I prefer writing all my web-design code from scratch. So I use only text editors to write HTML directly, and raw JavaScript (no jQuery etc). While working on a javascript slideshow for Artarium, I came across a lot of problems in transitioning the images. My javascript was changing the src for the image, but I needed to …
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Photoshop Tutorial: Add texture to flat image
This will be a short Photoshop tutorial that will explain how you can make an image richer by adding a texture to it.We start with this image that can be found on the internet:Then we straighten and flip it in Photoshop using Image > Image Rotation options:There is a more or less flat backdrop to …
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Simplest Javascript Fade Animation
[UPDATE: There's now a much better (shorter, cleaner, more modern) solution than using Javascript to fade elements in and out. Add a CSS3 transition property (tutorial here) to the elements you want to fade, then use Javascript only to set the opacity to the changed value. The transition will happen by itself. Although yes, the …
Make Dropbox work with multiple OSes / multiple folders
This one's completely due to my friend Debsankha. Inquivesta, our science fest website, is a web app hosted via Google App Engine. We, the three developers of the app, use Dropbox to keep our files in sync. This'll be a short article addressing two obvious issues I faced using the application. 1. How to make …
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Why you shouldn’t worry about wearing earphones the right way
Everyone has stereo earphones or headphones. There is a small R and L or something to that end written on these things, to signify which one goes in which ear. There's really no huge deal about this. Most of the time, it will not matter how you wear them. Let me list briefly why: The …
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