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Here are this week’s:

Top Ten Re-Tweets Of The Week!

Another great tutorial by my friend Janine Smith, better known as Landailyn. In this tutorial she shows you how to liven up a flat black and white photo by using adjustment layers and masking. Nice work & really helpful!

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Being a freelancer is all about managing your projects. This list of Project Management Tools from Web Design Booth is a really great resource. If you are a freelancer of any kind, check this one out.

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Sadly, the full Logorama movie has been removed from everywhere it was posted. However, the trailer found on the official Logorama site still shows you how awesome this short film is. The full movie is kind of like what it would look like if all of the logos in the world got crossed with movies like Pulp Fiction, and 2012. Although the movie itself is NSFW or Children, the trailer is ok. Check it out and get ready for your jaw to fall to the floor.

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This tutorial written by Adrien de Broglio gives step by step instructions on how to create a vintage looking poster, with a watercolor painted type backdrop. It’s a great tutorial that includes files to work with. It’s really fun to work with and the techniques taught are ones that you can use over and over. Two thumbs up for this one!

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I never really enjoyed playing with Barbies as a kid, but I have to give props to Mattel for trying to smarten up their number one toy. Computer Engineer Barbie is one for the record books. Although, I don’t know of a single computer engineer to wear glitter jeans to work.  – By the way, make sure to check out Nerd Salad, it’s a really fun website!

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A prepared designer needs to have a good set of social media icons on hand at all times. They can be used as place markers for clients until you can design the custom set, or they can be reserved for the clients that don’t want to pay for a custom set, and they can also save you time. This set is a great set of 50 popular social media icons. Although this set is free, be sure to check out the license agreement!

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I hate to admit it, but I didn’t do much better than Nancy on this fun little quiz about the history of Photoshop. I ended up with a “Just Passed” score of 15. This week Photoshop turns 20, how well do you know it’s history?

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This article provided by Photo Focus goes over five tips that will help you grow your photography business. However, if you read it, you’ll also find a lot of great info for anyone trying to own their own business.

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I love it when I get a chance to look behind the scenes of something. This PDF document provided by Pantone shows you what’s ahead for us in Fall of 2010 in the world of fashion. Loaded with sketches and commentary it’s a great place for inspiration! And the colors are BEAUTIFUL!!!

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Type lovers, you are either going to love me or hate me for this one because I’m about to stockpile you with fonts The list of 20 Free Fancy Fonts by Little Box of Ideas is just the beginning. Click through and you will find a website called Fonts2U.com that is comparable to DaFont.com, the standard choice for fonts. All free, all fonts, all fun!