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It’s fascinating what information can be learned about a movie simply from taking a glance at the movie poster. Skipping past the obvious such as the title and cast, what is really interesting is determining a film’s tone and atmosphere from its poster alone. Is it violent? Funny? Scary? Quite often the poster alone may answer these questions for you.

Not surprisingly, this is not a trait solely unique to North American cinema. While some presentational factors differ from culture to culture, usually the essence of a movie is plainly communicated through its poster no matter what – or where.

Observing design from another culture’s perspective can be a great source of inspiration. Sometimes it takes a completely unique frame of reference to get those creative juices flowing. It is in this spirit that Smashing Magazine has collected 50 impressive Asian movie posters for your illumination and inspiration. We hope you enjoy them. (…)

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Source: Smashing Magazine;
Date: 2008 / 30 OCT

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This is the wonderful list of 17 free and online web based tools for designers and developers which may be very helpful for you as well when you are at work. Designers and Developers will must like this list but you can also use them and will love whether you are office worker, manager, supervisor, student, home user, etc. Most of them are not very well-known but, they are really amazing in respect to their features. Just take a look at them and share your thought’s here. (…)

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Source: Smashing Apps;
Date: 2008 / 30 OCT

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Photoshop is an excellent tool for creating attract websites. Fortunately, if you’re looking to brush up your skills or learn some new tricks for creating layouts and designs in Photoshop, there are plenty of tutorials specifically for this purpose.

The 35 tutorials featured here will each take you through the process of creating an example website design in Photoshop. The are all different types of websites and styles of design represented, so you should certainly be able to find some useful tutorials from this group. (…)

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Source: Vandelay Design Blog;
Date: 2008 / 02 NOV

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Ever drooled over the artwork created by Photoshop masters like Nik Ainley and Greg Martin? Drool no longer, because with the help of these 30 tutorials you can create high-end digital artworks and effects to rival any Photoshop legend. (…)

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Source: PSDTUTS;
Date: 2008 / 07 NOV

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There’s plenty of free vector art out there, but most of it shouldn’t be seen in public, let alone on your latest digital art masterpiece. Here are 60 completely free vector graphics that even the professionals use. They really should cost money, but we’re not complaining! (…)

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Source: NETTUTS;
Date: 2008 / 06 NOV

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Images enhance the visual impact of a blog and make it more likely a post will be read. One good photo can grab a reader’s attention and drive them to the article. A post without any graphs, drawing, or photos can look daunting. Even if it’s well written, the wall of text might not appeal to anyone. A good image is often a must-have for a great post. But sometimes the images available for publishing are poor quality, or just don’t suit quite right. With the tricks below, you can use Photoshop to fix up your images in minutes. Instead of a dull photo, you can liven it up to an image that might actually appeal to someone. (…)

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Source: Pro Blog Design;
Date: 2008 / 29 SEP

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Paired with yesterday’s 24 Perfect Vectors, I wanted to list off some incredible Photoshop tutorials I’ve found on the web that will help you utilize those resources. I’ve done my best to select a wide variety of tutorials from web graphics, to photo enhancement, to just plain incredible.

Remember, its not about the destination, instead its all about the journey. Don’t neglect a tutorial because you aren’t interested in the final product. Instead, follow each one, step by step. I can personally attest that the knowledge you will gain about the various tools and functions that are available for you to use in Photoshop will be much more beneficial than the final image. (…)

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Source: Elite by Design;
Date: 2008 / 5 MAR

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JavaScript is a client-side scripting language which is commonly used in web development. Here are more than 70 JavaScript resources of tutorials, collections, libraries, and tools for seasoned developers or newbies to enhance your web pages. (…)

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Source: Jason Bartholme’s SEO Blog;
Date: 2007 / 12 oct

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So why use flash for Web Menus when javascript has enough power to achieve similar effects.

Every web designer tries to be creative when it comes to designing the main navigation of the website. Today we would like to present you 13 awesome Javascript CSS menus that will be very handy and easy to modify to suit your needs. Popular javascript libraries are used: jQuery, Scriptaculous and Mootools. (…)

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Source: DevSnippets;
Date: 2008 / 21 OCT

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Saving repetitive tasks as Photoshop actions can save you a lot of time, allowing you to automate your work and improve workflow efficiency. A Photoshop action is a recording of a sequence of commands and operations that you can save and access later on.

We’ve searched for the best downloadable Photoshop actions that can help you improve your workflow and perform complex techniques with the push of a button. In this collection, you’ll find more than 350 free hand-picked Photoshop actions that you can use to speed up your graphics creation. (…)

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Source: Smashing Magazine;
Date: 2008 / 20 OCT