So as an aspiring designer in the digital world, I am always looking for ways to increase my knowledge about the programs I use to design, mainly Photoshop, Illustrator and Flash. Personally, I got my footing through school, and then started reading books and looking at tutorials online. All of these have helped me gain knowledge, but recently I found out another excellent source for learning about these programs. Podcasts!!
The other night I was looking through the free podcast directory for some videos for my ipod, when I stumbled upon all sorts of podcasts that had video tutorials for pretty much anything I would ever need! There are hundreds of these video podcasts that have tips and tricks from professionals and they are all free! So if you are ever in need of some Photoshop knowledge in advanced layering on 3D objects or just need to know how to touch up an image, check out the free podcasts!!! Here is a link to get you started with Photoshop, it will open up itunes and send you to the podcast directory (you don’t have to have an itunes account to get podcasts).
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Ten years ago, the web was a very different place. All sorts of tricks were being used to control the experience a visitor to a website had. You might be forced to watch a Flash introduction. You could have been blocked from saving individual pictures from the site. And when you finally got frustrated and left the site, it might just give you a final pop-up ad to try to get you back.
Today’s web is, rightfully so, a much different environment. Users have taken back control. Common web browsers like Internet Explorer and Firefox let visitors to your website bypass all the tricks you could have used in the past. The browser gives the user control over their web experience once again.
Good websites have been giving the visitor the control the entire time. Your website should do the same thing. Because without control, the visitor won’t be on your site for long.
Want a Flash intro? Great, put a skip button that they can click immediately, before the intro even loads.
Worried about people stealing your pictures? Simply put a watermark on them.
Don’t want people to leave your site? Then have fantastic content. Create a blog, a gallery, whatever it takes to engage your website visitors.
