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Windows 7 God Mode

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:20:39 GMT

Tutorials : Windows 7 God Mode

I've gotten a number of emails about a Windows 7 "God Mode" feature, and while I haven't had time to check it out thoroughly, it's now making the rounds internally at Microsoft too, so that (somewhat) suggests it's legit. What it basically is, is an extended control panel that allows you to control various aspects of the OS that are not typically surfaced via a GUI.

Here's how you enable it:

Create a new folder (right-click and click on “New Folder”). Right-click on the folder and click on rename, copy and paste this: GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}

What comes up is a Control Panel like window with sections for Action Center ("Check security status" and so on), Administrative Tools, and AutoPlay.

Nothing major, frankly, but interesting. Use at your own risk, of course.

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youtube - Video not available in your country

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:16:26 GMT

Tutorials : youtube - Video not available in your country

This may be old news... but still usefull at times

Lets say you want to see a video on youtube and when you get to the Page... it says...
This video is not available in your country

If the URL of the YouTube video is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4dCIMV6IkM just replace the /watch?v= part with /v so your new URL becomes http://www.youtube.com/v/O4dCIMV6IkM

source: http://www.labnol.org/internet/video/youtube-blocked-video-not-available-in-your-country/2680/

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HTML Tutorials

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 20:25:17 GMT

Tutorials : HTML Tutorials

Please post all HTML tutorials as replies under this topic.

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How to Make a Folder or File Super Hidden in Vista and XP

Mon, 11 Jan 2010 07:17:28 GMT

Tutorials : How to Make a Folder or File Super Hidden in Vista and XP

There are a few files in both windows XP and Vista which are super hidden. Such files cannot be viewed by changing the hide folder option to view all hidden files. Well, if we can view them can we make any file/ folder super hidden? Well, yes.

So, why do we really need to super hide files/ folders?
To keep files/ folders more secure and safe.
Super hidden files/ folders become system files and changing the super hidden property of these files and folders is normally not possible.
Super hidden files/ folders cannot be viewed even if the “view hidden files and folders” setting is ticked.

Here’s a short tutorial to super hide files and folders. It works for both XP as well as Vista.

Firstly create a file with the name “123”

Now, Go to Start> Run>cmd

Type attrib “filename or folder with complete path” +s +h (without quotes). For instance, if the folder you want to super hide is located in C: drive then the path is C:\123. You need to type “attrib C:\123 +s +h” without the quotes.

That’s it the folder is now hidden. You can do the same with files as well.

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How to Make your PC Shutdown in Less than 5seconds

Mon, 11 Jan 2010 07:11:45 GMT

Tutorials : How to Make your PC Shutdown in Less than 5seconds

My pc takes a long time to shutdown these days, there’s a lot of junk in it. I used to format my C drive once in a month but it’s been nearly 3 months since I formatted it. Nowadays I have to wait about two to three minutes for the pc to shutdown. It’s really annoying especially if you got to go out. While browsing I came across a cool trick which will help to shut down your pc instantly.

Press ‘Ctrl+Alt+Del’ to open the open the Windows Task Manager.

Now Click on ‘Shutdown’ on the top

Press and hold the ‘Ctrl’ key and Select ‘Turn Off’

Your pc will shut down almost immediately. This process is pretty safe; it won’t harm your pc.

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DREAMY EFFECT IN PHOTOSHOP..

Sat, 26 Dec 2009 16:59:37 GMT

Tutorials : DREAMY EFFECT IN PHOTOSHOP..

Quick Dreamy Effects in 3steps..
Double click the background layer to make it a normal layer (unlock it)

1. Duplicate ur image.. CTRL+J

2. Select the Original image, Apply Gausian Blur.. Filter-> Blur-> Gaussian Blur (optimal value 4, yet again its ur choice)

3.Now Set the Opacity of duplicate image to 40%. if u feel need of changing the blending mode than you can but its not required.

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Youtube screen case tutorials

Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:42:07 GMT

Tutorials : Youtube screen case tutorials

Hi

These are my first attemp at making screencase tutorials.

http://udopage.com/udopage_14.php

I plan to redo them in the future. But this is how they are now

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Desktop Tips

Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:39:43 GMT

Tutorials : Desktop Tips

Creating a New E-Mail Shortcut

To create a shortcut that will open your default e-mail program starting a new e-mail,

1. Right click on an open area of the desktop
2. Select New / Shortcut
3. For the Command Line, enter mailto:
4. For the title enter something like New E-Mail
5. When you click on this your default e-mail program should start with a new e-mail form.

