10 Tips for better mobile UX design

Layouts, menus, forms, web fonts and gestures are all things you need to consider when designing your website.  However, you also need to think about how these elements are going to be viewed by visitors using their smartphones and mobile devices. 01. Include feedback...

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6 Trends that are changing the face of UX

When I started my UX career, the iPhone didn’t exist. I was wireframing screens for car navigation systems using PowerPoint. User experience consisted of interacting with the touchscreen interface with their fingers or voice. Tap was the only gesture; there was no swipe, pinch...

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Build the next killer app with this course bundle

Whether on web or mobile, apps make the world go around. These powerful tools have become ingrained in our lives thanks to the incredible functionality they provide. Now you can learn to build apps that people will be sure to love with the Complete Application Development Bundle. Even...

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6 mobile apps every web designer should check out

Many web designers never think of using mobile apps to aid them in their work. But new mobile apps are being released all the time, and it’s easy to miss something that could profoundly change the way you work for the better.In this post we round up some of the latest new and...

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10 top 3ds Max tutorials

Autodesk's 3ds Max is one of the most popular 3D packages around, but learning how to make the most of its extensive toolset and powerful features is a serious challenge, especially if you're just starting out in 3D.That's why we've put together this collection of brilliant...

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The 10 commandments of Photoshop etiquette

As a designer, chances are you use Photoshop CC as part of your Creative Cloud package. And at some point in your career you will have a job or project where the end goal is to pass your Photoshop files onto someone else. This step doesn't get covered in many Photoshop tutorials.Many...

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The 9 best alternatives to Photoshop

You could be mistaken for thinking there are no real Photoshop alternatives around. Photoshop is such a powerful brand that, like Google, it has actually become a verb: 'to Photoshop' is shorthand for editing an image. This might make you believe that no other software could...

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Switch from Mac to Windows: A 3D artist's guide

Since the dawn of the personal computer, a battle for platform supremacy has raged between macOS and Windows. While Windows is the dominant force in nearly every area of business, Apple and its macOS has for a long time been the weapon of choice for creatives.While there are...

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New iPad Air and Mini come with Apple Pencil support

It's hard not to love the Apple Pencil. It's one of the best styluses we've ever used, and it provides an impressively natural drawing experience. The only problem with it is that until recently you needed an iPad Pro to use it; Apple launched a 9.7-inch iPad with Pencil support...

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12 Mac shortcuts every designer should know

A Mac shortcut is a combination of keys that, when pressed together on an Apple device, perform an action that would otherwise require a more complicated set of actions. Getting a handle on Mac shortcuts is a simple and practical way to streamline the design process, as along...

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Boost your illustration career with these 6 tips

As a child, Victo Ngai didn't really fit in. She had moved to Hong Kong from mainland China, didn't really speak the local dialect and didn't have any friends. She discovered that she could create her own friends on paper, and those friends were actually "way cooler than the...

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