http://deborahwoehr.com Writer, Author, and Graphic Artist Sun, 01 Jun 2008 01:25:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Watermarks are a great way to protect your work against copyright infringement because they are embedded in your images. Photoshop CS3 has a filter called Digimarc which embeds watermarks into your images. The thing is, you'll have to pay $79 annually for their basic subscription package in order to get ... http://deborahwoehr.com/2008/05/31/how-to-add-watermarks-to-your-image-files-in-photoshop-cs3/ Sitepoint is offering their Photoshop Anthology ebook as a free download for the next thirteen days. If you're looking for a book that will help you utilize Photoshop in designing web pages, this book has plenty of information (296-pages worth) to help you create stunning effects. Here's a taste of ... http://deborahwoehr.com/2008/05/30/free-photoshop-ebook-from-sitepoint/ I've spent the last several months researching different online schools to upgrade my Computer Graphics degree, only to find that the costs are too prohibitive ($80,000 for a really good program) for my budget. So, I started looking for alternatives. I have a small library that contains how-to books on ... http://deborahwoehr.com/2008/05/29/indesign-cs3-essential-training-online-and-in-dvd/ I was browsing through the NAPP (National Association of Photoshop Professionals) tutorials this morning and came across a tutorial for Smart Gradients. By the way, you'll find tons of great tutorials in this members-only website. Anyway, this tutorial involved creating smart objects, and then creating wavy gradients with the freeform ... http://deborahwoehr.com/2008/04/18/creating-wild-abstract-gradients-with-photoshop/ I've had this sitting on my server since Sunday, but have been too busy with writing projects to post about it. The uploading process went smoothly, once I realized that I needed to create a directory first. It's a very simple one-page setup, which I created almost exclusively in Photoshop ... http://deborahwoehr.com/2008/04/09/first-website-created-with-freeway/ On Monday, I received a nice surprise when I found an email from Freeway's technical support, which addressed the comments that I had written in this weekend's post about my results with the software. With their permission, I am posting the solutions they gave me for the problems I faced. ... http://deborahwoehr.com/2008/04/09/now-thats-customer-service/ I bought Freeway Pro 4 in February and have been experimenting with it to create a website with moderate success. The first design limitation I experienced was the inability to make the text wrap around graphic elements. Then, I read their manual and learned that you can't wrap html text ... http://deborahwoehr.com/2008/04/05/softpress-launches-freeway-50/ The goal for this assignment was to create a business card that complimented the website, while making its own bold statement. My husband had made the original on a white background in Word and printed it on inkjet business card paper. The result wasn't bad, but I felt that a ... http://deborahwoehr.com/2008/03/16/business-card-woehr-tool-die/ I've started a collection of tutorials for Photoshop late last year so I can learn how to do everything from creating snazzy web buttons to illustrations. This morning, I found a neat collection from Smashing Magazine that covers a wide gamut of subjects and techniques. They've also included a list ... http://deborahwoehr.com/2008/01/27/best-free-tutorials-for-photoshop/ I haven't had much time to practice digital painting as much as I would have liked to because I've been preparing for my first virtual book tour, which is scheduled for February. Here is a list of my scheduled stops. Feb. 1 - Rose Marie Wolf's Blog www.rosemariewolf.blogspot.com (guest post) Feb. 2 ... http://deborahwoehr.com/2008/01/27/virtual-blog-tour-coming-in-february/