Creating 3D Window Effect

You can create a nice 3D effect for your windows

1. Start Regedit
2. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Control Panel \ Colors
3. Make sure the following setting are there:

* ButtonHilight=128 128 128
* ButtonShadow=255 255 255

Creating Shutdown, Restart and Logoff Icons

To create the icons, create a shortcut on the desktop.

For Shutdown, the command is C:\WINDOWS\RUNDLL.EXE user.exe,exitwindows

For Restart, the command is C:\WINDOWS\RUNDLL.EXE user.exe,exitwindowsexec

For Logoff, the command is C:\WINDOWS\RUNDLL.EXE shell32.dll,SHExitWindowsEx 0
Having your Favorites and Start Menus Sort Alphabetically

If your Start Menu Program or Favorites are not sorting alphabetically, it is easy to fix this:

1. Start Regedit
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Invisible Folder?

Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:34:02 GMT

Tutorials : Invisible Folder?

Well.. To start of the tutorial

Right click on the desktop.

Go to "New"

Then click "Folder"

Now you have to pick a name just hold ALT and press 0160

Then press enter
Now the folder has no name..

Still not invisible though ..Go to properties..

"Customize" > "Change Icon"

-This goes to FastBawlz on (Moparisthebest.com).

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Windows XP Tricks & Tips!!!!

Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:20:15 GMT

Tutorials : Windows XP Tricks & Tips!!!!

Opening Ports or Adding Allowed Programs with SP2's Firewall

1.Click on Start / Run
2.Enter in firewall.cpl
3.Click on the Exceptions tab

Adding a Port for Internet Access:

1.Click on the Add Port button
2.Name it whatever you want
3.Enter in the ports you want to open

Adding a Program for Internet Access

1.Click on Add Program... button
2.A list of all installed programs will be displayed
3.Highlight the one you want to include for Internet access
4.Click on the OK button

Autoexec.nt or Config.nt Errors

If you are getting errors similar to:
The system file is not suitable for running MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows applications. Choose 'Close' to terminate the application.
Try copying the file from \windows\repair directory to the one that is in the \windows\system32 directory.

Common Control Panel Applets

The follow are some common Control Panel Applets that are located in the \windows\system32 directory.
If you find yourself using any of these frequently, then you can simply make shortcu[/COLOR]ts to them on your desktop.

appwiz.cpl >>Add/Remove Programs
desk.cpl >> Display Properties
firewall.cpl >> Firewall Settings
inetcpl.cpl >> Internet Options
mmsys.cpl >> Sound and Audio
ncpa.cpl >> Network Connections
nusrmgr.cpl >> User Accounts
powercfg.cpl >> Power Options
sysdm.cpl >>System Properties
wscui.cpl >> Security Center
wuaucpl.cpl >> Automatic Updates Configuration Go to Top

Windows Explorer Opens Search Companion Rather than the Folder

If the Windows Explorer opens up the Search Companion rather than opening up the actual folder, the default setting for opening a folder is changed.
To correct this:
Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT \ Directory \ shell
Edit the default value to be explorer or none

Guest Only Network Access

If you try and connect to an XP computer and are shown a logins screen with only the computername/Guest,
You may need to change one of the Local Security Policies:
Got to Control Panel - Administrative Tools
Go to Local Policies - Security Options
Check teh Network access: Sharing and security model for local accounts
Set it to Classic - local users authenticate as themselves

Hiding a XP Computer from Network Neighborhood

If you want to share files from a XP computer,
yet want to remove it from showing up in the Network Neighborhood,
Run net config server /hidden:yes

Easy Way to Share Multiple Folders

If you need to share multiple folders, running the program SHRPUBW.EXE will bring up a simple dialog box to let you:
Browse to the folder you want to share
Enter in a Share name
Ender in a Share description
Set permissions. Several choices are available
Restart the process from within the same program Go to top

Not Viewing Zip Files as Folders

If you want to turn of WindowsXP showing Zip files as folders,
just run:
regsvr32 /u zipfldr.dll

Setting Capslock, Numlock, Scroll Lock

If you want to set the startup state for any or all of these keys,
you just need to edit the registry.
Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Control Panel \ Keyboard
Open InitialKeyboardIndicators
Change the value to one of the following numbers
0 - All Keys off
1 - Caps Lock on
2 - Num Lock on
4 - Scroll Lock on
For multiple keys, add their values:
3 - Caps Lock and Num Lock on
5 - Caps Lock and Scroll Lock on
6 - Num Lock and Scroll Lock on
7 - Caps Lock, Num Lock, and Scroll Lock on
Log off and back on again

