CSS3 is developing fast, and the most exciting part is seeing all of the intriguing and attractive effects that are being invented to solve real design problems. With the combined creativity of the design community, CSS3 has quickly traveled through the zone of interesting speculation and into the territory of time/resource saving practical everyday use.

Today, we’re going to look at 7 impressive, concrete, real-life effects and techniques that you can implement in your next design. This isn’t going to be the usual overview of features – these are all specific techniques that will help your design work to be more advanced and effective. Let’s dig in!

Knowledge of CSS3 is fast becoming a crucial element of any web designer/developer’s skillset, which means that it’s an excellent time to start learning, if you haven’t already! A solid knowledge of CSS3 has a large market value and will take you a long way towards success, giving you an image of competence and authority.

Thankfully, there’s a huge amount of terrific tutorials and resources available – if you can find them. Here you’ll find an amazing ‘ultimate’ toolbox of over 350 of the best tuts and tips out there. Get ready to be amazed!

Tabbed widget boxes have become a popular way to display useful information while conserving valuable screen real estate. Here you’ll learn how to use jQuery and some CSS to create an attractive tabbed widget that gracefully degrades into separate boxes. Come check it out!

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Often times we only learn the CSS strategies we need to as we go through new projects. However, we should study new strategies in our spare time as well. This way, we can discover new and more efficient methods of getting things done for the future.

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3. Fiery Photoshop Space Explosion Tutorial

4. Creating Light Motion Trails & Glowing Sparks

5. Create a Space Explosion from Scratch in Photoshop

6. Seriously Cool Photoshop Explosion Effect

7. Space Lighting Effects in 10 Steps

8. Advanced Glow Effects

9. MSNBC Style Effect

10. Easily Create a Beautiful, Unique Website Header

11. Energize Your Graphics with Abstract Energy Lines

12. Super Fast – Speed Lighting Effect

13. End of the World Photo Manipulation

14. Explosion

15. Mysterious Lighting Effect Tutorial for Photoshop

16. Fire Lines v2

17. Vector Polishing Techniques

18. Creating A Fantastic Fantasy Night Sky In Photoshop

19. Chroma Wallpapers

20. Glowing Fairies

21. High-Tech Swirling Aurora

22. Amazing Photoshop light effect in 10 Steps