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50 Large Photo Background Websites

Aext - Tue, 05/22/2012 - 16:00

With the wide use of Internet, many websites are pushing the limits with HD video, animation and large beautiful photographs. The use of large beautiful photographs increasing everyday from simple photographer’s portfolio website to a design company website.

An amazing thing when the research made was that, such environments have no limits and suitable for all types of sites such as e-commerce websites, restaurant websites, web design agencies. All have in common is good, professional and creative photography that gives life to the site and make them more beautiful and alive. Beautiful shot sometimes makes people focus on image rather than content, such is the power of a beautiful shot.

Here, we tried to pick and highlight some websites that use large background image. Take a look at the showcase made.

1. Rebecca Barry

2. Killer Brigade

3. Medis kokochbar

4. Beneditbis

5. Royale

6. Blind Barber

7. Stella Mc Cartney

8. Brook Pifer

9. Cayena

10. Alexandregomes

11. Blogbier

12. Werkstette

13. Upstruct

14. Go To China

15. Neve Hawk

16. Fabio Neural

17. Pixels Pimps

18. Dojo

19. Happy F&B

20. August

21. Novembro

22. Airwalk

23. Creative Spaces

24. Shangai

25. 500 Watt

26. Pizzaza

27. Mellow Mushroom

28. Gavin Castleton

29. C People

30. The Rox

31. The Kitchen Community

32. Glamour

33. Shelley Sandzer

34. Treme

35. Holy Mountain

36. Cat Rabbit

37. Bronten

38. Ben Thomas

39. Image the Music

40. Nike Skate Boarding

41. Loewe

42. Chicago L Shirts

43. Oscardelarenta

44. Prada

45. Gucci

46. Art of Kinetik

47. Juliana barros

48. Mullett

49. Viventy

50. Snask

Hope this showcase inspire and entertained you very much!


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Is Your Blog On Best Web Hosting Service?

Aext - Sat, 05/19/2012 - 08:11

Nowadays is by far more difficult to satisfy all the tastes of the Internet users that it was few years ago; in fact every detail matters and no one wants to lose barely a single visitor. Many website users are completely focusing on layouts and written content and frequently neglect an unseen, but vital aspect- the hosting solution…before the users to be able to admire the website, it must be uptime, the more, the better. Thinking in this way, the role of hosting is fully revealed, therefore anyone involved in the online environment should pay tenfold attention to this apparently insignificant fact.

A very good tool and a precious source of information is The Best Web Hosting Service, a website that provides feedback for the most important hosting companies. It is the work of a very good specialist that is “the father” of tons of websites; the experience gained allows him to compare the multiple solutions and present the best and the less advantageous offers. The website is very simply structured, but in the same time is very useful for the users: the hosting companies are rated very clearly in two categories: “Recommended” and “Not recommended.” A hosting solution isn’t only simply considered worthy or not, the analysis of it is presented on the website, taking the form of a review. The readers are able and welcomed to share their opinions via the comment form or/and by voting.

1and1 billing issues are known by many webmasters, but here the matter is presented in both negative and positive aspects… the review is written as fairly as possible. Unfortunately, also the readers commented on the 1and1 billing issues therefore even if I didn’t try their services personally, I will be careful with this matter. Many people don’t have too many connections with the hosting field and need some explanations about it, but the creator of The Best Web Hosting Service think in advance and create a cool blog that offers the most useful tips. This blog is recommended to be in the preferences of the webmasters and anytime when someone needs professional information about hosting must check this, it’s impossible not to have a post about the respective matter.

As an example, generalist and common issues as GoDaddy domain names are presented but also other various problems as Word Press plugins. It’s a common conception that GoDaddy domain names are the best but there are tons of alternatives and this “online mammoth” isn’t only a bad choosing or the perfect selection, it is depending on the case and the preferences of each one.

The blog contains many other good information and the website offer golden tips about your possibilities of hosting your website but it is better to visit them yourself and study for your situation. In the end, if the website proved to be useful, don’t forget to share your opinion about the hosting offer you selected.


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250 Custom Stickers Giveaway from PrintRunner

Aext - Fri, 05/18/2012 - 14:44

We are happy to give 250 custom stickers each to 2Experts exclusive readers. Yes, we partnered with one of the top custom stickers printing company PrintRunner and hosting this giveaway. Simply comment and stay tuned with see your name in winners list.


About Sponsor

PrintRunner is one of those most trusted online printing companies in USA. Banners, Brochures, Business Cards, Flyers, Postcards, Posters, Stickers and almost everything in and out of word print. Established with little more than a small press and a dream, PrintRunner.com has become one of the most sought after quality online printing services in Southern California and occupies over 25,000 sq ft

What You Win

2 participants can win 250 custom stickers each

  • Sticker Shape: Standard Stickers
  • Flat Width: 2"
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  • Quantity: 250
  • Paper: Premium Sticker Stock
  • Colors: Full Color ( 4 Color Process), Black and White
  • Proof: NONE
  • Ready to Ship In: 3 Business Days

* Giveaway is open to US Residents only, ages 18 years old and above.
* Standard shipping Fee is for free. Expedited shipping will be shouldered by the winner

How To

Simple, just comment saying what will you print on those stickers.

Winners will be announced after 25th May,2012.


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IM Creator – The Perfect Website Builder!

Aext - Thu, 05/17/2012 - 11:53

The Internet contains hundreds if not millions of websites; as we speak, it is highly probable that more and more websites are created to serve the needs of hungry Internet users. We are all eager to discover new information and this is why web designers have their hands full when it comes to such things. For those of you who have decided to go down this road but do not have too much experience in building websites, there is always the possibility of using a free website builder such as IM Creator. Let’s find out more information about it.

Whenever you decide to use a website builder in order to design a website, you will have to take a few things into consideration. For example, with IM Creator, there are no associated costs, so you do not have to worry about not being able to afford using it. Moreover, this website builder is extremely simple to use, so, once again, you won’t have to worry about not knowing how to use it. You just have to follow the indicated steps and soon you will have the website you have pictured in the first place.

A lot of people fail to take into consideration that designing a simple website does not necessarily require programming knowledge. On the contrary, by using the drag and drop editor that is present online at IM Creator, the HTML pages will be created before you know it. You can even continue a design that you have already started, so you can certainly understand the level of efficiency IM Creator provides. Does anything else matter? Certainly. When you will hear about this website builder, the word elegance will often be associated to it. The reason has to do with the impressive number of elegant design templates that are presented right in front of your eyes.

What is everyone looking for when it comes to using a website builder? Maybe we do not want to admit such a thing but the truth is we are all looking for things to be easy; we do not want them to be over-complicated. This website builder will guarantee a fast and uncomplicated process of making a website; the same goes for anything that is related to updating, promoting or maintaining the website. Your website will be the wonderful result of all the work that you have put into it, of course, with the help of IM Creator.

Take the video tour and learn how you can easily create a website using IM Creator. Do not hesitate to obtain all the information you need on this amazing website builder, because you need to know how you can take full advantage of it or explore its entire potential. You can even see other websites that have been created with the help of IM Creator and convince yourself, in just a few moments, that this is going to be the best decision you have ever taken in your life.