Restoring Desktop Icon to the Quicklaunch Bar

If you mistakenly deleted the icon for the Desktop on the Quicklaunch toolbar
Go to C:\Documents and Settings\user_name\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch
(where user_name is replaced by your login name)
Create a Text file called ShowDesktop.SCF with the following contents:
[Shell]
Command=2
IconFile=explorer.exe,3
[Taskbar]
Command=ToggleDesktop Go to top

Network Access After Norton Anti-Virus Install

Sometimes you can't access a WinXP computer after installing Norton Anti-Virus.
There might be a variety of errors at the other computer depending on the operating system.
On the XP computer, in the Event Viewer / System log, there will be the following error:
The server's configuration parameter "irpstacksize" is too small for the server to use a local device.
Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\lanmanserver\parameters
Edit the IRPStackSize
Give it a value of 15
Reboot the computer

Configure for Auto-Logon

If you are the only person using the computer and what to have it automatically log you on,
Start / Run / "control userpasswords2" - no quotes
Uncheck User must enter a user name and password to use this computer
Services You Can Disable
There are quite a few services you can disable from starting automatically.
This would be to speed up your boot time and free resources.
They are only suggestions so I suggestion you read the description of each one when you run Services
and that you turn them off one at a time.

Some possibilities are:
Alerter - Sends alert messages to specified users that are connected to the server computer.
Application Management - Allows software to tap directly into the Add/Remove Programs feature via the Windows Installer technology.
Background Intelligent Transfer Service - The Background Intelligent Transfer

service is used by programs (such as Windows AutoUpdate) to download files by using spare bandwidth.
Clipbook - ClipBook permits you to cut and paste text and graphics over the network.
Error Reporting Service - Allows applications to send error reports to Microsoft in the event of an application fault.
Fast User Switching - Windows XP allows users to switch quickly between accounts, without requiring them to log off.
Help and Support - Allows the XP Built-in Help and Support Center to run.
IMAPI CD-Burning COM Service - You don't need this if you have other software to create CDs.
Indexing Service - Indexes contents and properties of files on local and remote computers; provides rapid access to files through flexible querying language.
IP SEC - Manages IP security policy and starts the ISAKMP/Oakley (IKE) and the IP security driver. If you are not on a domain, you likely don't need this running.
Messenger - Transmits net send and Alerter service messages between clients and servers. This is how a lot of pop-up windows start appearing on your desktop.
Net Logon - Supports pass-through authentication of account logon events for computers in a domain. If you are not on a domain, you don't need this running
Network DDE - Provides network transport and security for Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) for programs running on the same computer or on different computers.
NT LM Security Support Provider - Provides security to remote procedure call (RPC) programs that use transports other than named pipes.
Performance Logs and Alerts - Collects performance data from local or remote computers based on preconfigured schedule parameters, then writes the data to a log or triggers an alert. If you don't need to monitor your performance logs, then you don't need this service.
Portable Media Serial Number - Retrieves the serial number of any portable music player connected to your computer
QOS RSVP - Provides network signaling and local traffic control setup functionality for QoS-aware programs and control applets.
Remote Desktop Help Session Manager - Manages and controls Remote Assistance. If you are not using Remote Desktop you don't need this service.
Remote Registry - Enables remote users to modify registry settings on this computer.
Routing & Remote Access - Offers routing services to businesses in local area and wide area network environments. Allows dial-in access.
Secondary Login - Enables starting processes under alternate credentials. ...

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increase ur harddisk speed

Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:16:21 GMT

Tutorials : increase ur harddisk speed

To speed up your hard disk speed we need to configure a special buffer in the computer's memory in order to enable it to better deal with interrupts made from the disk.
This tip is only recommended if you have 256MB RAM or higher.
Follow these steps:

Run SYSEDIT.EXE from the Run command.

Expand the system.ini file window.

Scroll down almost to the end of the file till you find a line called [386enh].

Press Enter to make one blank line, and in that line type

Irq14=4096

Note: This line IS CASE SENSITIVE!!!

Click on the File menu, then choose Save.

Close SYSEDIT and reboot your computer.

Done. Speed improvement will be noticed after the computer reboots.
Update: The most speed improvement is visible with IDE drives, however there are reports that this tweak also does good for SCSI disks. In any case, it won't harm your system, so why not try it yourself and let me know what you find.

