tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377991265903539083Sat, 14 Feb 2026 08:53:22 +0000Corel DrawPhotoshopInDesignTypography3DFlashPrint DesignWeb DesignLearningPhotographyPhotoshop - Corel Draw - Freehand - InDesign - Flash - 3Dhttp://hotdesigntutorial.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (www.event.web.id)Blogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377991265903539083.post-4905252811894115284Wed, 06 Feb 2008 13:13:00 +00002008-02-06T20:20:18.564+07:00TypographyWhy does a guy from the United Kingdom move to Japan to write about letters cut from German potatoes (01/13 post)? To explain it, John Boardley, the voice of ilovetypepography.com, invokes the words of type designer Eric Spiekerman, "I can't explain it; I just like looking at type. I just get a total kick out of it. Other people look at bottles of wine or whatever...I just get kicks out of http://hotdesigntutorial.blogspot.com/2008/02/john-boardley-demonstrates-his-passion.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (www.event.web.id)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377991265903539083.post-393168334488964959Wed, 06 Feb 2008 13:12:00 +00002008-02-06T20:13:07.708+07:00Corel DrawPhotoshopPrint DesignAsk any author, publisher, or bookseller-a book cover design can have a dramatic effect on the interest in and sales of a book. It is considered so critical to sales, cover design is almost exclusively under the control of the publisher-yes, even for design-oriented books. Needless to say, I have great respect for those with a talent for finding the essence of a few hundred pages and presenting http://hotdesigntutorial.blogspot.com/2008/02/how-to-design-book-cover.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (www.event.web.id)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377991265903539083.post-4970045432189249730Wed, 06 Feb 2008 13:09:00 +00002008-02-06T20:12:01.474+07:00Print DesignHave you considered integrating icons into your print design? Here's a nice example from Gardner Design. I guess Bill Gardner, principal of Gardner Design, is a bit of a business card icon himself. In addition to being a talented designer, he is the creator of LogoLounge.com, a top-tier resource for exploring the current state of logo design.Business card icons...Here > http://http://hotdesigntutorial.blogspot.com/2008/02/are-you-using-icons-on-your-business.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (www.event.web.id)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377991265903539083.post-8483513640975422972Wed, 06 Feb 2008 13:05:00 +00002008-02-06T20:09:36.217+07:00TypographyThere are understood "rules" in all disciplines of graphic design. In typography, there are widely accepted practices for the leading of lines, the kerning of individual characters, how and where lines of type should break, and so on. This example shows how you can base a design on defying those rules. Designer Miguel Ripoll demonstrates his keen understanding of type by transforming headlines http://hotdesigntutorial.blogspot.com/2008/02/design-that-breaks-typographic-rules_06.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (www.event.web.id)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377991265903539083.post-353395228982330617Wed, 06 Feb 2008 13:03:00 +00002008-02-06T20:03:50.365+07:00TypographyThere are understood "rules" in all disciplines of graphic design. In typography, there are widely accepted practices for the leading of lines, the kerning of individual characters, how and where lines of type should break, and so on. This example shows how you can base a design on defying those rules. Designer Miguel Ripoll demonstrates his keen understanding of type by transforming headlines http://hotdesigntutorial.blogspot.com/2008/02/design-that-breaks-typographic-rules.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (www.event.web.id)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377991265903539083.post-4110722715078581936Wed, 06 Feb 2008 13:01:00 +00002008-02-06T20:02:46.023+07:00LearningRouxbe.com is a site that will teach you some of the finer points of cooking. It uses video tutorials to walk you through each step of a recipe showing you specifics about details such as the consistency of chopping necessary and so on. I think it is a particularly strong instructional model-simple to use and easy to navigate.Rouxbe.com...Here > http://www.rouxbe.com/viewer/free/79http://hotdesigntutorial.blogspot.com/2008/02/how-to-design-instruction.