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50 Stunning Examples & Tutorials of Levitation Photography

Aext - Wed, 05/16/2012 - 09:28

Levitation means act to float in air. Many say levitation is impossible in the real world, is not! In photography world, anything is possible. With the help of the tool such as Adobe Photoshop, we can achieve levitation. I have assembled a collection of my favorite levitation pictures of people flying in the air and I must say some of them are awesome.

This is a great example of how the power of digital photography is used to create art. Have a look to the below showcase!

1. Matrix restrung

2. How to Photograph a Flying cat

3. Tyson robichaud levitate photography

4. Floating Camera Lens

5. Levitation tutorial by Andrew

6. levitation photography and working with textures

7. How to Make Someone Levitate or Fly

8. leap of faith

9. Above Floor

10. photo-shoot and editing

11. Levitation Secrets Revealed

 

12. Harry Potter Magic Duel

13. Photographer Levitation

14. Bling it On

15. On the invisible Cloud

16. The cyclist

17. Baby

18. Dog Fairy

19. Everything in its right place

20. The Wonder of Reading

21. Saying good bye

22. Rush Hour

23. Wonder Land

24. Youngsters

25. fragile tension

26. Fenetre

27. Floating

28. Flames Wednesday

29. Girl-with-umbrella

30. Girl and Elephant Floating

31. How Levitation Photography Works

32. Antikersg

33. Float this way

34. levitation by inniemini

35. Explore

36. Levitation by mmmarisa

37. Floating Black and white Theme Lady

38. Grafton State

39. Morning Inspiration

40. Silent Hymm

41. I Can

42. You are doing it Ron

43. Chloe floats

44. Relaxing

45. Float

46. heading-forward

47. No Background

48. Dream Scape

49. Sleeping

50. Sisters

Hope this collection of Levitation Photography entertained you!


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StorageOnline.org – Pick the Best Online Storage to Protect Your Data

Aext - Tue, 05/15/2012 - 11:14

Everytime in our lives we need a plan B, for safety reasons. When it’s about online activities or everything computer related, clearly a backup solution is mandatory. The information from a hard-drive may be recovered and ulterior used but is way easier to access an account and find what you need.

Any Internet user with a simple search may find tons of online storage proposals, some for free, some paid versions therefore there is no problem about, it’s just a matter of time to select the proper solution…in fact is a matter of very much time and is better to save it. The solution is simple and saving-time. www.Storageonline.org is a website that offers very in depth and complete reviews about online storage companies and their solutions; the job of the person interested in these kinds of services is simplified, he only read the reviews and makes an idea about.

The problem is the reliability and the subjectivity of the Storage online reviews but their judgment is really serious and based on many factors. Many people consider that the best opportunity is synonym with the cheapest offer but the situation isn’t valid in all the cases. The website impresses with the level of simplicity and transparency, their algorithm of raking the online storage alternatives being presented on the website.

A smart person will select his online storage solution based on factors as convenient access, security, the easiness of use, the technical support, price etc, but to compare all these is a loss of time so anyone may use the judgment of the website.

The amazing part consists in the fact that everything is catalogued according to a ranking system and the users know instantly which could be their solution. Some people may consider this ranking as being subjective and prefer to have at hand more details about each online storage opportunity. The website offer a solution also for them: complete and detailed reviews about the most important online storage opportunities.

The reviews are very objective, offering everything you need to know about, therefore is better to study some of these and make a better idea about.The table of the best ten online storage solutions is golden for the ones interested in, there is no more useful document showing the prices, the performance (upload and download) the score attributed by the team behind the websites and a link to a complete review. Under these circumstances is highly recommended to visit yourself the official website and read their opinions; if you agree with them don’t be afraid of giving them “Like” on Facebook.


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40 Stunning Night Photography Shots

Aext - Fri, 05/11/2012 - 11:21

After sunset, the light descends to challenge photographers to capture nature in their camera. But at the same time it allows photographers to think creatively making the right use of darkness.

Familiarizing yourself and taking advantage of the surrounding objects often help offset the light and create a stunning output. Photos taken at the moment of silence look incredibly beautiful and attractive.

Today, we present a collection of photographs that best illustrate the amazing and beautiful silence of the night.

1. Bardenas de Navarra

Martin Zalba is a Spanish composer amateur photographer.He is  interested in all types of photography, especially night photography, landscapes, urban photography,wildlife, portraits, still life and infrared photography.

2. Floating Lanterns

Loy-Kratong is one of the famous Thai cultural event usually held on November. For northern people, the festival also called “Yee Peng”. Every year in Chiang Mai, thousand of people join the festival and release the floating lanterns in the hope that misfortune flies away with them.

3. The Sweet You Can Eat

This was a typical night for me, and although I was always determined to capture some star trails whilst away in such a picturesque and relatively remote part of the country; after a rather pleasant day out and about I was procrastinating like crazy about going out “again”… Once dinner was complete, and the kiddies were tucked up in bed, and shoes off and feet up etc… Well getting motivated to go out wasn’t easy, and it wasn’t until almost midnight when I thought “Tonight will most likely be your LAST chance to get some star shots, and the skies are nice and clear_Funky Slug.

4. Beautiful Night

5. Night In Montreal

Pano. 5 vertical pictures for pano and 1 for moon. Line in the water is a trace of very fast sailing ice.

6. Erezmarom-night-Scapes

My name is Erez, I’m an Israeli nature photographer, engineer and musician. I started my way in the DSLR world in March 2008, and since then I’ve become a hopeless addict. Today, in addition to regular shoots, I teach photography in Israel’s best schools, lead private courses and workshops and guide photography trips worldwide.

7. Manhatten

8. Portland

Aalborg Portland cement factory, is truly one of my favorite night motifs. This is shot on a bright summer night.

9. New York In Las Vegas

10. Breath Taking Red Sky 11. The and the Sky

Nocturnal shot of a protection net in a soccer field with starry sky for background. Taken in Iglesias – Sardinia – Italy. December 2011

12. Stars In the Night

13. City Lights

14. A Short Break

As a photographer I’m an “omnivore”. However, if I can choose the subject myself I usually focus on the nature with its beautiful changes in scenery and seasons.

15. A Tree

‘ve been playing with cameras since 2004, self taught and obsessed. The more I learn, the less I know.
I think the most important part of my development has been the ability to test my skills with hand made lenses, as well as lensbaby. I’m still coming to terms with how a camera works, and how my eyes see what’s going to appear in my camera_Mel Brackstone

16. I am Feeling So Small

17. Churchyard Chuckles

Churchyards in the dead of night are great places, I think… It’s no wonder people are dying to get in there..  I do love them though, and have spent many an entirely comfortable hour in them with the camera more worried about being arrested than anything else… One of my goals whilst away though was to follow in Mrs A’s footsteps, and get me some star trails… so off to the nearest churchyard I headed.

18. Pigeon Point Light House

Capturing a shot like this is tricky because the lens itself actually rotates, which looks great but is tough for long exposures. But for the first 5 minutes they leave it static to indulge all of the photographers who turn out and want this shot. When they switched to this light my camera still had about a minute of noise reduction to do on my final test shot to get the exposure right, so I missed the first minute.

