Website design is the process of planning and creating websites that can be read/viewed by web browsers
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Photoshop help to reduce the PSD file size without losing its quality and to create a fast loading page? [closed]
I have beeen working on a website design into a psd format , the file size reached around 300 megabytes.... So is my PSD file as intial design reaching this size is terrible !
I need to end up with ...
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How to design a site without pictures
A site I'm creating is a directory which sorts and displays information for about 300 businesses which are part of a specific business partnership/network.
The site is meant to provide information to ...
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How should i design my websites's homepage? [closed]
I have a website, www.xphoenix.co.in. Before, it's homepage had too much text but no pics, news feed, countdown timers, etc. Actually it's for our team participating in the F1 in Schools competition ...
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Is there graphic design software made for beginners, suitable for designing websites?
I'm teaching web development to beginners, and it would be useful to show them the basics in design, meaning using a graphic design package to come up with a layout, before turning it into code.
To ...
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How to create a vertically asymmetrical grid in Photoshop
I'm working on a site. The width will be fixed, but the length will vary.
What would be the best way to create a grid like the following in Photoshop?:
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What are some basic guidelines to make a website look nice?
I'm building a website for a client. I look at it and it just doesn't look cool. It gets the job done, which all of the websites I've built get the job done. But I don't think I've ever built anything ...
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How to become an `awesome-UI' creator like Dribbblers? [closed]
This aims to be an useful and a guideline question for those who knows and visits Dribbble daily and dreams to create awesome user interfaces like those listed in.
I'm a newbie web designer and I ...
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Given a color scheme, how do I apply to website design?
Just so there is something concrete to discuss, say I have this color scheme:
http://www.lavishbootstrap.com/?image_url=http://design-seeds.com/palettes/12/SpringTones505.jpg
There are many articles ...
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Visibility of elements over different shades of blue
I'm debating which colors to use for my website. We've been trying to find the right colors for the logo and graphics of the site, and struggling with trying to pick between the light and dark blue.
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What process should I use for converting this Toolbar PSD comp into something I can use on a Web page?
I am a programmer and have recently started playing with Photoshop in my spare time.
Ideally, I prefer to create components using HTML/CSS only, but there are times when it is not possible.
In this ...
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How does Grid design helps and what are their roles in Website Design
I'm not a designer but I'm learning how to implement an efficient design on a website. How do we decide on the grid used, as far as I can grasp, 3x3 boxes looks good to me. But as I keep reading, i ...
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How to find a texture for a background image for website?
I am looking for a texture pattern for an image that is similar to the one Path.com uses:
https://www.path.com/images/about/bg.gif
I want a similar image pattern so i can use it as a background ...
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Save individual element in PSD as an image
I am developing a site and got given the design as a PSD, my question is, can I select an individual element, say the social media icons, and save them as an image?
What I have been doing so far is ...
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Gutters - Padding and Margin for Columns with Background or Border
What are the recommended design guidelines for gutters when a column (or box, or any layout module) has its shape clearly visible because it has its own background or border?
Typically one would put ...
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Tools to put into place for designing for yourself
I know I am my worst enemy from critique to execution. I ask this question because I wanted to know any good ways to stop myself from going on and on in my own work. I have several ideas and things ...
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How to make a site attractive? [closed]
What are the basics of an attractive web design? What should I be looking for and what sources should I use to educate myself on the matter?
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The most advanced JPEG image compression on mac?
Sometimes i work with JPEG files for my web designs. There are occasions where the PNG format is not suitable..
There are several optimization techniques for the PNG format, but I noticed that for ...
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Learning WordPress for designers does a framework help?
I ask this question because it is in relation to Scott's thread here. I understand we have a WordPress stack exchange but I wanted to know before I dive into WordPress how designers have approached ...
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How to export PNG to be compatible with all browsers
I recently found our that some PNG files render a slightly different shade of color in Safari. (I think this is because Safari can't render PNG Gamma channel properly or what).
How do I export the ...
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Best practices for combining header/body typeface WITH a brand/corporate ID existing typeface?
I have recently become aware of a fundamental mistake I had been making; I have been matching a company's identity's typeface and using it for the headers of my websites, which in hindsight really ...
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How to display an user-defined logo in a Metro dark themed application?
For a Windows application currently under development we have chosen a dark Modern UI theme. As I don't have any representative screenshot at hand, let's say our look and feel is somewhat similar to ...
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Font copyright when used in images (Helvetica)
I have a specific Helvetica font that I use for text within graphics I am creating for my website, i.e. buttons, pictures.
Do I need a licence or is it sufficient just to have purchased the specific ...
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Animation of illustration with jQuery in web design question [closed]
I was curious to know from the ones that do animation with objects what is the rule of thumb in regards to the state from Object A to Object B. How many transitions do you have between A and B?
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Best Tools & Tutorials to transition from Flash to HTML5
A friend of my is a Flash designer and animator, and uses tools like Adobe Flash CS5. She want's to learn to do similar work in HTML5.
What tools and tutorials are available (free or commercial) to ...
