Beautiful sIFR Replaced Text with a jQuery Plugin

The jQuery sIFR Plugin is an addon for jQuery that makes it easy to replace text in a web page with flash text (sIFR, Scalable Inman Flash Replacement). It gives you a function in javascript to replace text in a web page dynamically with sIFR text, using native jQuery functionality along with the jQuery Flash Plugin.

The jQuery sIFR plugin is fully configurable and can choose how little or how much you want to customize the display of the sIFRed text.

Preloaders.net - Free Ajax Animated Preloader Creator

Preloaders.net is a Free web-based service for creating Ajax preloaders. It will produce animated images for you to download.

It has a large collection of new and innovative preloader images. You will be surprised to find 3D image preloaders, they are so beautiful. You need to follow some simple steps and your preloader is ready!

Features

• Choose preloaders you want
• Desired Background Color
• Transparent Background Option
• You can pick Foreground Color
• Set yor font size
• Define your animation speed

Play around to make your own Free Ajax Preloader Images.

Website: http://preloaders.net

Colorising an Image - The easy way!

This tutorial will give you an alternative method to colorising/toning an image. Textures, actions and various other ways can be used to change an image’s tone in a professional way however this method is using Adobe Photoshop, simply changing the image mode into duotone. It is the fastest method and the outcome is pretty impressive!

We will be using this image to show you how to achieve different tones in simple steps.

Original Image:

After Variations:

Applying Textures - Dark Vintage Style

This post will give you an example effect that can be acheived by using the Textures provided here at crazydesigners.net

One thing to remember when using textures is that it is all about experimenting. Once you’ve got the basic hang of layers and layer styles, colour/layer fills and opacity, you can achieve the exact feel of the image by using textures and other tools. And the best thing is, you’ll always end up with a unique effect!

In this post, we’ll be using a beautiful stock image provided by LadyDragonStock, to create a dark looking effect. The textures used in this example can be downloaded here:

• Texture Set 1
• Texture Set 2

Here is the before image:

and below is the image after textures have been applied:

Textures Set 2 - download

This pack contains 5 vintage textures (1024 x 768). Please read the Terms & Conditions before downloading. If you have any problems downloading them, let us know. You can use these textures to create vintage effect images or to get more depth. Examples of usage will be shown in the next post so do check back! If you use any of our textures, feel free to show us the end result, you may be featured here on our blog

Download Link: here

Related Posts:

• Texture Set 1 Download
• Using Textures

Best of Doodle Blogs

A doodle is a type of sketch, an unfocused drawing made while a person’s attention is otherwise occupied. They are simple drawings which can have a meaning, a shape or just irregular forms. Source: Wikipedia

Sam’s doodle blog Explodingdog features simplistic yet original and cute drawings based on titles. Sam uses simple shapes and primary colours to create adorable drawings and characters with personalised font that give each drawing it’s unique personality. You can browse through the titles or view images with titles on explodingdog website!

A beautiful revolution blog is run by talented Andre Jordan. The doodles are simplistic with the use of black and white to create emphasis and the fonts are varied for each drawing to suit the image concept. Andre’s doodles are mostly based on love stories, poems, and words! You can see the different categories under ‘Stuff’.

Ritual theatre

“So long as we have failed to eliminate any of the causes of human despair, we do not have the right to try to eliminate those means by which man tries to cleanse himself of despair.” Antonin Artaud

Simon Palmer’s Doodles are abstract and original. Simon’s sketching style, the use of repeating lines and subtle colours give the doodles a unique style. All the doodles can be recognisable by their style and often the drawing is based/inspired by a quote.

Botaday is a doodle blog with small funky doodle characters.The characters have a distinctive style and often use the same technique of rough thick black lines. The use of black and white makes the doodle more prominent. Other drawings of these funky characters can be found on the main blog.

Other Doodle Related Links:

• http://www.doodlage.com
• http://doodlebook.tumblr.com