How-Tos Archive

• 0November 16, 2009

  A Designer’s Guide to Deciphering the Web

  From Adobe TV:

  Explore the landscape of the web today. Understand what technologies are available to you, when and how to use each technology to add richness and interactivity to your designs. [...]

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• 0November 01, 2009

  Creating Pitch Presentations and Proposals with InDesign CS4

  From MAX 2009 Design

  Learn how to use the rich layout and typography tools in InDesign CS4 in conjunction with the new interactivity features to add buttons, links, navigation actions, and page transitions to create compelling [...]

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• 0October 30, 2009

  How Google Social Search Works

  Google recently launched a new experimental feature in Google Labs that searches your social circle in addition to your regular Google search results. Announced at Web 2.0 in San Francisco last week, Google Social Search is currently in its Beta testing phase. In the video below, Matt Cutts from the search quality team explains how Google Social Search works. [...]

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• 0October 29, 2009

  Audio and Video with Flash Catalyst

  ADC Presents - Audio and Video Content with Flash Catalyst | Adobe TV.

  Adobe Platform Evangelist Ryan Stewart demonstrates adding audio and video files to a project with the interaction panel in the next version of Flash Catalyst. [...]

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• 0October 27, 2009

  How to Stream Your Music From Mac to Anywhere

  BY Chris Dannen From: TechWatch | Fast Company
  Apple’s new Mac Mini now ships with server software, but Apple’s suggested uses are vanilla. With 1TB of storage and plenty of power, let’s put it to good use and stream some music and movies over the Intertubes.
  Snow Leopard Server can do a lot [...]

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• 1October 16, 2009

  10 Tips to Create a More Usable Web

  From Webdesigner Depot:
  Whether it’s your portfolio, a blog, a marketing web site, or a collection of games, we all want to attract visitors to our website and to ensure that they have a pleasant experience.

  Usability measures the level of a user’s experience [...]

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• 0October 14, 2009

  Designing for Augmented Reality

  From MAX 2009 Design

  Learn about designing and developing augmented reality experiences on the Flash Platform. Join two Adobe evangelists as we take you through the business uses and consumer uses of augmented reality and how you can use CS4 and the Flash Platform tools. [...]

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• 0October 14, 2009

  Logo Design Tutorials and Tips

  27 Logo Design Tutorials and Tips from Web Design Ledger:

  I’m a web designer, but on a number of occasions I have been asked to design a logo as part of a web design project. I normally take on the task, but I don’t consider myself a logo design expert by any means. I know I have a lot to learn about this particular skill. If [...]

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• 0October 09, 2009

  10 Super Useful Usability Findings and Guidelines

  By Dmitry Fadeyev at Smashing Magazine:
  Everyone would agree that usability is an important aspect of Web design. Whether you’re working on a portfolio website, online store or Web app, making your pages easy and enjoyable for your visitors to use is key. Many studies have been done over the years on various aspects of Web and interface design, and the findings are [...]

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• 0October 06, 2009

  Flash Applications for iPhone

  Adobe Labs:
  Flash Professional CS5 will enable you to build applications for iPhone and iPod touch using ActionScript 3. These applications can be delivered to iPhone and iPod touch users through the Apple App Store.

  A public beta of Flash Professional CS5 with prerelease [...]

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