Tag Archives: Photoshop

Posts Around the Web

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Posted by Alisha on Tuesday, January 15th, 2008 – 12:16 pm
Filed under General

Google Reader

Today, I thought I would share some posts around the web from feeds that I am subscribed to.

Is Your Desktop Naked?

This one comes from Mitchellaneous and caught my attention, because like Mitch, I also like a clean desktop. The only difference between mine and his though is that I use gadgets from the Vista Sidebar. But, it’s still clean because I don’t have icons cluttering my desktop.

Clean Desktop

This is useful if you are working on a project for a client, because whatever you decide to save on the desktop is for that project alone. Then as Mitch said, you can move file(s) to another location when you’re done, or delete if you no longer need the file(s). Great tip.

Photoshop Tutorial: Candy in a Plastic Wrapper

This tutorial comes from Larissa Meek showing us what to use the plastic wrap filter for in Photoshop. I haven’t put her tutorial to the test, but it looks easy to follow. I’d be interested to know if anyone’s used the filter for anything else.

Candy in a Plastic Wrapper

5 Packs to Transform Windows to other OS

One thing many people like to do is making Windows look like another operating system. The two most common ones I see are Mac and Vista.  This list comes from MakeUseOf.

  • Vista Transformation Pack
  • Mac OS Transformation Pack
  • FlyakiteOSX
  • Fedora Transformation Pack
  • Ubuntu Transformation Pack

For screenshots, check out the post.

Google Takes Feeds Out of Search Results

I read this great news over at Jeffro2pt0.  This is very important to me, because I was starting to consider using another search engine because it annoyed me that every search result included a lot of feeds, rather than the actual content. And it takes time to manually find the link to the content.

It’s also important that if you have a blog, that your feeds aren’t showing up in the first results, possibly resulting in less visitors.

How To Create a Basic Website Layout

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Posted by Alisha on Sunday, October 28th, 2007 – 12:42 pm
Filed under Video, Web Design
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This video shows you how to create a basic website layout using Photoshop. If you’re familiar with Photoshop, it shouldn’t be hard to follow the video. If you’re new to Photoshop, it might be a little more difficult, because the video is so small that you can’t see some of what is shown. It doesn’t go into showing you how to slice and then code it. It only shows you how to create the design.

xTrain Online Expert Training

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Posted by Alisha on Wednesday, October 17th, 2007 – 10:37 am
Filed under General

xTrain

xTrain is an online video based training website with classes about graphic design, web design, online marketing, digital photography and more. There are even free classes available.

I first heard about xTrain from Justine Ezarik. She had done a Viral Videos With xTrain video. One example she gives is getting started with a video blog. Depending on the type of video blog, it may be boring to some! Check out the video.

My favorite is Dr. Brown’s Photoshop Laboratory. Currently, there are three classes for free. Check out the classes to experiment with 3D, black and white, and animation. If you thought going to school was boring, Dr. Brown makes learning more exciting with his wacky hair-do.

What I Like
I like that I can preview a class before registering. People can also leave comments and rate the class. This can be helpful when deciding if you want to take a class. After you’re done, take a quiz and become xTrain certified!

What I Don’t Like
With web design classes available, I’m not sure why the sub-menus don’t look that great with the rest of the site. Larger font size and more to the right of the main menu link (probably because of being centered).

To find out how to get started with xTrain, check out the xTrain tour, starring Justine.

One Reason to Buy an iMac

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Posted by Alisha on Monday, August 6th, 2007 – 11:31 am
Filed under Technology

Over at Gizmodo, there’s a Photoshop mock up about the next iMac. You do remember what the iPhone looks like right? Well, imagine a much larger one for a screen. It looks pretty! If iMacs weren’t so expensive, this would be one reason I would buy one, for that nice shiny screen!

Okay, so that wouldn’t be the only reason to buy one. There are plenty of other reasons to buy an iMac and one of them would be because Microsoft is bringing Windows down with its newest release, Vista. Hasta la Vista right?