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The Official 2011 Nettuts+ Holiday Gift Guide

Siddharth — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 21:00:15 +0000

I needn’t remind you that Christmas is almost upon us. If you still haven’t bought gifts for your loved ones, this is the perfect time to start panicking. If your loved one is a developer though, we have an easy way out for you: pick a few from the list below and you’ll be off the hook! In this mini gift guide, we’ll take a look at what we, as developers, want our stockings to be filled with.

Comic Book Artist: Frank Frazetta

marcos333 — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 20:06:24 +0000

Although Frank was more about a Illustrator than a penciler or a colorist, it's quite undeniable that he influenced whole generations of comic book artists. He just defined the main image of heroes as Conan, Tarzan, Vampirella and also created a whole fantasy universe, in a really unique and unbelievable way. Unfortunately, Frank died on 2010 of a stroke, but his legacy will go on with full strength as all his paintings.

Create a Dark, Conceptual Photo Manipulation With Stock Photography

Mario Sanchez Nevado — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:00:54 +0000

In this tutorial we will be teaching how to integrate elements from different sources to create a realistic photo manipulation with dark and conceptual elements. You will learn some lighting and blending techniques as well as some interesting post-production tips. Let’s get started!

Quick Tip: How to Create a 3D Like and Unlike Symbol with Adobe Illustrator

Diana Toma — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:00:50 +0000

In the following Quick Tip you will learn how to create a multi-purpose 3D Like and Unlike symbol with the help of the Extrude & Bevel settings and the Appearance Panel in Adobe Illustrator This technique can be used with many different shapes and symbols, so let’s get started!

Create a 3D Grungy Text Effect in Illustrator

Andrei Marius — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 13:00:36 +0000

In the following tutorial you will learn how to create a grungy, 3D text effect. Learn how to draw highlights and shadows on your text to give it that 3D punch. Then design grunge effects using blending modes and other Illustrator tools. This grungy text effect is relatively simple to create, though does require quite a bit of attention to detail. Jump into this Illustrator text effect tutorial.

TripIt: Your Professional Travel Organizer

Erica Henderson — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 12:00:41 +0000

As the holidays get under way and traveling becomes hectic, TripIt allows you to keep your sanity with an organized view of all your travel plans. Itineraries are available at your fingertips and are easily shareable with friends, family and co-workers. And now, TripIt has an iPhone app to make your life that much easier. If you are ready to spare yourself from

Lemon: An Easy Way to Track Your Expenses

Shaun Takenouchi — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 22:00:33 +0000

For those of you that run a small business, you know that keeping track of your finances is very important. You want to make sure that every penny is accounted for that goes out and that comes in. As someone that does the finances for my wife’s photography business, I am always searching for a way to keep track of receipts.

Create a Scalable Widget Using YUI3: Part 1

Dan Wellman — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 21:30:30 +0000

In this tutorial, we’re going to look at how easy it is to create scalable, robust and portable widgets using the latest version of the Yahoo User Interface library. YUI3 provides a Widget class for us to extend in order to create widgets in a consistent way that leverage the power of the library. The widget that we’ll create today is a Twitter search client that will query Twitter’s search API and consume the