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September 4, 2012 12:46 am GMT

Best of Tuts+ in August 2012

Each month, we bring together a selection of the best tutorials and articles from across the whole Tuts+ network. Whether you’d like to read the top posts from your favourite site, or would like to start learning something completely new, this is the best place to start!


Psdtuts+ Photoshop Tutorials


Nettuts+ Web Development Tutorials


Vectortuts+ Illustrator Tutorials


Webdesigntuts+ Web Design Tutorials

  • Emulating Microsofts Metro Design Language

    Emulating Microsofts Metro Design Language

    Over the past few years, Microsoft has adopted its incumbent design language to a significant extent. Metro is the aesthetic basis of Windows 8; Microsofts next operating system shipping this October. Lets take a look at what Metro is, how we can emulate some of its desirable principles and take a look at where its being used already.

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  • Quick and Easy Documentation Using Markdown

    Quick and Easy Documentation Using Markdown

    So youve created an awesome theme, template or web application. Now for the tedious part; the documentation. Writing the content wont necessarily be that problematic, its more likely creating the help files which will take up precious time. Markdown, a lightweight and *really* simple formatting syntax can solve all that for you.

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  • Skeleton to WordPress: Getting up and Running

    Skeleton to WordPress: Getting up and Running

    During previous parts of this series weve covered a lot. We took a Photoshop layout, built it into an adaptive web page using the Skeleton framework, explored aspects of CSS3, implemented various jQuery plugins and considered our options


    Phototuts+ Photography Tutorials

    • Phototuts+ & Lomography Present the Portraits of Summer Competition

      Phototuts+ & Lomography Present the Portraits of Summer Competition

      Lomography and Phototuts+ have joined forces to bring you a photo competition that will bring out your true photography skills. We would like to present the Portraits of Summer competition! Just follow one of the two tutorials and submit your photos. Check out more information after the jump!

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    • An Introduction to Holga Photography

      An Introduction to Holga Photography

      The Holga is a camera, first manufactured in China in 1981, made almost entirely of plastic, some even have plastic lenses. It was an invention intended for the Chinese consumer as a low-budget, everyday kind of camera for capturing family photos and portraits, but has since gathered a cult following.

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    • Making Your Vacation Portraits Pop!

      Making Your Vacation Portraits Pop!

      Its holiday season, and what better time to take your camera out and about to capture not only those scenic holiday destinations, but the people that youre sharing them with. Here are a few top tips on how to take eye catching and engaging vacation portraits.

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    • The Principles and Strategies of Brand Photography

      The Principles and Strategies of Brand Photography

      For many photographers, it can be difficult to earn a living from taking the photos that inspire and excite them and therefore have to find other means to support themselves. However, sometimes the answer is closer to home than you think. Working as a commercial product photographer can not only provide financially, but also has its own specific creative challenges and difficulties to face.

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    Cgtuts+ Computer Graphics Tutorials

    • Correctly Setting Up a Linear Workflow in Maya

      Correctly Setting Up a Linear Workflow in Maya

      So you might often find yourself wondering what the hell is a linear workflow? Its the kind of thing that gives cg artists nightmares, waking in a cold sweat, afraid, left stumbling to your computer looking for answerswell youre not alone. Working linearly is one of the most misunderstood, confusing aspects of computer graphics for all artists, new or experienced. But fear not friends, James Whiffin is here to help turn that frown upside down by giving you a crash course on working linearly.

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    • Creating The iPhone 4S In 3D Studio Max, Part 1

      Creating The iPhone 4S In 3D Studio Max, Part 1

      In this new multi-part project, well be creating the iPhone 4S in 3d Studio Max using tried and true poly modeling techniques. Youll learn how to setup and model from six view blueprints, create precision cuts and holes, terminate edge loops and how to add proper supporting geometry to retain surface shape when adding subdivision.

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    Aetuts+ After Effects Tutorials

    • Summer 2012 DSLR Camera Line-up

      Summer 2012 DSLR Camera Line-up

      This article features a list of cameras released since the publishing of Knowing The Basics Of The Video Mode On Your DSLR Camera, and is designed to be an appendage to that article, along with an updated sensor chart for reference. *see below
      Note: Cameras are first listed by maker and then by price. All ISO specifications are the expanded limits of the cameras.

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    • Iron Man Interface Battle Widget  Parts 1 and 2

      Iron Man Interface Battle Widget Parts 1 and 2

      In this tutorial series we are going to go beyond basics using the true power of shape layers inside After Effects. As you can see we are going to dive into the magic of creating this Iron Man battle widget inspired from The Avengers movie. We are going to recreate the element from start to finish using various different techniques and learning some pretty cool workflow tips as well.

