificially emphasizing (bolding) the first few letters of a written word and letting your brain fill in the rest. How it works: Bionic Reading is based on the principle that our brain can identify whole words from just the … [Read more...]
How To Market Your Podcast Using Social Media
So, you’ve started a podcast and got a few episodes under your belt. Now, how do you get people to listen to your content? If you want more subscribers than just your mom and grandma, you’ll have to start marketing your podcast on social media. Using social media to market your podcast has a lot of benefits: It’s free, all your fans are there, and you already know how to use … [Read more...]
How To Remove Impossible Objects In Photoshop
So you've got an image with a highly detailed background and you want to remove an object or two from it. You try using the Clone Tool, Content-Aware, and the Healing Tool but none of them do the job. What do you do? In this brilliant tutorial, Photoshop instructor Unmesh Dinda from PiXimperfect shows you how to remove complex objects from detailed backgrounds using spare … [Read more...]
8 Effective Tips For Usability In Web Design
Usability in web design is about more than an easy-to-use UX and some pre-installed text-to-speech page readers. It’s about thinking across the unique groups of people who might visit your website and catering to their needs. Today, we’ll look at usability in web design in a whole new way; and that means designing for everyone including the differently-abled. Creative Brand … [Read more...]
32 People Who Realized Famous Logos Are Not What They Thought They Were
Big corporations spend millions of dollars on their branding in an effort to make their logos memorable and establish brand recall with their consumers. But sometimes people mistake the elements of a logo as something else entirely. One such episode was shared by LA-based content director Freddie Campion when he tweeted that his wife always thought that Colonel Sanders' … [Read more...]
Graphic Designer Creates Typographic City Logos Based On Their Famous Landmarks
Yemen-based graphic designer Mohamed Aljaadaby has come up with an interesting project that features typographic wordmark logos of cities in the shape of their famous monuments and landmarks. For example, the logo for Sydney is the word 'Sydney' warped in the shape of the Opera House. The logo for Athens is the Acropolis with the word 'Athens' in the negative space between … [Read more...]
Photographer Shows Off Crazy Skills By Sharing Behind-The-Scenes Photos With The Final Photos
We see beautiful photos on Instagram everyday, and most of them look like they've been shot on elaborate sets with an entire team of professionals. But that is not always the case. LA-based photographer Geo Leon proves that sometimes all you need is a keen imagination and some Photoshop magic to create stunning images that turn heads. He captures his subjects in everyday … [Read more...]
7 Useful Tips To Help You Create Beautiful Gradients
Gradients are a popular trend in graphic, web, and UI design nowadays, widely used in apps, websites, logos, illustrations, packaging, and more. However, the use of gradient as a design element can be tricky. If overdone, it can look tacky and cheap. One of the best ways to find inspiration is to observe nature - the sky, sunsets, plants, landscapes, etc. Find the right mood … [Read more...]
This Brilliant Free Tool Can Remove The Background From Your Photo Or Logo Within Seconds
The team at fashion portal Fynd has come up with a handy new AI tool called Erase.bg that lets you quickly remove backgrounds from any image and download it in the original resolution for free. Simply upload your image (JPEG, PNG, or WEBP upto 5000 × 5000 px) or paste an image URL. The machine learning model automatically detects the subject, removes the background within … [Read more...]
NVIDIA Develops Incredible AI That Can Create Images From Any Text That You Enter
They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but with NVIDIA's new GauGAN2 artificial intelligence (AI), you can create a picture with just three to four words. The deep-learning model is able to generate a photorealistic image of different scenes using text, sentences, or phrases that you enter into the program. For example, if you type "Highway surrounded by mountains" in … [Read more...]
This Powerful New Tool Can Remove Anything From Your Photo In 4 Seconds
The engineering team at ClipDrop have come up with an incredible new web app called Cleanup.Pictures that lets you retouch and remove any object, person, or text from your photo within seconds for free. You can use the browser-based app to fix your images, remove unwanted people, create a clean background, or fill-up any missing spaces. Just upload your image, select the … [Read more...]
Can You Sharpen An Image By Using Blur In Photoshop? This Unique Trick Gives The Best Results
What if we told you there is a Photoshop technique in which the more you blur an image, the sharper it gets? And as unbelievable as that sounds, it does a better job than traditional methods. In this insightful tutorial, Photoshop instructor Unmesh Dinda from PiXimperfect shares a unique process that involves using Gaussian Blur and special Blend Modes to sharpen your images … [Read more...]
