Tyler Bramer shares a wonderful technique for enhancing designs with a splash of color, while Fredrick offers some useful photography tips for avoiding problems in the field.  We’d also like to give a big thanks to our newest sponsor!

Things rolled by pretty quickly this week.  Been pretty busy with some new living arrangements, and seem to be coming down with something, but I didn’t forget about this weeks roundup!  Good news for me is that it’s a relatively short update (not necessarily bad for you, our readers, as Tyler and Fredrick both posted awesome articles over the past few days)!

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New Tutorials

Add a Fresh Splash to your Design

Add a Fresh Splash to your Design

In this tutorial, I’ll show you several techniques for enhancing a basic banner design for a product or service. These techniques can be employed to add a fresh splash to many of your designs!

Photography: Little Known Ways to Avoid Problems in the Field

Photography: Little Known Ways to Avoid Problems in the Field

Photography is all about preparation. Instead of running into problems when you’re out shooting, understand some easy ways of tackling the more common problems you may run into!

Off Topic

Anyone see WALL-E yet? Pixar really knows how to blend story and CG to create an incredible movie…

Well, better get back to Photoshop. I keep letting little things distract me from getting this new tutorial finished. Think you’ll like it. It’s got a pretty spiffy 3D effect that reminds me a lot of… *GASP* Haha, these WALL-E Easter Eggs are awesome!

Oh right… back to Photoshop…

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