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The general principle: styles come in and out of fashion. When they go out of fashion, they become associated with the era when they were in fashion, and things done in that style look of that era and look dated.
So, for example, the 'Skeuomorphic' styles vs 'Flat Design' styles shift (as linked to by Anonymous) explains the Google Chrome example: the ...
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It probably has to do with how we perceive our state of technology and major trends that drive our society. Does it make sense? Sometimes, I suppose ...
Look at the evolution of the BP logo.
Throughout the year an outline and colour was added. Today it resembles a yellow and green sunflower probably referring to the customer's desire to purchase more ...
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The Bell Logo looking "old" is an opinion that I don't think is universally shared. Many would call Saul Bass's work timeless. Yes, it is rooted in a particular era, but not overly so. One could take that Bell Logo and stick it in a book of 80's logos and it would fit just perfectly. One could upload it to Dribbble today and it'd fit right in.
Why? Well, ...
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I would say that there are two main factors at play.
1. Perception of the technology to create the logo
The logo that was possible in the 1920's compared to what became possible in the 80s, 90s, and today due to innovations in printing technology, digital tools, etc will influence what can be built and our subsequent perception.
For example this black ...
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This is a common question but usually for code. To create this in Photoshop:
New layer in Photoshop
Draw rectangle slightly smaller below
Fill with black
Filter>Gaussian Blur
radius around 5-7 pixels, play with the settings
Edit > Transform > Warp
Drop opacity around 20%
Another tutorial here.
Free Files
Free .psd files here for ...
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Common sizes for desktop are 800x600, 1024x768, 1280x1024 and 1600x1200
HD usually means 1080p nowadays so that is 1920 x 1080.
Also, see this previous question
And this Google Browser size diagram may help
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Why? Simply input 1024px for width and 768px for height. Indesign (Or any Adobe app) will accept whatever measurement you input. You can input 3", 3 in, 3cm, 3px, 3p0, 3mm... they will all be accepted by the dimension fields and then converted to whatever default dimension the rulers are set to. You don't need mm.
But if you really want mm...
1024px x ...
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We don't do brainstorming here but we can help refining what the problem is and looking at the way to approach coming up with ideas for something like this.
We're talking about visual metaphors that evoke the right kind of associations and that set the right mood, tone and associations.
'Cyber' in the late 90's and early 2000's generally evoked the ...
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If your server dishes out pages with ligatures (like smartypants does), search engines are inconsistent. Bing currently doesn't index the ligatures right. I'd say in general, it's asking for trouble. Since search engines change, there's a method below you can use to test how search engines you're interested in index ligatures.
If your server dishes ...
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Based on the one live example I saw I would be extremely concerned with extensive use of this because it will affect SEO. The special characters get parsed as Unicode so Google's algorithm will not read it. It should be fine for sparing uses but I wouldn't go crazy with it or use it on anything important like a title.
Here is the link to the live example I ...
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You have a flipped hierarchy issue. The buttons are visually more prominent, but the content they link to is secondary to the content above.
So, one option would be to reverse that hierarchy. Make the current buttons plain links instead and then style the list of links above to look more like a navigation list. Perhaps something like this:
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You'd probably get more of what you're looking for over at UX StackExchange. Nonetheless ...
I would turn these into menus rather than modules on the page. The three headings would be the top nav and the list of links would drop down. I think that would make your concept much more apparent to the user.
You could keep your thumbnails in the menu, if you're ...
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Out of interest, do any of you work in a large team for a large company?
Frameworks such as bootstrap are fantastic for creating a consistent standard of code throughout a project, it also means that when recruiting for new developers, those with experience of a popular framework will already be familiar with the syntax and can become productive much ...
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Plainclothes has probably covered all of the important points to a 'successful footer'. These are a few extras.
A footer-sitemap improves not only the bounce rates, but also the visit time and the page-views, all of them quite important.
Something I notice in yours is a clear separation between the site and the footer, 'here ends the page', 'here there be ...
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Sounds like what your client really means is "we want something different". Hard to answer that one. I suspect they're thinking of sites that try to salvage bounce rates by putting more enticing clicks at the bottom.
For starters, try just selling those links harder. Make them bigger by 2-4 px. Use a stronger color. Add some icons to differentiate.
Then ...
