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A quick-and-dirty way to widen photograph backgrounds in about 3 seconds using Photoshop or Fireworks. Cloning Stamp and Airbrush not required. I’ve been using this little trick for years and figured every designer knew it. A recent chat with a colleague, who happens to be a Photoshop Guru, made me think this isn’t the case. [...]
Want to design a great logo for yourself? Or to create logos on a fairly regular basis as part of your overall design services? Or to specialize in logos enough to call yourself a logo designer? Here’s a partially definitive laundry list of tips that might help. Many view logo design as simply a fun [...]
If you’re monitoring your website for its ranking in Google, you may not be doing as well as you think. Here’s something that tripped me up and cost the Mrs a good night’s sleep. Got my buddy too. This tip isn’t terribly earth shattering, but may be useful if you haven’t heard it before (If [...]
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Want to rank on Google for ‘logo design’ or related keywords? Due to shady tactics of some of the front runners, your odds are long. That doesn’t mean you’re completely out of luck. How using a ‘rising tide lifts all boats’ philosophy, we can all improve our site rankings. SEO abuse of the logo design [...]
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We take a look at the often misunderstood concept of logo footprints and aspect ratios, the advantages of each and why social media almost demands a square logo. Or at least a square version. It never occurred to me that this was a topic worth discussing, let alone writing an entire blog post about. Until [...]
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