A collection of space-inspired graphic designs for Star Wars Day - envato.com coupon

Because we love space and puns, we can’t let the fourth of May pass us by without acknowledging Star Wars Day.

There also happens to be a lot of space-themed designs, patterns, fonts, and more on Envato Elements right now. So, here’s a curated list of some of the most stellar designs we could find, paired with some well-known quotes from Star Wars:

“Join me, and together we can rule the galaxy” – Darth Vader

(Or, at the very least, we can make our website look like a galaxy with these backgrounds.)

Download Space Backgrounds

“Your focus determines your reality.” – Qui-Gon Jinn

(In reality, these geo/space patterns probably aren’t an accurate representation of the galaxies.)

Download Geo/Space

“Do. Or do not. There is no try.” – Yoda

(Don’t try to put yourself into space with PhotoShop. Do.)

Download Space Effect – Photoshop Action

“Great, kid. Don’t get cocky.” – Han Solo

(Not to be cocky, but we think this is one of the best space-y typefaces.)

Download Black Moon

“In my experience there is no such thing as luck.” – Obi-Wan Kenobi

(But, it’s pretty lucky to find this at pack with so many different space patterns.)

Download Seamless Space Patterns

“This is a new day, a new beginning.” – Ahsoka Tano

(And a new moon!)

Download The Moon Rocks Digital Art Pack

“That’s no moon.” – Obi-Wan Kenobi

(No, it’s a star-trail space brush).

Download Space Brushes

“When 900 years old, you reach… Look as good, you will not.” – Yoda

(At least these space lights backgrounds look good).

Download Space Lights Abstract Backgrounds

“Your eyes can deceive you. Don’t trust them.” – Obi-Wan Kenobi

(We tricked you – this is a mockup of a poster.)

Download Space Travel Poster

“If there’s a bright center to the universe, you’re on the planet that it’s farthest from.” – Luke Skywalker

(At least this bright center looks colorful.)

Download Colorful Space Nebula Backgrounds

“Never tell me the odds.” – Han Solo

(Odds are, you’ll find an icon you like in this icon set.)

Download Space Icons

“Ahh, hard to see, the Dark Side is.” – Yoda

(Luckily, these colorful icons are easy to see.)

Download Space and Astronomy Icons

“The circle is now complete.” – Darth Vader

(And we’re back to more space backgrounds.)

Download Space Nebula Backgrounds

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Best Sites To Find CSS Snippets & Inspiration - envato.com coupon

Web developers can save hours of time by reusing codes and finding free snippets online. But this can be tough if you don’t know where to look.

So for this post I’ve organized the best sites to browse for totally free CSS3 code snippets. You can find everything from simple buttons to whole webpage layouts and pretty much everything inbetween.

Web Code Tools

As a resource for CSS snippets you have to check out Web Code Tools. This site offers custom CSS3 code generators to save you time building gradients, filters, and pure CSS animations.

But this site is also a massive resource for all frontend dev languages. You can find lots of generators and code snippets for HTML5 elements, microdata, and OG(open graph) snippets for your page header.

If you’re looking for a quality resource to find CSS & frontend snippets then Web Code Tools is a must-bookmark site.

CodePen

The best online repository to browse through for code snippets has to be CodePen. It’s a free online IDE that also works as a library showcasing cool dev projects made by developers worldwide.

What I like most about this site is the quality of content. Yes there are many simpler pens with useless snippets. But you can also browse popular pens to see which designs are trending and gaining traction.

Whether you’re looking for pure CSS3 or a CSS/JS mix I guarantee CodePen has snippets for everything you could ever need(and a lot more!).

CSS Flow

CSS Flow curates UI kits and design resources and it has a snippets area with free hand-crafted codes. These snippets are mostly geared towards UI elements and they’re entirely coded in HTML and CSS/Sass.

You’ll find stuff like toggle switches, signup forms, CTA buttons and even a todo list. Each snippet has a live demo you can view in your browser before downloading.

Most snippets date back quite a few years and the site hasn’t been updated recently. However these snippets are still fully compliant with HTML5/CSS3 specs and they look incredible.

Code My UI

The code-based inspiration gallery Code My UI is the perfect curated resource to find CSS snippets.

Every post is hand-picked and organized by most the most recent snippets found all over the web. You’ll find typography designs, custom layouts, button styles, and pretty much everything you’ll need for a sweet website.

