7 Reasons Why I Choose Fireworks Over Photoshop
Aug 12, 2010 General, Tutorials
My name is Russell McGovern and I use Fireworks to design websites. There, I said it. I could be wrong, but it feels like I’m in a small minority; among web designers, the application of choice seems to be Photoshop. Agencies send me PSD files at work and ask for them in return; design blogs are full of Photoshop tips, tutorials and templates; other designers request the Photoshop files that they assume I must have used to build elements.
Tags: conclusion, Design, Designers, fireworks, naldz-graphics, opinion, Photoshop, tools, Tutorials
Photoshoped Portraits by Lyubomir Sergeev
Jul 19, 2010 General, Inspiration, Resources, Tutorials
Lyubomir Sergeev is a digital illustrator from Bulgaria, and his illustrations are amazing! The creativity and execution on each piece is very special making each portrait look so sharp and incredible. For more visit http://www.sergeevstudio.com and http://www.behance.net/LyubomirSergeev About the author Hello! I’m Paulo Canabarro, Web Designer born in Brazil, living and freelancing in the US. Get @ me – pvpcanabarro@gmail.com For some cool stuff make sure to Follow me on twitter! Sponsored Links:
Tags: daily-inspiration, fireworks, gimp-tutorials, illustration, Inspiration, interview, Photoshop, Photoshop Tutorials, pixelmator, Resources, Tutorials, wallpaper, wallpapers
Fireworks Tutorials
Jun 1, 2010 General, Inspiration, Resources, Tutorials
How to Create a Stylish Navigation Bar in Adobe Fireworks Create a Collage by Fading Images in Fireworks CS4 Masking in Fireworks CS4 (video) Fireworks 101 (video) and Fireworks 101 Part II (video) Fireworks CS4 CSS Export (video) Fireworks CS4 Color Management (video) Fireworks CS4 Layout Tools (video) Build a Professional iPhone App Website Wireframe in Fireworks Create a Vibrant Digital Collage Mixing Buildings and Vector Shapes on Paper Creating Fading Light Vectors in Fireworks LED Cinema Display in Fireworks The Abduzeetles Rockband Website in Fireworks Website Design Tutorial: Wellknown.as Case Creating an Amazing Palm Pre Icon on Fireworks How to Use Quick Mask Awesome Light Effects in Fireworks Inspired by James White’s O Series Awesome Floral Type in Fireworks and Photoshop in 5 Minutes Classy Personal Portfolio in Fireworks Amazing Neon Lights on Fireworks Creating the iPhone Frame on Fireworks Circular Shadows and Highlights Dot Matrix Effect Extracting Logos Designing for Mobile Devices Using Fireworks CS4 Golden Seal Photo Realistic Create Vista-Like Wallpapers with Fireworks Old Paper Effect in Fireworks Jewel Button Five Easy Steps to Create a Barcode in Fireworks Creating a Thick Text Outline Shiny Ribbon Adobe Fireworks CS4 Photo Blur Effect How to Create Blend Mode with Adobe Fireworks CS4 Altes Web Logo Tutorial
Tags: archives, church, church-websites, Design, fireworks, friends, Inspiration, photo, Photoshop, Photoshop Tutorials, Tutorials, wallpaper, Websites
Adobe Fireworks: Is It Worth Switching to CS5?
May 22, 2010 General, Inspiration, Resources, Tutorials
Adobe Fireworks is the Swiss Army knife for many developers and Web, UX, UI and graphic designers. The application is known for its versatility, excellent blend of vector and bitmap tools and powerful built-in wireframing and prototyping options. Also, according to the SoDA 2010 Digital Marketing Outlook survey, Fireworks has become an important tool for many digital agencies. It now has the same standing as other core Adobe products, such as Flash, Flex and Dreamweaver (to the question “Which technical skill sets, if any, will you look to hire or contract in 2010?”, approx.
Tags: adobe, adobe-fireworks, article, compound-shape, Design, fireworks, gradient, icons, illustrator, Inspiration, magazine, smashing, wallpaper
25 Awesome Adobe Fireworks Resources for Web and App Developers
May 20, 2010 General, Inspiration, Resources, Tutorials
Adobe Fireworks’ features and work-flow undeniably make it the industry pioneer and leader for web graphic prototyping and rapid web site building. Even though, with each new version, Adobe have slowly over-loaded it with new features – some of these have proved to be useful and popular, while others have simply been pointless – but at its core it will always remain a marvelously easy to use application for web designers. Despite the odd bug and the odd feature, it really is awesome! This post is not your typical Fireworks post. There are no tutorials and not too many source files.