19. Aurorus Reflectus Colosseo

Ahhh Rome! I love it there. Everywhere I walked was filled with art and inspiration. One of my hobbies is ancient Roman history, so the city had forever held a mythical romanticism place in my mind. I have a bad (good) habit of circumnavigating structures before taking photos to find the right angle. I say bad because some of these structures are so big that it’s a major commitment to walk around the thing.

20. Full Moon Over Pitsburgh

Not Light Up Night tonight.  My friend Ray called. Said there was a huge orange moon on the horizon but by the time I threw on my jeans, wool sweater, hat and scarf, drove up to Mt. Washington, the moon had risen and appeared off white. Clear, cold and windy, met two couples from Minneapolis on their way to the Macy’s Parade in NYC.  Ray told them how to drive off the mountain to Fathead’s or Primanti’s on Carson Street.

21. Road Star Summer

22. The Bridge

Yup… It’s London Bridge… No… I mean Tower Bridge… No, London Bridge… Errrrhhh… Tower Bridge !!…. YUP… Definitely Tower Bridge… Oh… and at night too…

23. Night Shoot of Rome

24. Italian Night Time

25. The Bay Bridge

This was taken along the Embarcadero in San Francisco, just south of the Ferry Building. For those who don’t know that’s the Bay Bridge which connects San Francisco to the Berkeley & Oakland area via Yerba Beuna Island in the middle of the bay.

26. Burn All The People

I’m a 19 years old photographer from Slovenia.I started taking pictures about two years ago.I love photography – it means everything to me and I hope that one day Ill become a good photographer_Rok Trzan.

27. Man On Fire

I was born on 1972, as a child I used to wander in the outdoor fields, with my binoculars on, looking for birds of prey, dreaming to be a National Geographic photographer.I was 13 years old when my family won some bicycles in a raffle, my parents sold them to buy me a camera … it was my first one, The Canon AE-1 program .Since then, my passion for photography has grown as the years have passed_Shlomi Nissim.

28. Ben Franklin Bridge

29. Palace Of Fine Arts

I’ve opted to show as much variety in my Palace of Fine Arts shots as possible without being repetitive. I think that leaves me with just two shots. Unlike my other upload, here the dome is towards the left. It’s also shot later at night, and the sky shifted from smoky pink, to a lovely blue. That’s it though, the rest of my shots seem pretty repetitive after this upload. I guess I need to get more creative.

30. That’s The Sun

Taken during my & Lucy’s daily walk at 11:58 am. This photo made it to explore! Rank #61 on 2008-10-29 . Thanks Peggy for letting me know.

31. Blue Lagoon

You are looking at Turtle Island’s Blue Lagoon. Come on in, the water’s warm. Thunderstorms move through and recycle the day’s air making everything fresh and new. As the storms passes, stars emerge through the clouds eager to shine. The warm waters of the Blue Lagoon remain still as they reflect the beauty of the night sky with envy.

32. Pavilion In Red

The pavilion in Spokane from below. Lacey’s starburst is better (Accidentally shot at 1 mp)

33. Just Another Lonely Bus Stop

This photo was taken on February 24, 2009 in Chicago, Illinois, US, using a Nikon D300.

34. Silent Place

35. River Sun Set

36. Persistence

Again today, I suspected the conditions were good for the view from Hawk Hill, but I got up there around 7:40 and it sucked. It was just plain lousy. There was essentially no view at all. I stuck it out for about a half hour to an hour waiting for it to clear and conditions only got worse. I was about to bail out but ended up doing one long exposure. Well, in that 30 seconds the moon popped out into view_Tyler westcott.

37. The Two Lovers Under Manhatten

38. Saint Laurent Tower

Saint-Laurent is a church in the Panier (oldest quater of Marseille) a sea-mans or fishermans church. 5exp tonemapped in NIK and CS5 and border from onone, sharpen with NIK and also used Lightroom.

39. A Snowy Night at the Kiew Opera House

The Eastern Bloc countries always held a certain mystique to me. Since I grew up during the cold war, I’ve thought going anywhere near the USSR would be like a Star Trek redshirt visiting the Klingon capitol. Kiev, of course, by this time is a much friendlier place to visit. It still held a lot of the old imposing Soviet architecture that made you feel like you are always being watched by a government official. When I would set up to take photos, I noticed many a suspicious eye looking in my direction, as if, perhaps, maybe I was a government official posing as a photographer_Trey Ratcliff.

40. Eifel Tower Night In Paris

The Eifel tower in Paris at night….

It’s amazing how different the world looks in night photography! There’s a timeless feeling and very inspiring, making everyone to go on holiday with a camera to capture some night shots.


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Codelobster PHP Edition: Free PHP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript editor (IDE)

Aext - Fri, 05/11/2012 - 07:13

Even if many designers don’t like this part, a website is built on tons of code sequences and managing these is a pretty tough job. Until few years ago, the construction of a website was mostly based on HTML and CSS but nowadays we have many other items to add into a website, such as PhP elements, the information must be manipulated via MySQL help , the images are sliding within a jQuery plugin etc. Under these circumstances there is no wonder that a code editor is mandatory in the arsenal of a designer; the programmers were aware about it and came with fabulous offers. At the same time, the multitude of solutions confuses the designers & coders and they can hardly make a decision.

One of the best code editor is Codelobster PHP Edition. By using this precious tool, the coding is simplified and a lot of time is saved. Here is only a small part of the features that should impress any coder:

1. Highlight tags

It’s very important to have highlighted the tags from the rest of the website texts. It’s incomparably easier to see if you add correctly the respective commands. The code editor allows distinguishing the HTML tags but also PhP and Javascript items, depending on each one’s preference and needs.

2. Context help & pair highlighter

The art/science (depending on each one’s perspective) of making websites evolved and even the greatest coders have sometimes small problems and aren’t sure about the role of some tags. It is enough to press F1 and, by the same speed as a F1 car, a complete explanation appears in your browser. We all know that the huge majority of HTML tags are pairs and it’s a great feature to have a pair highlighter by your side. Obviously, Codelobster PHP Editor has this facility.

3. Powerful auto completion

Yep, sometimes it is boring to write all CSS attributes and a powerful auto completion is another saving time point. Try yourself the Codelobster PHP Editor to see the auto completion feature in action.

4. PHP debugger

PhP isn’t the easiest language and anyone may make mistakes, but using a powerful debugger, it’s far better to correct any wrong interpretation.

5. Project manager

It’s a very important feature. Very few people need just few line codes. Everyone wants a full website and in this case a project manager is a gold mine. By using the project manager, everything is created into a united building; for example, the links will work no matter where the website’s files will be transferred.

6. It is free

I purposely let it at the final, to amaze you. All the above advantages are free! This code editor is free and anyone may download it from here. The good news aren’t yet ending. The list of features isn’t finished and only by visiting the official website you may find these interesting and useful “surprises”. It isn’t important what Windows version you use because the code editor works anyway. Therefore don’t waste your time and try Codelobster PHP Edition.