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (www.event.web.id)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377991265903539083.post-4533201508269586232Wed, 06 Feb 2008 12:57:00 +00002008-02-06T20:01:06.885+07:00Web DesignShopComposition.com is a retail store web site that demonstrates some different ways of doing things. I doubt you will buy into all of the navigational bells and whistles-I find some are not intuitive-but it will certainly get you thinking. Thanks to my friend Daniel Will-Harris for pointing me to it.ShopComposition.com navigational ideasHere > http://www.shopcomposition.com/BTW, do you know http://hotdesigntutorial.blogspot.com/2008/02/watching-for-navigational-design-ideas.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (www.event.web.id)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377991265903539083.post-1625726559078100718Wed, 06 Feb 2008 12:54:00 +00002008-02-06T19:55:34.114+07:00Web DesignJeff Bridges is not only a talented actor, he has an eye for design. His web is a series of sketches and handwritten notes that (to me) make him seem friendly and accessible. Thanks to Sharon Carro for pointing us to his work.Jeff Bridges' SketchpadHere > http://www.jeffbridges.com/main.htmlhttp://hotdesigntutorial.blogspot.com/2008/02/revealing-your-personality-through-your.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (www.event.web.id)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377991265903539083.post-808012724117714241Wed, 06 Feb 2008 12:52:00 +00002008-02-06T19:54:14.545+07:00PhotographyIf you are not yet familiar with HDR (high dynamic range) photography, here are some images and tools to pique your interest. An HDR image is photographed using a range if exposures that are then converted to form a composite. The resulting image provides a more complete range of information than a conventional image and gives the artist far more control over the range of shadow and light, the http://hotdesigntutorial.blogspot.com/2008/02/create-illustrative-photography.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (www.event.web.id)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377991265903539083.post-4514296473122796836Sat, 22 Dec 2007 14:38:00 +00002007-12-22T21:43:42.980+07:00InDesignInDesign is Adobe's replacement for the aging PageMaker application. In many ways, InDesign is very similar to PageMaker, but there are differences that can throw an experienced PageMaker user for a loop (albeit briefly). In this tutorial you will set up a simple layout and master page. First, download this archive.Open InDesign.1. Create a new document (FILE> NEW). Set the number of pages to 1, http://hotdesigntutorial.blogspot.com/2007/12/basic-page-setup.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (www.event.web.id)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377991265903539083.post-7284743519966197892Sat, 22 Dec 2007 13:49:00 +00002007-12-22T21:33:43.478+07:00Corel DrawDrawing the background (a door)The door will look like a modern, simple metallic door with glass. Open CorelDRAW X3. Start by setting up the page size:1. Create a new document by selecting the File-menu | New.2. Edit the page size in the Property Bar:The document will be a handy size, a little wider than an A5 page.3. Create a rectangle that covers the whole page, by double-clicking the Rectanglehttp://hotdesigntutorial.blogspot.com/2007/12/creating-marketing-brochure-2.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (www.event.web.id)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377991265903539083.post-8037951042750740351Sat, 22 Dec 2007 13:12:00 +00002007-12-22T20:26:04.992+07:00Corel DrawPreparationThe first step is to collect all your images in a folder and then make sure that they are all in the CMYK colour mode, which is the mode that is used for professional printing.1. Open Corel PHOTOPAINT X32. Select all the images in the folder by selecting the File menu | Open3. For each image, select the Images menu | Convert to CMYK Color4. Select the File menu | Save as5. Choose Tif http://hotdesigntutorial.blogspot.com/2007/12/creating-marketing-brochure-1.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (www.event.web.id)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377991265903539083.post-6113880107339947082Fri, 21 Dec 2007 17:18:00 +00002007-12-22T00:21:23.868+07:00Corel Drawhttp://hotdesigntutorial.blogspot.com/2007/12/creating-vista-logo.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (www.event.web.id)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377991265903539083.post-755377674353505435Fri, 21 Dec 2007 17:16:00 +00002007-12-22T00:17:02.680+07:00Corel Drawhttp://hotdesigntutorial.blogspot.com/2007/12/crystal-effect.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (www.event.web.id)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377991265903539083.post-8437810746432747250Fri, 21 Dec 2007 11:09:00 +00002007-12-21T19:59:38.553+07:00Corel DrawIntroductionCorel Draw was the first of the Windows-based drawing programs and has built on this early start to become far-and-away the dominant drawing package on the PC. Its biggest strength - and its biggest potential limitation - is its all-encompassing approach. In the past this has led to accusations of unfocussed bloating, but with version 7.0 Corel have addressed the criticisms with a farhttp://hotdesigntutorial.blogspot.com/2007/12/producing-logo-and-short-publication.