Inkscape Tutorial: How to make 3D Text & Lettering

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In this lesson, you’ll learn how to use Inkscape to produce the same as Adobe Illustrator’s Extrude & Bevel + Break Apart functions to create professional 3d text and lettering. If you don’t have Inkscape, it’s free, and available on Windows, Linux and Mac. Click here to download Inkscape.

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Illustrator Tutorial: How to Draw Fancy 3D Arrows

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In this tutorial you’ll learn how to make fantastic 3D arrows that work great with logos, presentations, and websites. This tutorial is a bit long, and it’s best to have some previous Illustrator experience, but I think a beginner won’t have too much trouble following along.

This tutorial was created in Adobe Illustrator CS3.

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Joomla 1.5 Tutorial: Make each menu item a different color

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This article covers the most basic method of giving each Joomla 1.5 menu item different visual properties. After you’ve learned how to separate each menu item into its own class, complete with its own styling, the design possibilities are endless.

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GIMP Tutorial: How to Make a Photo Look Antique / Sepia

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GIMP is an open-source image editing component that comes built into many Linux distributions.

This is a quick and easy tutorial that will show you a simple trick to make any photo look sepia-toned or antique in GIMP image editor. I’m running GIMP version 2.6 on Ubuntu.

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