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Illustrator CS4 Tools Panel Overview

May 29, 2009
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How to subscribe to RSS

May 28, 2009

RSS in Plain English by Common Craft is the best explanation of how to subscribe to an RSS.

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How to add a transparent favicon

May 4, 2009

Your favicon should be viewable across multiple browsers. Different browsers read things differently, so using two separate favicon images will assure the graphic will have a transparent background in all of them. Create a new 16×16 pixel document with a transparent background in Photoshop. Draw or paste a graphic into the space. Part of a [...]

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Absolute vs. Relative Links

May 2, 2009

A link which shows the full URL of the page being linked at. Some links only show relative link paths instead of having the entire reference URL within the a href tag. Due to canonicalization and hijacking related issues it is typically preferred to use absolute links over relative links. Example absolute link <a href=”http://customdesigntools.com/folder/filename.html”>Cool [...]

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Should You Design in RGB or CMYK?

January 3, 2009

This is not the be-all end-all guide for color modes, just best practices from my experience designing for the printing industry. The only thing that matters is the output. The simple rule is: web=RGB, print=CMYK. If you are designing for print, what will the final output be? What kind of press will this be printed [...]

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Organizing Photoshop Files

October 29, 2008

Organizing files in general is important. Photoshop files can become unwieldy after adding a couple dozen layers, paths and alpha channels if you don’t maintain an organization system. Files are archived for later use or handed off to another design for some reason or another. Taking over a Photoshop file, or any file from a [...]

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