27 Tuesday Mar 2018
Posted in FREE!, Plug-ins, Website Tips
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Cavus Media, color, Color Code, free, freebie, Iosart Labs Llc, jeff riegel, pixel
With ColorZilla you can get a color reading from any point in your browser, quickly adjust this color and paste it into another program. Free browser plugin, download here.
13 Thursday Oct 2016
Posted in FREE!, General Graphics Tips, Website Tips
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axis, background, bar, border, browser, Cavus Media, charts, colors, Doughnut, Fonts, free, jeff riegel, legend, Line, line style, liveGAP, online, Pie, Polar Area, Radar, Stacked bars, template, Texts, x, Y
by Omar Sedki, liveGAP charts
liveGAP charts is a free online chart generator you can use to produce any kind of Line – Bar- Stacked bars – Radar- Polar Area – Pie – Doughnut charts you’d like then incorporate than into your presentation or report.
11 Monday Jul 2016
Posted in General Graphics Tips, Social Media's, Tutorials-Tuts, Website Tips
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Adobe Premiere Pro, animated gif, Cavus Media, conversion, export, gif, how-to, jeff riegel, Lewis McGregor, Photo Sequence, premiere, RocketStock, tutorial, website
by Rocketstock
GIFs have become a part of everyday internet life. They’re used to tell jokes and replay sports footage. With Facebook’s new GIF messaging feature, you can take a reply one step further than an emoji with a GIF response.
Most importantly, GIFs have become an integral marketing tool for brands — especially films and studios. Why post a still image when you can post a three-second sequence? Take the GIF below from the Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Facebook page. The post has a conversion link for people to buy tickets to see the film. While a still image would have done the same job, a GIF certainly keeps eyes on the post a lot longer.
There are a lot of websites that can transform your video sequence or photo sequence into the GIF format, but what about doing it straight from Adobe Premiere Pro? Here you will have complete control on what to render out into the GIF sequence… Read How.
09 Monday May 2016
Posted in FREE!, General Graphics Tips, Website Tips
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background, Cavus Media, dribbble, free, freebbble.com, freebies, jeff riegel, template, UI kit, website
Here’s a site that accumulates even more freebies than we do! To date, you can find over 2,850 freebies on freebbble.com ranging from free backgrounds to website themes to templates and UI kits…
Check them out, if you have the time, or just use their search tool to narrow down what you’re looking for.
Here’s a mere few samples of what they have…
16 Wednesday Dec 2015
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Cargo, Cavus Media, Danny Greer, demo, diy, jeff riegel, portfolio, reel, resume, RocketStock, service, share, squarespace, vimeo, website, wix, wordpress, youtube
December 16, 2015
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Whether you’re a freelance video professional or leading the marketing effort for a production company, it’s imperative that your online presence positively reflect your brand. Don’t send your potential clients a link to your work on YouTube or Vimeo. It’s easy to create a polished website with a custom URL (vanity URL), thereby elevating your brand… and your work.
Below are a few of my favorite options for creating a simple website to host your video portfolio or demo reel. There are certainly more complex options available, but for video pros looking to create a simple website to share their projects, you can’t go wrong with any of these services.
In the last few years, Squarespace has emerged as a leader in simple website creation. See more Online Video Portfolio’s here.
20 Friday Nov 2015
Posted in FREE!, General Graphics Tips, Production News & Info., Website Tips
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Cavus Media, footage, free, Headers, jeff riegel, Stock, Video Backgrounds, Videvo, Web Design, website
November 20, 2015
by Videvo
They say a picture paints a thousand words. If that’s true, then what about video? In this article we explain the benefits of using stock footage to add a video background for your web page.
Here at Videvo, we aim to provide you with free HD stock footage that can be used and adapted in as many ways as possible – and this includes video for webpages. Whether you are designing a personal portfolio or customizing a company site, video can be a valuable addition to help make your webpage look polished, professional and ultimately stand out against others. And it’s now easier than ever before, particularly if you have access to a readily available source of free stock footage from yours truly.
