One of the most important aspects of your brand, or website is it’s logo. A Logo is what people most usually identify with your brand.

For example, think of the automobile maker Ford. I bet the first thing you thought of was their blue, oval logo. If this logo had not been done well, or felt outdated, you might get a different feel from the brand.

We’ll explore how to make your logo feel current. by observing current design trends, and looking ahead for future design trends.

In this tutorial/tip, you’ll learn how to take macro-style images using your DSLR or point-and-shoot camera.

This tutorial covers how to choose a scene, and how to set up your camera (in the case of a DLSR) to change the overall feel and tone of the picture. As well, we’ll provide you with other resources and examples from around the web to give you inspiration for your new macro images.

Last week we covered the “Camera RAW” function in Photoshop, this week we’ll be covering another one of Photoshop’s least known options - the ability to automatically stitch together panoramas using the Photomerge function. While CS3 doesn’t support full, 360 degree panoramas, the soon to be released CS4 does.

What? You didn’t know that Photoshop CS4 was being released? You can read more about CS4 right here.

In our first part of this three part series, we covered the foundation of creating your Wordpress theme: The PSD concept, and the directory in which your theme’s files will reside. Today we’ll be looking at the next step in that process: The HTML Template & CSS file(s).

This rather lengthy article covers the basis of designing an icon. We’ll go over choosing a theme for your icon, as well as creating a prototype sketch for other people to review and improve.

Also, we’ll review some of the best icons in Leopard, and talk about what makes them great. Plus, a quick overview of the creation of the icon for Screenshade.

In part 1 of this three part series on creating a maintainable, well-coded Wordpress theme, we’ll look at the foundations of your Theme. Learn how to create a well-documented PSD mockup. As well, we’ll take a look at the layout of your theme directory, to show you a great way to organize your theme’s files.