- Master Illustrator Essentials
- Dec 1, 2005
- Designers starting out know Adobe Illustrator as "that program for designing logos," but it's capable of so much more: ads, illustrations, page layouts, and Web graphics, to name just a few applications. It's the industry-standard application for vector graphics. If you're new to Illustrator (or just rusty), this chapter will get you well on your way toward understanding the fundamentals of using Illustrator to create vector graphics.
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- Master Mac OS X Users and Groups by Making Your Mac Think It's a Server
- Mar 2, 2007
- One of the challenges of creating a small Mac network (or even sharing files among multiple users on a single Mac) is that Mac OS X doesn't allow you to create groups of users or share folders (among local users or over a network) other than preset Shared and Public folders. But, as Ryan Faas illustrates, when you have the right tools, you can get Mac OS X to support groups, permissions, additional shared folders, and even managed user preferences.
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- Mastering Vector Design: Drawing with Illustrator Paintbrushes
- Dec 21, 2007
- David Karlins explores the multi-varied world of Adobe Illustrator's Paintbrush tool, showing how to customize the built-in brushes and even create unique and eye-catching new strokes of your own.
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- Mastering Vector Design: How to Create Illustrator Patterns
- Jan 4, 2008
- David Karlins dispels some of the myths about using patterns in Adobe Illustrator. With some very simple techniques, you can create and use fascinating patterns for strokes and fills.
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- Meet the Elements of Web User Experience
- Dec 13, 2002
- It sounds impossible to take into account every possible action your website users are likely to take and understand their expectations at every step of the way, but Jesse James Garrett can show you how to start.
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- Merit Over Marketing: A Manifesto
- Jul 26, 2011
- Without proof of their effectiveness, the act of deciding who will do the best design work for your company is a coin toss. And too often, this results in mediocre solutions with unremarkable results. By believing what we hear over what we see, we tell consultants and agencies that marketing is a more valued skill than design. Robert Hoekman, Jr. suggests that it's time to call for merit over marketing.
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- Microformats Made Simple: XFN
- Nov 17, 2009
- Emily P. Lewis focuses on using the rel attribute for links in order to define social relationships, starting with an explanation of XFN.
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- Microsoft TrueSkill and the Art of Gaming Statistics
- Feb 10, 2006
- Microsoft's new TrueSkill system attempts to bring some order to the chaos of proprietary online game ranking systems. Tim Stevens takes a look at its offering to see just how it ranks against the competition.
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- Midcom: How an Intranet was Reborn
- May 4, 2001
- Expert Web designer Christie Caronis describes the ups and downs of creating her first intranet -- with multiple linked pages, for a company with more than 1,000 employees.
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- Mining a User Management System in PHP and MySQL
- Dec 7, 2011
- Basic user management—registration, logging in, and logging out—is a key aspect of today’s dynamic websites. This article walks you through some of the simple ways you can extend the code to provide added functionality to your website.
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- Misunderstood Photoshop: Clipping Masks
- Feb 16, 2007
- The Photoshop clipping mask feature is a quick way to create effects such as text filled with a photograph. Helen Bradley points out more handy uses for clipping masks, such as limiting the effect of adjustment layers, or simplifying the process of editing a portion of an image. You can follow along with the accompanying video tutorial to see exactly how it's done.
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- Modify Simple Graphics in Flash MX 2004
- Oct 20, 2006
- Flash back to Macromedia Flash MX 2004 for a retro tutorial on how to modify simple graphics in Flash! If you're still using Macromedia Flash MX 2004, you'll want to sneak a peek at this sample chapter, which shows you how to use the selection, lasso, and subselection tools to select and modify graphics. You'll also learn about using the Property Inspector and other panels to modify elements' attributes.
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- Modifying Drupal Themes with Dreamweaver CS5
- May 18, 2010
- In this tutorial, David Karlins shows how easily you can change the look and feel of a Drupal website with the help of new features in Dreamweaver CS5.
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- Modifying Simple Graphics in Adobe Flash Professional CS6
- Oct 1, 2012
- In this chapter, you’ll use the selection, lasso, and subselection tools to select and modify elements. You’ll modify elements’ attributes using the Property inspector and other panels.
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- Modifying Simple Graphics in Flash CS4
- Mar 3, 2009
- This chapter covers using the selection, lasso, and subselection tools to modify simple graphics in Flash CS4.
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- Modifying Simple Graphics in Flash MX, Part 1
- May 31, 2002
- Katherine Ulrich discusses using the arrow, lasso, and subselection tools to select and modify elements in Flash MX. She also teaches you how to use the Property Inspector and panels to modify elements' attributes.
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- Modifying Simple Graphics in Flash MX, Part 2
- Jun 7, 2002
- In Part 2 of her sample chapter, Katherine Ulrich continues her discussion of tools and techniques for modifying graphics in Flash MX.
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- Modular Web Design: Combine
- Jul 22, 2009
- This chapter will show you how to assemble components into page layouts, appreciate how components fit into variations of a single page as well as across the context of many different pages, take advantage of component relationships, including duplicates, bundles, and page shells, formulate page regions so that components can be more simply explained and consistently applied, and appreciate the relationship between components in layout and code.
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- Monetizing Syndicated Content with AdSense for Feeds
- Oct 28, 2005
- No one quite knows how to make money from syndicated content yet. AdSense for feeds is Google's experiment in monetizing content feeds delivered through RSS and other mechanisms. Eric Giguere discusses why the jury's still out on this program.
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- My Favorite Features in ColdFusion 10
- Apr 17, 2013
- Are you a ColdFusion user who hasn't upgraded to ColdFusion 10? Or perhaps you have, but still haven't really dug into what's new. In this article, Adobe evangelist Raymond Camden introduces you to some of his favorite new features in the latest version of ColdFusion.
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