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30 Stunning Surreal Paintings for Inspiration

Aext - Wed, 05/09/2012 - 12:22

           Surreal pictures are artworks that give surprise, unexpected, amazing feeling to everyone. The designers give shape with their unique, extra ordinary and creative ideas. These artworks express the most beautiful and positive aspects of life. Artists are wide open to motivate and inspire you with their images that capture the viewer’s attention. So this form of art still has their momentum.

          We have compiled and showcased some inspirational surreal artworks for you created by well-known artists like Salvador Dali or Vladimir Kush as well as some great contemporary artists for you.

1. Time to Rest My Friends 2. Faith of a dreamer 3. Tom Warner Painting 4. My Baby Love 5. Gone Fishing 6. The Birth Of Venus 7. Become All They Tell You 8. B_viveros 9. Inspiration 10. Human-Dk 11. The Illusionist 12. Autumn 13. Art Collector 14. The Cube 15. The Tool Of Tools 16. Not Eternity 17. Insanity 18. Paint 19. Time Of Dying 20. The Magic Light 21. Own Land 22. Neptun 23. Wonder Land 24. Ventilator Blues 25. The Lark at the Heavens Gate 26. The Eye 27. The Escape 28. The Truth 29. Still Land 30. Femmee Arbre

                  Hope you are entertained with this showcase!


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Giveaway: 3 premium WordPress Themes from ThemeFuse

Aext - Tue, 05/08/2012 - 07:49

Our mates from ThemeFuse thought to share 3 premium WordPress themes licenses with you.

The fortunate winners of today’s giveaway will get access to download one WordPress theme of their selection from ThemeFuse … free of charge.

ThemeFuse is known in the premium WordPress themes industry for their unique designs and world class support. At this moment, they appear to be the best choice in case you are out looking for an authentic WordPress theme.

We are giving away 3 coupons, each valued at $49. Here’s the way to secure one:

Enter the giveaway

  • Add a comment to this post and tell us where you’d like to use the theme if you were one of the winners.

Note: We’ll announce the winners one week from now. Stay close by subscribing to Aext Updates

Why you should join this giveaway

ThemeFuse is the absolute top league when it comes to WordPress theme shops. Regardless of what type of website you’re building you’re certain to get a proper theme at ThemeFuse.

And what you get is not only looks and cool designs. The themes are carefully crafted on the source code side as well. To make your life easier they provide easy-to-use configuration interface with a lot of capabilities.

You are able to use different sidebars on different pages of your site (not merely one site-wide sidebar), quickly set up your own logo for the website, the favicon, include your tracking code (Google Analytics), and on top of that, you have access to a truly ridiculous amount of shortcodes.

These shortcodes provide an easy way of including some nicely designed elements to your site (you don’t have to experiment in the HTML code). You can use them to build some great looking containers, tables, diagrams, include YouTube videos with no trouble, and more.

Also, you can always visit the Support Forum, the FAQ section, or the online documentation to get additional information about the theme you have won.

Following are some samples of themes created and developed by ThemeFuse. You can visit their website for a complete list.

PhotoArtist – Photography WordPress Theme

 

If you are a photographer looking to showcase your work in style then let us present you your soon to be portfolio website.

VideoGrid – Video WordPress Theme

 

Showcase your lifetime work or blog like you never blogged before with this insanely great video WordPress theme.

 


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45 Useful Paper Textures

Aext - Sat, 05/05/2012 - 10:54

Use of paper backgrounds is quite common these days as seen in many websites. Paper is a versatile medium and there are so many types of paper to consider like handmade, wrapping, news, recycled etc. Paper can be used to write and also as a texture to make some web or graphic design projects as well.

Textures are quite essential for a designer to produce some impressive effects when used with other design elements to transmit variety of messages and emotions. Here are some of the paper textures that can be used to make your project lively.

 

1. 60 Beautiful High resolution Paper Background

2. Grunge Brown Wall Paper

3. Card Board Texture

4. Seamless Paper

5. Running Note Book Paper

6. Old Paper Texture

7. Wrinkled Note Book Paper

8. Music Notes Paper

9. Plain Grey paper

10. White Paper Wrinkled Texture

11. Corners Damaged Paper

12. Golden Crunched Paper

13. Postal Cover Paper Texture

14. Burnt paper Effect

15. Letter Written Paper texture

16. 6 Old Sheet Paper Textures

17. Old Paper Stock

18. Crumpled Paper Texture Pack

19. 6 Paper Textures

20. Piece Of Old Paper

21. Grained Paper

22. Paper Pack

23. Scratch Paper Pack

24. 10 big Textures

25. Scan For Dirty Paper

26. White Totally Crunched Paper Texture

27. Burnt Kind dark Colored Paper Texture

28. Vintage Texture

29. Black Crunched Paper Texture

30. Brown Vintage Paper Texture

31. Brown And Black paper Texture

32. Paper Bag

33. Old Paper Texture

34. Old Paper Stock

35. Golden paper Texture

36. Full Grainy Paper Texture

37. Totally Crunched

38. Classical Paper Textures

39. Heavy Grunge Paper Texture

40. Another Burnt Paper Texture

41. Green Paper crunch Paper Texture

42. Dirty Paper Texture by Katara

43. Old Paper Stock By Ofruin

44. Plain White Burnt Paper

45. Lined Paper

Hope you liked this useful stuff!


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Facebook Timelines of 50 Famous Companies

Aext - Thu, 05/03/2012 - 17:06

Facebook is a social networking service and website launched in February 2004, operated and privately owned by Facebook Inc. Facebook was founded by Mark Zuckerberg with his college roommates and fellow students Eduardo Saverin, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes. As of February 2012, Facebook has more than 845 million active users.

Facebook Timeline is a section of a Facebook user’s account that replaces the profile with wall pages, and merges them together. This is usually a complete overhaul of the profile page with the ability to view your status updates in a list sorted by time. This allows all the famous companies to organize their company details as required by them. Here we picked certain Facebook timelines of famous companies for your inspiration. Check them!

1. Microsoft

2. Red bull

3. oracle

4. HBO

5. Intel

6. Yahoo

7. Nike

8. Nokia

9. MTV

10. IPL

11. Ferrari

12. Discovery Channel

13. Disney

14. ESPN

15. Fed Ex

16. Cisco

17. Accenture

18. WalMart

19. Dream Works Animation

20. Star Bucks

21. Deloitte

22. Virgin America

23. BMW

24. American Express

25. EA Sports

26. Pepsico

27. Coca-Cola

28. YouTube

29. Samsung Mobile

30. Mc Donald’s

31. Volkswagen

32. Sony

33. Amazon

34. Linked in

35. Novartis

36. Blue Sky Studios

37. Pandora

38. XBox

39. Disney Pixar

40. Nat Geo

41. The Rolling Stones

42. Harley Davidson

43. Porsche

44. Oreo

45. Bing

46. Fox News

47. Infosys

48. Mozilla Fire Fox

49. Google

50. Adobe Systems

Hope this post invokes your creativity to change your Facebook timeline as needed!


