Articles posted in October 2007

Photoshop 101 - Transparent Fills

Photoshop doesn't come with the same one-click ability as Illustrator to make the fill of shapes or objects transparent. Here's a workaround. Read more

WebKit to support font-face

The news that the open source browser engine WebKit is to follow Opera and support font-face is great news for web typography. But more work needs to be done by the web community, browser manufacturers and font foundries. Read more

Easy image sharpening in Photoshop

Here's a simple tip I picked up to quickly sharpen images in Photoshop using the High Pass Filter. Read more

Colour sampling outside Photoshop

Here a simple tip that will save time if you need to sample colours from outside Photoshop for use in your artwork. Read more

How to Sync iCal and Google Calendar

A short tutorial on syncing iCal with Google Calendar for free with iCal on your Mac being the master calendar. Read more

IE7 one year on

Today is the launch of Leopard, Apple's latest version of the OSX operating system. With it comes Safari 3, a product that almost a year on from the launch of Vista highlights the stagnant performance of Internet Explorer 7. Read more

Creating backgrounds with Patterns in Photoshop

Often designs need a background to fill space behind navigation or other page elements. Here one way to create them. Read more

Auto-blend photographs in Photoshop

If you have Photoshop CS3 you can automatically merge two different photographs to create a new one, with Photoshop doing all of the hard work for you. Read more

Stroke a stroke in Photoshop

Sometimes you might want to add a stroke to a stroke on the same layer in Photoshop. Thankfully with a simple technique you can. Read more

Leopard OSX’s UI Design

Leopard, Apple's latest version of the the OSX operating system was released last Friday. In my opinion some of the interface changes are a step backwards. Read more