Tags: commands, Design, development, extensions, firefox, fireworks, fireworks extensions, Inspiration, Resources, template, toolbox, Web Design
Adobe Creative Suite 5 Brings Sexy Back
Apr 12, 2010 General, Resources
Adobe will unveil its new Creative Suite 5 on Monday April 12th at 8AM PDT, just a few hours from now. You can catch the official launch online here , however, if you can’t wait, we’ll be revealing all the juicy details before the official launch… right now! The Adobe team kindly invited us to an exclusive sneak peak demo of Creative Suite 5 and they also provided us with a pre-release copy for this review. In this post, we’ll be sharing some of the highlights of each application in this exciting new release, with some detailed info on the new applications. We’ll also discuss whether we think CS5 is worth upgrading to or not.
Tags: after-effects, content, Creative, css, fireworks, latest, Photoshop, Resources
Ideafixa’s Greatest Hits Book
Mar 31, 2010 General, Inspiration, Tutorials
I’m totally amazed by a book from Ideafixa, witch features work from several artists and designers, gathering the best projects from 11 volumes of their online magazine. IdeaFixa is a very strong community here in Brazil. Each work was very well selected, it’s definitely worth to check this out! <!–break–> IdeaFixa’s Greatest Hits it’s a collections of the best works from 11 issues and 2 years of the online magazine, it’s feature more than 86 artists and their visuals visions about some subjects: sex, city, rock’n roll, sci-fi, woman, surrealism, colors, self-portrait, food and desire. IdeaFixa is a collaborative project of visual arts that promote ideas, talents, initiatives, professionals and share references in illustrations, design, photography, fashion, arts, video, animation, motion, midia and even the best portfolio.
Tags: architecture, book, daily-inspiration, fireworks, gimp-tutorials, greatest-hits, ideafixa, illustration, online, Tutorials, wallpaper, Web Design
Amazing Pictograms and Icons
Mar 31, 2010 General, Inspiration, Tutorials
Less is more? Many people might say it isn’t, but I’m pretty sure that when the subject is pictograms, it sure is! The best way to communicate something through an icon is often to make it as simple as possible, placing just the elements that really matter. <!–break–> Here, we’ve got some great examples of pictograms. These are beautifully made, with attention to detail and crispy execution.
Tags: fireworks, gimp-tutorials, illustration, photography, pixelmator, Tutorials, wallpaper, wallpapers
Unique Illustrations and Artworks by Mario Wagner
Mar 30, 2010 General, Inspiration, Tutorials
Mario Wagner was born in 1974 and works as an artist and illustrator in San Francisco/USA and Cologne/Germany. His unique illustrations and artworks are commissioned by the most popular magazines like Playboy and the New York Times Magazine or clients like Adidas or Cheerios. Wagner’s work is made analog, he uses old magazines, scissor, glue and acrylcolor, even for his about 6,5 feet large artworks. His work was already shown in numerous german and international exhibitions including the SCOPE.
Tags: collage, Design, fireworks, gimp-tutorials, illustration, Inspiration, interview, photography, Photoshop Tutorials, wallpaper, wallpapers, Web Design
Daily Inspiration #469
Mar 29, 2010 General, Inspiration, Tutorials
This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it, also use “Daily Inspiration” in the subject, and don’t forget to send your Abduzeedo username; or via Twitter sending to http://twitter.com/abduzeedo If possible use the HTML code: <p class="imgC"><a href="Link to the page you found the image"><img src="Link to the Image" /></a></p> Do you want to see all images from all Daily Inspirations? Check out http://daily.abduzeedo.com al b sure Ana Cristina Eduardo Fabiano Fabio Gisele Jeroen van Eerden laudgraphics mick-m niegeborges xiondzz Via Twitter Send your suggestions via Twitter to http://twitter.com/abduzeedo using #abdz in the end of the tweet. @allrox @D_CENT @djbennett999 About the author Someone with a bachelor degree in Foreign Trade that really likes technology, design, photography and creativity.
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