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Monitor Your Website up Time with this Free Tool

Aext - Wed, 05/02/2012 - 17:55

Anyone who is interested in the success of his business must be very careful of his online presence. Nowadays, having a nice website is not sufficient, people have become more selective and their expectations bigger and bigger. A wonderful layout is not enough, people want to be engaged and usually a blog is a good solution (obviously, having a comment form inserted to allow the contribution of both sides).

As an effect of globalization, potential visitors come from various regions or continents, and any downtime of the website will be considered as an offense. Under these circumstances, the matter of website monitoring has become a real necessity. The Internet offers a large palette of services but what is it about a free website & server monitoring tool that is reliable, offering quality information and instant notifications about any issue? It is no surprise to say that it doesn’t exist but it’s real and anyone may benefit from it.

Monitor Scout is a Sweden based company that offers the best free website & server monitoring services. The features bellow are the proofs that support the previous statement.

1.Global monitoring network

Monitor Scout may offer the precious information you need due to a huge network that is hosted in 15 locations from different locations on the planet. The website monitoring support personal customization, according to the needs of the user, a website/network/application is supervised from all the locations or only from some specific locations.

2.Instant notifications

There is no website without downtime, the real matter is to solve the issues in a very short period of time. Everyone has a phone, the majority of us have smartphones, therefore the ideal method of being announced of these inherent problems is via SMS. The team behind pays close attention to this aspect and applies a simple principle: they announce any issue via SMS (the services are available both for a person and for a group).

3.Support for both operating systems

Linux and Windows are the big players on the market and, neglecting any of them, a part of the clients will be unsatisfied. Briefly, the website monitoring is available for both operating systems. There are many other huge advantages but at the beginning something very attractive was mentioned, ”free website & server monitoring” so here comes the best part:

4.Expert monitoring is for free

The services are still in beta version and the company has decided to offer these free. Undoubtedly, there are no secret clauses that obligate to subscribe to their service so there is no reason not to try it. We all love discounts and Monitor Scout offers a nice surprise: by using this coupon code (eiFu1Mah) anyone benefits from an extra six month period after the services go out of beta version. This is applied only to the customers who select the premium package. To convince yourself, the best solution is to visit the website, read their presentations and surely you will register to try their services. The huge number of previous customers is a real guarantee that the company offers only the best products.


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45 Examples of Portrait Photo Manipulations

Aext - Fri, 04/27/2012 - 11:49

Portrait photography is designed or intended to capture and highlight the face of the person, although the whole body and background can be seen in the frame. Photo allows designers to completely change the look and feel of a photograph, using Adobe Photoshop. An important reason for photo manipulation is its ability to blend real photos with vibrant colors and digital painting to emphasize some beautiful details that make this software ideal for this kind of work.

In this showcase, we present the most spectacular photos of portraits depicting a human chain sense of emotion, personality and life that will take your portrait photo manipulation to another level. Let’s see them.

1. Tangled

Well I spent probably 20+ hours on this work. It’s a combination of digital painting, some photoshop techniques, and imported drawings I did on paper. As you can see from the stock photo below, the top of her head was cut off, so I drew in the rest with my tablet and figured I might try drawing a bunch of swirls of hair and it all escalated from there.
The theme is this girl kind of tangled up in life_by Anthony.

2. Drangue by barrena

3. Sing

I am a freelancer and a wizard in Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign. I wear a layer mask and my style is way beyond layer. No seriously I’m proficient in the following fields: Graphic Design, Illustration, Photography and Web Design_AMANDO.

4. Peacock Princess

Another experiment piece were I tried manipulating a stock shot of woman’s head shot and placing her in different scenes_RYUNEO.

5. Mechanics

6. Blink

Love makes you unsure? It’s time to BLINK!I’ve used all my favorite colors in this artwork, I just wanted to make a Happy artwork_ESPADOR.

7. I Am and I Am

8. Consciousness

9. Blow up

Too much wishes just lost everything.

10. Day light saving

“Who is more foolish, the child afraid of the dark or the man afraid of the light?” – Maurice Freehill.

11. Dreamstate Exigency

“Not all dreams are beautiful.”

12. Living Water

13. Muacks-by-LicoMomo

14. Transcendental

Creating such a piece feels great after such a long hiatus! And also I really couldn’t resist the stock used here, the quality is incredible. It’s probably one of the few pieces I have with cool colors.
Done within two hours in the morning. At some point I felt as though I was ruining the beautiful stock, but unexpectedly I’m really loving the outcome. Hope you guys like it too_LICOMOMO.

15. Silver

This is a collaboration with photographer Lion Deluy for an exhibition. It was great fun to get to play around with such a high quality photo_SHINY BINARY.

16. Mothers Nature

17. Stitched Together

18. Blind Love

19. Chest of Drawers

Word is silver Silence is Gold.

20. Don’t Speak 21. J’dirai rien, j’ai rien vu !

22. No Strings Attached

First personal piece in about 1 year or so. Took me a while to create this. PS work – no 3D involved. Cheers

23. Shiny Binary

Haven’t done a proper piece in a while, but felt like doing something macabre again. This took longer than I thought it would, but I didn’t realize how hard it is to make someone look like they have a painted face Probably my most advanced photo-mania yet, I think I was lucky finding relevant photos. However looking back some were probably bad choices as they were incredibly difficult to blend, and in the case of the mouth, not possible to get the perspective right_SHINY BINARY.

24. Digital art magazine

‘Get down and dirty with inky, customized Photoshop brushes and brilliant photomontage techniques.’

25. Sink

As time passes her by, she closes her eyes and sinks into epiphany.

26. 5 Coins

I was asked by the design blog Super Punch.com to create a tarot card representing Five Coins. I don’ know much about the symbolism of the cards but this is what I came up with. You can see the whole_JUSTIN.

27. Sections

Got a hold of some great portrait shots to play with.This photo was taken on October 17, 2008 using a Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III.

28. Cog Head

29. Lindsey Vonn

This entry was posted on Thursday, November 26th, 2009 at 5:23 pm and is filed under Artworks.

30. The Man Who Would Stop Time

31. Beautiful Decay

This is a collaboration with 2Mino He did the awesome illustrations on the face. Lots of work he put into it, and I just finished it off with a background, some refining and effects. It was fun to work on and finish since he didn’t have time_ANTHONY.

32. 6572 by Kubicki

33. New Build

Caged mind purpose void head like a hole Where do I go from here.

34. Playboy Magazine USA Zombcon

35. Gold Leaf

Playing with some gold leaf textures Best viewed large! This photo was taken on July 28, 2006 using a Nikon D200.

36. Cosmetica Hides the natural

37. Milky

Illustration created for Depth core’s ‘Mystic’ chapter. Collaboration with Pete Harrison. This image depicts the mythic figure Hera, whose breast milk formed the Milky Way. The mythic story depicted explores emotions too extreme for the body to contain, this hunter explores her image as a visual language and uses her body as subject to recast the myths.

38. She’s chewier than I thought

39. Super Bum

This entry was posted on Saturday, June 18th, 2011 at 2:22 pm and is filed under Artworks.

40. Pantha Du Prince (4 SPREAD)

41. Out head

This photo was taken on June 19, 2008.

