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  • Tutorial

    Sound and vision

    Synching animation to a soundtrack doesn't have to mean fiddling around with endless keyframes. Here's how to create a procedural animation of a stereo speaker driven automatically by a WAV audio sample.
  • Create your own animated ringtone

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    Create your own animated ringtone

    In this tutorial James Wignall shows you how to create and animate your own animated ringtone. No need to spend money on costly subscription services! (Admittedly, you will need a whole bunch of Adobe software, though...)
  • Perfect portfolios

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    Perfect portfolios

    The perfect portfolio can make or break a career in design, so what goes in, what stays out, and what's the best format? Lawrence Zeegen unveils the secrets for success.
  • Distressed effects

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    Distressed effects

    Adding a distressed, weathered look to your artwork is very much in vogue these days, and it's easy to achieve using Photoshop's Live Trace and Pathfinder features. Mark Mayers explains how
  • 9-5 design

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    9-5 design

    We all love flashy illustrations but for many of us, the day job means humdrum briefs and admin tasks. Darren Smith clocks in and finds there's more creativity in 9-5 design than meets the eye...
  • Emily the Strange

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    Emily the Strange

    She's definitely not boring, she's Strange. Rob Reger, the designer behind Emily the Strange, talks about the evolution of an underground icon.
  • Profile: North Kingdom

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    Profile: North Kingdom

    The tiny city of Skellefteå, in the extreme north of Sweden is an unlikely place to find one of the world's foremost web design agencies, and yet it is the spiritual home for the award-winning North Kingdom. Joe Russ goes on an Arctic expedition to investigate.
  • Profile: Pete Fowler

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    Profile: Pete Fowler

    "Jumping back to the world of humans gives me distance to think about the other things I do." Pete Fowler talks about life on and off Monsterism Island.
  • Defringing hair

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    Defringing hair

    Selecting fine strands of hair is one of the trickiest jobs - and it's so hard to find bald models! Here Justin Maller shows you some clever techniques for making accurate selections of complex subjects.
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