GivingTuesday Roundup: Digging Parallax Design? 14 Tutorials to Boost Your Business!

The term Parallax originated from Greek “Parallaxis”  which essentially means an “alteration.” To make things clear, in web design, it refers to an illusion of depth created by animating altering layers of images and keeping the foreground images faster than the ones at the background.

 

Photoshop Eye Effects #1

A reader from the Photoshop 911 forums writes in to ask about blending two images into one -- writing:

I'm trying to create a nice graphic with these two images: (samples provided) and I want #2 to go over the eye to create a cool eye-design effect but I don't know what the heck to do. I already know how to erase the background from the #2 image and everything but when I paste it over top of the #1 image all I know to do is try and change the blending options which does not work, it just looks crappy. Can anyone provide me with some help? I want it to look really neat, like the #2 design is actually part of the eye!

GivingTuesday Roundup: 20 Must-Read Design Books To Boost Brand Communication

Learning is a life-long process and in today’s hi-tech world, technology has made it easier for us to learn things that interest us. Today, the internet is full of learning tools and means but nothing beats a good, handy “book” on a subject you want to explore. Whether you wish to know about latest trends in graphic design or wish to pursue further studies in the subject, books never fail to supplement required information.Therefore, we have rounded up 20 must-read books for the graphic design students who are keen to explore the designing books in order to have a conceptual understanding and awareness of designing.