42. Lyrics Potrait

43. Alice

44. Gaze

Illustration created for Depth core’s ‘Mystic’ chapter. Theology interested me the most when researching the theme we were given, especially Egyptian theology and how much of their culture was based upon the stars – gods, time, the calendar etc. Fascinating stuff, and overall a fascinating people. I mean they built the friggin pyramids!

45. Christopher Hitchens

These are some of the examples for portrait photo manipulation which feel to like reaching a new world of creativity in photography.Hope you Enjoyed!


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25 Nice InDesign Tutorials for Inspiration

Aext - Thu, 04/26/2012 - 13:48

Adobe InDesign is one of the leading solutions for creating professional layouts for print and digital publishing. InDesign is the perfect choice for a document that needs some creativity and used to create works such as posters, leaflets, brochures, magazines, newspapers and books. It offers all kinds of features to edit your text and images, which can work together in an interesting way to create a unique and professional design.

It also supports export to SWF and EPUB formats to create digital publications, and content suitable for tablet devices. In this post I will share with you an overview of Adobe InDesign Tutorial that will surely inspire you. Have fun!

1. Design a Coffee Shop Menu Layout

Creating a ready to print booklet menu for an imaginary coffee shop named “Violet Coffee.” In this tutorial you’ll learn to mockup a ready to print background and a couple of additional objects, which will be imported later on in Adobe InDesign to finish the piece

2. Adobe InDesign CS3 Scripting Tutorial

Scripting is the most powerful feature in Adobe® InDesign® CS3. No other feature can save you as much time, trouble, and money as scripting.This document is for every InDesign user. If you never created a script before, we show you how to get started. If you wrote scripts for other applications, we show you how to apply your knowledge to InDesign scripting.

3. How to Layout a Comic Book Cover

Learn how to lay out a comic book cover, as well as create a hybrid photograph and comic book inspired image. This style is designed to blur the lines between comic book fiction and reality, creating an image which could feasibly exist in the modern world. In this tutorial, the iconic Superman #75 cover, which begins the Death of Superman story arc

4. Create Compound Frames in InDesign CS5

By using the pathfinder panel within InDesign CS5 it is possible to create a compound frame that can be used to import an image to create a unique effect. Find out more about Compound Frames at the jump.

5. Transparency Tricks in Adobe InDesign CS3

Although InDesign works wonderfully with Adobe Photoshop, it’s always nice when you don’t have to constantly go back and forth. Adobe InDesign CS3 takes some lessons from Photoshop in the way of transparency effects.

6. Melting Woman for a Fictional Ice Cream Advertisement

The surrealist art movement art movement began shortly after the end of First World War. Artists like Salvador Dali translated the subconscious mind into visual art. The belief that unconventional imagery could be used to unlock hidden motivations and tap into consumer’s desires is a technique still used today in advertising.

7. How to Use Multi-Layered Illustrator Artwork in InDesign

Did you know that you can create multi-layered artwork in Adobe Illustrator, and then turn layers on and off in InDesign? Learn how in this quick tutorial.

8. Speed up your InDesign Layouts

With the new updates in CS5 and 5.5, you’re now able to distribute layout elements, resize gaps and customize frame corners faster using the interactive Gap tool and Live Corner Effects. These intuitive features enable you to manipulate objects without having to leave the spread or constantly switch tools – shaving valuable seconds off repetitive tasks.

9. Design a portfolio magazine using InDesign

Along with a well-presented portfolio, a promotional magazine containing your work can be an invaluable item for any freelance designer or design company. Use it as a way of making a first contact with a prospective employer or client, or as a reminder of your work after a portfolio presentation.

10. Wrap text around a Image

11. How to create Coupon in InDesign

In this tutorial, we’ll explain how to create a coupon, double-sided in InDesign. This is a beginner level tutorial and by no means meant for print. It gives you a small intro into tabs, style sheets and glyphs. Let’s get stared.

12. How to Create a Professional Magazine Layout

Have you ever wondered how professional designers strike the perfect balance between text and image? Using InDesign’s powerful type tools, you will learn techniques to help you set and arrange a magazine layout.

13. Create a Grid based Resume/CV Layout design in InDesign

Use the power of grid based designs to create a structured and professional page layout in InDesign, which can then be populated with a range of information to produce a polished CV or Resume.

14. InDesign CS4 Link Panel

A.J. Wood explores the new link panel in InDesign CS4. This is an important feature because this is where InDesign users go to check the status of the placed objects in their documents. This includes using the panel to re-link, update, and sometimes even edit the original files.

15. Create and Print a Brochure with Photoshop, InDesign __ PART 1—–PART2

In this tutorial I will walk you through the complete process of designing a simple brochure, getting it ready for print and then actually uploading it to a commercial online printer, checking the proof and seeing the finished product.

16. Using InDesign to publish your I pad magazine

Adobe just took the wraps off the long-awaited Digital Publishing Suite that powers the Wired magazine and The New Yorker Ipad apps. With InDesign CS5 at the core, you can now author your layouts, including interactive content, and export it out in the new .issue format.

17. Skewed Text Path

With InDesign, as it is with Illustrator, you can add type to any path, regardless of whether you created it with one of the Shape or Frame tools, the Pen toolset, or Pencil tool. If you’re feeling extra creative, you can use the Type On A Path tool skew option to create type that twists and turns around the contour of any freeform drawn path.

18. How to create Flag graphic with type InDesign

In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to use InDesign’s ability to create type on a curve, and flow that type from one curve to another. Along the way, you’ll learn a slick technique for step and repeat and how to apply gradients to text.

19. Make a Cut Out Gift Tag

This is a fun little project for beginner Illustrator users who are just finding their way with the Pen Tool and feel much more comfortable using shapes and lines. This Candy Cane tag is made using an Ellipse, the Pathfinder Tools, and a custom made brush.

20. Create a Gift Voucher in InDesign

In this tutorial you will learn how to create a simple gift voucher. You will use pictures and text to create nice clean layout that’s perfect to print.

21. Magazine Cover Design in InDesign

In this tutorial, we’ll not only take you through the process of creating a cover, but also reveal techniques that designers use to make their covers stand out.

22. Design a Print-ready Ad in Adobe InDesign

This tutorial is perfect for you if you’re familiar with Adobe Illustrator and want to get started with a layout program suited toward publication design

23. Create a Magazine Cover

This tutorial will demonstrate how to create a magazine cover. We will be using Photoshop and InDesign to create different aspects of the cover.

24. Create a Music Magazine Cover

In this tutorial, we’ll look at how to create a magazine cover in InDesign. You’ll learn how to set up a page layout and add text. This is an introduction to InDesign and no previous knowledge is required. This is a simple project put together to help get you started with InDesign.

25. Writing Effectively in InDesign Using Book

In this tutorial, we will create a book made from 3 chapters, complete with Table of Content, Introduction, and a Cover. You will learn the concepts of InDesign, from applying styles, adding page numbers, warping text, using variables and master pages.

Hope the overview of Adobe InDesign Tutorial inspire you and made you entertained!


