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CSS Shorthand – A Guide to Cleaner and Faster Coding

October 26th, 2009

csshorthand Site: http://www.threestyles.com/
Description:
As a web developer I am always looking for ways to speed up my workflow. One of the simplest ways to speed up and clean up your coding is to learn CSS Shorthand. In order to fully grasp shorthand, it is helpful to already have a decent knowledge of CSS. I have put together a simple guide to bring you into the world of CSS Shorthand.
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Do’s and Don’ts of Photoshop Retouching

October 26th, 2009

thumb2 Site: http://www.webdesignerdepot.com
Description:
A photograph of a stunning model is sitting before you that has serious potential but several flaws.
What do you do? Touch up the photo using Photoshop, of course!
The number of options available for enhancement are now sky high, but what’s the best way to clean the photo up?
To simplify the retouching process, we have highlighted the best and worst ways to create a clean, professional-looking photo in Photoshop.
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Create a 3D perspective movement

October 26th, 2009

per Site: http://www.riacodes.com/
Description:
In this tutorial, we’re going to create a 3D perspective movement that allows the user to move towards the content or away from it with the keyboard’s arrows. This tutorial uses the z property, new in Flash CS4.
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Creating a Fluid Logo

October 26th, 2009

title_banner Site: http://www.creativecow.net/
Description:
In this first video with Creative Cow, Chris Martin goes over how to create a fluid logo using Realflow and Cinema 4D.
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A jQuery Twitter Ticker

October 26th, 2009

434 Site: http://tutorialzine.com
Description:
In this tutorial we are going to create a pure jQuery & CSS twitter ticker which utilizes Twitter’s Search API. It will show your or your friends’ latest tweets, and will not require any server side code  or databases. As a result, the ticker will be easily included into any web page and easily modified to your likings.
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Design an Awesome Geometric Shaped Typography with Grungy Background in Photoshop

October 26th, 2009

glossy-geo-typo-flatten-final-496x700 Site: http://www.psdvault.com
Description:
In this tutorial, I will show the processes involved in designing and creating this really cool, Geometric Shaped Typography with Grungy Background in Photoshop. This is a simple tutorial yet the effect looks awesome, have a try!
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Blog Action Day: Create a Virtual Wind Farm in ActionScript 3

October 26th, 2009

wind Site: http://psd.tutsplus.com
Description:
The term wind farm refers to a group of wind turbines in one location used for production of electric power. Compared to the environmental effects of traditional energy sources, those of wind power are relatively minor. Wind power consumes no fuel and emits no air pollution, unlike fossil fuel power sources.
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The Ultimate Guide to Creating a Design and Converting it to HTML and CSS

October 26th, 2009

ud_html Site: http://psd.tutsplus.com
Description:
This screencast will serve as the final entry in a multi-part series across the TUTS sites which demonstrates how to build a beautiful home page for a fictional business. We learned how to create the wireframe on Vectortuts+; we added color, textures, and effects on Psdtuts+; now, we’ll take our completed PSD and convert it into a nicely coded HTML and CSS website.
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Matthew Soares – Cosimo Fontana Video CV

October 26th, 2009


Here is a video I did for video class. We had to make a video resume, so this is the one I made of Cosimo Fontana.

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Matthew Soares – SHM JavaScript Assignment

October 25th, 2009

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Here is a website I did for a school JavaScript assignment. I’m pretty happy with it, please let me know what you think about it.

http://msoares.ca/javasite

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