Google’s AI Technology Can Turn Low-Res Images To High-Res With Incredible Results
Researchers at Google's Brain Team have come up with a breakthrough AI machine-learning technology that can upscale low quality images effectively and turn low-resolution photos to high-res using diffusion models. The applications of these technologies can range from restoring old family photos to improving medical imaging systems. The first approach, called Super-Resolution … [Read more...]
13-Year-Old Boy Makes Miniature Cars Look Life-Size With His Amazing Photography
Anthony Schmidt is a 13-year-old boy on the autism spectrum from Woodinville, Washington, with a passion to photograph toy cars so they look life-size. Using an iPhone and forced-perspective photography techniques, he captures vintage and classic car models against backdrops of nature and architecture. Anthony's passion for cars began from an early age. He used to collect … [Read more...]
Photographer Plays With Sunsets To Tell Beautiful Stories
Indian photographer Krutik Thakur captures amusing sunset silhouettes that showcase the orange setting sun as a tangible object that people can hold, move, and play with. His beautiful, whimsical scenes depict people interacting with the sun using different props and situations. They can be seen playing soccer with the sun, fishing the sun out from the ocean, storing it in a … [Read more...]
Dad Photoshops His Kids Into Dangerous Situations To Freak Out Mom At Work
Belgium-based technical director Kenny Deuss and his girlfriend have two children - Alix (born 2019) and Aster (born 2021). When Kenny's girlfriend had to go back to work after maternity leave, she started messaging him all the time, asking for photos to see if the kids are ok. Using this as an opportunity to have some fun, Kenny started sending her Photoshopped pictures of … [Read more...]
Japanese Artist Creates Amazing Miniature Dioramas Every Day For 10 Years
Miniature Calendar is an incredible ongoing project by Japanese artist Tatsuya Tanaka, that features beautiful miniature dioramas of everyday life using common household objects such as food, cloth, stationery, electronic devices, and even masks. Tanaka began creating these dioramas in 2011 with an objective to show everyday scenes in a fun, unique way and add a little … [Read more...]
How To Master Shadows, Lighting And Create A Perfect Composite In Photoshop
One of the most difficult tasks in Photoshop is to merge objects from multiple images that have different colors, shadows, and lighting, into one single composite and make it look realistic. This is one of the key differences between the work of a professional designer and an amateur. Photoshop instructor Unmesh Dinda from PiXimperfect has come up with an extensive tutorial … [Read more...]
Can You Guess What These Clever Ads Are For?
Agency TBWA\Paris has come up with a witty campaign for McDonald's France, to announce the reopening of their fast-food restaurants across the country. The minimalist ads use pixelated color blocks to remind people of popular menu items, namely The Big Mac, Fries, Cheeseburger, and Filet-o-Fish. The tagline reads "Guess who's back". In yet another bold move, no McDonald's … [Read more...]
How To Accurately Match Colors Of Two Different Objects In An Image In Photoshop
Photoshop instructor Unmesh Dinda from PiXimperfect has come up with a brilliant tutorial that shows you how to precisely replicate the colors of one object in an image and apply them on another using a "Three-Point Curve" technique. Unmesh begins by taking color samples from the shadows, highlights, and midtones of both objects. He then uses the Curve Tool, the RGB values … [Read more...]
Review of Wondershare Mockitt: A Rapidly Evolving Design and Prototyping Tool
In the world of UI design, several great names stand out from the crowd as iconic products. CorelDraw set the stage for graphic design back in 1989, more than 20 years ago. Balsamiq literally redrew the wireframing landscape in 2008. Sketch made waves when it won the Apple Design Award two years after its release in 2010. Figma was a web-based design tool that helped accelerate … [Read more...]
13 Hidden Features In Illustrator That You Probably Didn’t Know
Did you know that holding the alt key while selecting the Pathfinder options creates a non-destructive version of the shape you're working on? This gives you the ability to tweak the shape later on, if you wish to do so. UK-based multidisciplinary designer Mathew Lucas has shared a series of useful tips on relatively less-known features in Adobe Illustrator. These hacks will … [Read more...]
Art Historian Shares Hilarious Tips That Will Make You An Art Expert
So you want to impress your friends at the art gallery but you have no clue about different art movements and styles. What do you do? There are thousands of guides available online, but who's got the time to go through all of that? Melbourne-based art historian and video content creator Mary McGillivray has come up with a series of humorous tips that'll help you identify a … [Read more...]
6 Visual Hierarchy Tips That Will Make You A Better Designer
Visual hierarchy is the arrangement and presentation of design elements in order of their importance. It influences the order in which the human eye perceives the information that is being displayed. A simple example would be a business card – the name of the organisation is usually the most prominent element, followed by the name of the card holder, job title, and contact … [Read more...]
