3-Light Lens Flare Setup: Lens-Flare Lighting- Scott Kelby walks you through how to create a three-light shoot that incorporates three different types of light.
Design by Nature: An Interview with Maggie Macnab- In this interview, Maggie Macnab, author of Design by Nature: Using Universal Forms and Principles in Design, talks about using the principles and processes of nature in your design work, why patterns found in nature are so effective in design, and what inspires her as a designer.
The Mobile Future of UX- Robert Hoekman, Jr. talks about the profound impact PC Free and the mobile revolution in general will have on web designers.
- Question Everything
- Questioning gives us new perspective. It forces us to see past the obvious. User experience specialist Robert Hoekman shows us how questioning what we know helps us find better answers, particularly when it comes to simplicity, usability testing, and process.
- Abduzeedo Inspiration Guide for Designers: An Interview with James White
- Fábio Sasso interviews James White, a graphic designer and digital artist from Halifax, Nova Scotia, about how he got started, how he developed his style, and his favorite part of the creative process, in this excerpt from Abduzeedo Inspiration Guide for Designers.
- Seductive Interaction Design: Are You Attractive?
- Stephen P. Anderson considers the ways in which feelings and emotions can influence perceived and actual usability.
Interview with John McDermott- Matt Brandon talks with photographer John McDermott. They talk about his work photographing the ruins of Angkor and his uses of infrared film.
Photoshop TV Scanline Retro Effect- This time around we're digging in the retro vault for one of those effects that's been around for a white but I still see all the time. It's a TV scanline effect, and it makes a great finishing effect for certain photos and images. Best of all, it's really easy to create and manipulate. Let's take a look.
- More on Puppet Warp in Photoshop CS5
- Textures can change the look and feel of an image, making it look old and weathered or having a grunge feel. In this video you'll see that with just a few clicks you can add a texture from just about anything and make it adjustable by using a layer mask.
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