I hope to keep this post updated with invaluable PhotoShop tips geared towards web developers. Web developers often received “PSD mock-ups” and are tasked to…
Text to Lips – Put a Face on Speech Synthesis
Text to Speech is becoming not only more popular, but easier to implement. Android devices have a built in TTS library and tools like Emscripten…
Buttons – the time-saving, bandwidth-reducing, seo-friendlier way
There are many more reasons to avoid button graphics than to use them. Most effects can be produced using only CSS, and what’s even better is that they can be applied to just about any element in your HTML.
Optimize your site for TV and Projector Screens
With the release of Internet Explorer for XBOX Live members just a few weeks ago, we have yet another optimization challenge, the big screen. By…
Drop-Down Menu Techniques in Depth
Drop down menus are like parking ramps in that they allow you to “build-up”. Only, instead of building up to support more cars, we are…
Messy edges around silhouetted image
This one goes out to all the web developers out there who can't quite justify hiring a designer for a given project. Every once in…
The Razer Mamba Mouse – not just for gamers
As a freelance web developer, hardware purchases are never easy, considering that they come out of my own pocket, and directly affect my profits. As…
Create PDF Thumbnails with Photoshop
If you're a typical web developer, you probably have enough Photoshop skill to chop up a layout, or even run a batch process. But, when…
Photoshop Tricks for Web Developers: Gold Tones and Feathering
I'm a web developer, far from being considered a photoshop guru. But, I've picked up a few tricks along the way, that might help developers…
PDF garbled in Mac OS X PDF viewer
I use the Mac OS X PDF viewer as an example, but this really applies to any circumstance where a PDF is generated in a…