by jamesgeorge | Feb 23, 2011 | Fireworks, Tutorials
Adobe Fireworks has a few more control settings than Photoshop when it comes to certain things, and gradients are one of them. In Photoshop, you have your typical Radial gradients, linear, angle, reflected and diamond. You can also create transparent gradients, but in...
by jamesgeorge | Nov 15, 2010 | Photoshop, Tutorials
Yesterday, I covered some basics regarding glow effects and how to use them to your advantage. Today, I will cover some more advanced techniques that will help you to achieve some really cool effects. I created a new document with the dimensions 1024 x 768 and filled...
by jamesgeorge | Nov 14, 2010 | Photoshop, Tutorials
Glow effects can really add drama to your designs and really make them stand out. Contrast is key here, so it is always a good idea to use a really dark, or even black background. You can add these types of effects to anything such as text, lines, shapes, etc.To do...
by jamesgeorge | Nov 7, 2010 | Fireworks, Tutorials
This is a really cool feature found right inside of Adobe Fireworks. What is great about this feature is that when you blend the colors, they are safe for the web. Many times when I am building site composite, or a piece of web work I would like a mix of two major...
by jamesgeorge | Nov 4, 2010 | Fireworks, Tutorials
We have all had this problem when making a web site – You are creating a mock-up of your web site, and you have a distinct number of menus. You want to create buttons that are the same width across as the header and that are spread out evenly across your site....
by jamesgeorge | Nov 3, 2010 | Basics, Photoshop
Sometimes when we are editing and color correcting a photograph, we realize that a photo could use a little something, or that a color is off, but we can’t figure out where we need to make the adjustment to get the look that we want. Photoshop has a tool built...