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It is very likely that the person used a 3D software tool or the rudimentary 3D tools in Photoshop to create the shadow.
However, this particular example can be made by duplicating the blue shape layer, creating a drop shadow on the duplicate, setting the fill to 0%, rendering the layer, and using the warp tool to adjust the shadow shape. The shadow layer ...
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Create a New Layer and then Using Rectangular Marquee Tool Draw line and then choose brush tool to paint
Using Eraser tool erase the both ends and set the Eraser Opacity to 50%
Make a new layer and using Rectangular Marquee Tool draw rectangle below the edge line and paint gently using brush which set to opacity 50%.
Now choose the line layer and ...
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Jetstrap is an online tool that lets you drag-and-drop a large set of official Bootstrap components right to your page.
They apparently guarantee responsiveness and clean HTML export.
It's free for one project, and $8 for 10 projects.
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I do all my mock-ups in Illustrator. There is plenty of disagreement on this point but Photoshop is really an image editor. If you need an image in your design, jump to Photoshop (or Gimp). If you want to layout a page or an app, Illustrator (or Inkscape or Fireworks) is the place to be.
As for where to start, it shouldn't be with the tool. Learn the ...
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welcome to GD.SE!
To be honest, I don't think you really need to be a Photoshop guru to design your UIs. Especially if you are doing web, and you will end up coding everything anyway, the skills you will need to present some mockups and wireframes shouldn't take long to learn. Photoshop is quite intuitive, but this of course doesn't mean it won't have a ...
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I can agree some logos look old AND / OR there are some logos or designs that you get tired of after some time, but my point here isn't to tear down on every logo out there.
"I'd say sufficient brand presence can overcome the fashion effect"
"I don't think “that looks so 70's”, I just think “that looks like the IBM logo”"
"I don't associate it with any ...
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As someone that had quite a bit of work done with coding up SVGs exported from AI (One example), I can tell that the issue is AI doesn't export SVGs in a format fit for the web. Not fully at least.
When using SVGs generated with AI, I had to always massage positions somewhat to maintain proportions originally seen while drawing on AI. As for anything ...
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The reason PhotoShop is still predominant in the industry is a bit history, a bit big-business, and a bit about laziness/stubborness.
At one time, 'web design firms' were mainly traditional graphic design/print design firms and ad agencies. Creative staff were primarily print design folks who happened to know PhotoShop. Hence any 'design' they did tended ...
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I think you can get a better understanding of the role of graphic design software in web design if you take a closer look at the service process of a professional agency. First of all, there are usually multiple experts involved. Responsibility for design and code is usually separated and every expert has its own specialized tools.
When working with clients ...
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Anymore, Photoshop, Illustrator, et. al. are used for supporting web assets and not for full page/site mock ups.
Yes, there are some people who still build entire page mockup using Photoshop. And in reality if a site is very custom-image based then it may be necessary. But there's traditionally no slicing taking place anymore.
There are also developers ...
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You're mostly right in your assumptions.
Some would say that Photoshop is the way to go in Web Design while others may argue it's simply a means to an end.
Fact of the matter is, mocking-up websites is much faster in Photoshop than it is by writing HTML & CSS by hand. It's much easier to play around with and changing a variety of designs using ...
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I'd say: Unless you are a graphic designer focused in web - but you mention you come from programming so this is not the case-, if you are going to do web development, know your code first.
I believe you have to, because you are designing for it. I come from digital design, so to say, so I struggle a little with code (JS -.-), but from the start I had to ...
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I think in most cases with logo's familiarity breeds contempt.
The more you look at something, the more you want a refresh.
The very fact that we find very old things "cool", like the Mercedes, reinforces this as we are not used to seeing them every day.
I didn't personally see the Bell logo as "old" as I am UK based and do not see it often.
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http://www.sxc.hu is very good source with royalty free photos
Always ask permission from the photographer if you want to use the Image
In website templates that You intend to sell or distribute.
For creating printed reproductions that You intend to sell.
On "print on demand" items such as t-shirts, postcards, mouse pads, mugs (e.g. on sites like ...
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I was going to say "you can't", but apparently it is possible:
http://www.peteryu.ca/tutorials/gimp/rotate_tileable_patterns
I'd rather not do all of that and come up with something else.
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