Higher Ground Studio http://highergroundstudio.com Inspired by the Awesome! Fri, 09 May 2014 08:46:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 34183405 Quick Tip: Improving your digital painting skills http://highergroundstudio.com/quick-tip-improving-digital-painting-skills/ http://highergroundstudio.com/quick-tip-improving-digital-painting-skills/#respond Fri, 09 May 2014 08:46:36 +0000 http://highergroundstudio.com/?p=2500 I was having fun today digitally painting from scratch and was trying to brainstorm who to get better and more photorealistic. One problem that I found I had, like many others have, is never completely committing to changes. I found that I was working with way too many layers. A layer or groups of layers […]

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]]> http://highergroundstudio.com/quick-tip-improving-digital-painting-skills/feed/ 0 2500 Quick Fix: How to fix Microsoft Office 2013 Error Code 30045-6 http://highergroundstudio.com/quick-fix-fix-microsoft-office-2013-error-code-30045-6/ http://highergroundstudio.com/quick-fix-fix-microsoft-office-2013-error-code-30045-6/#comments Mon, 05 May 2014 16:12:46 +0000 http://highergroundstudio.com/?p=2495 Are you getting the error when opening Microsoft Office 2013 error code 30045-6 updates for office are ready to be applied , but are blocked by one or more apps? There is an easy fix. I too had this same problem and tried, without success, to use the repair method. However, I figured out how […]

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]]> http://highergroundstudio.com/photoshop-quick-tip-quickly-try-brush/feed/ 0 2461 Photoshop Quick Tip: Wacom Tablet Optimization http://highergroundstudio.com/quick-tip-photoshop-wacom-optimization/ http://highergroundstudio.com/quick-tip-photoshop-wacom-optimization/#respond Wed, 12 Mar 2014 14:26:25 +0000 http://highergroundstudio.com/?p=2444 Two quick tips for Wacom tablet optimization for Photoshop. These will help you to maximize your efficiency with both Photoshop and using your Wacom tablet.

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]]> http://highergroundstudio.com/quick-tip-photoshop-wacom-optimization/feed/ 0 2444 HGS Islands http://highergroundstudio.com/hgs-islands/ http://highergroundstudio.com/hgs-islands/#respond Tue, 11 Mar 2014 16:55:48 +0000 http://highergroundstudio.com/?p=2436 This project was created using powdered sugar and then photoshop. You can see more about this project on Behance :: https://www.behance.net/gallery/HGS-Islands/15206283

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]]> http://highergroundstudio.com/hgs-islands/feed/ 0 2436 Google Chrome Experimental Features [Quick Tip] http://highergroundstudio.com/google-chrome-experimental-features-quick-tip/ http://highergroundstudio.com/google-chrome-experimental-features-quick-tip/#respond Wed, 23 May 2012 16:00:45 +0000 http://highergroundstudio.com/?p=556 This is a really fast quick tip for Google Chrome. If you are like me you love to try betas and experimental features on almost everything you use. I love being on the edge and Google Chrome has experimental  features even for its stable release channel. Here is what you do to turn on some cool features. […]

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]]> http://highergroundstudio.com/google-chrome-experimental-features-quick-tip/feed/ 0 556 How to use the WordPress Shortcodes Ultimate Plugin http://highergroundstudio.com/how-to-use-the-wordpress-shortcodes-ultimate-plugin/ http://highergroundstudio.com/how-to-use-the-wordpress-shortcodes-ultimate-plugin/#respond Thu, 17 May 2012 16:50:14 +0000 http://highergroundstudio.com/?p=548 You can see the WordPress Shortcodes Ultimate Plugin in action here in Highergroundstudio.com. The Shortcodes Ultimate Plugin for WordPress enables you to easily create boxes, buttons, graphic sliders, hidden text revealers, tab boxes etc. Using Shortcodes Ultimate you can quickly and easily retrieve many premium themes type features and display it on your site. Add to your […]

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]]> http://highergroundstudio.com/how-to-use-the-wordpress-shortcodes-ultimate-plugin/feed/ 0 548 Git Basics Episode 1 http://highergroundstudio.com/git-basics-episode-1-git-learning/ http://highergroundstudio.com/git-basics-episode-1-git-learning/#respond Mon, 14 May 2012 16:10:14 +0000 http://highergroundstudio.com/?p=534 What is Version Control? What is Git? Git is a source code manager; more accurately, it’s a distributed version control system. But what exactly does that mean? Let’s break it down. Git is Development Software Git is not a language, concept, or best practice. It’s a program, a piece of software that you should use […]

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]]> http://highergroundstudio.com/git-basics-episode-1-git-learning/feed/ 0 534 Freebie: illumination WordPress Wallpaper http://highergroundstudio.com/freebie-illumination-wordpress-wallpaper/ http://highergroundstudio.com/freebie-illumination-wordpress-wallpaper/#respond Tue, 08 May 2012 23:02:09 +0000 http://highergroundstudio.com/?p=517 [frame align=”center”][/frame] This free wallpaper was made for all of your WordPress fans!!! I love WordPress and so I created this for fun to show that love. Included is an awesome and free wallpaper for your desktop, tablet (ipad), or phone (iphone or android). Sizes Included Desktop – 2560 x 1600 Tablet (ipad) – 1024 […]

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