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Building Your Own Website Made Easy with Builders

Aext - Wed, 04/25/2012 - 09:46

Making and maintaining a website is, for a web designer or for someone involved in online environment, a decent task but for a common user of Internet it is a real headache or an impossible mission. Having a good communication between a client and a web designer is the result of the diplomacy but also of the talent of the designer to “translate” the wishes of the customer into sequences of codes. This is a very challenging fact and usually it requires time and lots of nerves. Website-builder.net is a cool website that simply brings together the most important website builders.

A website builder is an application that attempts to replace the role of a designer and the potential customer may select the way of how his new online presence will look. Mostly are for free and few require various types of payments, but a free website builder offers a decent to good solution to having a website and it’s a good opportunity to see if a website is really necessary or not. These applications became more and more used by people and in the same time, these are producing more interesting websites. There are two distinct categories of website builders: online website builder and website builder software applications but, what really matter, is how the final website is looking.

Website-builder.net has the great benefit that helps the people interested in having a website to select the proper application. The idea is simple, there are tons of free website builder solutions and each has its own specific and people don’t know which may be the best for their project. Here comes in Website-builder.net where you may find explained the strong and weak points of each online website builder and also a category related to the website builder software applications. In fact, there is no amalgam, each website builder benefits from a review and links to it. Each user may read very carefully the review, it is complete, informative and at the end of each description you may find the questions people have asked before; it’s almost impossible not to find the information needed.

Maybe some people are reticent about free website builder concept or simply don’t agree with this method; the creators of the website come with a second solution. Using the alternative possibility supposes that the online website builder or website builder software aren’t interesting terms and simply the user admires some templates until he found the one that seems to satisfy his dreams.

The creators of the website have taken into consideration everything and for people interested in becoming more familiar to website builders or having various difficulties they created some podcasts to help anyone in deep water. For the moment, this section isn’t fully available but soon it will be a place to get the best advices.

In the end, I have a single advice: if you are interested in having a website but don’t want to pay the services of a designer or a web design agency take a closer look at Website-builder.net. Don’t be troubled about the inevitable issues, there everything is simple and created for you: free website builder or paid versions, online website builder or website builder software solutions or ecommerce or mobile templates, surely you will find what you need.


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Zurker: The Safe and Fun Alternative to Social Networking

Aext - Tue, 04/24/2012 - 15:29

Social networks represent today one of the top reasons why people visit the Internet. There are many networks out there that invite people to socialize and discover new friends; however, you have to be fully aware that you are posting an important amount of information about yourself at any time. This means that people whom you do not know could be using your info and that could cause serious worries. If you do not want to go through such things but you are interested in social networking, then you should definitely consider Zurker.

Zurker is one of the newest social networks out there but it definitely presents a series of advantages that you should take into consideration. Because security is one of the most essential elements that matter when it comes to social networking, you have every right to wonder why should Zurker be considered any different. Well, the good news is that once you become a member on Zurker, you are automatically given shares, which means that you will be a co-owner. As a matter of fact, each person who becomes a member on Zurker is also a co-owner of the social network.

Because Zurker is a social network where everyone is a member, this means that there will be no risk for gigantic corporations trying to squeeze a profit out of it. If you have already been a member of other social networks, then you know for certain what it means for every action to be monetized. And if you are tired about such things, then Zurker is right for you. Do not forget that all users are owners of Zurker, so for them it’s not a problem to be part of the network without trying to make a profit. And the more people enter Zurker, the highest chance for success.

While Zurker has its own team of engineers trying to develop applications for its users, it should be noted that each users is expected to come up with his or her own feedback. In this way, it will be easier for you to be satisfied with the way the social network looks and the applications that are offered to you. This freedom offered to you is unbelievable and it is guaranteed that no other owner of a social network will base the development of a platform on the ideas and feedback generated by users.

Having an account opened on various social networks, you have had probably lots of experiences but it is guaranteed that no experience has brought to you the possibility to make a serious investment. With Zurker, things are quite surprising, as you can earn more and more shares by referring friends and becoming an investor. It goes without saying that each member will benefit from the development of Zurker, as the benefits offered to investors are more generous than anyone would normally expect from a social network.

Will Zurker become a rival of other social networks? Is the future holding out something special for Zurker members? No one can answer for certain to these questions but the truth is that the importance of Zurker cannot be denied. The strategy to give members equity is going to propel this social network at the top and soon everyone is going to be a part of it; share the success, learn a new face of social networking and most importantly, make a profit out of it.

This is what Zurker is all about. Here is invitation to join Zurker!


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A Showcase of Beautifully Designed Landing Pages

Aext - Wed, 04/18/2012 - 11:19

Building a fun, interesting or useful product is challenging enough – but once it’s built, it needs to be presented in just the right way. Landing pages need to be designed in such a way as to show the product in a great light, sell the benefits of the product (not just the features) and make it quick & easy to understand what it does at a glance. Aesthetics are important too – potential customers can be easily put off by distracting or poor design, so it’s important to make sure that the landing page is pleasing on the eye. We’ve brought together a collection of beautifully designed landing pages that describe & sell the product perfectly.

TinyLetter

TinyLetter is an email newsletter service that allows people to easily send out newsletters via email to a whole range of subscribers. The entire service is built with design in mind, and this really comes through on the clean, minimalist landing page. The landing page features a video front and centre to help highlight the product, and includes a big, brightly coloured “Sign Up” button in the top navigation that remains visible when you scroll down the page.

Paper

Paper by FiftyThree is a drawing app for iPad that includes allows for sketching, colouring & notes. It’s an app that’s focused on style & design, so it was clearly important for them to get the design of the landing page right. The huge header image shows off the app, while the remainder of the page focuses on the different tools within the app, and talks about benefits rather than features.

 

Path

Path, a social networking app that’s designed for your closest friends, has an interesting & creative user interface, and this is one of (if not the) most talked about feature of the app. Path have decided to make this UI obvious on their landing page, by making the background a huge video of the interface in action.

 

Flight Card

Flight Card is an iPhone app that helps to show you the status of your flight and helps to show you which terminal and gate you need to be at, what time it’s departing and updates live to let you know if there are any delays or diversions. The design of the app itself is the highlight, as it’s so hard to find flight information displayed clearly and elegantly, and so the landing page is extremely visual to show this off. Huge images of the app in action are shown, along with several, easy-to-spot “Download on the App Store” buttons.

Stripe

Stripe, which provides a service for developers to allow them to easily accept customer credit card details, has an amazing landing page which serves it’s purpose beautifully. The main heading makes it clear what the service does, and provides a very easy-to-spot “Get started with Stripe” button. Underneath, they list several benefits to using the service – and each benefit has enough surrounding white-space to give it room to breathe.

 

Ness

Ness is an iPhone app which describes itself as a “personal search engine based on your unique tastes”. The landing page is hugely visual, with a huge background image & image of the app in use on an iPad. Clicking the “next” icon reveals more details around the app, and each page includes a large “Available on the App Store” button.

 

Mint

Mint is an online budget planning tool that helps people manage their money better. The app has quite a lot of features and can handle some pretty complicated things, but to avoid overloading you the landing page focuses on a few key benefits and thoughtfully highlights those. The landing page also does a few other things really well – they make it clear that the service is free and, because it involves your personal money, they also highlight how security-conscious the product is, by mentioning that it has “bank level security”, and by using HTTPS.

