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Change Opacity of Images on Hover using jQuery

Using jQuery in this tutorial, you will learn how to change the opacity of the remaining images, in an unordered list, when the user is hovering over a single image.

Erik Ford

by Erik Ford

Aug 04 2010

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Behind the Design & Development of the Six11Ink Website

We have proudly launched a website for one of our strategic partners, Six11Ink. I thought it might be fun to share some of the inspiration that went behind the design.

Erik Ford

by Erik Ford

May 26 2010

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Our Name is now “we are pixel8”

We are happy to announce that, as of February 2010, we have officially incorporated the name of the agency as we are pixel8, inc.

Erik Ford

by Erik Ford

May 05 2010

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TV Commercials… Can you Hear me Now?

What is going on with the volume of TV commercials? And no, I’m not asking why there are so many commercials on television, but why are they so damn loud?

David Belgrave

by David Belgrave

Mar 06 2010

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6 Free Seamless Paper Textures

pixel8 has released a set of 6 seamless paper textures for you to download and use immediately in your next website design project.

Erik Ford

by Erik Ford

Feb 23 2010

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Win a Free License for the Time Tracking & Billing Application, Fanurio

pixel8 has partnered with the great developers of the time tracking application, Fanurio, to offer a free license to one lucky winner. Leave a comment on this post before March 1, 2010 for your chance to win.

Erik Ford

by Erik Ford

Feb 21 2010

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3 Simple Image Enhancements in Photoshop

Did you ever want to pull your hair out when clients deliver image assets that just won’t do? Here are 3 really simple methods of sprucing up those drab images in Photoshop in less than 3 minutes.

Erik Ford

by Erik Ford

Jan 22 2010

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Styling a Simple Form using CSS3

Though CSS3 properties are not yet widely supported, there is no harm in experimenting with what may eventually be the norm. In this tutorial, we style a web form with rounded corners, gradients and a shadow using only CSS.

Erik Ford

by Erik Ford

Jan 15 2010