I choose best graphic software and web apps of 2007 based on their importance, popularity and innovation. While not all of these top graphic apps first appeared in 2007, all of them have great value and reflect tendencies in graphic applications which could in the future change the way we work with images and photos. Though the traditional graphic apps are still very popular, the new technologies can make real breakthrough in graphic software of 2008. (more…)
Free web app ImproveYourImages.com is a perfect choice to improve image for busy people or absolute beginners since you don’t need do anything manually. This online image improvement service provides amazing opportunity for improving images in one click. You just have to upload your image and in seconds you get fixed variant. You can upload an image from web site as well. (more…)
Following this Photoshop tutorial you amaze your friends making comics from a photo. If you have a series of good but monotonous photos from the party it’s time to add color and fun to the stage. Pay attention, that people on the photo should be photographed close up (up to shoulders or breast like in this tutorial). The fewer details there are in the background the better. If you would like to tell a comics story, try to pick up photos in logical order that tell a story. The image dimensions should be not less than 300 dpi and 10×15cm.The ready comics should have more bright and primitive colors than original photo, deep shadows and typical comics shading as well. (more…)
Photology is Windows software for organizing and searching through your digital photos. Photology intuitively searches a user’s photo collection and filters by a number of criterias. Photology is unique as it requires no tagging or folder management to organize and search for photos. Photology provided its online demo recently which is using about 9,000 photos from Flickr to show how the software works. The classifications you’ll see are the result of a completely automated analysis, which is the identical analysis that the desktop Photology application does. (more…)
What to have in mind if you want design a custom printed T-shirt? How to express yourself creatively and create T-shirt design by yourself using predefined T-shirt templates? An awesome T-shirt could bring you some benefits and even income if your design will be well enough. Read tips, principles and rules on how to design proper custom T-shirt. (more…)
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year for all readers of Graphic design for life! I’d like to wish you reach new horizons in 2008, find exciting inspirations, make successful projects and fulfill all your dreams. Bring more energy and creativity to life!
I promise you more interesting posts and helpful readings. I wait for your comments, questions and suggestions. Happy Holidays!
With best wishes,
Michael.
Good web design demands first of all technical skills such as knowing required software and technologies. But if you don’t know anything about good web design rules, theory, approaches and principles you can’t make popular and attractive web design. Web design can be tricky. Since web design trends changes as frequently as the core technology, creating usable and eye-catching web design which delivers information and builds brand can be a challenge. While rules are made to be broken, these thoughts could help you understand more about good web design. This good web design principles can be applied to general graphic design in the most cases as well. (more…)
