Believe it or not, the concept of optimizing front-end code for maximum performance is a relatively new thing. Sure, years and years ago, we knew that it was important, but we simply didn’t have access to the tools that we do today. Even six years ago, we were far more concerned with wrangling our websites into functioning correctly in Internet Explorer 6 than with squeezing every ounce of performance out of our applications.
Capturing Simplicity in a Maternity Photoshoot
As with anything, you can make a maternity shoot as simple or as detailed as you like. The outfits, the locations, the potential results could be endless! However, there are many excellent reasons for keeping it simple.
LOTR Series: Eye of Sauron
Continuing the Lord of the Rings series we will be creating the Eye of Sauron with
fractal noise, vector blurs and CG fire.
Create a Surreal and Dreamy Photo Manipulation
In this tutorial we will explain how create a surreal and dreamy photo manipulation using atmosphere, lighting, masks, textures, and custom brushes.
The Essentials to Pro Tools 10 Part 1: Interface and Setup
This series will give you a detailed introduction to the essentials of Pro Tools 10. In this first part of the series, we get familiar with Pro Tools’ interface, and best practice for setting it up.
Working with CorePlot: Styling and Adding Plots
When working with data intensive applications, a developer must often do more than just show lists of data records in a table view. The CorePlot library will allow you to add stunning data visualizations to your applications. Find out how in this Tuts+ Premium series!
Building A Complete Human Character Rig In Maya, Creating The Leg Controls
Today we’re bringing you the third part of the Building A Complete Human Character Rig In Maya series that teaches you how to construct a complex, fully realized character rig using Maya’s built in tool set. In today’s post you’ll learn how to build the character’s controls for animation.
Create a Radio App Icon Using Adobe Illustrator
This tutorial will provide examples wood and fabric texture creation techniques. Also we will learn how to render the light play on the objects with the help of the Opacity Mask, Blend Tool and Art Brushes. Studying this tutorial step-by-step, you’ll get to know all the secrets of the professional icon design creation.
Practical Use of CSS3: Transforms and Transitions
Transforms and Transitions (introduced as part of the CSS3 specification) enable us to create the kind of interaction and experience previously only associated with JavaScript or Flash. You’ll likely have read a lot of discussion and tutorials covering these properties, but they tend to be experimental in nature.
Are You Using CoffeeScript?
There’s no two ways about it: the web development industry can be incredibly tough. It’s one that requires us to continuously educate ourselves throughout our careers. Take a few years off, and, suddenly, you’ll find yourself buried by new frameworks, tools, best practices, and preprocessors. That’s right, kiddies, if you want to be a web developer, you better be okay with the idea that your schooling will never end (and you shouldn’t want it to).