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How to Blur a Background in Lightroom (Step by Step Guide)

Lightroom Presets / 27 May 2022

How to Blur a Background in Lightroom (Step by Step Guide)

The blurred background effect is a popular trick used in photo editing to highlight and make the portrait stand out from the background.

This effect is widely used in fashion and wedding photography. It works best for portraits as it makes portraits pop from the background. While the effect is best created with your camera, you can also replicate it with Lightroom.

In this quick guide, we’ll show you how to blur background in Lightroom to recreate the same effect in your own portrait photos.

Let’s get started!

20+ Best React Native App Templates 2024

App Templates / 24 May 2022

20+ Best React Native App Templates 2024

If you’re thinking about finally building your own mobile app, React Native is one of the best platforms you can use to make your project a reality.

One of the best things about using the framework is how flexible and easy it is to use, especially including the ability to use pre-built app templates.

With React app templates, you can get a head start in your app development projects by getting your hands on a pre-built app framework. These templates allow you to easily save days or even weeks’ worth of time that otherwise normally goes into coding an app.

In this collection, you can find some of the best React and React Native app templates we’ve found online. You can actually download these templates and start building your own apps right away. Have a look.

30+ Best Affinity Designer Brushes

Affinity Designer Templates / 23 May 2022

30+ Best Affinity Designer Brushes

Affinity Designer is rapidly growing and winning over the hearts of many designers as one of the best alternatives to Adobe Illustrator. It’s not only affordable but also keeps getting better with new feature updates and community support.

In this post, we wanted to highlight a great feature of Affinity Designer—brushes. Much like Photoshop and Illustrator, Affinity Designer also supports third-party brush packs. If you can find a great brush pack, you can import it in Affinity Designer to create more amazing art.

To show you how easy it is to find great brushes for Affinity Designer, we handpicked some of the best Affinity Designer brushes that you can download right now. Have a look.

50+ Business Flyer Templates (Word & PSD)

Flyer Templates / 23 May 2022

50+ Business Flyer Templates (Word & PSD)

Today we’re bringing you a collection of the best business flyer templates to help you design professional flyers to promote your business and upcoming events.

Flyers are an important part of promoting a business. Whether it’s a business conference, a networking event, or even promoting a service, you need a perfectly designed flyer to attract the attention of your customers and build more awareness for your business.

Thanks to these easy to use templates, you’ll be able to design a professional looking flyer for any type of an occasion without any expert graphic design skills. This collection includes both Photoshop and MS Word templates, and several free business flyer tempaltes as well. Have a look and see if you can find a flyer template for your business.

Need a few more design pointers? Our business flyer design tips should be a useful starting point.

Brutalism: A New Trend in Web Design

Graphics / 23 May 2022

Brutalism: A New Trend in Web Design

Some designs aren’t polished and clean. They are rough, jarring and ragged. Yet they still work and communicate effectively. This class of websites makes up the raw trend called brutalism.

While it is somewhat new to web concepts, it’s been around for decades as a popular technique for posters and art in the 1950s, 60s and 70s. Today’s brutalism is starkly different from what you are used to seeing … and that’s why it’s likely to catch your attention. Let’s take a look at what it is (and I’ll share why I’m already over it!)

30+ Unique Instagram Layout Ideas & Concepts

Instagram Templates / 16 May 2022

30+ Unique Instagram Layout Ideas & Concepts

One of the latest trends on Instagram is using the account feed to create unique designs to make each channel more memorable and attractive. While browsing Instagram, we came across many different styles of feed and post layouts featuring puzzles and grid designs.

This trend is a great way to make your profiles and Instagram pages stand out from the crowd. And offer a unique experience for the followers to browse your posts as well as to grab their attention. If you’re thinking about creating a unique Instagram layout for your own account, we have a few creative ideas for you.

In this post, we share a few Instagram layout ideas and themes for all kinds of Instagram account feeds and posts. The best part is the examples we feature are templates you can download and use to create similar layouts without an effort. See for yourself.

Design Trend: Animated Hero Elements

Trends / 16 May 2022

Design Trend: Animated Hero Elements

Motion is everywhere in website design. From full-on video to more subtle animations, these elements are a valuable tool in generating user interest and engagement. It can help you follow a trend, capture attention, or offer a more branded experience for your site.

Animated hero elements are an almost obvious trend, but there’s a lot of variance in how it’s done and what degree of success it may have.

Here, we’ll look at this website design trend, examples, and how to make it work for you.

Design Trend: Large Typography Scales

Trends / 12 May 2022

Design Trend: Large Typography Scales

Words on the web just keep getting bigger and bigger. And that might be a good thing.

One of the biggest trends in website design right now is large typography scales. We’re not just talking bigger text in the hero image anymore. We are seeing larger type options for every part of the website design.

The result? Maybe a more readable web experience, and one that works in a better way, more often, for more people.

Here’s a look at the trend, with several examples to help you see large type in action!

20+ Instagram Video Templates for After Effects (Stories + More)

After Effects Templates / 11 May 2022

20+ Instagram Video Templates for After Effects (Stories + More)

Videos are the most effective way to promote products and businesses on Instagram. They not only drive more engagement but also allows you to stand out in user feeds.

According to recent stats, 62.7% of posts on Instagram business accounts are photos and only 16.3% are videos. Needless to say, you’ll have a much higher advantage over your competition if you make video content to promote your brand.

Making Instagram videos is also not that difficult. With the help of After Effects Instagram templates, you can easily make amazing-looking videos without effort.

This collection includes some of the best After Effects templates you can use to create Instagram videos and stories. All you need is a subscription to After Effects and you can edit these templates all by yourself. Have a look.

10 Tips for Using (And Choosing) an Email Newsletter Template

Email Templates / 6 May 2022

10 Tips for Using (And Choosing) an Email Newsletter Template

You probably know that email newsletters can be one of the most effective methods of reaching people who want to connect with your organization or brand.

An email newsletter template can help you jumpstart the process with a semi-custom design with a visual dynamic that will keep subscribers clicking.

If you’ve never used an email template, they aren’t difficult to get to grips with. The toughest part might be choosing a design that you can customize easily and effectively.

Here are our tips for getting started!

Design Trend: Intricate Illustrations

Trends / 5 May 2022

Design Trend: Intricate Illustrations

Websites with an “artistic touch”. They’re popping up more and more often. The intricate illustration design trend is taking the web by storm with detailed hand-drawn and computer-drawn images with so much detail that you can get lost in them.

These designs can be beautiful, engaging, and time-consuming to create. But they go a long way towards giving you brand more character, and setting your project apart in a sea of minimal design!

Here’s a look at this design trend.

5+ Tips for Using QR Codes on Your Business Cards

Business Card Templates / 4 May 2022

5+ Tips for Using QR Codes on Your Business Cards

One of the hottest trends for business cards is adding QR codes to the design.

A QR code can provide an extra way to contact to access your contact information, website, or even a landing page or sales information. QR codes have re-emerged as a popular element to help drive online traffic from physical sources.

Here, we’ll look at five tips to help you make the most of using QR codes for business card design.

Bonus: Every example here includes a template from Envato Elements that you can download and use for your business card designs. Not sure where to generate your QR code? You can start with a free tool such as QR Code Generator.