At the top of the page you can sort by category or by search term. This way you can whittle down the results to find exactly what you’re looking for.

Codepad

Not many sites can compete with Chris Coyier’s CodePen, but if there’s any other site I could recommend it’s Codepad.

Everything on the Codepad front page is voted by users. You can setup a new playground and submit your ideas too, all with an online IDE for HTML/CSS/JS code.

The free CSS snippets vary wildly from useful snippets(buttons, layouts) to more diverse snippets mostly created to show off. This pure CSS WinXP loader is a nice example.

But if you’re looking for another site with user-generated code I highly recommend Codepad.

Bootsnipp

Nobody could’ve guessed how quickly Twitter’s Bootstrap would’ve grown in just a few years. It’s easily the #1 frontend framework and with sites like Bootsnipp you can save time by using pre-built code snippets.

Most Bootstrap code is repetitive so templates are very popular. With Bootsnipp you can browse hundreds of custom projects built on Bootstrap.

You can browse by tags or by the specific Bootstrap version ranging from v2.3 up to the newest v4.0.

If you want to create and share your own codes you can sign up for free and publish your Bootstrap snippets for the whole world. This site offers the BS dev community a huge value and it grows larger every day.

Codeply

Some devs prefer a wide choice of frameworks outside Bootstrap. That’s where a site like Codeply comes in handy.

This free resource lets you tinker with dozens of frontend frameworks like Foundation, Pure, Materialize and others. You can build custom layouts right in your browser and save them as free snippets for the world to clone.

You can browse all snippets by framework or by tags, all of which make navigating the site a lot easier. It doesn’t have the simplest layout but you should find a lot of cool stuff in here.

Little Snippets

Little Snippets gathers the best codes published to sites like CodePen into one place. If you don’t feel like wading through hundreds of pens you can just use Little Snippets instead.

Every snippet on the site is built with HTML/CSS so this is great for frontend developers. It also has a category page to browse by interface element like buttons, icons, or nav menus.

This site isn’t as populated as others but it’s still a fantastic resource to cut through the dirt and find the diamonds.

Enjoy CSS

If you’re more interested in CSS code generators then take a look at Enjoy CSS.

It has a super clean interface and plenty of free CSS code generators to make any developer happy. You can build custom gradients, box shadows, transitions & transforms all with a GUI interface.

Plus the site has smaller galleries of code snippets for reusable elements like buttons. Enjoy CSS is like a one-stop shop for all your CSS needs.

CSSDeck

CSSDeck is the only online IDE that focuses primarily on CSS. Every snippet you find on the site uses HTML and CSS, most of which don’t really touch JavaScript.

This is the perfect resource for frontend devs who want non-JS solutions. Every code snippet includes the source code and you can make edits right in your browser.

It does not have the same volume as sites like CodePen but it’s still an excellent resource to check for free CSS snippets.

All the sites in this post are fantastic and they each offer a slightly different style of custom CSS snippets. But all of these resources will be around for a while and you can bet thousands of new snippets will be added in the years to come.

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What Jack Whitehall, Microsoft and Nvidia used from Envato - envato.com coupon

Welcome to the Famous Five, our weekly series covering 5 famous places Envato items have been used.

Jack Whitehall

Using: Avada by ThemeFusion

Jack Whitehall is an up and coming British stand-up comedian, actor and writer who’s appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Late Late Show with James Corden, The Graham Norton Show and in the recent BBC One programme, Decline and Fall.

And he’s using ThemeFusion’s Avada on his website. With its simple layout and clear focus on images, the site has shows off why this WordPress theme has become one of the most popular in the world.

Mischka Aoki

Using: Uplifting Strings by Korolkov

Mischka Aoki is a luxury brand for children. And in this montage using, Uplifting Strings by Korolkov, they take us behind the scenes of putting together their Spring Summer Couture Collection for 2017. From cutting and dying fabric to detailing the dresses, you get a sense of how much care is taken to bring their concepts to life, and how beautiful the final products are.

All from a 3 minute video that’s as beautifully crafted as their clothes.

Microsoft

Using: MapSVG by RomanCode

Microsoft have used a CodeCanyon item on their German website. Their page, “In dialogue with politics and society” features a map using RomanCode’s MapSVG to show off where they’ll be at CeBIT global, the largest computer expo trade show in the world.

