Editor's Pick in Flash Tutorials, April 2007 How can you make a "Ripple Effect"? This fine tutorial will show you how to do it the easy way. The 12 steps are loaded with good directions, and each step has screenshots and illustrations for clarity.
1. Open a new document by clicking on File -> New. 2. Give first layer the name of 'Sun' and place a circle at the center of the screen compose of black and yellow gradient. (You can make your gradient by opening Color Mixer from window -> Color Mixer). Lock this layer.
1. Open a new document by clicking on File -> New. Change background color to Black.
2. Import some images into library. Change the Layer's name to Background. Drag any picture on the stage. Resize to fit on the stage. 3. Copy the image and add a new layer...
1. Open a new document by clicking on File -> New. 2. Type some text in the first layer with name 'Text Layer'. On frame 25 click f6 and then type some other text with some other color on some different position.
Editor's Pick in Photoshop Tutorials, March 2007 This article is a Photoshop special - Different Methods to Make Someone Glamorous. The author shares some real expertise here, and you can see the effects of each change with the 'before' and 'after' photos.