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Designing an effective email is not difficult, but it has a few unique aspects that should be considered in the design process. Regardless of design however, the message should be clear, simple and easily identifiable. The following tips are basic reminders for good email design.  Read more...

How to Design your Own Poster Prints

Posters are the ideal print materials to use for artistic purposes, advertising or announcement. These prints are also a great venue for exercising your creativity. Posters can carry huge amount of information and images, giving you the freedom to express yourself through designing these prints. Designing your own poster is the best option if you want to put personal touches on your poster print. However, designing your own posters can get a little tricky especially if you are doing the activity for the first time. Below are tips that can guide you in creating your own posters.

•    Think of a concept and stick to it. Having a specific concept in mind makes the entire design process easier. You can build your poster design around this concept to achieve consistency. One helpful tip to prevent yourself from getting sidetracked is to write your concept on paper. You can use this as your guide in designing your poster prints.

•    Organize your information. You should determine the purpose of your posters in order for you to come up with an organized content. An organized content makes your poster look well-structured and concise. People will easily understand your message if your poster print is focused on a single thought.

•    Use the right images. Images add life and creativity to your poster design. These attract people’s attention and support the message that you are trying to convey. However, putting too many images on your poster can be distracting. Always be careful in adding images on your poster, because overdoing it can affect the over-all look of your prints.  Read more...

You can design great looking presentation folders that get results! All you need is a few tips and a great supplier of custom presentation folders like My1Stop.com, who can provide you with free advice, samples and design templates – and all of the right printing options.

Tip #1 – Get Samples

The best suppliers of presentation folders will provide you with free samples. Most good suppliers offer an online sample request form – if you have time, call the supplier instead. A few minutes on the phone with an experienced customer service representative will help your supplier get you presentation folder samples that are matched to your needs. The supplier might send full color presentation folder samples (great for pictures and logos) as well as foil and embossed samples (for special occasions and an elegant look) and economical one or two color samples. Once you have samples of custom presentation folders, review them with your team and maybe even a customer or two. Start a “likes and dislikes” list. Add design styles, layouts and positions of text and pictures to your list. Use the “likes and dislikes” list as you design your presentation folders.

Tip #2 – Use Templates  Read more...

First up, we’ll cover the fundamentals that every Photoshop user needs to know. Then we’ll dedicate ourselves to learning all there is to know about creating cool button effects. We’ll cover a wide range of various effects, so we hope you’re ready for some interesting and exciting Photoshop action!

Let’s get a solid foundation in Photoshop.

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Placing a Graphic in your File

Often you’ll want to import existing graphics and artwork into your Photoshop document. Do you find this complicated? Not at all — in fact, there are several ways you can do this!

External graphics can be placed in Photoshop as raster layers or Smart Objects. First, we will show you how to place these graphics, and then we’ll talk about the difference between raster layers and Smart Objects.

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Placing Artwork from a Web Page

Copy the artwork from the web page, then select Edit > Paste or press Ctrl-V (Command-V on a Mac) to paste it into your Photoshop document. Photoshop will create a new layer containing the artwork, or place it into a selected empty layer. The artwork will be on a raster layer.

Placing Artwork from Flattened Image Files

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Every person who has toiled long and hard in order to buy a house and lot deserves a round of applause. Nowadays, with the worsening economic crisis, most people are just content with living in apartments. Since renting a room is so much easier compared to the hassle of processing papers and going to banks for loan applications, many have decided to stick to their comfortable routine. However, for the brave few who decided to take the challenge, this is just a minor obstacle in their quest for home ownership.

After one has built his dream house, he should not take for granted the interior design. This will make or break the entire place. Obviously, not everyone has the talent of popular styling guru Martha Stewart. This doesn’t mean that one should not try and squeeze his creative juices in order to create an abode that is worthy to be featured in a fancy home magazine. Just a little hands-on approach in this department will definitely go a long way.

There are a lot of things that you could do to improve your indoor living arrangement. Here is a short list of things that you may want to buy in order to beautify your own home. Read on.  Read more...