December 2004
Some of you die-hard Photoshop users might be wondering why you should care about gradient meshes in Illustrator. After all, can’t you achieve the exact same effects — with less time and... Read More
Roger Johansson has a published a short discussion of the alt and title attributes for images. One point he mentions that I think deserves emphasis is the importance of the blank alt attribute. When... Read More
With ASP.NET and the .NET Framework, it's easy to generate images dynamically. As Peter explains in this hands-on tutorial, .NET classes can be used to generate cool text images and thumbnails on the... Read More
For those of you looking to get past simple vector shapes in Illustrator, a key tool that brings you into the realm of “illustration” as most people think of it is the gradient mesh tool.... Read More
A recent development project has put me in a position to be shifting back and forth across OS platforms (thank goodness for KVM switches). It is not really a big deal however since it is one... Read More
The previous blog strongly recommended that you do something to thank clients, prospects, referral sources — any business relationship you know — during the holiday season. It further... Read More
Site search is good... but an index can be better! In this detailed introduction, Heather explains the nature and benefits of A-Z site indexes from both the users' and site owners' perspectives. Read More
Holiday season is upon us. Take a moment TODAY to list your top 5-10 clients (or those who could be in top 5-10 next year). Send them a gift to thank them for their business, invite them to lunch, or... Read More
My newest article, 5 Great Background Masking Techniques in Photoshop, gives you the how-to’s for five different ways to isolate an object in a photo. I also included how long it took me for... Read More
Technique 3: The Extract Technique As with the Background Eraser technique, it’s a smart idea to set the source for the History Brush early in the procedure, in case you need to do some... Read More
Isolate objects. Extract objects. Cut out an image. Remove a background. Whatever you call it, the separation of objects from the background of an image is an essential skill for Web designers. Here,... Read More
The color-scheme generator that used to be at pixy.cz has been updated with a new version, now permanently housed at www.wellstyled.com/tools. I like it much better – it’s more intuitive,... Read More
Sitepoint reader Lachlan asks how Web designers/developers should create their websites if they focus on more than one target market. Great question! First, let’s back up a bit. If you only... Read More
Russ Weakley, author of the impressive Listamatic CSS demonstration, recently received an interesting challenge to create a TV remote control navigation bar using CSS. The anonymous challenger argued... Read More
