How to Use Photo to Movie 4.0 for Mac #01: Creating Key Frames
The next two video tutorials show how to create a QuickTime slideshow, using LQ Graphics’ Photo to Movie 4. In the first tutorial of the series, we import 2 photo images and create key frames. That means we use the Ken Burns Effect to put photos in motion. The next video tutorial, which will be available in a day or two will show how to work on audio clips and then export the project to QuickTime. Continue reading
Adobe Photoshop Creative Design #15: Water Surface under the Sun
In this Photoshop video tutorial, we use various filters to create an image where the water surface reflects the shinning sun. The filters used in this video tutorial include Gaussian Blur, Ripple, Crystalize and Glowing Edges. Continue reading
Adobe Illustrator Basics for Dummies #21: Designing a Christmas Card
One episode over the last Christmas season still haunts me. My wife asked me to check out some Christmas cards at Hallmark website. I found a few good designs. And she told me to order them. That’s when I found out that I had no money on the bank account for my debit card. Oh, no… I purchased a new external hard disk drive without telling her a thing. It was a Christmas gift from me to my beloved iMac. I was afraid she would find out my secret purchase. Actually, I was very scared of no meals for the next several days. I had to do something very quickly. So I launched Adobe Illustrator to design a simple Christmas card
In this video tutorial, we use a couple of cropping functions to design a simple Christmas card. The photo image used in the tutorial comes from Webshots. Continue reading
Adobe Illustrator Basics for Dummies #20: Creating Comic Logos
Using Adobe Illustrator CS2, this video tutorial shows how to create Comic-like text without resorting to any special filters. Continue reading
Building a Website Using CSS 07: Links and Rollover
We are pretty much finished editing our index page and CSS file. In the last video tutorial of the CSS editing series, we work on hyperlinks, page links and rollover. You can easily control the look of the mouseover effect using CSS. Continue reading