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.
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 [...]
This week we celebrated America’s Independence day. In the spirit of celebrating, I thought I’d make and share a free eLearning background. Hope you enjoy… Each image is 720×540 and ready to be imported right into Articulate, powerpoint, iSpring, Snap, or many other rapid eLearning tools. Click here to download the files. (I’ve included 2 [...]
Have you ever wondered how to cutout an object from a background? In this tutorial I show a quick and effective way to remove a background using Adobe Photoshop. Want pre-clipped People Pictures? Check out our People Pictures.
Sometimes it is very effective to add people pictures to your online courses. They could be used as a guide/narrator that directs the learner through the course or you could use people to create scenarios and graphics. Below are a few simple examples and layouts for using cut-out people pictures in eLearning. The pictures are [...]
8 Flash games, 1 PowerPoint eLearning course style theme , 1 Flash Interactions Pack included in this bundle AND 1 Articulate Presenter Course Skin! These are PowerPoint and Flash based templates that are super easy to update. Each template is fully customizable in Flash and PowerPoint (we give you the source files). Easily integrate into [...]
Here is a set of 50 symbols that are used across the globe to help passengers and pedestrians. These could come in handy as you look for symbols/icons to use in your next online course. Take a look at these Universal Symbols. (They are free to download and use.) Pre-cutout People Pictures
We are shallow people! Let me explain why I say that…. The other day I was on an airplane and watched the person next to me “read” a magazine. He basically flipped quickly through the pages and stopped occasionally on a pretty picture and usually started flipping again. At one point he stopped and seemed [...]
Everyone is always looking for ways to make their eLearning more interactive. There are many ways to do this. Here are just a few: 1. Interactions There are many times when you have various concepts or “chunks” of information on a page. You could break it into multiple pages or divide it into sections. For [...]
The other day I participated in a networking group and we helped other start-up companies brainstorm their businesses. One of the speakers shared ideas on branding. Branding is very important to a new company and I’d like to extend that to eLearning courses as well. Branding a course is more than just putting a logo [...]
