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IT Learning & Tutorials: Photoshop, Illustrator, Video Editing, SEO

As a watcher we can learn through watching. Here you can learn Photoshop, Illustrator, Video editing and many more. Besides the designed images, you can find the video tutorials, by watching which you can easily understand that how the design is completed. So, why are you waiting for!! Start watching and keep learning!

Photoshop

Photoshop is the most powerful software for designing. With this software you can edit photo, remove background, retouch any photo, create 3D effect, shadows, lighting. You can also change any shape in images - make it thick or thin, even vanish.


Sketch: This is a image of a beautiful bird. It is converted to a sketch by Photoshop CS3. Isn't it interesting!! You can also do the same with any image. Watch the video below the images, where you can learn the technique to convert an image to sketch. Watch - learn - enjoy!!!
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Lens: The image below is a layout of a 'Lens' create with Photoshop. It is very simple to create but very beautiful and realistic so watch.

Basically Shape Tool and Gradient Tool is used to do the work. Layer Styles also play a grate role.

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Emoticon: It is called Shiny Emoticon. It is also created by Photoshop design.

What tools are used: Elliptical Shape Tool, Liquify Filter, Inner Shadow, Gradient, Emboss, Path Tool, Motion Blur.


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Glass sphere: It is a glass shape with image. It looks very beautiful.

Shape Tool, Gradient, Layer Styles, Layer Mask, Clipping Musk, Liquify is used to create this excellent designs.



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Illustrator


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This in a Hand Tag for. It is a garment accessories. It is created by the help of illustrator software.


In near future I will bring in a lot of Illustrator work info and images for your good understanding.




SEO (Search Engine Optimization)



SEO means ‘Search Engine Optimization’


Definition: If we search for a website entering a keyword using Google, yahoo or Bing browser, the browser shows a list of websites as search results. This kind of search results contains hundreds, in some cases thousand of sites listing by pages (eleven sites are shown in each page). But we basically browse the sites that shown in the page 1. In a survey by Google, it shows that 75% visitor enters the first site of page 1. So, if we create a web site and wish to get visitor, the site must be shown in first page. To lift a site on top of the search result is called Search Engine Optimization (SEO).

How: If we want to lift our site we have to do,
1. On page optimization
2. Off page optimization.

On page optimization:    1. Submit the site to Google, Yahoo, Bing
                                     2. Create Meta Tag and paste it to the site
                                     3. Create a site map and submit it to Google, Yahoo, Bing

For on page optimization we need       1. Google Webmaster Tools
                                                          2. Bing Webmaster Tools
                                                          3. Google Analytic Tools

**Note: Google/Bing Webmaster Tools are used to submit site and sitemap. Google Analytic Tools is used to know about the details (i.e. visitors, position) of the submitted site. To use Google/Bing Webmaster Tools, we must have mailing accounts with Google and Bing.

Off page optimization:     1. Create back link
                                      2. Social bookmarking
                                      3. Directory submission
                                      4. Forum posting
                                      5. Guest post etc.

Important things for starting SEO for a web site:

1.     Domain Name
2.     Keyword
3.     Title
4.     Unique content
5.     Back link
6.     Hosting
7.     Visitor
8.     Loading speed of the site

1. Domain Name: Choosing a better domain name is the most important part to create and optimize a website. Domain name should be similar to its contents and keywords.

2. Keyword: By writing a word or few words in search bar, a visitor finds out the sites that he wants to visit. These words are called keywords. We should choose a keyword after analyzing its monthly search and competition. A keyword with a good monthly search and low competition results a better opportunity to lift the website top of the search list.

For analyzing the monthly search and competition of a keyword, we can take help form Google AdWords/(recently changed to) Planner Tool. Primary data of a keyword can be seen on the top of Google Search.

When a huge competition found with a keyword, it is better, not to work with that keyword. But if have to do, a tail can be added to the end of that keyword. It is called long tail keyword. In this way one can lift his website to the top with that keyword.

3. Title: Generally there is a title on the top of every website. It is called ‘Website Title’. Besides there are also other titles, which are known as ‘Post Title’. It appears on the top of a post to highlight about the post. When a keyword is written in search bar, browser (i.e. Google) shows the ‘Website Title’ first and then ‘Post Title’ in the search results. So, it is also very important to select better and relevant titles as ‘Website Title’ and ‘Post Titles’.