TRY AT YOUR OWN RISK

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www.w3schools.com

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:10:39 GMT

Tutorials : www.w3schools.com

Online web tutorial.... A full web tutorial we can find here... also including flash tutorial...

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Create wedding dvd slideshow with music

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:10:16 GMT

Tutorials : Create wedding dvd slideshow with music

Create wedding dvd slideshow with music
Wedding photo DVD slideshows are precious keepsake for weddings,you can protect your memorable moments

forever by turing your favorite

wedding pictures

into special

wedding photo slideshows on DVD

.
Wedding day is filled with moments that become memories,create wedding DVD slideshow with music is a good way to

keep memorable moments of our lives.

Photo Story Platinum

is a professional wedding slideshow

software to create perfect wedding DVD slideshows and bring still picture to life!
If your are tired of sorting hundreds of photos on your computer, Then you have come to the right place!

What you will need:

1. Digital Photos
2.

Photo Story Platinum

Step 1: Import photos:

Import photos which are pre-processed before, or just Browse the photos saved in your local discs then adjust each

picture with built-in editing tools such as rotate and crop photos to match the screen resolution to make the wedding

photo DVD slideshow more lively.

Step 2: Apply trasition effects and styles:

With built-in animated movie styles,themes and Pan/Zoom effects, you can make your DVD wedding photo slideshow

impressive. You can also choose the one meets your special demands and apply it to the slideshow. Here I choose

"Style", "Theme", "Wedding" .

Step 3. Decoration:

You can also add text with different effects to tell a wonderful story. Animated clipart and adorable effects are also

available and make the slideshow more lively.

Step4: Edit DVD Menu:

Select a DVD menu or custom your own wedding DVD slideshows. These DVD menu templates are speically designed

for different occasions. Only If you want to burn your wedding slideshow onto DVD, VCD Disc, it is necessary to

configure a professional menu. Simply double-click the Wedding DVD menu template on the left hand side to apply it to

your wedding slideshow DVD.

Step 5: Buring to DVD or create video

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How to Install PhpNuke Themes

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 16:44:36 GMT

Tutorials : How to Install PhpNuke Themes

How to Succesfully Change Your PhpNuke Theme:

In My Tutorial You Can Find:
-How to install a PhpNuke Theme
-How/Where to Download a PhpNuke Theme and Extract it
-How to change your PhpNuke Theme using Admin Panel

Changing a theme/template with PHP-Nuke is quite an easy task. Generally, you will just have to download the theme archive, extract it to your local computer and upload it to your themes' directory. A good source of free PHP-Nuke themes is the PHP-Nuke official web site and the forum that comes with it. Or Kalgash Themes at www.kalgash.com

First, we will need to find a theme archive to use. For the purpose of this tutorial I have chosen griffin. Please, download griffin.zip file on your local computer and extract it. This will create a new directory called Griffin.

To make the new template available for your PHP-Nuke application we will have to upload it first. Please open an FTP connection using your favorite FTP client and navigate to your PHP-Nuke directory(I personally Recommend Core FTP Lite). In our case this is the public_html' directory. From there, please enter the themes directory and upload the whole extracted Griffin directory. ...

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Photoshop Tutorials

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:19:28 GMT

Tutorials : Photoshop Tutorials

Please post all Photoshop Tutorials as replies to this topic.

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Gimp - Watermarks

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:34:23 GMT

Tutorials : Gimp - Watermarks

Just an extremely simple tutorial on how to make Watermarks in GIMP:

Step One

:Open up your image. Go into the Layers, Channels, and Paths window and duplicate the backround once.

Step Two

:Go into the GIMP toolbox and select a nice grey for your color.
Something like this:

Back in your image, go to Filters>Text>FreeType. Select which font you are going to use, type it in, and then apply the desired size and rotation. Then click ok to apply it to your image.

Step Three

:Go back into the Layers,Channels, and Paths window and select your text layer. Move it down under the duplicated Backround. Give the text layer an opacity of 50% . Then select your duplicated backround layer and give it an opacity of something less than or equal to 50%. It depends on what your aiming for.

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phpBB - Installation Tutorial

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:42:09 GMT

Tutorials : phpBB - Installation Tutorial

How to Install phpBB

1. Go to the

phpBB download website

.
2. Download the

phpBB 2.0.20

[

Full Package

] (See screenshot below, the screenshot shows 2.0.18, but still, it's 2.0.20 )

3. After downloading, unzip/untar the package
4. In the package, there should be a folder called "phpBB2"
5. Login to your FTP
6. Upload the phpBB Files, I assume you have uploaded to a folder called "forums", you can upload to another directory if you wish.
7. While you are uploading phpBB, we shall create a mySQL Database.
If you use

cPanel

, please go to step 8a.
If you use

Directadmin

, please go to step 9a

CPANEL USERS

8a. Login to cPanel.
8b. Go to MySQL Databases.
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Creating An Invisible Folder

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 21:03:25 GMT

Tutorials : Creating An Invisible Folder

CREATING AN INVISIBLE FOLDER...

