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Veteran Artist Brilliantly Explains The Use Of Color In Movie Poster Designs

Posted By fershid 1863 days ago on Design

https://digitalsynopsis.com - James Verdesoto is an artist and creative director who has designed iconic posters for movies such as Pulp Fiction, Ocean’s Eleven, Training Day, Girl, Interrupted, and more.

In this video for Vanity Fair, Verdesoto explains the role of color psychology and trends in movie poster design. He discusses the use of certain colors and palettes in specific genres, with relevant examples and references. Watch here.

How To Copy Colors From An Image And Apply Them On Another Image In Photoshop

Posted By fershid 1875 days ago on Design

https://digitalsynopsis.com - Photoshop instructor Unmesh Dinda from PiXimperfect has come up with a brilliant tutorial that shows you how to extract colors from an image, and replicate them on any other image.

Learn how to generate a color palette from an image, and apply that palette to another image using curves and gradient maps. Unmesh shares some useful tips and techniques to effectively match the color, tone, and ‘mood’ of your images. Watch here.

Beautiful Color Palettes Of Countries From Around The World

Posted By fershid 1877 days ago on Design

https://digitalsynopsis.com - Luxury travel specialists Sovereign have come up with a series of color palettes of 18 popular destinations from across the globe. The objective was to highlight the range of unique colorscapes that can be seen around the world.

Each palette consists of 20 colors that were derived from iconic locations in that country. The palettes are a reflection of their culture, heritage, geography, and architecture. Some of these might also give you color ideas for your next design project. Check them out here.

How Good Is Your Eye For UI Design Details? Take This Quiz And Find Out

Posted By fershid 1897 days ago on Design

https://digitalsynopsis.com - Seattle-based UX designer Alex Kotliarskyi has come up with an interesting visual quiz that tests your UI knowledge and attention to details.

Titled Can’t Unsee, the web-based game presents two choices of iOS interface designs, and asks you to pick which one is correct. You earn coins for every correct answer.

The game is divided into three rounds (easy, medium, hard) of 18 questions each. The challenges get harder as you progress.

28 Epic Memes For Graphic Designers

Posted By fershid 1899 days ago on Design

https://digitalsynopsis.com - Are you in the middle of a tough project with a stiff deadline? Is your boss or client being a d*ck? Are you tired of creating “Buy Two, Get One Free” flyers and banners? If yes, then indulge in some meme-therapy and brighten up your day.

Scientific research has proven that memes help reduce work-related stress by stimulating the release of endorphins that trigger a sense of well-being within your body. In a study of over 3,600 working people, neuroscientists found that daily exposure to memes reduced chances of work-related burnout by 57%.

300 Beautiful Color Gradients For All Your Design Needs

Posted By fershid 1904 days ago on Design

https://digitalsynopsis.com - Vibrant colors and gradients are one of the major trends in graphic, web, and UI design nowadays. To make life easier for designers everywhere, Paris-based graphic designer Leo Simon has compiled a set of 300 beautiful gradients into a Photoshop gradient file (GRD), available for free.

How To Turn White Into Any Color In Photoshop

Posted By fershid 1905 days ago on Design

https://digitalsynopsis.com - You can change the color of any object in Photoshop by creating a hue/saturation adjustment layer, and using the sliders and the eyedropper tool (here’s a one-minute tutorial on the same). However, when the object is white, a hue/saturation adjustment layer doesn’t convert it realistically no matter how high you turn up the saturation.

In this handy tutorial, Photoshop instructor Unmesh Dinda from PiXimperfect shows you how to use blend-if, adjustment layers, and blend modes to change white into any other color realistically, even black.

Unmesh uses solid color fill layers and multiply blend mode to project the desired color on the white object. He then uses curves and blend-if to add dimension and depth to make the object look natural and realistic. Watch here.

What Logo Styles Do Consumers Trust Most?

Posted By fershid 1912 days ago on Design

https://digitalsynopsis.com - SurveyMonkey and infographic maker Venngage surveyed over 1000 adults living in the U.S. on what logo styles they trusted the most. The respondents were shown a series of logos for imaginary companies in six different industries: Jewellery retail, education, financial services, law firm, news/media, and technology.

Six variations of each logo were presented: Icon dominant, text dominant, filled, outline, horizontal, and icon only. Respondents were then asked to pick the logo style they trusted the most. Here are the results.

Photoshop Project Imagines What Late Celebrities Might Have Looked Like In Old Age

Posted By fershid 1916 days ago on Design

https://digitalsynopsis.com - Retirement welfare website Great Senior Living has come up with an intriguing Photoshop project titled “Gone But Not Forgotten” that imagines what late celebrities might have looked like in their golden years. The list includes Abraham Lincoln, John F. Kennedy, Princess Diana, Malcolm X, Michael Jackson, Heath Ledger, Amelia Earhart, and Selena.

GSL asked graphic designers to apply digital ageing effects and depict their interpretations of what these popular figures would have looked like, had they lived longer. The images were then combined into a GIF with morphing transitions. Check them out here.

This Brilliant Free Tool Resizes Any Image To Over 50 Web And Social Media Sizes

Posted By fershid 1916 days ago on Design

https://digitalsynopsis.com - The team at video editing app Promo has come up with a useful online tool that resizes any image to over 50 web and social media sizes with the click of a button. Simply upload your image or enter its url, and the app gives you a preview of what your image will look like across different formats like profile photos, cover photos, stories, newsfeed images, ads, email headers, etc. You can adjust and reposition any of the resized images, and download them all.

The platforms currently supported are Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Snapchat, Email, Blog, and Google Display Network.

