By Michael Garmahis on July 16, 2009
This HDR Photoshop tutorial will show you how to make fake HDR in Photoshop using just single image. Basically, in the process you increase dynamic range of your photo, then your increase local contrast. While HDR photos are getting momentum, it could be a good way to achieve popular HDR look without a lot of efforts and expenses to buy standalone software. I suggest also using Masks to apply HDR effect just to certain areas and play with Layers opacity. If you successfully used this technique, please post link to your fake HDR photos in the comments. Continue Reading →
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By Michael Garmahis on July 15, 2009
IE6 update warning and suggestion to upgrade Firefox 3.5, Google Chrome or IE8 is currently displayed by Youtube to all IE6 visitors: ‘we will be phasing out support for your browser’. Previously Digg team started to talk about dropping support for IE6 users because IE6 compatible development requires unreasonable amount of resources spent.
The more websites will support IE6 upgrade movement the more users and web developers will be happier. Users will get modern, speedier, more useful browsers and developers get rid of hours and hours of headache, workarounds and hacks. Continue Reading →
Posted in Tools
By Michael Garmahis on July 13, 2009
Web design client questionnaire: why do you need it? First of all, to understand what your clients need and provide them with most competitive proposal. Second, you need to filter out price shoppers who unlikely will out the complete form. You can use this web design client questionnaire via email, phone or even in the meeting. Why there are only 10 questions? Because believe me or not most clients don’t have time nor wish to fill out 20 or 30 fields, let’s be realistic. Which questions you usually ask your client? Which questions you would like to be asked if on the client side? Please speak out in the comments. Continue Reading →
Posted in Tips
By Michael Garmahis on July 9, 2009
Is making mistakes always as bad as we used to think? Are people who don’t make them really so good? When I think about making mistakes I imagine two cooks: one is strictly following recipes ingredient by ingredient and latter experimenting. For sure the first one will never screw up the dish but he will never make something new. We all know a lot of people who repeat their routine precisely day by day. I know even more of those who work in a constant fear to be fired for making just a little mistake. Continue Reading →
Posted in Tips
By Michael Garmahis on July 7, 2009
Dave Hill is a brilliant photographer who is famous for distinctive look of his photos. Dave Hill photo style is becoming as popular as HDR. Though many argue that Dave Hill photo effect is done only through expensive lighting at the shooting scene, there’re already a number of Photoshop tutorials which try to achieve similar look using only Photoshop. Both versions of this Dave hill look Photoshop tutorial are very simple to follow, though you will need to have installed LucisArt Photoshop plugin. Any noise reduction plugin (I use Noise Ninja) is also highly recommended. Let me know in the comments how this tutorial works for you. Continue Reading →
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By Michael Garmahis on July 2, 2009
Most of these useful project management tools are complex solution with integrated time management, collaboration, version tracking, code repositories, bug and issue tracking, etc. Both free and commercial project management apps are included. I intentionally focused not on famous tools such as Microsoft Project or Basecamp but on less popular but sometimes more efficient and useful alternatives. Though you can spend some time learning these project management tools as well as teaching your team and clients, in the long term properly integrated project management tools lets you save your time and money, make your project and work of your team more efficient. Continue Reading →
Posted in Reviews
By Michael Garmahis on June 29, 2009
So, you’d like to use Firefox 3.5 right after its release but some of your favorite addons are disabled because Firefox says they are not compatible (not updated by developers)? There’s very simple solution to this problem. Now most addons that aren’t yet officially Firefox 3.5 compatible will be enabled. Warning: you can meet some bugs as well as layout quirks in the addons. Continue Reading →
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