Donald
Herion
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Don joined iBoost in September, 1999 as a Web Designer. He was
recently promoted to Content Editor. He earned a degree in industrial
design at the University of Illinois, Chicago. Following graduation
Don spent several years as head of the Y Files, an organization
devoted to discovering the 'Why' in the most important questions
in life. Some of these include; Why don't they build jet airliners
out of the same material they use for those black boxes? Why do
fools fall in love? Why did the chicken cross the road? Why is abbreviation
such a long word? Why doesn't glue stick to the inside of a bottle?
CSS in GoLive 5.0
GoLive
5.0 has made it even easier to implement cascading style sheets throughout your
site. Don's tutorial shows how to setup, apply and edit CSS.
Review:
Macromedia Director 8 Shockwave Studio
Building impressive multimedia applications
for the Web and deliverable media has become easier with the release of Macromedia
Director 8 Shockwave Studio. Check out Don's review.
Animating
in Fireworks 4.0
You no longer need programs like Flash or Director to
create Web animations. Don checks out Fireworks 4.0's animation capabilities.
Review:
xaraX
Looking to quickly produce professional print and Web graphics using
vector and/or bitmap images? Don reviews xaraX, a versatile and easy to use vector
illustration program. Find out if it's right for you.
Tell
Target/Load Movie Scripting in Flash
A great way to get your animations
to load faster is to have several smaller Shockwave files linked to one compact
file. Flash 5's 'Tell Target' command lets you do that easily. Find out how in
this tutorial.
Review:
Deneba Canvas 7
Deneba's latest version of Canvas is an all-in-one graphics
application that combines elements of programs such as Photoshop, Illustrator,
Pagemaker and GoLive. Don examines how it performs the tasks of vector illustration,
bitmap editing, page layout and Web creation.
Convert
Bitmaps to Vector Art in a Flash
Flash's "Trace" command makes
it easy to change your bitmap images into vector art. Don shows you how.
A
Supermodel PhotoAlbum in Dreamweaver
Dreamweaver's 'Create Web Photo Album'
option can be a huge timesaver when you want to create a page of thumbnailed pictures.
Find out how it works.
OCR:
Why it's our Friend
Optical Character Recognition has come a long way,
but has it come far enough to be a valuable tool for Web designers? Don examines
OCR.
Creative
Tools in Illustrator 9
Explore Illustrator 9's vector tools set in this
two-part tutorial.
Part
1
Part
2
Creative
Masking in Flash
Masking is a powerful and useful tool in Flash. In this
tutorial, Don shows how to use masking to create some cool animated effects.
Slicing
Images in Image Ready 3
Photoshop 6/Image Ready 3 allows you to quickly
slice up complex images and export the slices into an HTML document. Find out
how.
Advanced
Rollovers in Fireworks 3.0
One of the principle reasons for having Fireworks
is the power to create rollover effects. This tutorial will explore this capability.
Dreamweaver 3.0 Keyboard Shortcuts
& Matrix
The use of keyboard shortcuts is an invaluable time-saving technique.
This is a handy reference of all the keyboard shortcuts in Dreamweaver.
Creating
your own Keyboard Shortcuts in Dreamweaver
Don shows you how to add additional
keyboard shortcuts to Dreamweaver.
Review:
Media Labs PhotoWebber 1.0.2
If you're looking for a tool that can take
your cool Photoshop layout, layers and all, and convert it into a fully functional
Web page with rollover effects in five minutes, then look no further. Don reviews
PhotoWebber.
Review:
Photoshop 6.0
If you didn't think Adobe could improve Photoshop any more,
you were wrong, they did. Don tells you how, and whether it's worth the $199 upgrade
price tag.
CSS Rules!
Cascading
Style Sheets offer Web designers the power and flexibility to manage the design
of their Web site in a way not possible using standard HTML.
CSS
Rules! Part 2
Don follows up on his introduction to Cascading Style Sheets
by going deeper into the power of CSS.
CSS
Rules! Part 3
Here you will find a list of CSS1 properties as they pertain
to margins, borders, positioning elements, and lists.
Adobe
GoLive 5.0 Interface
Find out how to use the interface of GoLive 5.0, Adobe's
site creation tool, in this tutorial.
Preload
Animations in Flash
Have you ever wondered how to add that 'loading' animation
effect while your main animation preloads? Don shows you how with this step by
step Flash 5 tutorial.
Import
Data into a Table in Dreamweaver
Dreamweaver 3.0 has made it easier than
ever to import delimited text. Don shows you how.
