by jamesgeorge | Oct 14, 2010 | Illustrator, Quik-tips, Tutorials
You can control the opacity of each individual color of a gradient inside of Adobe Illustrator. This is fantastic for flexibility with colors. Simply click on the color swatch of the gradient, and there is an opacity setting on the gradient panel. You can also double...
by jamesgeorge | Oct 14, 2010 | Illustrator, Quik-tips
You can easily control the opacity of colors in Illustrator. You can Control the opacity of the stroke and the fill individually by using the appearance panel. Directly under each stroke and fill layer in the appearance panel, there is an opacity section, where you...
by jamesgeorge | Oct 13, 2010 | Photoshop, Tutorials
This is a great method to get great masks in Photoshop. You can actually have 2 masks on an image at the same time. You can use a vector mask and use a custom shape to mask out an image, creating a clean mask for sharp edges. The pixel mask is great for creating...
by jamesgeorge | Oct 8, 2010 | Photoshop, Tutorials
First, take your image and duplicate the background layer, so you can go back to your original if you need to. Hide the background layer and work from your copy. Go into the channels panel and hold down the command key (CTRL on the PC) and click on the RGB channel to...
by jamesgeorge | Sep 14, 2010 | Articles, Indesign, Quik-tips
You can set up a good grid from the start of a new document in Indesign. When the New Document pops up, you can set the number of columns in your document. I tend to use either 3 or 5 columns. You can use as many as you want. I tend to try to keep it simple and to the...
by jamesgeorge | Aug 29, 2010 | Dreamweaver, Premium, Tutorials, Web Design
When creating your own navigation system for your web site, Spry is a remarkable tool that organizes and breaks down the entire structure simply and easily. The Spry system makes it so easy to go back and change the structure and layout of different navigation...