 

Nest

Nest is a thermostat that’s been built with design in mind (it was built by one of the original iPod designers). The best way to show off the device is through their video, so the landing page makes sure to include a huge header that shows the product and encourages visitors to watch their demo video with button that heavily stands out against the background.

 

Basecamp

Basecamp is a project management app built by 37signals. The big, bold headline on the landing page helps to show how versatile the app is. Basecamp is used by a large number of varied customers, and many people use the app in different ways. To help make the landing page suitable for everyone, it asks you questions about how you currently work (e.g. are most of your meetings over the phone, or face-to-face?), and helps to display the perfect landing page for you based on your answers.

 

Statusboard

Statusboard is a large, visual display that integrates with Basecamp and shows you how your projects are progressing. The landing page has been kept nice & simple, with a huge image of the main product, along with a really clear and obvious call to action – the huge “Join the open beta!” button below. Scrolling down reveals some more details for those who are interested – along with a testimonial to help encourage people to try the service out.

 

Square

Square is an app that allows businesses & individuals to accept credit card payments through their iPhone or iPad. The app is beautifully designed and the landing page helps to demonstrate this. It’s beautifully designed from a conversion point of view too, as it encourages people to sign up with compelling taglines such as “Start accepting all major credit cards, anytime, anywhere” along with a relatively large “Sign up for Square” button which, like many of the examples we’ve used, stands out from the background by using a different contrast.

 

Camera+

Camera+, a camera app for the iPhone that aims to improve on the camera that comes bundled with iOS, uses the landing page to demonstrate the app in action. The video on the iPhone loops through examples of the app being used – running through a photo being taken, to effects being added and customised. The app has picked up some very strong recommendations from sites like Macworld, Time and Lifehacker, and so these testimonials are shown very clearly on the landing page too.

Foursquare

Foursquare, the well known “check-in” app, includes a very clean & thoughtful design on their landing page and focuses on the benefits of using the service, from keeping up with friends, finding new things nearby and saving money by unlocking rewards.

 

Streak

Streak advertises itself as CRM for your inbox, and demonstrates the many ways it can be used by constantly adjusting the tagline on the landing page. The heading changes once every couple of seconds and cycles through taglines like “Manage customers inside Gmail”, “Track bugs and issues inside Gmail” and “Manage email support inside Gmail” amongst others. It also includes a number of videos to help you get up to speed on the service, and it includes 3 easy steps to get started.

 

Zendesk Lotus

Lotus is the codename for an interface update to Zendesk, the popular help desk software. The new interface is best shown through video, so the landing page for Lotus reflects that. The large play icon is used and placed front and centre to help encourage visitors to check the video out, but other details include a better explanation of what the interface change is all about, screenshots of the new screens and even testimonials taken from Twitter.

Are there any landing pages that you think deserve a mention? Let us know in the comments.

Author - Alex writes for printing experts Print Express, who specialise in business cards, flyers &custom designed postcards. In his spare time he studies graphic & web design and learns to code in Ruby.


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40 Gorgeous Photographs of Wedding Couples

Aext - Tue, 04/10/2012 - 14:51

Wedding anniversary is a time when people start another life with partner, this roundup belong to professional photographers who catch amazing moments of weddings and focusing brides and grooms. These pictures include wedding venue and decoration, moments of couples before marriage, engagement, marriage ceremony, guests, and family photographs till the couples send off and so a great wedding photographer must be expert at shooting architecture.

Wedding photography encompasses every moments of a couple’s marriage and captures one’s life time moments framed within a photo gallery. Here’s a collection of some wedding photos that capture all of the details of the couples, their wedding party and everything in between.

1. Shannon-and-Manesh

2. In the Drizzle

3. RitzCarltonMarina DelRey Wedding

4. Dancing Night

5. Getzschman wedding photos

6. Bokeh Wedding photography

7. Sikh Wedding

8. Santorini Greece

9. Japanese Wedding

10. San Francisco Wedding

11. Bride

12. Behind the Glass

13. Beautiful

14. In the Slope

15. In the Church

16. Ready For Marriage

17. Fairy Wedding

18. Vibiana los Angeles-wedding

19. Temecula Indian Wedding

20. Portofino hotel yacht club wedding

21. Indian Wedding At Grand America Hotel

22. Joe Marquez Wedding Photography

23. Lime Light

24. Zombies

25. First Kiss

26. Jumping

27. All together

28. Group Snap

29. Kissing Flowers

30. Looks Like a Painting

31. Calabasas Malibu Hindu-temple

32. Hilton Long Beach Wedding

33. Out Focus

34. Colorful and funky bride

35. Marthas wine yard Farm

36. Waiting

37. Indian Wedding Hawaii

38. Lonely

39. Erin Wedding

40. Under the Light

Wishing you memorize your one-time life moment and Hope you enjoyed seeing these pictures!


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55 Inspirational Wild Life Photography

Aext - Tue, 04/03/2012 - 16:42

Photography is not just a hobby, its real time job for many people. They should have the ability to capture still or moving objects. Real photographers are those who have a natural talent for photography inside their perception of things from different angles. Wildlife photography is one of incredible photography that refreshes the mind through the colors of nature and wildlife.

Wildlife photography is regarded as one of the difficult forms of photography who need a good field craft skills. Knowledge of animal behavior is necessary because some animals are difficult to approach in order to predict their actions. Photographing certain species may require the use of store to hide.

Wildlife is one of the most beautiful things created by God having thousands of colors that refresh your mind and makes your world more colorful and beautiful. I chose a few inspiring examples of wildlife taken from all the photographers. Enjoy.

1. Giraffes At Dusk

2. Baby-chameleons

3. Bath Time For Big Cat

4. Amazing Jump

5. Wild Life Animals From National Geographic

6. Gotcha

7. I would never touch your bones

8. Family Fest

9. Green Tree Python

10. Funny Bird

11. Heavy Bison

12. Mouth Full

13. Strongest in the Forest

14. Big Man

15. The Out Casts

16. The Extreme Close-up

17. Lunch Time

18. Hide and seek

19. Fight

20. Macro Wild Life

21. Feefek

22. Leopard Ascent

23. Search For Hunt

24. Big African Lion

25. Chase

26. Baby

27. Scary Eyes

28. cranes

29. Golden Kalahari Dawn

30. Snake Macro

31. Beautiful White Peacock

32. Enhanced Buzz

33. The Wolf And The Bear

34. Eye to Eye

35. Buffalo Mob

36. Relax

37. Fishing Crocodile

38. Golden Eagle

39. Champagne

40. Lion Cuddle

41. Lazy Walk

42. Faith, Hope And Love

43. Love

44. White Tiger In Snow

45. Elephants Walk

46. Rhino In the Mist

47. Gazelle and Cheetah

48. Last Seconds

49. Stone Like Teeth

50. Chameleon

51. Solid Horns

52. Calf Walking in Center

53. Beautiful Owl

54. Confrontation

55. Ground Hornbill

Hope you enjoyed looking at wild and its life. Have you take any of such photos during your trip? Share us the link.

Author Bio – Michael Archie works for Svitla Systems, a web application development company. The company offers a full range of software outsourcing services.


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