WHUZZUP! » [Cool Websites] Top 100 Internet Trends in 2016 (TrendHunter.com) Most people spend a significant portion of their day online, and so the 2016 Internet trends have unsurprisingly been extremely diverse in their scope. Some of the more prominent patterns that can...
WHUZZUP! » Creating a Pop Out Effect with #Photoshop and #InDesign At the 2016 InDesign Conference in Washington, D.C., Nigel French reminded me of a classic layout effect where an image pops out of its frame to interact with other page elements. It’s simple, effective, and can be used in all kinds of situations to add some “pop” to a page. Begin in Photoshop, by creating a new layer for the part of the image you want to pop out of the frame. Silhouette that part of the image using whatever technique you like. In some cases, you don’t have to be very fussy since the rest of the image will be cropped using the frame in InDesign. In this example, the surface of the water will never show in the silhouetted version of the image, so I don’t care that’s not masked correctly. But I did want to preserve the drops of water coming off the whale’s tail. Save the layered Photoshop image with just the silhouetted layer visible, and place the image into InDesign. Copy the image and paste it in place, so you have two stacked copies. Select the top copy and choose Object > Object Layer Options. In the dialog box, turn on the visibility of the background layer. With the Selection [...]
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WHUZZUP! » [ALA] Insisting on Core Development Principles The web community talks a lot about best practices in design and development: methodologies that are key to reaching and retaining users, considerate design habits, and areas that we as a community should focus on...
WHUZZUP! » [Cool Toys] Inexpensive USB Hacking Devices (TrendHunter.com) PoisonTap is a device that reveals the perils of privacy in an increasingly connected and computerized future. The small, card-sized device can connect via USB and insert malicious code onto even...
WHUZZUP! » [Marketing Strategy] Top 30 Finance Ideas in November As shown throughout these November 2016 finance ideas, companies are making a continuous effort to make their services more convenient to consumers—allowing them to not only keep an eye on...
WHUZZUP! » [Design] Top 50 Home Concepts in November The top November 2016 home ideas include a number of household designs that offer more than just what meets the eye. Some of the best examples of this include light bulbs that can illuminate a space...
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