Working With the Path Palette in Adobe Fireworks CS4
When most people think of working with paths, it’s likely that they are thinking about Adobe Illustrator. What a lot of people don’t realize however is that Adobe Fireworks CS4 comes with some really nice tools to help…
Export Layers to Files in Photoshop Automatically
If you have a blog, like I do, and frequently need to export several thumbnails of identical size for posts and articles, you have probably thought about how you could automate the creation of thumbnails for your posts.…
Improve Your Workflow Using Symbols and Adobe Fireworks CS4’s Multi-Page Functionality
You may remember a while back when I demonstrated how to design a fashion website using Adobe Fireworks CS4. Today, I will build upon that tutorial and show how to create a secondary page using Fireworks’ multi-page functionality.…
Quick Tip: Working With Pattern Swatches in Illustrator (Video)
A while back I published a short tutorial demonstrating how to work with pattern swatches in Illustrator. At the time, I really wanted to record a screencast demonstrating the process but I didn’t have the capability. Today, I…
Create a Fashion Website With Adobe Fireworks CS4
Recently, I have taken quite an interest in graphic design for the fashion industry. I think I am drawn to this particular industry because I feel like they put a great deal of thought into their image and…
Use Photoshop CS5’s New Content Aware Fill Feature to Create a Panoramic Photo
A few weeks back I had the opportunity to test out Photoshop CS5 while it was in Beta. I really enjoyed seeing some of its new features; some of which were more impressive than others. One of my…
6 Easy Ways to Evenly Distribute Space Between Objects in Illustrator
Trying to evenly distribute the space between objects is a task that most designers have to perform every day. While this task is quite easy in Illustrator, you may find that some techniques work better than others in…
How to Customize Your Keyboard Shortcuts in Illustrator
Keyboard shortcuts are an essential time-saving tool for any graphic designer but often times the default settings can be inefficient and it is necessary to edit them in order to make the job much easier. In this brief…
Quick Tip: Use Keyboard Acrobatics to Transform an Object’s Perspective in Illustrator
Those of you who are familiar with Photoshop know that transforming an object’s perspective in Photoshop is quite easy; just go to edit > Transform > Perspective and then you can change the perspective of just about any…
Create a Call to Action Button With Adobe Fireworks CS4
Call to Action is a web design term used to describe any type of element that solicits a response from a user. In this 11 minute video tutorial I demonstrate how to create a call to action button using…
Use 9-Slice Scaling in Adobe Fireworks CS4 to Scale Objects Without Distortion
I’m sure most of you have probably attempted to scale an object in Illustrator or Photoshop with rounded corners. If so, you have probably noticed how Photoshop or Illustrator can distort the rounded corners on your objects. This…
Quick Tip: Apply a Pattern Overlay to a Gradient in Adobe Fireworks
One of the reasons that I enjoy working in Fireworks so much is the ease in which it allows you to apply basic effects to objects. In this brief video tutorial I will demonstrate how to apply a…
Exploring Gradients in Adobe Fireworks
One thing that has always frustrated me about Illustrator and Photoshop is their poor support for gradients. While they have made some strides in recent years, the tools that they provide to manipulate gradients are really sub par.…
Don’t Be Constrained by Control Points: An Introduction to Extreme Path
Hello everyone! Today, I would like to introduce you to Extreme Path, a plug-in for Adobe Illustrator that allows you to manipulate paths and shapes in ways that you can’t otherwise do using Illustrator. One of the biggest…
Working With Auto-Shapes in Fireworks
I mention quite a bit how fond I am of the tools that Fireworks provides to help draw basic shapes. Today I would like to talk a little about one of least known but helpful tools that Fireworks…