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Transparency in swf file created using png image
I have some text with transparent background and I imported this png image to flash. Now when I create a swf file, it doesnt show me transparency. I tried using wmode parameter as transparent in the ...
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Recommendation to learn css [closed]
How would you recommend to proceed to learn css?
Is there a great book, or online tutorial?
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Best calculation for leading in web design
This is an area I always dislike when in the design process of a website. That being said I'm trying to be more efficient and I wanted to know when some use a sans serif or serif font how do you ...
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Overlapping images - how to slice in photoshop CS5
I got pretty simple example of site layout (link below), and i need to slice it.
The problem is, when i have 2 images, or image and title overlapping, and when i try to make slices of both, i get one ...
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Creating a pattern from an image
I need the following image turned into a pattern that would repeat in the y-axis only. How can I make it repeat smoothly (so it actually looks like it's a pattern)?
Thanks!
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Changing the color of the following image
What I'm trying to do is change the color of the following image to something around #21190E. I've tried using the Hue/Saturation, Color Replacer, etc. tools, but none worked well.
Do I change the ...
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How to create a responsive web design?
How do you exactly create a very responsive web design? Do you create application for your website to be responsive when using mobile and/or tablets?
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Tools to simulate different DPI screens?
When designing for mobile web, its important to check designs at the physical screen size of target device. Merely looking at your PC / Mac screen at designs of the same resolution isn't enough:
* ...
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How much effort should I put in to optimizing (cutting up) images for the web?
I often get designs from our artists which contain large complicated images that can be turned into a background-color, some tiling, and overlaid smaller images. The problem is, doing this often takes ...
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What are some good ways to showcase someone's portfolio work online?
I've been happily employed for awhile now, so I've not kept up on various trends and changes in the online portfolio field. I would like to remedy this knowledge gap.
I can do a search for "best ...
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How to visually suggest to the viewer that there is more than meets the eye in a elegant, neat looking way? [closed]
From a graphic design point of view, what would be a good way to let the viewer know, or better said, I want the user to "get it as he sees it" without further explanation that what I am showing is ...
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Is there any learning service like Pluralsight but for design?
"Meet Pluralsight. We are a group of serious developers. We are also committed to creating the best training available. This mix of training for developers, by developers is what rings true to our ...
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How to design a websites using thin fonts that will look good in a web browser?
I recently quite repetitively encounter the same problem - the fonts in photoshop don't look even close to the fonts embedded onto the websites.
Obviously - it's mostly about external, 3rd party ...
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How do I replicate these two effects in Photoshop?
I am having trouble finding help on my own since I do not know the names of these effects. Here's the reference image:
How do I replicate the impressed circle effect behind the button? I
tried ...
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Any ideas on how to fill a blank sidebar?
I would like to have some suggestions on how to fill my sidebar empty space on a feed aggregator. One solution may be advertising, but for now advertising is not acceptable in the page.
A second ...
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Apps for free-hand graphic design
I have always drawn with pencils and paper. I like drawing things that are just plain creepy. But I want them on my computer, but I don't want to just scan them on, so I've decided to draw them on the ...
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Where can I find a good repository of semi-transparent tiles for web?
I have been looking frequently for a site, a service that provides a repository of semi-transparent tiling backgrounds. I've found some grain generators, but I would like some more things that I could ...
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How can I make my photoshop fonts appear like they do on the web?
Do I really have to design everything in photoshop with anti-aliasing set to "none"??? I'm sure there is a better way.
I'd like to have a setting so that when picking a basic web-safe (such as ...
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free images for website [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Where are some good places to find free stock images?
I am wondering is there any place where I can get free images in a legal way? I mean, I do website however I don't ...
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Some general guidelines for choosing images in webdesign
So here's a good question: one problem that often comes up is a client asks for a site, but they have no content (specifically images) and so leave it up to the designer to find appropriate images to ...
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How to make a color APPEAR the same on different backgrounds?
Background on color perception:
Due to the nature of the human eye and visual processing by the brain, there's an optical illusion that the same color will look different depending on the background. ...
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free 'Helvetica Neue' alternative
Does anyone know any other fonts similar to Helvetica Neue (free for commercial use)? I'm working on a big website project where 'Helvetica Neue' is used heavily. I need a font that looks almost the ...
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Layout with Tables - Hierarchy
In this fiddle there's a markup and style I'm doing for a website:
http://jsfiddle.net/UvJmP/
I am trying to represent data in this way:
D2's table data is contained in D1
D3's table data is ...
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What shades of blue go well together (website design) [closed]
I've got a fixed layout page and the client has asked for it to have "shades of blue". What colour would you recommend for the background, page wrapper background, text, dropdown menu and the buttons ...
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How to make rounded corner thumbnail “ containing image of the post ”?
When I create rounded rectangles in Photoshop, I can mask images over those rounded rectangles to give them rounded corners.
When I'm making websites however, I'm not sure how to give images rounded ...
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Is there an ideal number of points of interests in web design? How many is too much?
I want to make a website, but I have too many important elements for that. I tried to simplify the structure, but it became boring to look at and tiresome to navigate.
Is there a rule or tip for ...