It’s the second time we’ve noticed the tech giant using an Envato item. The first was earlier this year in an ad for the Microsoft Cloud.

Max +100500

Using: Metal by Alec_Koff

Max +100500 is a Russian YouTuber with over 8 million subscribers. He’s used Metal by Alec_Koff in this video which starts like any average interview/video blog, but quickly escalates into a kung fu battle of epic proportions. It’s gotten nearly 2 million views.

Nvidia

Epic by WaveToys

And finally, Nvidia has used an AudioJungle track in a video about the VR Funhouse Game Jam which was held in Hamburg, Germany at the end of 2016. Filled with interviews with the gamers who competed in the event, which was held on a boat of all places, the video features competitors in action gaming on PCs that are no doubt sporting Nvidia chips. It’s an interesting and well produced video designed to satisfy the brand’s target audience. It uses Epic by WaveToys.

Credits

And that’s the Famous Five for this week.

Our logo was designed by designercow. This episode was written, presented and edited by me, Dom Hennequin, you can follow me on Twitter. And for more content like this have a look around here on the Envato Blog!

Please share this video with everyone you know, and I’ll see you next week for another Famous Five.

Opening credits: Future by soundEGO

Microsoft: The Beauty of Technology by Berlin-InEar

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How meditation can help you be a better creative - envato.com coupon

When people start their career they often feel they have to work 24/7 to achieve their goals. This is especially true when they’re young and think their power is unlimited. And indeed, being active, flexible and committed is how you get to the top. But there one little secret in life that sooner or later most people find out: working is nothing without resting.

Balance is Key

Have you ever watched or attended a Marathon? Other than maybe at the very end of one, you won’t see any sprinting. Most runners will ration their power. How does this relate to your career? Easy. While we’d all love to give 100%, all of the time, sadly, our powers are limited and we either start to give 50%, 100% of the time or maybe 70%, 70% of the time. We all need either to rest or ration our powers, it’s unavoidable. The key to productivity might not always be more work. Often less work can often lead to more productivity! How, you ask? Well, one option that’s worked for me is meditation.

Why Meditation?

 

Buddhists, teachers and monks have been practising meditation for hundreds of years. Today, some of the most successful entrepreneurs and creatives in the world practise it too to clear their minds. It’s no coincidence that we as humans seek to understand the world by looking inside ourselves, as it’s a ritual observed by many civilizations throughout time and in many different places around the world.

First steps

When I first tried meditation some years ago I remember being very stubborn and easily distracted. I always had problems concentrating which really wasn’t helpful in math class when I was young. Then I started to meditate and, in doing so, found a way to drop all those distractions and concentrate.

What’s great is that it’s a tool I can use in the middle of the day, after a period of creative work to avoid a dip in energy. A short 10-20 minute meditation can give you a boost in productivity and help you avoid that 3:30-4:30pm decline in productivity. You’ll find yourself more relaxed and more confident.

Meditation In detail

There are many ways to practice meditation. The way I like to do it is called Anapanasati, q technique exercised by Buddha himself. The goal is to observe your breath without trying to control it. This sounds easy, but in practice isn’t. While we all breathe automatically, as soon as we notice our breath we gain control over it. The key here is to accept everything around you by letting your breath work without you interfering.

Before doing anything be sure to turn off all distractions like your phone or traffic noise by closing your windows.

The first step is to find your position. Many like to sit cross legged, Indian style. Others prefer to lay down on their back with a cushion behind their head. Both are great for meditation.

The second step is to take charge and calm your breath, the goal being to slowly let your body take control over it. Try to breathe through your belly and not your chest. The most important thing, however, is that you return your awareness back to your breath once your thoughts drift away. This requires patience and, in the beginning, can be very hard. But, after a couple of sessions, it will get easier. There are many different techniques, some are more lengthy and complex, others rather simple, but the result is almost always more awareness and mindfulness.

Please keep in mind that while I like to get people excited about meditation, I am in no way an authority on on the subject, so I highly advise you to seek out further reading about this topic to find a way to meditate that’s best for you. It’s worth it!

Conclusion

We all want a clearer picture of what’s ahead of us but, sadly, we can’t look into the future. But what we can do, however, is sharpen our minds through meditation. Next time, instead of simply taking a nap, find a quiet place and start to meditate. Rearrange your thoughts and you’ll get a clearer vision of what you want to achieve in life. You won’t be disappointed!

