May 18th, 2012 Notes

Apps We Use: Kickoff

Since we started Yummygum we’ve been searching for the ultimate Getting Things Done (GTD) and project management app. We’ve tried Cultured Code’s Things, Metalab’s Flow, 37 Signal’s Basecamp and so on. All (web)apps had one or two really strong points but seemed to lack other functionalities. None of these apps offer the full range of functionalities we’re looking for in a project management app. Kickoff app seems to be doing a pretty good job at combining to-do lists with project management. Since about six months we’ve been using it, and we really like it. Here’s why.

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Mar 30th, 2012 2 Notes

Social (Photoshop) gradients

We’ve been busy designing quite a few webapps that involve social sharing. Often times we’re asked to design buttons, icons etc. to indicate what social service something is shared through. We all know a social service’s logo triggers recognition to users. Beside’s the logo’s shape, the use of the social service’s brand color helps in this recognition process. Since we found ourself color-picking the right social brand colors frequently we decided to turn these colors into gradients and share them with you!

Download the Photoshop gradients file here.

Mar 16th, 2012 3 Notes

Apps We Use: NameChanger

In this times Apps We Use post we’re bigging-up a little app called NameChanger. The app does exactly what you think it does; changing file names. Although NameChanger’s UI won’t win any beauty contest, we love it for it’s features.

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Mar 9th, 2012 9 Notes

Using keyboard shortcuts in Photoshop

Whatever business you’re in, productivity can make or break not only your profit but also your morale. In (web)design we’re constantly looking for little productivity boosts. One thing that has proven itself to be a huge productivity boost for us, is assigning keyboard shortcuts to frequently used functions in Photoshop.

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Feb 17th, 2012 3 Notes

Proper layer naming in Photoshop

Now we know there are already numerous blog posts on organizing your Photoshop layers. Most of these tutorial/blog posts talk about the need for using layer groups and how the layer structure should match the visual structure in your Photoshop file. What we like to point out in this post is the future comfort of proper layer naming on a micro level.

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Dec 12th, 2011 19 Notes

One PSD in multiple windows

Dutch designer Jonno Riekwel once tweeted a great tip for working in Photoshop regarding designing detailed UI elements. He pointed out the option to open one Photoshop document and displaying it in multiple separate windows. This means you can align multiple windows next to each other (or above/beneath one another for that matter).

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Nov 30th, 2011 3 Notes

Darn you, iOS auto-correction!

This blog post is based solely on frustration from working with iOS’ Auto-Correction. We’ve been been fans of iOS and it’s features since it first launched, however we’ve always found the Auto-Correction in it’s current state holding us back from being productive.

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Nov 21st, 2011 11 Notes

SuperSlicr: Ditch the Slice Tool

A superhandy action for Adobe Photoshop we’ve recently come across. Select the layers you wish to export (as a transparent PNG or JPG), use ⇧+F8 and you’re done.

Extremely sweet when exporting graphics for iOS apps. Get it at James Brocklehurst’s MightyMeta.co.uk and download it for free.

Oct 15th, 2011 3 Notes

HEX Color Picker

How often do you use OSX’ Color Panel? If the answer to that question is sometimes or frequently, you should definitely check out HEX Color Picker. Although OSX’s Color Panel lets you insert RGB, CMYK and HSB color codes, we all know deep down that copy pasting a HEX code works best. 

We use HEX color codes all the time in CSS & Photoshop, so why not use them for choosing colors in the OSX Color Panel. Good for us Waffle Software must’ve thought the same thing. They created HEX Color Picker. 

What we like most about HEX Color Picker is that it allows you to paste that one specific color you want while editing text or color styles in apps that only allow you to use OSX’ default Color Panel.

Download HEX Color Picker for free (!) here