Posts Tagged ‘video version

In today’s tutorial, we’re going to mix a handful of technologies. First, we’ll review how to implement a simple form of text file caching with PHP. To illustrate this technique, we’ll use the wonderful YQL to query Twitter’s search API for a list of tweets which contain the string, “nettuts.” Finally, we’ll experiment with PHP’s [...]

Digital graphics are largely dependent on the software used to create them. Given the clean, pixel-perfect nature of Photoshop, artworks always risk looking too perfect therefore it’s important to learn how to bring nature’s random variations into our digital creations. Today’s tutorial is a video version of a tutorial by Andrea Austoni that will create [...]

Ever wondered how a particular effect was achieved in a web design, and, after zooming in several clicks, you found that the author added several subtle shadows, borders, gradients, etc? In the past, this was achieved simply by slicing out an image, and setting it as a background of some element. Luckily, with CSS3, we [...]

Today’s screencast is a video version of the fifth and last tutorial in the “Creating a Set of Digital Painting Icons” series. “In this tutorial we will demonstrate how to both draw a computer monitor icon as well as a matte image of a city landscape to display on the screen. This tutorial is a [...]

Thanks to advanced CSS properties, such as gradients and shadows, it’s now quite easy to turn a dull web form into something beautiful – with minimal effort. I’ll show you how in today’s tutorial! Prefer a Video Tutorial? Join Plus! If you’re more of a visual learner, you can watch a video version of this [...]


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