Don't Lose Your Domain Name to a Shady Web Design Firm
Part of researching the right Website Design Company for your project is knowing what questions to ask. This article is addressing one simple but very important question to ask; who will own my domain name? Registering a domain name is one of the very first steps in the web design process and it is one of the most common services that is taken for granted. Any reputable web design firm will help you through all aspects of the website design process and explain to you the importance of each step. Here's one point that many website design companies neglect to mention - whoever registers your domain name owns your domain name.  

Designing for Brand Identity Means Asking the Right Questions . . . 
Brand identity is probably the most critical element of retail and business design. As a packaging designer you must be able to offer branding services as part of your design services package. Brand identity is the overall graphic representation that people will associate with a company or product. In todays market, competition for customers is fierce, so you can see why a strong brand identity is crucial for companies. Business owners rely on design professionals to invest time into researching, defining, and ultimately building a brand that people can trust. One could say that branding is the foundation of your design and marketing campaign.

How to Choose the right Website Design Company for your SEO and Website Marketing Needs
A Website Design Company that knows how to set up your web site with SEO in mind is going to save you time and money on revisions that would need to be made when it comes to SEO. Having your website streamlined for search engine optimization and website marketing on the front side is also going to start producing results much sooner than a site that needs to undergo revisions.  

Where Website Design Ends and SEO Begins
Many people looking to have a website developed think the only investment they need to make to have a successful website is in the design of the website itself. I won't argue that design is important, but any professional knows that without a long term search engine optimization and website marketing plan that website is never going to gain visibility. When clients pay a lot of money for a website that has no visibility they usually get upset. This is why any business owner should research exactly what they need their website to do and who can help them achieve this.  

What Quality can I expect from an Online T-shirt Printer?
That's right easy! T-shirt printing is no longer limited to your local screen printer. You are no longer bound by minimum order quantities or costly commitments. From simple to intricate designs, online t-shirt printing companies make it easy to put your idea on practically anything and have it printed within 48 hours and shipped right to your door.

The t-shirt from undergarment to icon of personal style
Who could have known that a simple undergarment designed for comfort would become the forum for displaying our sense of humor, political sentiments, music tastes, and individuality? Thanks to the internet, creating custom t-shirts or personalized t-shirts has become both easy and affordable.

Effective SEO is more than just link building
With over one billion web sites listed with search engines, how to stand out in a sea of dot coms is the real question? Professsional search engine optimization is the solution.

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How to Survive a Spam Injection Attack:
I have years of experience in website design, WordPress Blog Design and I am security minded in my approach to web development — I was still a victim of clever hacking.

Pixel Productions Inc Receives 2009 Best of Medford Award
WASHINGTON D.C., June 8, 2009 -- Pixel Productions Inc has been selected for the 2009 Best of Medford Award in the Commercial Art & Graphic Design category by the U.S. Commerce Association (USCA).

How To Accurately Estimate A Graphic Design Job
Like many things the key to an effective design estimate is to be clear! Specify a fair price and include the services you are going to provide. This could be anything from stating that you will provide 2 to 3 initial directions to your timeframe and terms of payment. Be specific! The less questions you leave your client with, the more professional you appear and the greater the chance of securing the job at a price that works for both of you.

How to turn Photos into Paintings using Photoshop
This Photoshop tutorial has allowed me to quickly create art that has a wonderful painted effect straight from photos. This photoshop tutorial will come in handy for graphic designers, commercial artists, and amatuers alike.

Great Resource for Adobe CS3, CS4 Video Tutorials | Photoshop Tutorials | Flash Tutorials
Graphic Design and Advertising .com is a brand new site set up and optimized to deliver only high quality video tutorials for all graphic design and web design niches. Navigating to the "Channels" tab allows you to quickly and easily browse all videos for a desired category. The categories currently include tutorials for Graphic Design, Indesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Flash, Website Design, and Advertising.

Exciting New Game Release - Fast Game Play and Fun for the Family
Gryphon Games has just released their Bookshelf Game Series which includes nine games developed by world renown game designers such as Reiner Knizia. These games are designed for fast game play and hours of family fun.

Video Not working in IE6 or IE7?
Problem usually something like the following; A user has Flash Player 9 installed on their system and everything works fine with IE6. Then the user runs the IE7 update and their computer stops showing Flash content on sites like YouTube or MSN video and other Flash sites. However, if the user goes to some other sites with Flash content, the content will play just fine, even if the site requires the Flash 9 Player.

How to use a website design and development contract to keep on track and on Budget
Most website design problems between the web developer and client are simply caused by the lack of a clear understanding of what services will be provided and how the project will be managed. Using a website design contract will help you set up clear specifications for the web design process as well as establishing a payment plan that works for you.

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Photoshop Tutorial Slice and Export a Website Layout + HTML ... 
Welcome to this video tutorial! We will learn how to take a Photoshop created web page layout template and slice it into individual pieces and then export it with an HTML file. We will cover user slices, layer based slices, auto slices, naming slices, assigning links to slices, alternate text for slices, creating multiple slices at one time, previewing our file in a web browser, saving individual slices as gifs or jpgs from the same document, and exporting a fully functional HTML file to go along with all of it.

Website Design and Development Contract ...
Using a contract will help you set up clear specifications for the web design process as well as establishing a payment plan that works for you. The purpose of a contract isn’t to restrict the client, it’s more of a way to allow you to have the flexibility to adapt to changes when they arise and then be compensated for them accordingly. Please keep in mind that any legally binding agreement that you enter into should be reviewed by you and your attorney prior to enacting said agreement. This material is a reference for you, but we are not responsible for any legal agreement you enter into.
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Artwork Licensing Contract:
Licensing your artwork can be a fun and profitable venture. If you are new to licensing we're providing our standard contract for licensing your artwork as a resource to help give you a heads up on how to protect your "assets".
This is a licensing contract template, set up for 5% royalty (which is pretty standard in the industry) on artwork licensed for production.
This contract was approved by our attorneys and we actually use this contract with many large companies.
Please note: This is intended to be used as a reference to help artists looking to establish licensing agreements for their artwork. Any legally binding agreement that you enter into should be reviewed by you and your attorney prior to enacting said agreement.
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How do you define Graphic Design?
Pixel Productions Inc. defines graphic design as "the art of creating visual communications that inspire and motivate the audience to respond and act on the information provided to them." Visit our new blog for graphic design resources and tools.

With Advertising Funds Freezing Up - Packaging Picks Up  
You may have noticed many businesses are rethinking how they allocate their budgets especially where advertising is concerned. In fact, with economic downturn, people are tightening their wallets and this means spending less on advertising. But advertising comes in many forms and methods of media. by Pixel Productions Inc.

Pixel Productions Inc. Creates Design and Print Your Own Items Feature to Website
Pixel Productions Inc. has added a custom Design and Print Your Own Business Cards, Letterhead, Envelopes, and Postcard Feature to their website. We have just updated our website and added a great new feature to help people on a shoe string budget.

Internet Explorer or "Internet Exploder"?
Seriously, are there any web designers who actually like Internet Explorer or as I like to call it "Exploder"? Who could possibly like designing websites for a slow running browser that consistently has problems displaying text, images, columns, properties, etc., with the added bonus of perpetual crashes? I just can't imagine.