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This snippet of code prevents WordPress from checking for plugin updates. For security reasons, it is important to keep third-party WordPress plugins up-to-date. However, there are times when you might create a site for a client and don’t want them to update their plugins. Perhaps you have changed a plugins code or concerned a plugin …

As a web developer, I spent lots of time looking at source code. So a few days ago, a friend asked me to take a look at his company’s web site to see how they could improve their SEO ranking. My first actions were to grab my iPad, take a quick look at the user …

This tutorial shows how to quickly toggle through blend modes when making a selection in Photoshop.

This is a tip for Mac users using Mac 10.7 Lion. In previous versions of Mac OS X, when you hover over the file, folder, etc. in Spotlight, the path would be displayed. However, in 10.7 Lion that is no longer the case. I have found a shortcut that will display the path of the …

In this tutorial, learn to create a title intro that features a text blur zoom in effect, followed by a cool lens flare—all using Adobe After Effects.

Photoshop is the preferred editor of choice for many graphic designers, but did you know that you can animate Photoshop layers to create motion graphics? Using the Animation panel in Photoshop, you can create animations up to 10 seconds in length. Take a look at this video demonstrating this simple technique for creating basic motion …

Here is another option for creating a contact sheet for photography, video, web site screenshots or design layouts that does include the file name, watermark, header and footer options using Adobe Bridge.

Let’s say you want to create a quick contact sheet of some photos to send to a client or print as proofs. We will place twelve images into an evenly spaced grid on a standard 8.5 x 11 sheet. To do so, choose File > Place>select your twelve images>Click Open to load the images into …

Technique demonstrating how to create a road using a single path, then saving as a graphic style in Adobe Illustrator.

Simple technique demonstrating how to align objects evenly around path using Illustrator.