Shit Clients Say – 13 Most Unforgettable Quotes

Posted By fershid 1919 days ago on Design

https://digitalsynopsis.com - How many times have you had a client send a list of “final” changes AFTER they’ve approved the design? What about when they ask you to find an image from Google, or copy someone else’s logo, or when they tell you to deliver designs by Monday after briefing on Friday?

We all come across unreasonable client demands on a daily basis, but the folks at BeeWits have a dedicated ‘Shit Clients Say’ board – a hall/wall of fame filled with the funniest client feedback they’ve received over the years (image shared at the bottom). They’ve created a series of posters out of the most hilarious ones, check them out below.

DesignCap: Dead-easy Design Tool Helping You Creating Posters and Flyers

Posted By supermonitoring 1920 days ago on Design

https://www.supermonitoring.com - DesignCap is a web-based poster maker that does not require any designing experience. Even a novice is able to create an excellent poster in just minutes with DesignCap.

The Top 50 Companies Creatives Would Love To Work For

Posted By fershid 1932 days ago on Design

https://digitalsynopsis.com - Creative talent network Working Not Working has released its annual survey of the top 50 companies creatives want to work for. This is the fifth edition of the list, which started in 2014.

This year’s list has been compiled from the answers of 8934 creatives who are part of the Working Not Working community. 2832 companies were named, and the top 50 made it to the list.

This Is Why You Should Never Hire Cheap Designers To Edit Your Photos

Posted By fershid 1952 days ago on Design

https://digitalsynopsis.com - Irene Rudnyk is a professional photographer from Calgary, Canada, who shares photography and Photoshop tutorials on her YouTube channel. Recently, she decided to conduct a little experiment using the popular online marketplace Fiverr that lets you buy and sell services for $5.

The objective was to check the value and credibility of cheap freelance retouchers, since most of them have 5-star ratings and hundreds of positive reviews on the site. Irene hired three retouchers at different price points – $0.25, $5, and $10 – and gave them an unedited photo to retouch. Here are the results.

This Brilliant Free Tool Can Remove The Background From Your Photo In Five Seconds

Posted By fershid 1953 days ago on Design

https://digitalsynopsis.com - AI photo filter maker Kaleido has come up with a powerful online tool called Remove.bg that erases the background from any image in five seconds or less, and gives you a transparent PNG of the person/people in the image. It works 100% automatically, you don’t have to mark the person or select the background and foreground layers manually. Just upload your image or enter its URL. Within five seconds you can download a transparent PNG cutout of the same.

The tool uses AI technology to detect foreground layers and separate them from the background. There are several additional algorithms to prevent color contamination and improve fine details.

Designer Creates Clever Negative Space Logos That Visualize The Name Of The Company

Posted By fershid 1959 days ago on Design

https://digitalsynopsis.com - Lithuania-based graphic designer Leo has come up with a series of clever logos that combine the name or initials of the company into one unique symbol using negative space. The logo in each case visually represents the name of the company.

For example, the logo for Secret Chat is a pair of lips with a padlock in the negative space between the lips. The logo for Wine Rocket is a space shuttle with a wine bottle in the negative space of the shuttle. Leo used Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop to create the logos. Check them out here.

Learn In One Minute How To Wrap Text Around Any Image In Photoshop

Posted By fershid 1961 days ago on Design

https://digitalsynopsis.com - How do you wrap text around images in Photoshop? Do you manually adjust the length of each line?

In this one-minute tutorial, Photoshop instructor Unmesh Dinda from PiXimperfect shows you a simple technique to wrap text around any object, image, or shape, using a custom path created with the Pen tool.

With this technique, you don’t have to manually adjust the length of each line. Your path will automatically confine the text within its boundaries. Watch here.

Simple, Useful Design Tips For UI/UX Designers

Posted By fershid 1966 days ago on Design

https://digitalsynopsis.com - ‘Sparklin Design Tips’ is a series of short, useful UI/UX tips by New Delhi-based digital agency Sparklin, shared every Tuesday on their social media channels.

Using before-and-after mockup images, the team at Sparklin explains good UI/UX practices with visual examples, making them easy to understand and comprehend. Whether you’re a newbie or a seasoned designer, these tips will definitely come in handy for your next project. Check them out here.

What Logos Of Famous Painters Would Look Like

Posted By fershid 1967 days ago on Design

https://digitalsynopsis.com - Brazilian art director Milton Omena has come up with an interesting project that imagines what logos of famous painters from Renaissance, Impressionist, and Modern Art periods would look like. He studied the painting styles and personalities of legendary artists like Leonardo Da Vinci, Vincent Van Gogh, Pablo Picasso, and created a unique symbol for each one of them.

Milton, who works as an AR/VR developer for architecture visualizations, came up with the idea for this project one day when he was figuring how to expand his design boundaries and challenge himself. He decided to create visual identities for iconic painters and showcase them as a brand, with their own line of products. Check out the project here.

How To Stretch Images With Complex Backgrounds Like Trees And Buildings In Photoshop

Posted By fershid 1976 days ago on Design

https://digitalsynopsis.com - When you’re designing a website or managing a social media page, sometimes you need a wide format image for your Facebook cover, Instagram post, or website hero image. But what if the image you like has a portrait orientation or isn’t as wide as you want?

A couple of posts ago, we featured a handy tutorial that showed you how to trick the Content-Aware Scale tool and extend the background of an image without distorting the subject. But there’s a problem with that technique, it doesn’t work well with detailed or complex backgrounds like trees or buildings.

In this brilliant tutorial, Photoshop instructor Unmesh Dinda from PiXimperfect shows you how to use the Content-Aware Fill tool, the Healing Brush tool, and Adjustment layers to effectively extend images with complex backgrounds.