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Contributing to the Envato Blog: A Guide for New Writers - envato.com coupon

Thanks for your interest in becoming a contributing writer for the Envato blog! Our contributors are designers, writers, developers, entrepreneurs, and creative people from around the world.

About the Envato Blog

A publication about creativity & design

Looking for creative inspiration and design insights from our community? Millions of people around the world use Envato to make their ideas come to life; the Envato Blog is where we share our best insights, resources, design tips, and stories.

Contact: editor@envato.com

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How to pitch an article for publication

Want to pitch an article for publication? Great! Here’s what you should know:

We work with writers from around the world, and we’re always looking to grow and diversify the voices that contribute to our website. The Envato blog covers a diverse range of topics on everything design, web development, creativity, technology, WordPress, and freelancing/entrepreneurship.

Here’s a step-by-step guide to our process for new writers:

Step 1: Learn more about Envato

Envato is a creative ecosystem of sites and services for digital assets and creative people. Here’s a short article about who we are and what we do.

Step 2: Develop your article idea

What do you want to write about?

Generally, our articles fall into these categories:

• Inspirational/idea-driven: First-person narrative stories about an experience, a subject, or an industry concept. These should be personal, conversational, and thought-provoking.
• Informational: A dive into a specific topic, with the intent to provide resources for the creative community
• List-style: An article broken down into list form as a resource for our community. Keep in mind that lists are not reserved solely for product round-up style articles; consider using this structure for alternate topics, as well (for example, “8 Lessons I Learned as a Freelancer”).
• Case studies or inside-design processes: a deeper dive into a project or process related to design.

A standard article is usually about 1000-2000 words in length, but there’s no set requirement. Posts should be concise, engaging, conversational, and detailed. If you have an idea for a series of posts, or something that falls outside of these categories, feel free to pitch it to us.

Step 3: Send us a pitch for your story

Once you’re ready, send your article ideas to editor@envato.com.

Please be:

• Concise. Keep your pitch short and to the point.
• Original. We generally don’t republish articles from other sites, and we’re looking for ideas that haven’t already been written about on other sites. The world of design-writing is a busy one – give us an idea that we haven’t heard before!
• Interesting. This sounds obvious, but we’ll say it anyways: write something that you’d actually want to read. 

Include your name, a bit of information about yourself, and links to any published writing.

Step 3: Accepting your story idea

If we think your article idea is a good fit for publication on the Envato blog, we’ll be in touch with further notes and a first draft date.

Step 4: Editing

Our editorial team will work with you to develop your article idea and make your writing shine. Share the first draft of your article with our editor via Google Drive by the predetermined draft deadline. With this, be sure to include:

• Any photos you’d like to include in the article (please only use photos you have the appropriate permissions to use!)
• A clear, professional photo for your author bio
• A few sentences about you for your bio, written in third person. Feel free to link to your Twitter account, website, or other areas, but keep it at 1-2 links total. In general, please include your name, job title, and a few interests (personal or professional).

Step 5: Publication

After the editing process, we’ll publish your article on our blog (hooray!). From there, we’ll shout it from the rooftops (via social media and our communication channels, where relevant). We encourage you to share your post on your own social networks – tag us in the post, so we know where to find you!

Speaking of social media, you can find us @envato on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, and Medium.

 

Questions? Email: editor@envato.com.

 

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Upskill on creativity during your coffee break - envato.com coupon

Tuts+ offers a number of super short courses so you can learn a new skill in the time it takes to enjoy a coffee. In less than 15 minutes you can learn how to use new Photoshop tools, create an archive page, or add widgets to your site.

So perk up and get to learning!

Design and Illustration

1. A Quick Guide to Color in Digital Painting (11 minutes)

With digital painting you create the colors yourself. You can create more colors than you’ll ever need, but if you don’t understand how to do it, your colors will simply look wrong. To manage your colors properly, you need to understand their components: hue, saturation, brightness, and value. This very short Coffee Break Course will teach you the fundamentals of color that every digital artist should know.

2. How to Organize Artwork With Layers and Artboards in Adobe Illustrator  (11 minutes)

In this Coffee Break Course, illustrator Simona Pfreundner will show you how to work with layers and artboards in Adobe Illustrator CC. Artboards help you organize your artwork and create multiple versions at different sizes. Another way to keep things organized is by using layers. Together, these two features can help speed up your workflow and keep things super tidy and organized.

