From Tutorialzine –20 Awesome PHP Libraries For Early 2017:
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A curated list of some of our favorite open-source PHP libraries and frameworks from the last couple of months.
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[Tools] 20 Awesome PHP Libraries For Early 2017
[Design] The Definitive Guide to Quotes, Apostrophes, and Primes
From CreativePro.com –The Definitive Guide to Quotes, Apostrophes, and Primes:
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Quotation marks, apostrophes, and primes (also known as inch and foot marks) are some of the most misunderstood and misused elements in typesetting. The confusion between them harkens back to the days of typewriters when there was just one style – now called ‘typewriter quotes’ to represent them all. But today’s computers are intended to set professional typography, not just typing for the casual user, therefore the proper glyphs are available in most fonts. Understanding the distinction between these marks and the task of getting them right can be challenging, but essential for the creative professional. If you think you?ve heard me ranting about this topic before, you are right. That is because the misuse of any of these glyphs is one of the most widespread of all type crimes in digital typography, committed by students (who have an excuse), novices, and seasoned professionals alike. This can be due to lack of knowledge, but also because too many creative professionals don’t think it is their job to be concerned about this. They are wrong, as every design job is a group effort, and any error reflects poorly on the entire team, and most especially, the client…
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[#Graphics #Tutorial] Create a Haunted Cliff-side Castle With #Photoshop
From VFX Maximum – Latest Tutorial Listings For 2D Graphics –Create a Haunted Cliff-side Castle With Photoshop:
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Based on a rough sketch, we’ll develop a dark, misty, and ominous scene using multiple stock images, as well as blending, lighting, and shading techniques.”
[Design] Level Up Your CSS Skills With These 20 Pro #CSS Tips
From Web Designer Wall – Design Trends and Tutorials –Level Up Your CSS Skills With These 20 Pro CSS Tips:
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Front-end development is quickly becoming more and more focused on efficiency – faster loading and rendering through selector choice and minimizing code. Pre-processors like Less and SCSS go a long way in doing some of the work for us, but there are plenty of ways to write minimal, quick CSS the native way. This guide […]”
[#Design] Illustrator’s Other Drawing Modes
From CreativePro.com –Illustrator’s Other Drawing Modes:
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If you use Photoshop, Illustrator, or InDesign, you ought to be familiar with both stacking order and layers. Generally speaking, layers let you segregate groups of content, while the stacking order refers to the order in which items are placed on a particular layer. Illustrator has a few additional options for working with the layering of objects on the page. In addition to the Normal drawing mode, two others – Draw Behind and Draw Inside – can save you time in creating objects in your preferred order…
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[Marvel] Spider-Man: Homecoming Toys Revealed
From Marvel Movies News –Spider-Man: Homecoming Toys Revealed:
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Preview the upcoming toys from Hasbro based off the highly anticipated film ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming.’ All will be available at most major retailers and on HasbroToyShop.com.
‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’ 6-Inch Figure Assortment Imagine swinging into action and soaring through the skies with ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’ figures. Featuring movie-inspired deco and design, these 6-inch scale figures let kids recreate the super showdowns between some of their favorite characters including Spider-Man, Vulture, and more! Fans can collect up to 6 new figures. Each figure sold separately. Available at most major retailers and on HasbroToyShop.com.”
[#Marvel] Marvel Studios Begins Production on ‘Black Panther’
From Marvel Movies News –Marvel Studios Begins Production on ‘Black Panther’:
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Marvel Studios announced today that production has begun on “Black Panther,” starring Chadwick Boseman (“Captain America: Civil War,” “Get on Up”), Michael B. Jordan (“Creed,” “Fruitvale Station”), Academy Award® winner Lupita Nyong’o (“Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” “12 Years a Slave”), Danai Gurira (“The Walking Dead,” upcoming “All Eyez on Me”), Martin Freeman (“Hobbit” trilogy, “Sherlock”), Daniel Kaluuya (upcoming “Get Out,” “Sicario”), with Academy Award® nominee Angela Bassett (“American Horror Story,” “London Has Fallen”), with Academy Award® winner Forest Whitaker (“Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” Lee Daniels’ “The Butler”), and Andy Serkis (“Avengers: Age of Ultron,” “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”). Additional cast members include Letitia Wright (“Urban Hymn,” “Glasgow Girls”), Winston Duke (“Person of Interest, “Modern Family”), Florence Kasumba (“Captain America: Civil War,” “Emerald City”), Sterling K. Brown (“Whiskey Tango Foxtrot,” “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story”) and John Kani (“Captain America: Civil War,” “Coriolanus”) Marvel Studios’ other epic big-screen adventures include Marvel’s “Iron Man,” “The Incredible Hulk,” “Iron Man 2,” “Thor,” “Captain America: The First Avenger,” “Marvel’s The Avengers,” “Iron Man 3,” “Thor: The Dark World,” “Captain America: The Winter Soldier,” “Guardians of the Galaxy,” “Avengers: Age of Ultron,” “Ant-Man,” and the upcoming “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” (May 5, 2017), “Spider-Man: Homecoming” (July 7, 2017), “Thor: Ragnarok” (November 3, 2017) and “Avengers: Infinity War” (May 4, 2018).
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[#Tutorial] How to Get Started in Stop Motion Photography
From Picture Correct – Latest Tutorial Listings For Photoshop –How to Get Started in Stop Motion Photography:
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Everything depends on your camera staying still for the whole shoot in stop motion photography. We’ll teach you that kind of patience, and other skills, in this tutorial.”
Drawing Instant Abstract Art in #Illustrator
From CreativePro.com –CreativePro Tip of the Week: Drawing Instant Abstract Art in Illustrator:
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Did you know the tilde key has magical powers in Adobe Illustrator? Yes, the humble, unassuming tilde key that sits near the top left of your keyboard. By pressing and holding it as you drag with any of Illustrator’s shape tools, you can draw instant abstract art. When the tilde key is pressed, Illustrator creates a new shape each time the screen redraws. So if you move your mouse or pen tablet slowly, you get a lot of densely packed shapes. If you move it faster, you get fewer shapes spaced farther apart. The results look a little bit like an old school Spirograph (if you’re a child of the 70s-80s). Experiment with different strokes and different starting shapes, like polygons and stars…”
[Tutorial] Quick Tip: The Easiest Way To Show Browser Notifications
From Tutorialzine –Quick Tip: The Easiest Way To Show Browser Notifications:
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The JavaScript Web Notification API allows both desktop and mobile browsers to display notifications with custom content. Although it’s support used to be quite inconsistent, the API is now compatible with most modern browsers and we are already seeing it implemented in many websites and apps. In this article we will show you the quickest way to set up browser notifications using the open-source Push.js library.
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