CC/Transcription via external CSV
Add closed captions or data driven graphics to your After Effects project using .csv files that a source text layer pulls data from.
Tag Archive for: Local Wordpress Development
Tumult Hype Responsive Canvas with Dynamic Text
Tumult Hype is my favorite go-to keyframe based animation app for creating HTML5 content. These two templates are adaptations of Tommy Hodgins’ responsive hype to enable scaling repsonsiveness https://gist.github.com/tomhodgins/f76b936ea90c4286b8f88285edbf231d and a script using JSON elements to import text dynamically into the Hype document using css classes. Dynamically adding text content via JSON allows for an […]
Create Flexible Sitemaps with Gloomaps
Building site-maps is an important part of website design/development. With GlooMaps it’s really easy to create your own sitemaps fast and efficiently and share them with other collaborators. It’s free to use and you can create an unlimited amount of maps.
Image Optimization using ImageOptim
Have a Mac and need to compress an image fast? Check out this awesome app that not only compresses images but also removes any private EXIFmetadata that gets embedded into images from digital cameras. Once it is installed you can set up your system preferences to ctrl+click on any image and get the option to compress your image without even opening the app! Check out how fast it is in the video.
Image Optimization with Fotosizer
Sometimes projects like designing websites or creating ads require mass image production. I’ll generally start off exporting out of the program that the image was created in, like Photoshop, but when it comes to batch resizing, renaming and optimization, Fotosizer is my go to when I’m working on a Windows machine.
Install Grunt & Grunt-cli on Ubuntu
Sometimes installing gruntJS on Ubuntu can be problematic if your new to the command line in Ubuntu. The following commands can help you get started.
Create Disk Images with Etcher
Have you ever tried to create a bootable disk to launch an operating system? How many steps did it take to actually get the drive to boot? Lost count midway through the process? Yeah, me to, until I found Etcher. Etcher can create a bootable drive with 3 clicks. Choose your OS then the drive you want to use to boot with, then click “Flash!”
Local WordPress Development
When it comes to Wordpress, sometimes I just want to experiment with an idea without creating a database and deploying an installation on my server. On days like that, MAMP comes in pretty handy. I will typically download Wordpress and unzip it into a local folder on my hard drive, fire up MAMP, and point it to the local folder.
Visual Studio Code
Visual Studio Code is my number one choice for Editing Code. It is everything I could ask for in classic lightweight text editor but with more powerful IDE-type features with very minimal configuration. Simple, easy to use, and it has GIT integration built right in. Check it out here: https://code.visualstudio.com/
Colorized Abstract Background Photoshop Action
Download my Colorized Abstract Background Image Photoshop Action. My go-to image affect with endless possibilities based on the layer’s blending mode.