Archive for the 'Graphics & Art' Category

HOW TO: Hide music in your pictures

This page lets you hide small samples of MP3s in GIF files. The GIF format allows for an "application extension block" - an arbitrary section for applications that isn’t checked by the GIF parser. Meanwhile, Winamp and other MP3 players ignore all data in the file that isn’t marked as an MP3 block. The result: […]

HOW TO: Capture and Save Screenshots of Webpages

How to convert an entire website to an image file or PDF on Windows, Linux or Mac ?
Some time back, we discussed several screen capture add-ons for IE and Firefox with auto-scroll feature that allow you to save lengthy scrolling websites with images, javascript and even Flash animations to graphic files in GIF, JPG, TIFF […]

HOW TO: Get your web pictures on Google Image Search

If your web graphics are optimized for Image search engines like Yahoo, Google or MSN, they can be a nice alternate source of traffic to your website. But unlike regular web search where we know how search engines rank content, the rules associated with Image search rankings are very different and often based on assumptions.
Why […]

HOW TO: Create “Web 2.0″ design effects using Photoshop

Web 2.0 is a term coined by O’Reilly describing the new trends in design and development appearing across a flood of innovative websites. This tutorial will show you how to create some of the more popular "Web 2.0" design effects using Photoshop.
Gradients
The reflective or glass effect was first popularized by Apple. There have been many […]

HOW TO: Silkscreen Posters and Shirts

Silkscreening is such a great happy medium — nestled comfortably half-way between hand-drawn and mass production, more colourful than photocopying and with an aesthetic all its own. Artist Shannon Gerard broke out her silkscreening gear to make cool shirts and posters for her upcoming comic launch, and despite being crazy busy has shared her skills […]