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New Directions

MAY 1st 2009 • 1 Comments

I've decided to take my site into a new direction and a new design. I feel like I need to merge my name and my brand together closer than they are. And while I love this blog design, it's really not as friendly to my content as I would like it to be. The design is too overbearing. So I'm attempting to rethink both Exit42Design and this blog to make them more content friendly. My blog redesign will be the first step in that process and I thought I'd give you a sneak peak! It will employ a fluid grid and a jQuery image scaling plugin I'm developing.
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My Inspiration Scrap Doc

FEB 5th 2009 • 2 Comments

Sometimes I'll come across something I just think looks fantastic. So I'll take a screenshot of it and add it to a document full of other inspirational clippings. So I thought I'd share some of what I've got there with you. Hope it inspires you!
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Using curves to help you find the perfect color scheme

AUG 14th 2008 • 3 Comments

I was recently working on a new design and I was about ready to throw in the towel because I could not latch onto a look that I liked. The primary problem was my color scheme. It just wasn't attractive, and I had a bad taste in my mouth when I looked at the design. Photoshop curves adjustment layer to the rescue!
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Horizontally and Vertically Center and Resize an Image with jQuery

JUN 16th 2008 • 2 Comments

I recently had the opportunity to develop an image scaling technique that vertically and horizontally centers and scales an image depending on the browser window size. The result is an image that fills the whole of the page no matter what position or size the browser should happen to be in. Here is an example of the resizing result that we're shooting for.
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