For instance, if the name of a site is ‘www.watcher/learn-earn-entertainment.com’; Website Title, ‘Watcher: IT Learning, Online Earning, Read newspapers, Watch TV, Movie download’; if one of the Post Title is ‘Put a step to earn: Learn Photoshop, Illustrator, SEO, Video Editing’; and someone search with ‘online earning’; then the browser will show Watcher: IT Learning, Online Earning, Read newspapers, Watch TV, Movie download: Put a step to earn: Learn Photoshop, Illustrator, SEO, Video Editing; the site address below it and a brief description of that post at the end.

4. Unique content: We have to use unique contents for our site. If we copy the contents form other sites, we will be caught and Search Engine (i.e. Google) will not give any priority to the site. If so, it will be a great hit to the SEO work. Besides uniqueness, the contents should be related to domain name and keyword. Minimum of a fifteen unique content is required to make the website affluent. The basic design of the site must be completed and the homepage should be well-linked.

5. Back link: Back link is the incoming link of the site. The site with a good quantity of back links takes the prevalence from Search Engine.

6. Hosting: It depends a little that the website, that we created, is a free web or we have purchased its hosting. Though it depends a little but it depends.

7. Visitor: Visitor is also a condition, to appear our site in first page. From the beginning, if we can manage a margin of visitors, Search Engine will give importance to our site.

8. Loading speed of the site: If the loading speed is fast, it will be easy for Search Engine (i.e. Google) to crawl the site. Besides, the visitor will enjoy visiting the site. If the site takes a long time to load, the visitor will get annoyed and quit the site without visit. So, to make the website fast, we should keep our high resolution images, videos or audios in the back pages, not in the home page.

Besides quality, configuration, theme is also play an important role to lifting the site up in search result.

Google AdWords/Planner Tool

Keyword
Purpose: It is used to see the `searching quantity’ with a keyword, ‘keyword competition’ of that keyword.
How: Go to the above link> Login> Create Google A/C > Set time and Currency > sign in > Tools > keyword planner > search for keyword and ad group ideas > Then write your keyword and search.
*Trend Tool is also available here. So you not have to use Google Trend Tool.

Trend
Purpose: It is used to analyze the keyword trend. Regional trend also be seen.
How: Go to the above link>

Google Analytic Tool
 Will give info very soon.

Meta Tag

Meta Tag is a code, which is used to give basic idea about a site to the browser (i.e. Google). By crawling Meta tag; browser takes the basic info regarding that website. After composing a Meta tag, it should be pasted between the head, actually, just before the last head.


Submit site in Google (by Google Webmaster Tools)

Purpose: When a website submitted in Google and after accepting the site by Google, the site is found through Google search. Otherwise, it can’t be found by search.
How: Go to the above link>write URL>write captcha> press ‘submit request’ (wait for few moments, Google will show a notification on that page)
Note:      * If you have a free website powered by Google (i.e. blogspot.com) then you don’t have to give your URL. Videlicet you don’t need to submit your website to Google.
* When giving the URL address don’t write www after http://

Google Webmaster Tools

Submit the site again: It is used to submit the site, sitemap to Google. If any problem occurs when crawling the site, Google inform it to the site owner. It helps to check indexing status.
*Remember: When giving the URL address don’t write www after http://

Submit sitemap in Google

Purpose: Google will analyze your site through submitted sitemap and get a better idea about your site.
How: Go to the above link> write URL (don’t use ‘www’)> frequency=always (if selected, it will search for any changes to your site by you by submitting new post and consequently, it will change the sitemap)> start> after few moment it will show, ‘your sitemap is ready’, then download the file by clicking ‘here’> we don’t have to upload the file because blogger doesn’t support FTP.
But by downloading the file a sitemap is created instantly for our website. We can get confirmation by adding ‘/sitemap.xml’ at the end of our website’s address.
Go to Webmaster Tools> click on sitemap bar> Add sitemap> write ‘sitemap.xml’> submit> Refresh the page

Process of work

   Select a keyword (use Google AdWords/Planner Tool)
   Select domain name, stipulate all Headings (related to keywords)
   Create the website. (Unique posts, meta tag, well-linked)
   Submit site to browser (using Webmaster Tools)
   Submit sitemap to browser (using Webmaster Tools)
   Off page optimization (back link, social bookmarking, directory submission etc.)

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