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30 Apr 2012
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Top 6 Mobile Apps for the Fitness Junkie

 

Trees are spouting leaves, flowers are sprouting where you would not ordinarily expect flowers, and the mornings and evenings are warm enough to get outdoors. Time to put on those running shoes, grab that bike or just go for a stroll. It is springtime.

What do people do in spring? They look around their houses and apartments and say, “Where did all of this stuff come from?” They then clean the house. After that they look at themselves and say, “Where did all of these extra pounds come from?” They then decide it is time to exercise and lose the winter weight. Yet, instead of employing a personal trainer, consumers can find one right in their pockets.

Smartphones have the capabilities to monitor your heart rate, track how many calories you burned, see how far you have run and share all of that information with your friends to help you stay motivated. We take a look at some of the best mobile fitness apps below. Read more…

Posted by rhmukul in Apps, Categories, Mobile and tagged , , , , , , ,
30 Apr 2012

New iPhone, iPad and Android Apps for April 2012

Following all the great apps released for iOS and Android in March, it seemed like we were in for an April letdown. That is not the case. Some huge names published great apps this month, including Google releasing its Drive app for Android and Instagram making its debut outside of the iPhone. Taken by themselves, that would make for a notable month of apps. But, we have more. A lot more. What were the top apps this month? Check out the second edition of our ReadWrite Recommends Apps of the Month for iOS and Android. Read more…

Posted by rhmukul in Android, Apple, Apps, Categories, iPad, Iphone, Mobile and tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a Comment
30 Apr 2012
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7 Extremely Weird Apps for Your iPhone and Android

 

Smartphones and tablets can do some amazing things. You can track your exercise, organize your life, play amazing games and reach any media you would ever want to find. The Apple App Store and Android’s Google Play can be home to some odd stuff, too. Really odd stuff. Read more…

Posted by rhmukul in Android, Apple, Apps, Categories, Iphone, Mobile and tagged ,
30 Apr 2012
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5 Apps for Working From the iPad

 

Let’s be real about this. You can’t do everything on an iPad. As Shawn Blanc pointed out the other day, you can’t make iOS apps on it, for example. But you might be surprised by how much real work you can do on it with the right tools. If your work requires generally office-like capabilities, there are definitely iPad solutions.

Here are five road-tested apps for getting things done on an iPad. It’s not meant to be a complete list, but it’s meant to be a flexible one. These are tools that are not tied to any particular method of working. They’ll help any digital worker stay sane and accomplish things, and you might find that the iPad is a surprisingly nice device to use for them. Read more…

Posted by rhmukul in Apple, Apps, Categories, iPad
29 Apr 2012
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Create Flash Animations Entirely in Illustrator

previewThe world of animation can seem really intimidating – between AfterEffects, Flash and everything else, there’s so much to learn. And who has time? Never fear – you can create simple Flash animations without ever leaving the familiar confines of Illustrator, and without any knowledge of Flash. Here are two easy ways to get things moving. Read more…
Posted by rhmukul in Adobe, Flash, Illustrator, Tutorials and tagged , , , , , , ,
29 Apr 2012

Illustrate and Animate a Bouncing Ball: Part 2 – Adobe Illustrator + Flash

This tutorial expands on techniques covered in Part 1 of the Illustrate and Animate a Bouncing Ball series. We’ll be using Illustrator’s 3D tools to improve Flash’s spinning movement of the bouncing ball and taking a look at working between the two applications. The steps involved can also be followed independently of Part 1. Read more…

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29 Apr 2012

Illustrate and Animate a Bouncing Ball: Part 1 – Adobe Flash

Part 1 of this tutorial will take Flash novices through the fundamental principles behind drawing and animating vectors in Flash. We’ll be drawing and animating a bouncing beach ball. Prior knowledge of Flash will of course help, but the following techniques should be accessible to everyone and with most software versions. Part 2 coming soon… Read more…

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29 Apr 2012

Create a Variety of 3D Lettering Effects for Poster Design

Create a Variety of 3D Lettering Effects for Poster DesignIn this tutorial I will showcase three different approaches for creating simple 3D lettering effects in the context of poster design. Onward and upward we go!

Introduction

I will start off by drawing the letter-forms for the three words “ONWARD,” “AND” and “UPWARD.” From there I will show three ways to create simple, yet interesting 3D effects. 3D is the latest craze (See: nearly every movie that has come out in the last two years) but my interests are in 3-Dimensional lettering that has old school, subtle, simple, imperfect, more humanistic qualities. Drawing inspiration from vintage poster lettering, and overall aesthetics, everything will be wrapped together to create the full poster design. Read more…

Posted by rhmukul in 3D, Illustrator, Photoshop, Tutorials and tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a Comment
29 Apr 2012

20+ Demos Showing Advanced jQuery Effects

 

undefinedJust a short while ago, Flash was one of the primary technologies used by web designers to add interactivity to a website.

Since the introduction of the iPad, with its lack of the Flash Player, there’s an acceleration in the web development world to use alternative technologies to Flash, such as jQuery, Ajax and others.

Although Flash is still a very powerful and useful tool, which works great on many cases, several of the effects that web designers are accustomed to creating in Flash, can be just as easily implemented using jQuery.

Here are 21 online demos that show the power of jQuery for creating advanced effects and interactivity that can rival Flash. Read more…

Posted by rhmukul in jQuery, Web Development and tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a Comment
29 Apr 2012
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40 Tutorials for Outstanding Text Effects in Illustrator

 

Fuzzy, sketchy, bubbly, viscous, sleek, shiny, retro, futuristic: you can do it all in Adobe Illustrator.

In this showcase, we have collected 40 tutorials that show you how to create awesome typographic effects in Illustrator, step by step. Some of these tutorials require the use of Photoshop for finer details.

With these tutorials, you’ll learn how to create these typographic masterpieces and develop the skills to apply them to your own personal creations.

If you know of any other great tutorials for text effects in Illustrator, please share them with us in the comments at the end of the article. Read more…

Posted by rhmukul in Compilation, Illustrator, Tutorials and tagged , , , , , , ,

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