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Making Basic Patterns in Pixelmator

Textures and patterns are becoming more and more popular in web design today. It gives websites an almost physical characteristic that is lacking in solid colors. Real life is full of texture and different surfaces, why not make it part of the web too? Since websites are fluid and dynamic forms of design, it's almost essential to have a good pattern for any sort of repeating texture. I find that the best patterns are simply black and white pixels that can be played with in photoshop and applied to any layer. I'll show you one method I've been using a lot recently using Pixelmator
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posted in: Design | Tutorials |

New Design is Up!

I'm finally done with my new blog design! This is probably one of the most ambitious designs I've ever done. I really wanted to experiment with lighting and shadows for this design. I think of interior design as an excellent example. If you took lighting away from an interior designer, it could have devastating consequences. You can have the greatest design, but if it's lit with fluorescent lights in the ceiling, it's not going to look nearly as good as it could with some well placed lighting. So I really tried to push that in this design.
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The Future of Apple TV

I'm absolutely in love with the ability to stream my music through airtunes to the Apple TV and have the Apple TV display on screen what I'm currently playing. It's genius! Now, why can't we also have this same functionality with all the content on our Mac? I want to be able to stream videos in iTunes as well. We know it's possible, because that's what the Apple TV does when you connect it to a computer. It's just a matter of establishing the connection from the computer instead.
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posted in: Apple |

Tethering a Canon Digital Rebel XT to Aperture 2

Aperture 2 came out today, and I was super excited about trying out the tethering feature built into Aperture now. Tethering allows you to see pictures taken with the camera appear in Aperture immediately after the shot. You can even use Aperture to control the camera. However, I couldn't figure out how to get my Canon Digital Rebel XT to work with it.
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posted in: Technology |


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