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Here's how to use the singular marquee tools; yes they actually do serve a purpose. Use them when you want to select just a single pixel wide or long across the entire document. You must be on an active layer (that you want to copy from) to do this...
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From the previous tutorial, now you have a duplicate on its own layer that you have created by using the lasso tool and layer: new layer via copy. With the moVe tool you can move this new layer around. Go to edit: Transform and choose scale...
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To start this layer mask tutorial, use the eyedropper tool to get a sample of any color in your document (like an open photo). Click and the sample will now become the foreground color that you can work with...
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I'm going to show you the Clone stamp tool in this tutorial. First another review of how to create a fill. This is one way to do it. First, make a selection with a rectangular marquee (or any other marquee). Here I'm just covering the right half of the document...
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Editor's Pick in Design Principles, May 2005
Discovering just what you want to say with your website is half the battle of creating it. Beyond that, you need only impose some sort of hierarchy on your thoughts.
A good web site behaves like a top-class butler or a concierge in a hotel. It looks after you, it intelligently anticipates your needs, and it goes out of its way not to make you feel bad. When everything's okay, it lets you get on with your business...
read moreAttention mapping is a tool to help you start to plan a visual layout around realistic communication between user and site. It can also be a helpful analysis tool, helping you work out what's wrong about a layout...
read moreWhen creating, editing and designing content for the web, get the message across as quickly as possible. To do that, say as little as possible, and put the most useful and relevant content first. Speak plainly and openly and use a tone of voice that's appropriate to the audience...
read moreDon't reinvent the wheel for functional imagery. Concentrate creative effort on imagery that adds value in branding or message (content). General guidelines for imagery/graphics:...
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Editor's Pick in Design Principles, May 2005
Want to know the benefits of kicking the originality habit as a designer? They are numerous, and of those, one outstanding benefit is adherence to standards.
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