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (www.event.web.id)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377991265903539083.post-2955537873234824139Wed, 19 Dec 2007 13:08:00 +00002007-12-19T20:12:49.675+07:00Photoshophttp://hotdesigntutorial.blogspot.com/2007/12/using-extract-filter.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (www.event.web.id)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377991265903539083.post-2532053759912184237Wed, 19 Dec 2007 12:49:00 +00002007-12-19T19:49:45.092+07:00Photoshophttp://hotdesigntutorial.blogspot.com/2007/12/how-to-resize-image.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (www.event.web.id)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377991265903539083.post-9047566500046268347Wed, 19 Dec 2007 11:35:00 +00002007-12-19T19:01:48.640+07:00InDesignThis tutorial on Adobe InDesign CS2 looks at creating and formatting a drop cap.For a high res version of this tutorial, please go to link below to see a tutorial and sample design.Enjoy it!http://hotdesigntutorial.blogspot.com/2007/12/drop-caps.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (www.event.web.id)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377991265903539083.post-4511159741889550507Wed, 19 Dec 2007 09:53:00 +00002007-12-19T19:10:31.590+07:00PhotoshopPhotoshop's RGB Color mode uses the RGB model, assigning an intensity value to each pixel ranging from 0 (black) to 255 (white) for each of the RGB (red, green, blue) components in a color image. For example, a bright red color might have an R value of 246, a G value of 20, and a B value of 50. When the values of all three components are equal, the result is a shade of neutral gray. When the http://hotdesigntutorial.blogspot.com/2007/12/rgb-color-mode.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (www.event.web.id)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377991265903539083.post-4812234852376112261Wed, 19 Dec 2007 09:46:00 +00002007-12-19T19:44:08.468+07:00InDesignThis tutorial on Adobe InDesign CS2 from Facultydev.com looks at zooming and changing views, including creating a two panel view of a single document. For a high res version, go to link below and click on the Tutorials link. Enjoy it!http://hotdesigntutorial.blogspot.com/2007/12/zooming-and-changing-views.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (www.event.web.id)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377991265903539083.post-7975261207182671110Wed, 19 Dec 2007 09:36:00 +00002007-12-19T16:37:51.253+07:00FlashThis teaches how to design and script a menu for your flash movie or possibly a game. And now you are able to go to my site, and in the news area I have placed a download link so you can see this video full scale and be able to read the scripts I'm typing!http://hotdesigntutorial.blogspot.com/2007/12/making-menu.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (www.event.web.id)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377991265903539083.post-8162612613060540217Wed, 19 Dec 2007 09:28:00 +00002007-12-19T16:34:45.604+07:00FlashA brief tutorial about making an animated sprite character in Macromedia Flash. http://hotdesigntutorial.blogspot.com/2007/12/making-animated-sprite-character.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (www.event.web.id)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377991265903539083.post-2466835627820669550Wed, 19 Dec 2007 09:20:00 +00002007-12-19T16:26:35.228+07:003Dhttp://hotdesigntutorial.blogspot.com/2007/12/building-3d-head.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (www.event.web.id)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377991265903539083.post-624687823109188926Wed, 19 Dec 2007 09:16:00 +00002007-12-19T16:18:03.684+07:003Dhttp://hotdesigntutorial.blogspot.com/2007/12/maya-3d-movies.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (www.event.web.id)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377991265903539083.post-3401992276528518585Wed, 19 Dec 2007 08:54:00 +00002007-12-19T15:55:03.312+07:00Corel DrawTo make the coffee cup stand out from the background, the logo uses a diamond shape overlying the background for the coffee cup. The diamond shape consists of two overlapping squares, one slightly smaller than the other, which are grouped and then rotated 90 degrees to form the diamond.To create the outer square1 Using the Rectangle tool , drag to create a square on a blank area of the drawing. http://hotdesigntutorial.blogspot.com/2007/12/creating-diamond-shape.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (www.event.web.id)0