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Hello everyone! My friend Alex Mathers asked that I let you know about his latest eBook ‘
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One of the reasons that I enjoy working in Fireworks so much is the ease in which it allows you to apply basic effects to objects. In this brief video tutorial I will demonstrate how to apply a pattern overlay to a gradient in Adobe Fireworks. This technique is very useful for creating all sorts of objects in Fireworks including backgrounds, headers, banner ads, and just about any other type of design you can think of.
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There’s nothing more unique to your creative talent than a series of your own doodles and sketches. Let’s use the good old doodle to represent our design services by combining quick and fun doodles with a print ready business card design. We’ll be drawing our doodles directly in Illustrator, and using the application’s print abilities to set up our business card document with the correct margins and bleed to build a complete print-ready PDF document.
Last month, Packt Publishing set out to give away five copies of my book, MooTools 1.2 Beginner’s Guide
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The first published article on Six Revisions was about the things you need for a web project to succeed
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In this week’s roundup of creative goodness, we have a unique Illustrator tutorial covering the creation of watercolor effects; a CSS tutorial on the popular sprites technique; a fantastic introduction and overview of CSS attribute selectors; another brilliant Illustrator tutorial, this time creating a bright and crisp illustration; and a well presented bunch of typography tips.
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"Why are you here?"
I was asked this question a couple of years ago. It is a question that is meant to have an easy answer and yet I found myself at a loss for words when I tried to answer it. The concept is simple enough. However, as I started thinking about what the question actually meant and what it was actually asking, it started to take on a life of its own.
The process of launching a website can be a daunting endeavor. There are many things you want to do, but not enough time and resources to do them. However, even though it might seem like a herculean task, as long as you keep some fundamental things in mind, you can ensure a hassle-free website launch.
In this article, I’ll share with you some tips for launching a website based on the experience of our own launch of Design Instruct
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