http://www.layersmagazine.com The How-To Magazine for Everything Adobe. Quick tips and tutorials for the entire Adobe Creative Suite. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:26:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Use CS4 integration to move this postcard design from Photoshop to InDesign. {module:flashlink} http://www.layersmagazine.com/using-layers-comps-in-indesign.html Like most things in design, you can make quite an impact by modifying how people perceive things. In this tutorial, we’re going to create a 3D effect using simple 2D art, demonstrating how effective a little perspective can be. 1 [CREATE NEW RGB DOCUMENT] Choose File>New, select Basic RGB from the New ... http://www.layersmagazine.com/create-perspective-using-simple-2d-art-with-illustrator-cs4.html Hey everyone! I am in the middle of a flight to San Diego to teach the Creative Suite Unleashed tour with Dave Cross tomorrow (Make sure you come if youre in the area!)- 35,000 feet up in the air at that. While i'm up here, I figured it'd ... http://www.layersmagazine.com/thursday-news-notes.html Corey experiments with a new 3D plug-in for Photoshop called 3D Invigorator. RC talks about the different collaboration tools available at Acrobat.com. You can download each episode by subscribing to the podcast on iTunes. {module:tv/episode112} Thank you so much to iStockphoto for providing us with images to use for the show. Be ... http://www.layersmagazine.com/layers-tv-episode-112.html [If you’d like to download the files used in this tutorial to practice these techniques, visit www.layersmagazine.com and navigate to the Magazine section. All files are for personal use only.] Learning the Accordion One of the most useful user interface constructs is the accordion panel. It allows you to stack various ... http://www.layersmagazine.com/create-a-basic-animating-accordion-panel-in-flash.html Make way, San Diego! Dave Cross and I are bringing our Creative Suite Unleashed Tour to California this Friday. In one day, he and I will talk about how to make the most out of using Illustrator, Indesign, Photoshop, Flash, and even a little bit of Dreamweaver thrown ... http://www.layersmagazine.com/dave-cross-and-i-are-in-san-diego-friday.html Today we have a review of the Olympus E620 from Steve Baczewski . Check it out below: The 12.3-megapixel Olympus E-620 is one of the lightest, most compact DSLRs on the market. It succeeds Olympus’s E-520 and inherits features from the higher end E-30 DSLR. The E-620 has built-in image stabilization ... http://www.layersmagazine.com/olympus-e620-review-and-contest-time.html The Need for Speed The designer is the first person to get blamed when a website is sludgy. The engineers start asking about the rounded corners, the product manager wonders about the choice of fonts, and the client starts noticing a dip in sales or retention. A designer who isn’t armed ... http://www.layersmagazine.com/10-tips-for-a-fast-website.html Hey everyone! Just wanted to get one more post in there before I took off for the weekend. We are presently running a Layers Back Page Design Contest that is scheduled to end on November 30, 2009 - and the winner of it get's a sweet drive, courtesy ... http://www.layersmagazine.com/layers-back-page-design-contest-ends-monday.html In this classic moments episode, RC does some symbol swapping in Flash and reviews the George iPod dock. Corey creates a 3D package design in Photoshop. You can download each episode by subscribing to the podcast on iTunes. {module:tv/episode111} Thank you so much to iStockphoto for providing us with images to use for ... http://www.layersmagazine.com/layers-tv-episode-111.html by Janine Warner: Dreamweaver makes it easy to add Flash Video to your webpages, but if you want to display your video in QuickTime format, you’ll have to take care of the various settings and other options yourself. In the following steps, you’ll learn how to easily control and customize ... http://www.layersmagazine.com/using-quicktime-videos-with-dreamweaver-2.html Dreamweaver makes it easy to add Flash Video to your webpages, but if you want to display your video in QuickTime format, you’ll have to take care of the various settings and other options yourself. In the following steps, you’ll learn how to easily control and customize your QuickTime videos ... http://www.layersmagazine.com/using-quicktime-videos-with-dreamweaver.html