Using
LiveMotion to Beat Tiger Woods
LiveMotion may be a versatile Web animation
program, but can it really help you take on Tiger? Don explores this question
in his latest tutorial.
Adobe
LiveMotion 1.0 - Interface
The first article in our new LiveMotion software
center, this tutorial takes you through the interface of this popular Web animation
tool.
Scan Line Effect
in Photoshop
Ever wondered how to create scan line effect on your images
using Photoshop? Wonder no more as Don shows you how?
Outlining
Text Painlessly
Creating the cool outlined text effect in Photoshop is
easy if you know how. Don takes you through it step by step.
Review:
JASC Paint Shop Pro 7.0 & Animation Shop 3.0
With the release of version
7.0, Paint Shop Pro is out to prove that it's not just a poor-man's Photoshop
anymore. Has it succeeded? Don reviews.
Review:
Caligari iSpace 1.1
Web designers have not taken advantage of 3D software
in the past. Now there is a tool that combines traditional web design tools with
a full range of 3D capabilities in a drag and drop environment. Don reviews iSpace.
DHTML Animation
in Dreamweaver 3.0
You don't need Flash to animate your Web pages. Dynamic
HTML is a merging of HTML, JavaScript, Style Sheets and other technologies. Don
shows you how to use Dreamweaver to incorporate DHTML on your site.
SVG
- The Future is Now
SVG has been called the Holy Grail of Web graphic
formats. Now it's here. Will it live up to all the hype?
Creating
Seemless Backgrounds
Creating cool seamless backgrounds out of complex
images can be difficult if you don't know how. Don makes it easy for you with
tutorials for Photoshop, Paintshop Pro, and Fireworks.
Keyboard
Shortcut Tool for Flash
Keyboard shortcuts are a great way to save time,
energy, and the medical bills associated with carpal tunnel syndrome. But trying
to memorize all those shortcuts is a real hassle. Make your life easier by downloading
our Flash Shortcut Tool.
Review:
Adobe Illustrator 9
Previously focused on print media, Adobe's Illustrator
9 has now successfully transformed itself into a full-fledged design tool for
Web graphic creation. Don gives us all the details.
Morphing
Shapes in Flash
You've seen examples of morphing in movies like "T2" and
"The Mask." Don shows you how you can produce similar effects in Flash.
XHTML
- The New X-Files
Is XHTML just another acronym you're going to have to
learn to survive at cocktail parties? No, it's the future of HTML, and you better
learn it if you plan on being a successful Web designer in the years to come.
Review:
Swish 1.51
Want an easy to use program capable of creating Shockwave animations
that can be incorporated into any Web page or imported into Flash? Swish 1.51
might be just what you're looking for. Don reviews.
Scanning
Images for the Web
Try as you might to avoid it, chances are high that
at some point you're going to have to scan an image for your site. Don gives you
some helpful hints for optimizing your scans for the Web.
Animated
Photoshop Tutorial
Creating images for the web with a transparent background
is an easy chore in Photoshop when you take advantage of the 'Export Transparent
Image' Wizard. Our first animated tutorial will give you the step-by-step procedure
to follow.
Review: Adobe
Live Motion
There's a new player in the WYSIWYG world, and the question
on everyone's mind is whether Adobe's Live Motion can give Macromedia's Flash
a run for its money. Don gives us his answer.
Rounding
the Corner in Photoshop
Have you ever tried to create rounded corners
in Photoshop? The result is usually a jagged edge. This tutorial will show you
how to avoid this common pitfall.
Take
"Action" in Photoshop
Don shares how you can save time and a few headaches
by creating your own actions.
A
Tweening We Will Go
Tweening' in Flash can allow you to animate an objects'
shape, rotation, color, and opacity. This multi-part tutorial will run you through
each type of 'tweening' animation and potential pitfalls you might run into.
Dreamweaver
Extensions - Adding to Excellence
Have you ever wished your Web editor
had that one extra feature or time saving capability? Don shows you how to use
extensions to add your own improvements to Dreamweaver.
Scaling
Images without Becoming a Picasso
When scaling 256 color images, they
can come out looking distorted. Don shares a quick trick to keep your images looking
clean.
The Power of 'Replace' Tag
Editing
Ever been assigned the task of removing extraneous tags from
an HTML document? Here is how to do it quickly within Dreamweaver.
Review:
Adobe GoLive 5
With the release of GoLive 5, Adobe finally has released
a worthy competitor to Dreamweaver in the web editor arena.
Review:
e-Picture Pro
It's kill or be killed in the web animation arena. We think
that e-Picture Pro has what it takes to survive with the big boys.
