In the spirit of Valentine’s Day, I thought I’d re-theme one of our Flash eLearning Templates. This tutorial shows you really how easy it is to completely change the look/feel of the templates. It’s very simple and doesn’t take much time either.

Today I’ll show you some fun masking techniques using Adobe Photoshop. I’ll show you how to create some visual interest and depth to a design by overlapping and masking elements.    

Have you ever seen those fun graphics that look like stickers. It’s a very simple technique to duplicate. In this screencast I demonstrate how to create a sticker effect with our cutout people images.

Today I’ll show you a how to add a little more “visual interest” to an Flash animating object. I call it the bounce effect. It’s a very simple technique but can really be awesome. I’ve recorded a screencast to show you how to do it. Here is a quick demo I created showing this “bounce” effect: [...]

I’ve recently been trying to learn how to surf. I’m such a computer nerd… the first place I look is YouTube. I watched nearly every video I could find. I bought my first board last Saturday and hit my first waves Monday. Not to brag, but I think I did better than I thought I [...]

Today I thought I’d share with you an example of how our eLearning Game Templates can be customized in Adobe Flash. I took only about 10 minutes to come up with new look for the Marathon game. I just wanted to show you that all of the elements in these game templates can easily be [...]

The other day I posted a blog about designing a custom steel texture background and adding it to a PowerPoint template. It turned out so nice, I thought that I’d make some matching Flash Activities and Flash Games. Click each sample below for a demo. Here is a tutorial on how to import a custom graphic background into [...]

Today I’d like to show you one of my favorite ways to design buttons. The end result is a nice and simple glossy button. This technique is very easy and even though I’m demonstrating it in Adobe Photoshop, you can follow the same steps in other applications as well. Hope you enjoy!

I am often asked where I get inspiration for design. Well, I always answer, everywhere! Sometimes it is in nature, other times it is from a TV commercial, and times like today it is from a door hanger delivered in the mail box. I received this door hanger in my mail box (not sure why [...]

Have you ever created a new file in Photoshop, Flash, or any other application, and found yourself just staring at the blank canvas not knowing where to begin? Sometimes the blank canvas can be a little intimidating. I personally love the thought of starting a new file and design. I thrive off the opportunity to [...]