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The Elements: Nature's Sensuality
Dec 16, 2014
In this chapter from Design by Nature: Using Universal Forms and Principles in Design, you’ll enhance your awareness of how subtlety supports continuity between your design, color, and element—the sensibilities that underscore all relationships.
The Flash MX Game Design Plan: From Idea to Design
Jan 10, 2003
This sample chapter discusses one game-design process that can help you structure your ideas and build your game intelligently and efficiently. This simple design process will help you plan for every part of the game.
The Flash 'Slide' Algorithm
Apr 12, 2002
Brendan Dawes looks at the basic 'slide' algorithm, which can easily be built upon.
The Future of Digital Music
Aug 13, 2001
The future of digital music is simple to Bob Starrett and Josh McDaniel: MP3. They'll tell you about the format in this article and even show you how to find MP3 files.
The Glamorous World of Maya Modeling: Work Smarter, Not Harder
Jan 16, 2004
Maya expert Eric Hanson provides two dozen killer tips to help make your time spent modeling more efficient.
The Hidden Power of Adjustment Layers in Adobe® Photoshop®: Color Correction Curves
Jun 2, 2014
Many times an image will need just a little color correction and not much else. While you can employ several methods to do this, using a Curves adjustment layer can be a quick solution that gives you some flexibility without overwhelming you with options.
The Hidden Power of Adjustment Layers in Adobe® Photoshop®: Gradient Fill Vignette
Jun 3, 2014
Learn this amazingly fast and flexible vignette technique.
The Hidden Power of Photoshop Blend Modes: A Recipe for Hard Mix Contrast
Aug 1, 2012
Scott Valentine shows you how to use this method to increase contrast and saturation in otherwise dull images. However, it can quite easily blow out highlights, and darker images will tend to oversaturate in some areas.
The Hidden Power of Photoshop Blend Modes: General Techniques
Apr 23, 2012
This excerpt from The Hidden Power of Photoshop Blend Modes familiarizes you with the basics of blend modes.
The Hidden Power of Photoshop Blend Modes: Removing Vignetting
Apr 23, 2012
In this excerpt from The Hidden Power of Photoshop Blend Modes, Scott Valentine shares a handy method to realize some basic recovery using the Divide blend mode. It also leaves you some creative latitude for additional effects, but it does have some limitations.
The Illustrator Interface
Jul 30, 2004
Elaine Weinmann and Peter Lourekas introduce Illustrator's tools, menus, palettes, and measurement systems.
The Lonely Adventurer: Concentration and Never Lingering in Your Comfort Zone
Aug 16, 2011
Steve Simon provides tips and techniques to help photographers get into the "photographic zone" before shooting.
The Many-Faced Infographic: Brooklyn, Elephants, and the Visualization of Data
Nov 25, 2013
Alberto Cairo, author of The Functional Art: An introduction to information graphics and visualization, suggests that when creating interactive visualizations for general readers, you need to offer readers the opportunity to visualize the data in multiple and perhaps more traditional ways.
The Next Level: Creating an Inline Random Graphic in Dreamweaver CS3
Jul 13, 2007
Spice up your Web pages with the easy-to-use Dreamweaver CS3!
The Non-Designer's Illustrator Book: Drawing with Shape and Line Tools
Dec 1, 2011
If you feel that you’re drawing-challenged, follow the tasks in this chapter and then play with the tools in Illustrator. You’ll discover that you’re able to create all sorts of amazingly creative and useful images.
The Non-Designer's Photoshop Book: Select & Transform
Sep 7, 2011
Robin Williams and John Tollett show you how to work with selection tools and transform commands in Photoshop so you can modify images in almost unlimited ways.
The Painter Wow! Book: Cher Pendarvis Gallery
Jan 11, 2012
This excerpt from the Painter Wow! book shows you how Cher Threinen-Pendarvis works with both traditional materials and digital tools for her fine art and illustration.
The Painter Wow! Book: Coloring a Woodcut
Jan 9, 2012
Using Painter 12, Cher Threinen-Pendarvis shows you how to create black-and-white art, float it and apply the Gel Composite Method, and view the black-and-white art as you add colored brush work and texture to the original canvas layer.
The Painter Wow! Book: Creating an Impressionist Look
Jan 13, 2012
The Painter Wow! Book: Donal Jolley Gallery
Jan 16, 2012
This excerpt from the Painter Wow! books shows how artist Donal Jolley achieves his photorealistic painting meticulously but very traditionally—although electronically.

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