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I Have Good News, Bad News, and a New Fireworks Tutorial

Brownspank — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:13:03 +0000

First, the bad news: with all the stuff that’s been going on with work, I’ve only been able to update this blog with tidbits, and only when I have time to do so. I’m afraid I won’t be able to post any Rapid Fire tutorials for a while. But that doesn’t mean I’ll stop writing [...]You might also like:

CSS3 Rounded Corners: Avoiding Image Clipping Problems

Brownspank — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 14:33:17 +0000

The Scenario Consider the following HTML+CSS setup: an img element wrapped in a div container with rounded corners (and optionally, a drop shadow); the div is sized to match the image’s dimensions, like so:  <div class="rounded"> <img src="…" height="50" width="100" /> </div> /* CSS */ div.rounded { border-radius: 5px; -moz-border-radius: 5px; -webkit-border-radius: [...]You might also like:

Fireworks Goodness: Qrayg’s Fw PNG Week Project (+ a Tip on Filename Conventions)

Brownspank — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 03:00:25 +0000

In March of 2010, Craig Erskine (a.k.a., qrayg.com) set out to create PNG vector files and offer them for free download to the Adobe Fireworks community. Ten months later, his Fw PNG Week project has consistently grown into a solid collection of 48 52 Fireworks vector resources, ideal for designers of application interfaces, websites, logos [...]You might also like:

Graphika Manila 2010

Brownspank — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 12:56:59 +0000

Graphika Manila 2010 is the fifth installment of the Philippines’ premier multimedia design conference. Creative professionals and passionates will once again gather on August 7, 2010 at the SM Mall of Asia to be treated to a whole day of design wisdom and inspiration from both local and foreign talents. If you’re into art and [...]You might also like:

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Who The Hell is Samuel Garcia?: The Facebook Redirect Problem

Brownspank — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:48:42 +0000

In a nutshell: The problem has to do with particular models of Linksys Routers (WRT160N v3 and WRT310N). Want the fix already?: manually set the DNS servers on your computer, instead of the router. I recommend Google Public DNS or OpenDNS. If you’re still interested in the details, continue with the rest of the article, [...]You might also like:

Fireworks Zone: Wallpaper Contest

Brownspank — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:20:41 +0000

Fire up Fireworks and get creative! Fireworks Zone is holding a contest for the best Adobe® Fireworks®-created wallpapers. All Fireworks enthusiasts are invited to join the open theme contest, which runs until December 1, 2009. The most awesome wallpaper wins a copy of Adobe® Creative Suite® 4 Web Premium and an invitation to write an [...]You might also like:

Ping This! Bookmarklet

Brownspank — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 06:44:30 +0000

I’m no programmer by any stretch of imagination; I mean, I do ActionScript every now and then, but nothing too fancy that will blow anyone’s minds. Still, that didn’t stop me from whipping up a dead-simple bookmarklet that allows me to submit Web links to Ping.fm: Ping This!(Drag the link onto your Bookmarks Toolbar for [...]

Rapid Fire #11: Dot Matrix Effect

Brownspank — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 04:43:27 +0000

In this resurrection post for the Rapid Fire tutorial series, we make use of Adobe® Fireworks®‘s Grid Fill Texture to apply a dot matrix effect to any vector element. Begin with a vector or text element of your choice. For this tutorial, let’s download a world map vector EPS by Studio 7 Designs on Vecteezy [...]You might also like:

Twitter Sleuthing: Too Many Poets

Brownspank — Fri, 29 May 2009 04:07:54 +0000

thepoet: Who is this @JasmineTiy and why is he/her/it they keep on spamming @thepoet in their twit. I don’t even know what they are saying. → JasmineTiy: How comes there’s 2 @thepoet iz dat even possible → thepoet: @twitter f*d up big time on the username. there’s two @thepoet @thePOET so that’s why i’m getting [...]

Arched Text: A Fireworks Command

Brownspank — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 05:44:25 +0000

Fireworks guru Aaron Beall caught wind of my Arched Text Inkscape Tutorial a few days back, pointing out that the task of arching the bottom of the text can be done in Adobe® Fireworks® (in fact, it’s even easier with Fireworks’ Distort tool). He even provided a quick walkthrough for the benefit of other Fireworks [...]You might also like: