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What Is Figma Used For: 10 Examples & Ideas

Figma Templates / 29 May 2023

What Is Figma Used For: 10 Examples & Ideas

Figma is a versatile design tool that allows designers and teams to create, prototype, and collaborate on various types of projects.

Its capabilities extend beyond just UI/UX design and have been adopted by a wide range of industries and professions.

In this article, we will explore 10 examples and ideas of how Figma is used, showcasing the flexibility and power of this popular design tool.

45+ Best Vintage & Retro Photoshop Actions & Effects

Photoshop Actions / 29 May 2023

45+ Best Vintage & Retro Photoshop Actions & Effects

Design trends come and go, but there has always been a trend that stood the test of time—vintage and retro-themed designs. Today we’re diving into our favourite vintage Photoshop actions!

No matter how advanced design and technology becomes, there will always be people who appreciate the beauty in classic and retro design. This is why we still see vintage themed posters, greeting cards, banners, and even photographs everywhere.

Photoshop makes it easier than ever to create authentic vintage effects. In this post, we’re featuring a collection of the best retro and vintage Photoshop actions you can use to apply retro effects to your own designs with just a single mouse click.

We’re also featuring tips for vintage and retro designs, with advice on how to use and apply these Photoshop actions.

35+ Best Fonts for Books (Cover, Titles, and Body Text)

Font Collections / 29 May 2023

35+ Best Fonts for Books (Cover, Titles, and Body Text)

Finding the right font is the most important part of book design. It not only plays a key role in improving readability but also helps make your book look more professional.

In this collection, we’re featuring some of the best fonts you can use to design books. It’s always good practice to use at least two different fonts for your titles and body text. Of course, the cover design requires an entirely different font as well.

We made sure to cover all these aspects in this collection by listing fonts for covers, titles, and body text.

Sans-serif fonts are proven to improve readability. It’s ideal to use a sans font for body text. For titles, you can use both serif and sans fonts. However, there are times you may want to mix and match. We’ll leave it up to you to decide.

How to Use Figma for Web Design: 10 Tips & Ideas

Figma Templates / 26 May 2023

How to Use Figma for Web Design: 10 Tips & Ideas

Figma is a powerhouse of a platform for web design as it allows you to not just design but also test and prototype interactive versions of your websites among many other things.

What makes Figma better than other design tools? How can you leverage Figma to create more innovative website designs? In today’s post, we explore these topics to find the answers.

Instead of walking you through a step-by-step process of using Figma for web design, we wanted to highlight some of the great features and functionalities of Figma. These features will help improve your design process and workflow to do better work more efficiently.

Let’s dive in.

60+ Modern Professional PowerPoint Templates 2023

PowerPoint Templates / 26 May 2023

60+ Modern Professional PowerPoint Templates 2023

In today’s collection, we’re bringing you a set of fresh new modern, professional PowerPoint templates for creating presentations that stand out from the crowd. Give your presentation a modern edge, and convey your message in a professional way.

We handpicked a collection of unique and modern PowerPoint templates that you can use for crafting slideshows for all kinds of presentations, including startup pitch decks to business projections, photography, marketing, design, and more.

We’re also sharing our tips for creating a modern presentation, to help you get started fast.

How to Add & Import Fonts to Figma

Figma Templates / 25 May 2023

How to Add & Import Fonts to Figma

Custom fonts can greatly enhance the visual appeal and effectiveness of your designs. Figma, as a powerful design tool, allows you to import and use a variety of fonts in your projects.

Whether you’re using Figma for prototyping, UI design, or preparing layouts for your developer team, you’ll want to know how to drop in your own fonts and typefaces.

In this article, we will guide you through the process of adding and importing fonts to Figma, discuss Figma’s “font service,” and provide helpful tips for using different fonts in your designs.

Gothic Style Design: A Modern Font & Graphic Trend

Trends / 25 May 2023

Gothic Style Design: A Modern Font & Graphic Trend

One recent emerging trend is an increased use of gothic styles and themes. This trend captures everything from imagery and color schemes to fonts and overall styling.

It’s an almost natural progression and evolution from all of the dark mode designs we’ve seen in recent years to reversion to gothic style.

Here, we’ll look at gothic style design and how you can make this design trend – potentially – work for you. Whether that’s in a poster, flyer, typographic choice, or a website. Let’s dive in!

100+ Best Lightroom Presets of 2023

Lightroom Presets / 25 May 2023

100+ Best Lightroom Presets of 2023

If you’re looking to supercharge your design workflow this year, updating your Lightroom presets with a new, powerful collection is a good idea! Lightroom presets let you instantly fix, improve, and enhance your photos with a single click. And we’ve found the perfect set of presets just for you.

Having the right set of Lightroom presets can be a huge time-saver for designers. Everything from retouching portrait photos, to adding stunning visual effects, enhancing interior photos, optimizing HDR photos, adding retro effects, and much more is possible with the Lightroom presets we’ve included in this list.

We’re also answering the most common Lightroom preset FAQs, to help you learn more about presets, use them on desktop or mobile, and more.

How to Resize an Image in InDesign

InDesign Templates / 24 May 2023

How to Resize an Image in InDesign

In this article, we’ll cover the process of resizing images in Adobe InDesign. If you’re going to work in InDesign, this is one of the first things you’ll need to master (and it’s super easy to do in a few different ways).

Resizing images is a common task in any design project, and InDesign offers several ways to accomplish this.

Follow the steps below to learn how to resize images effectively and efficiently.

DevKinsta: Local WordPress Development Made Easy

Reviews / 24 May 2023

DevKinsta: Local WordPress Development Made Easy

DevKinsta is the ultimate local development toolkit for all things WordPress. Whether you’re working on a website design, developing a plugin, or crafting a theme, DevKinsta offers some exceptional features that you can’t find in other local devkit tools.

It’s so much easier to install and setup. And it has everything a developer would need to build and test WordPress websites locally. One of its best features is the ability to deploy your websites directly to Kinsta hosting after development.

Today, we take a closer look at DevKinsta to tell you why you should use this local development suite for all your WordPress creations.

25+ Best Color Fonts of 2023

Font Collections / 24 May 2023

25+ Best Color Fonts of 2023

OpenType fonts created a whole new world of possibilities for typography. And one of the best inventions made from OpenType features is color fonts.

Some call color fonts the next big revolution in graphic design. Others say it’s going to change the way we use typography. One thing is for sure that color fonts can make your design look more incredible than any other type of font available today.

Instead of using the same boring styles of fonts, color fonts allow designers to get more creative and step out of their comfort zones when it comes to crafting titles and headings.

If you’re also thinking about exploring new creative possibilities, color fonts are the perfect place to start. We gathered a few beautiful color fonts for your inspiration. Have a look.

20+ Logo Reveal Templates for Premiere Pro 2023

Premiere Pro Templates / 23 May 2023

20+ Logo Reveal Templates for Premiere Pro 2023

Today, we have a fantastic collection of logo reveal templates for Premiere Pro. And it includes template designs for all types of businesses, influencers, and content creators.

Whether you’re designing a logo reveal for a brand new channel or looking to refresh your brand’s identity, using a Premiere Pro logo reveal template is the easiest and most cost-efficient way to get it done.

Another great thing about these logo stings is that you can use them in a wide variety of content from YouTube videos to business promos, TikToks, Instagram Stories, and more.

There are both premium and free Premiere Pro logo reveal templates in this collection. Explore them all below.