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March 5, 2007

glass effect Adobe Photoshop tutorial, how to make glass ball

How to make glass effects in Photoshop Creating images such as a glass ball or button isnt as hard as it seems. This Adobe Photoshop tutorial will show you how to firstly draw a normal colored circle and turn it into a glass ball like the image below. As you can see by the image below, the ball also has a reflection on the graphic that makes it look as though it's sitting on a glass table. Following this glass effect tutorial will teach you how to use layers, gradients, transparency, elliptical tool, contract selections, feathering and many others. The...

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Posted on March 5, 2007 12:15 AM | | Comments (1)

March 6, 2007

web 2.0 video tutorial

We Are The Web A few weeks back one of our posts discussed What is web 2.0 and is it important. Since making that post, I've come across a terrific video that visually demonstrates the concept of web 2.0 It starts off explaining it with a series of examples, showing evolution from written text and structural elements of html websites, to more dynamic aspects of XML including automated data exchange. You'll see many familiar names while you watch this video including YouTube, Flickr and del.icio.us. All of which are online web 2.0 services that allow their data to be easily...

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Posted on March 6, 2007 10:23 AM | | Comments (0)

March 8, 2007

How to design a website with Photoshop

Photoshop Website This week I received an email from one of our visitors asking if I could add a tutorial to our blog explaining how to design a website with Photoshop. While the majority of webmasters use Photoshop for image manipulation, others use it as an editor to create their actual website HTML files. The tutorial shown below demonstrates how to use Photoshop to create a website page. The graphic software used in this tutorial is Adobe Photoshop. This type of method is often refered to as a graphical approach. Firstly you start with creating an image in Photoshop of...

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Posted on March 8, 2007 10:17 AM | | Comments (0)

March 9, 2007

check for browser plugins Flash Shockwave QuickTime Media Player

How to make a website that checks to see if your visitor has the appropriate browser plugins. There are numerous browser plugins that your visitor may need in order to view your website properly depending on its content. For example, Flash, Shockwave, Live Audio, QuickTime, Windows Media Player. If the website visitor doesn't have the appropriate plugin you have two choices. You can redirect them to a page that doesn't need that specific addon, or you can send them to a website where they can download the plugin. Dreamweaver makes it easy to add the code that checks for plugins....

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Posted on March 9, 2007 12:25 AM | | Comments (0)

March 13, 2007

stick man animation beginner Flash tutorial

Flash tutorials for beginners. This tutorial will show you how to create a stick figure in Adobe Flash and move its legs as though its dancing. Before starting this Flash lesson, here is a keyboard shortcut that will help you to create frames quicker and easier: Press your keboards F7 to create a new blank frame. Firstly you create a new frame (press F7) then draw your stick figure with the paintbrush tool. You then press F6 numerous times to copy as many other frames containing the stick figure, as you need. Next, click on one of your frames and...

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Posted on March 13, 2007 12:15 AM | | Comments (2)

March 19, 2007

hair texture tutorial, hair templates Second Life IMVU

How to create human hair in Photoshop One of the most regular requests we've been receiving lately is for drawing hair texture. Especially with the increasing popularity of 3D chat services like Second Life and IMVU, where members can customize their avatars. Creating hair using Adobe Photoshop is as easy as using a brush to draw two lines and then applying filters. After starting a new document and filling it with a dark color, take an extra soft brush and draw two lines. For starters, make one line a mustard yellow and the second one a brighter yellow or gold...

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Posted on March 19, 2007 1:14 AM | | Comments (2)

March 26, 2007

Add animations to a movie file using Flash

How to import a movie file into Adobe Flash and add an animation to it. Have you ever wanted to learn how to create a short film or movie with Adobe Flash. For example, add an extra animation like a stick man to your movie files? To be even more creative you could maybe record a movie with your video camera specifically for interaction with an animation addon. For example, you could have an animated stick man fighting you for your computer mouse as you use the computer. With some imagination and planning, who knows, you could possibly find yourself...

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Posted on March 26, 2007 4:00 AM | | Comments (0)

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