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    • Linear Workflow For The After Effects User

      Linear Workflow For The After Effects User

      In this tutorial well look at some of the problems caused when working in sRGB color space and how we can fix these problems using a linear workflow. Lets jump in!

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    Audiotuts+ Audio & Production Tutorials

    • Dynamic Reverb Returns

      Dynamic Reverb Returns

      In this tutorial Mo Volans teaches you a great technique for taming your reverb: Dynamic Reverb Returns. Here we demonstrate with Logic Pro, but the technique works in most other DAWs.

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    • How the Hell do I Use Reverb Again?!?

      How the Hell do I Use Reverb Again?!?

      Welcome to the unannounced bastard child of my old and golden tutorial, How the Hell do I Use Reverb Anyway?!? If you need a primer on the basics of reverb, I highly recommend you read that one before you jump into this one. It goes over everything you need to know about reverb: all the knobs and buttons you need to familiarize yourself with.

      Instead of continuing on with the theory that you can read in the previous tutorial, Im going to jump into some easy to use reverb tricks that can really help you in your mixes. Well be looking at some simple, but invaluable tips to using reverb effectively without cluttering up your instruments.

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    • EQ -

      EQ – The Most Important Part of Mastering

      I was mastering an EP recently and I really thought Id done a decent job on the mix. I set up the tracks in order and found the correct levels for all of them, making sure they all sound equally loud and such. Then I got to work and set up my mastering processors, which are basically just EQ and compression. After a few EQ tweaks here and there, a little bit in the lows, a small boost in the highs, a subtle dip in the mids, you know the drill. Well, after a while I started A/Bing the before and after.

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    Wptuts+ WordPress Tutorials

    • Functionality: Plugins vs Themes

      Functionality: Plugins vs Themes

      There are a lot of factors that influence performance on your WordPress site, and one of the tricks that experts will often tell you to do is avoid plugins. They will tell you it is better to place functionality inside of your theme, instead of activating a plugin. Is this true?

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    • Conquering the wp-config.php File  11 Good Practices

      Conquering the wp-config.php File 11 Good Practices

      There are 981 files and 95 folders which come with the WordPress (v3.4.1) package. None of these files need manual modification, except the wp-config.php file. Of course, we dont have to edit the file if were fine with the default WordPress configuration but its essential that we learn how to conquer the file in order to apply security precautions, speed tricks and other stuff which we will be studying in this article.

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    • How to Include and Require Files and Templates in WordPress

      How to Include and Require Files and Templates in WordPress

      When it comes to PHP, a lot of developers love the language, a lot of the developers hate the language, and a lot of developers generally just use it to get their work done.

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    Mobiletuts+ Mobile Development Tutorials


    Mactuts+ Mac & OS X Tutorials

    • 11 Things You Didnt Know About Mountain Lion

      Things You Didnt Know About Mountain Lion

      OS X Mountain Lion includes over 200 new features for your Mac, but some of the major ones arent mentioned on the official webpage. If you go looking around in nooks and crannies, you might just find some valuable minor features that youd never even thought of. Ive been using the operating system since its first developer preview was released and there are a few nifty features that lie tucked away and out of plain sight. Read on to see what they are!

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    • Navigating the Terminal: A Gentle Introduction

      Navigating the Terminal: A Gentle Introduction

      It may seem like the kind of geeky realm that only hackers are fit to inhabit, but the OS X Terminal is a powerful and versatile method of interacting with your computer that offers advantages to users of all skill levels. Its quite a departure from what you might be used to though, so were here to help you take your first steps.

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    Gamedevtuts+ Game Development

    • Make a Splash With Dynamic 2D Water Effects

      Make a Splash With Dynamic 2D Water Effects

      Sploosh! In this tutorial, Ill show you how you can use simple math, physics, and particle effects to simulate great looking 2D water waves and droplets.

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    • Growing From (and Surviving) Mod Teams

      Growing From (and Surviving) Mod Teams

      Breaking into the game industry can be a long and rocky road where does one even begin? There are many avenues to take on the journey to making games, and the best path is different for each person. For those looking to jump right in and start making games, I propose to you this: join a mod team! But what exactly is a mod team and how do you find one thats right for you? Lets figure that out

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    • Collision Detection Using the Separating Axis Theorem

      Collision Detection Using the Separating Axis Theorem

      The Separating Axis Theorem is often used to check for collisions between two simple polygons, or between a polygon and a circle. As with all algorithms, it has its strengths and its weaknesses. In this tutorial, well go over the math behind the theorem, and show how it can be used in game development with some sample code and demos.

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