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The Favicon: How to Create a Favicon in Photoshop

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You may be asking what is a favicon? Well, the favicon is the small image that appears in the address bar next to your URL. It also appears in your bookmarked site, on your tabbed browsing, and on your internet shortcuts on your desktop. All you need to create one of these favicons is an Icon (.ico) uploaded to the main directory of your website. So, here’s how to do it. Continue Reading →

Create Simple Fireworks in Photoshop

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Whenever a holiday comes around I always like to do a tutorial that is relevant to that particular holiday. And with the Fourth of July upon us, I thought I would show you one method for creating fireworks. Now there are dozens of ways to create fireworks in Photoshop. Some are very elaborate and will leave you with a photorealistic firework and some are simpler and are primarily for graphic elements. Now, being that I am a graphic designer, I prefer the simpler graphic element path.

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