1)Right Click on the desktop.Make a new folder
2)Now rename the folder with a space(U have to hold ALT key and type 0160).
3)Now u have a folder with out a name.
4)Right click on the folder>properties>customize. Click on change icon.
5)Scroll a bit, u should find some empty spaces, Click on any one of them.click ok

These are all reserve words for Windows and Dos only..
You can create the folder with these names in Linux , Unix but not in windows

CON, PRN, AUX, CLOCK$, NUL, COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4, COM5, COM6, COM7, COM8, COM9, LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, LPT4, LPT5, LPT6, LPT7, LPT8, and LPT9.

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LEARN VC

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:46:51 GMT

Tutorials : LEARN VC

hi friends

if you want to learn visual c++

topic by topic

visit and learn in easy steps

http://programmingvc.blogspot.com

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How to make it snow in Animation shop

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 06:26:57 GMT

Tutorials : How to make it snow in Animation shop

I posted this tutorial on another forum so i copied and pasted it here.

Quote:

We are going to make it snow in this picture....

Using your selection tool, select the entire picture on the duplicated layer. Then, go up to 'Selection' on your tool bar, and choose "promote selection to layer"

You will now have two layers, your hidden original background, the copy of the background you are working with, and a promoted selection. Make sure you are on the Promoted Selection layer, and using your 'Adjust' menu, change the Brightness/Contrast setting to -255, this will make your promoted layer black.

Next, change your blend mode to screen.

Your promoted layer will now be black and on top of your other layers, but the bottom layer should be 'showing through'.

Now, duplicate your promoted layer two times so that there are 3 of them. Each one of these will become a frame for the snow animation.

Hide two of the promoted layers and select the other. Go up to your effects menu and choose Artistic Effects - Balls and Bubbles. ...

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Create a boot cd

Sat, 05 Sep 2009 06:47:58 GMT

Tutorials : Create a boot cd

If i have a images of windows xp installation how can i make a xp installation cd...??

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Photography Tutorials!

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 00:10:50 GMT

Tutorials : Photography Tutorials!

I've been doing some updates and made another tutorial!

Check it out: http://www.scottphotographics.com/tutorials.html

Website URL: http://www.scottphotographics.com/

Any constructive advice welcome

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Any Good Graphic Design Gallery Sites?

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 00:08:36 GMT

Tutorials : Any Good Graphic Design Gallery Sites?

Hi All Graphic Designers,

Can anyone recommend a Good Graphic Design Gallery reference site? So far I can't any good one, beside there too many website gallery around. Thanks!

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Night Before Christmas : Photoshop Tutorial And WallPaper

Sat, 22 Aug 2009 22:02:36 GMT

Tutorials : Night Before Christmas : Photoshop Tutorial And WallPaper

As I saw everybody enjoyed previous Christmas related tutorial, I decided to keep it that way and now I am offering You the next Photoshop task. Tutorial creation took me about 4 hours, so You could do this in 30min or an hour. I wish You good luck and please provide us with Your outcomes! We will use many different and useful techniques here so read everything carefully and ask if You don't understand something.

And now I wish You good luck and keep Your Christmas spirit going!

We will create something like this, click on the image to see full preview:

http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/night-before-xmas-1920x1200-1.jpg

tuto ::: http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/tutorials/night-before-christmas-photoshop-tutorial-and-wallpaper/

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Logo Design Creation Process From Concept To Completion

Sat, 22 Aug 2009 21:52:39 GMT

Tutorials : Logo Design Creation Process From Concept To Completion

Do you want to know the secret of how top-quality graphic designers design logos? This article will disclose exactly how top-notch logo designers of today's contemporary age design their logos. It will show the design route that these designers undergo to get to their final logo design.

Logo Designers Design Route:

1. Logo Design Brief
2. Background & Competitive Research
3. Drawing The Sketch By Hand
4. Take Breaks
5. Wear Your Customer/Client Shoes
6. Short-list The Logo Design Concepts

Below is a synopsis of the entire design-course for a quick glance. You may well even discover it valuable to save this article somewhere on your PC.

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