A few things to keep in mind before selecting a featured video clip for your site: More here…
26 Tuesday May 2015
Posted in FREE!, Website Tips
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15GB, access, app, Cavus Media, cloud, copy.com, free, jeff riegel, linux, mac, mobile, PC, shared, storage, sync
May 26, 2015
by Copy.com
OK. I’m cheap. And brief. But here’s (another) 15+GB of FREE online secure cloud storage for you to try out, with lots of included free options. Of course, you can always upgrade for as little as five bucks a month for even more storage, but as I said– I’m cheap.
Sharing the contents of folders in Copy is simple and effective. All you have to do is right click on a folder, and click Share. A public link will be created that you can paste into an email, or share on social networks with the included Facebook, Twitter, and Google Plus buttons.
Copy has two types of sharing: Simple and Secure. Simple sharing creates a public link that anyone can access. Secure sharing creates a link that’s “invitation only,” and requires recipients to verify their email address with Copy.
With securely shared folders, you can specify permissions that each user has. The available permissions are: Can Edit & Sync, View Only, and Can Manage.
Anybody looking for lots of free cloud storage space with excellent features, perhaps as an alternative to Google Drive (which doesn’t support Linux) will like Copy.
Copy is also great for businesses – even with the free plan – due to the free plan supporting up to 5 users.
With 15 GB of free space, sync clients for almost any operating system, and fantastic mobile apps, there’s a lot I like about Copy.
Shared links display a simple file list, yet when you click a photo it will enlarge to fill your entire screen. The interface isn’t cluttered at all; it’s simple, clean, and effective. There’s a “Save All” link, so the person you’re sharing with can download all the files in the folder. Copy even displays CR2 files natively, making this a great service for photographers who work with RAW files.
16 Thursday Apr 2015
Posted in FREE!, Plug-ins, Tutorials-Tuts, Website Tips
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Cavus Media, css, designers, flexbox, free, icon, JavaScript, jeff riegel, plugins, resources, SVG, tips, tools, URI, web, website
April 16, 2015
by Paul Andrew, marketblog.envato.com
In this post, I have collated my top 50 FREE resources for web designers over this past fantastic year.
There are libraries for quickly creating CSS charts and animating SVG icons, tools for converting image files to data URIs, web-based apps for creating icon fonts from SVGs, jQuery plugins for touch-enabled sliders, JavaScript libraries for creating animated GIFs, generators for creating Flexbox layouts… and much, much more.
To help you find exactly what you’re looking for, I’ve broken the 50 resources down into JavaScript Plugins & Tools, CSS Libraries, Tools & Frameworks, and Web-Based Tools & Services.
29 Thursday Jan 2015
Posted in FREE!, Website Tips
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bing, blog, Cavus Media, free, google, jeff riegel, promote, search, SEO, site, social media, tips, vlog, website, yahoo
January 29, 2015
by wix.com
Whether you’ve already taken your business online or still looking for a simple solution to create a professional website, you probably already know that promoting your website is crucial to your success.
If you have no previous experience with site promotion, you’re likely reaching for a bottle of Aspirin right now. But fear not, promoting your website isn’t only simple, it can be done without even spending a penny!
Check out this link for a list of opportunities to promote your site online for free! With the right time and effort, you can find yourself attracting a whole slew of new clients to your great looking site!
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bing, blog, free, google, jeff riegel, promote, search, SEO, site, social media, tips, vlog, website, yahoo
07 Wednesday Jan 2015
Posted in Cavus Media Products, Website Tips
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ARI, Automated Readability Index, Cavus Media, Coleman Liau Index, David Simpson, Flesch Kincaid Grade Level, Flesch Kincaid Reading Ease, Gunning Fog Score, jeff riegel, Readability Test Tool, website
January 7, 2014
The Readability Test Tool provides a quick and easy way to test the readability of your website work. It is the most flexible readability software for assessing readability formulas.
You can test all, or part of a web page, or simply type in your text. Link directly from your page – it will compute the results for the referring page.
Whether you’re a developer, copywriter, marketer, usability assessor or SEO expert, chances are you already have plenty on your mind. The Readability Test Tool saves you the hassle and will help streamline your workflow. Thanks to The Readability Test Tool‘s simple interface, novices and experts alike will enjoy using it.
The Readability Test Tool takes the text on your web page and gives a score for the most used readability indicators. See an example on The GLJ Media Group blog you’re reading now, below.
