How To / Tutorials
Dreamweaver Tip: Centering Your Website
Ever wondered how to create a centered-page layout like the example? Well, like most things in Adobe Dreamweaver CS4, centering your website within the browser window is a snap — once you know how.
Here’s the secret: It is all within the margins.
When setting up your website to be centered on the browser screen you need [...]
50 Free Lessons in Graphic Design Theory
Want or need a crash course on everything design from typography to color theory to layouts and grid? Here is a great starting place: 50 Free Lessons in Graphic Design Theory.
Excerpts:
10. Master Web Typography: 8 Detailed Typography Tips for the Web: “One of the most under–rated elements of beautiful Web design is the subtle art [...]
Photoshop Tip: Any Color from Anywhere
In Photoshop, you can select any color from anywhere on your visible desktop.
[1] Choose the Eyedropper too.
[2] Click-n-hold anywhere within your Photoshop document.
[3] While still holding the click, drag the Eyedropper tool onto the color/object you’d like to sample.
[4] Unclick.
Wala! Color selected.
Photoshop Tip: Quick Opacity
Here is a quick opacity keyboard shortcut within Photoshop:
[1] Select a layer in your layers pallet.
[2] Now press a number on your keyboard to change the opacity of that layer. For instance, if you press 4 then the opacity of that layer will be set to 40%.
[3] Pressing two numbers in quick sequence will set [...]
Create a Character with Adobe Illustrator CS4
Whenever I find a good resource, whether for training/how-to or simply inspiration, I will pass it on here. I needed a good tutorial on creating vector characters in Adobe Illustrator CS4 and came across this little gem from Colorburned. It walks you through the entire process, step-by-step, from sketch to final render with shading. I [...]