3. How to Use Photoshop’s Mixer Brush Tool for Digital Painting  (13 minutes)

In this quick Coffee Break Course, Envato Tuts+ instructor Monika Zagrobelna will show you how useful the Mixer Brush is and why you should be using it in your digital paintings today!

4. How to Use the Pen Tool and Paths in Adobe Photoshop (14 minutes)

In this Coffee Break Course, Envato Tuts+ Instructor Kirk Nelson will help you tackle the fundamentals of using the Pen Tool and Paths in Adobe Photoshop. The Pen Tool is one of the most avoided tools in the program, but it doesn’t have to be. It is extremely useful and will change the way you approach curves and shapes once you understand how to use it.

5. How to Use the Pen Tool in Adobe Illustrator (14 minutes)

The Pen Tool is without doubt one of the trickiest tools to use in Adobe Illustrator. But once mastered, it can also be the most useful tool. So in this Coffee Break Course, instructor Simona Pfreundner will show you how to get to grips with using this tool, so you can become more confident and hopefully more productive in your design work.

6. How to Use the Brush Tool in Adobe Photoshop (13 minutes)

In this Coffee Break Course, Envato Tuts+ Instructor Melody Nieves will help you tackle the basics of the Brush Tool in Adobe Photoshop. From creating your own custom brushes to learning how to use this tool for photo manipulation, digital painting, and more, the possibilities are truly limitless once you master the essentials.

7. How to Work with Dynamic Symbols in Adobe Illustrator  (11 minutes)

In this Coffee Break Course, illustrator Simona Pfreundner will show you how to work with dynamic symbols within Adobe Illustrator CC.

8. How to Use Live Shapes in Illustrator (13 minutes)

In this quick Coffee Break Course, illustrator Simona Pfreundner will introduce you to Live Shapes in Adobe Illustrator CC. You’ll get a brief introduction to what Live Shapes are, and then you’ll learn how to create something using this very handy feature.

9. How to Use Photoshop’s Smudge Tool for Digital Painting (14 minutes)

In this quick Coffee Break Course, digital artist Brian Lee teach you about one of the most powerful tools that Adobe Photoshop has to offer, the Smudge Tool. You’ll get a brief introduction to the tool and how to set it up. Then you’ll learn how to manipulate it to achieve different types of results for your digital artworks.

10. How to Use the Shaper Tool in Adobe Illustrator  (14 minutes)

In this Coffee Break Course, you’ll learn how to create perfect geometric shapes using Adobe Illustrator’s Shaper Tool. The Shaper Tool allows you to combine, delete, fill and transform basic shapes to create complex shapes that stay fully editable.

11. How to Use the Curvature Tool in Adobe Illustrator (11 minutes)

The Curvature Tool in Adobe Illustrator gives you a new way of drawing smooth curves and straight lines to get the results you want quickly. In this Coffee Break Course, you will learn how easy and useful the Curvature Tool is.

12. Affinity Photo Live Filters and Inpainting (11 minutes)

Two Affinity Photo features are “Live Filter Layers” and the Inpainting tool. With “Live Filter Layers” you can apply several filters to your images in a non-destructive and adjustable way. With the Inpainting tool you can make objects disappear from images as though they were never there. In this course, you’ll learn how to use both tools, all in the space of just one coffee break!

13. Affinity Photo Personas (15 minutes)

In this course, you’ll learn all about personas, what they are and how they can work for you.

14. How to Use the Touch Type Tool in Adobe Illustrator (8 minutes)

In this Coffee Break Course, illustrator Simona Pfreundner will show you how to use the Touch Type Tool in Adobe Illustrator CC. The Touch Type Tool can manipulate the individual characters in type as if they were separate objects.

15. Blending Techniques in Sketchbook Pro 8 (9 minutes)

In this Coffee Break Course, digital artist Robert Marzullo will show you the step-by-step process of blending paint in Sketchbook Pro 8. You will learn three different methods of painting: how to blend with opacity, how to blend with the synthetic brushes, and how to blend with the soft airbrush.

16. Using Curves in Adobe Photoshop (10 minutes)

Curves are one of the best utilities in Photoshop for making lighting adjustments to an image.  In this Coffee Break Course, you will learn how to understand the histogram, make targeted adjustments to increase the contrast of an image, and how to remove a color cast from a photo.