Graphic Designer Improves Adidas Ads By Simply Changing The Typography
Tom Cargill from Satori Graphics has come up with an interesting before-and-after tutorial in which he improves professional ads by Adidas by making minor changes to their typography and layout. Tom uses different design techniques and principles to improve the hierarchy, contrast, and composition of four ads from different campaigns of the German sportswear brand. Are the … [Read more...]
I’ve Been Designing Logos With Hidden Meanings Every Day For 5 Years, How Do You Like My Work?
Indian graphic designer Gary Dimi Pohty has undertaken a design challenge titled "One logo a day" in which he creates logos with hidden meanings on an almost daily basis. At the moment, he is on day 2012, which is roughly 5 years and 5 months! Gary's logos are based on common, everyday words and fictitious brands or films. He uses symbolism, negative space, and geometric … [Read more...]
How To Create A Stunning Glass Effect For Your UI Designs
Polish graphic designer Przemyslaw Baraniak, also known as Thalion, has come up with a handy set of tutorials on how to create a glass card effect for your UI and web designs. Glassmorphism is one of the hottest trends in UI/UX right now, and it makes your designs look modern and stylish. Thalion shows you how to use gradient, blur, shadow, and noise to create the glass … [Read more...]
7 Design Terms You Will Never Get Wrong Again
When starting out, most designers don’t know the difference between a font and a typeface. They use the two terms interchangeably. A font is the variation of weights (regular, bold, italic) of a typeface. A typeface is a family of fonts, such as Helvetica, Futura, Bebas, Gotham, etc. Another example is the use of the terms hue and color. Hue is any of the primary colors - … [Read more...]
Learn In 15 Seconds How To Remove Any Object From Your Image In Photoshop
Removing unwanted objects from an image in Photoshop can be a tedious and time-consuming task using conventional methods and tools. But now, with Photoshop's new Object Selection Tool and Content-Aware Fill, you can complete such tasks in no time. Photoshop instructor Unmesh Dinda from PiXimperfect has come up with a super short YouTube tutorial that shows you how to … [Read more...]
35 Beautiful Color Palettes For Your Next Design Project
Looking for color palettes for your graphic, web, or UI design? Coolors is a useful online tool that lets you create, save, and share beautiful color schemes and gradients. You can browse and filter palettes by color or popularity, save them to your account, or download them as PNG, PDF, CSS, SVG, and more. Coolors is also available as an iOS App, Adobe Add-on, and a Chrome … [Read more...]
30 Dual-Meaning Logos And The Ideas Behind Them
Indonesia-based Grafast Design Studio has come up with a series of interesting logos that combine different shapes and letters into unique symbols that visually represent the brand name. In each logo, the letters used are the initials of the brand name and the shapes represent the product or service offered by the company. For example, the logo for Victory Coffee combines … [Read more...]
Google Monster Mash Is A Fun-To-Use 3D Modelling And Animation Tool For Everyone
Conventional 3D animation tools are time-consuming, labour-intensive, and can take years to master. Now, Google Research in collaboration with Czech Technical University in Prague, ETH Zurich, and the University of Washington have come up with an open source sketch-based framework named Monster Mash that allows both experts and amateurs to create casual 3D models and animate … [Read more...]
This Graphic Design Teacher Has A Unique Way Of Providing Feedback To His Students’ Designs
TikToker Natasha Badger recently uploaded a video of her Graphic Design teacher Danny Rankin conducting a "Rapid Roast" session in which he quickly goes through his students' work and shares his first impressions about what's good or bad about the designs. In the preface to the roast session, Danny mentions that the aim of this exercise is not to embarrass anyone, but to … [Read more...]
Graphic Designer Improves Professional Ads By Simply Changing The Typography
Tom Cargill from Satori Graphics has come up with an interesting before-and-after tutorial that shows you how a design or a layout can be improved considerably by making minor changes to its typography. He uses different techniques to improve the hierarchy, contrast, and legibility of text in professional ads by Gucci, Heineken, Marmite, and more. Are the redesigns better … [Read more...]
Who Is The Most Popular Artist In Your Country?
When you think of legendary artists, names like Da Vinci, Van Gogh, and Picasso are a few that come to mind. But who is the most famous artist of all time? And which artists are the most popular in your country? UK-based Ken Bromley Art Supplies analyzed worldwide Google data to find the most searched artist in each country. They created a world map to show the most popular … [Read more...]
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