17. Getting to Know the CC Libraries in Adobe Photoshop (10 minutes)

The Adobe CC Library panel allows you to store color swatches, color themes, brushes, typographical styles and raster and vector graphics in the cloud for you to access at any time and from wherever you are. In this Coffee Break Course, Envato Tuts+ instructor Kirk Nelson will show you how to use the CC libraries for a more streamlined workflow.

Web Design

18. Clipping and Masking in CSS (12 minutes)

Clipping and masking images are concepts you might be familiar with from having used graphics applications like Photoshop. In this Coffee Break Course, however, you’re going to learn how to use clipping and masking in CSS.

19. Anatomy of a WordPress Theme Template File (13 minutes)

In this Coffee Break Course, Envato Tuts+ instructor Rachel McCollin will walk you through the main template files of the WordPress Twenty Sixteen theme. You’ll learn how a template file works, how the different parts fit together, and how templates can be split up into modules.

20. Explaining the Importance of Whitespace to Clients (8 minutes)

If you ever have trouble with clients wanting to fill their sites with clutter then this Coffee Break Course is for you. You’ll learn how to explain to your clients why whitespace matters and how to balance it with their business objectives.

Code

21. WordPress Basics: Add Widgets to your Site (10 minutes)

Widgets make it easy to customize your site with menus, text or other content. In this course, Envato Tuts+ instructor Rachel McCollin will show you how to use this useful feature of WordPress. You’ll learn how to add widgets to the different parts of your site, how to configure and delete them, and also how to use a plugin for text editing in your widgets.

22. WordPress Basics: A Guide to Site Settings (12 minutes)

WordPress comes with lots of settings you can use to customize the way your site works. It’s important to know what these settings do, so that you can make sure your site is working just the way you want before launching. In this course, Envato Tuts+ instructor Rachel McCollin will teach you how to access these site settings and tweak them for your site.

23. Create an Archive Page with Custom Taxonomies in WordPress (13 minutes)

Most themes will display the all the most recent posts on your archive pages, but sometimes you want to structure things a bit differently. In that case, you’ll need to modify the archive page template. In this Coffee Break Course, you’ll learn how to edit the template for a post archive. You’ll see how to create a custom taxonomy, and then sort the list of posts by those taxonomy terms.

Photo & Video

24. Build a Custom Dodge and Burn Photoshop Action (10 minutes)

Actions are a very powerful post-production tool for photographers. In this course you’ll learn how to build your own actions, starting with a multi-layer dodge and burn action. This action provides you with all the layers you’ll need to selectively alter exposure in any image. It’s one of the most effective techniques for enhancing your photos in a fast, repeatable, and stylish way.

25. Build a Custom Black and White Conversion Action (11 minutes)

In this course you learn how to start building your own actions with a customisable black and white conversion action. Converting an image to black and white involves more than just desaturating it. The action you will build has multiple layers to control the conversion, contrast, toning, vignette and film grain of the finished image.

26. Build Two Custom Sharpening Actions  (13 minutes)

In this course you’ll learn how to build your own actions starting with two different sharpening actions. The first action resizes your image, sharpens it, and then adds a watermark. The second creates three sharpening layers so you can selectively and creatively sharpen different aspects of your image.

27. Build a Custom Colour Toning Action  (11 minutes)

Actions are one of the best features in Photoshop. They make your workflow more efficient and consistent. In this course you’ll learn why their reputation for being hard to create is unwarranted by building a custom colour toning action.

28. Best Practices for Building Actions  (9 minutes)

In this Coffee Break Course you’ll learn about the benefit of using unique layer names, how to undo mistakes when making actions, how to make actions appear on top of the layer stack, and how to use Photoshop’s tools in your actions.

Business

29. Productivity Tips for Your Web Design Business (11 minutes)

Join Paul Boag in this Coffee Break Course as he shares the productivity tips that have enabled him to work less while earning more.

30. How to Get Homepage Design Approval (9 minutes)

One of the biggest challenges you face as web designers is getting stakeholders to agree on the homepage. Organizations often have too many people wanting their content on the homepage. In this Coffee Break Course, you’ll learn Paul Boag’s secret to getting agreement on homepage content, a technique which will ensure clients prioritize the needs of users over their own agenda.

Only have 1 minute to spare? Check out 60 second tutorials on Envato Tuts+ now! 

 

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