http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/category/graphics/ All about graphics for the Web, print, tutorials, tips, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Corel Paint Shop Pro, and other software, plugins, resources, photography, digital cameras, and related. en-us Graphics Copyright 2000-2008 Shirley Kaiser, SKDesigns. All rights reserved. Shirley Kaiser 2008-04-10T14:19:48-08:00 720 daily 2 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://backend.userland.com/rss http://brainstormsandraves.com/xml/brainstorms88.gif http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/category/graphics/ 88 31 All about graphics for the Web, print, tutorials, tips, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Corel Paint Shop Pro, and other software, plugins, resources, photography, digital cameras, and related. Looking for free blog icons or website icons? I created 30 free icons for anyone needing small pixel icons: 15 16x16 icons and 15 matching 10x10 icons. Download them all or by each size via the ZIP files within today's post. (391 words, 6 links, 1 image) http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2008/04/10/blogicons/ http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2008/04/10/blogicons/ Shirley Kaiser 2008-04-10T14:19:48 Looking for free Illustrator brushes or symbols? I created 9 free Adobe Illustrator symbols and brushes for anyone who needs rounded triangles or alert symbols, warning symbols. These free brushes and symbols are all fully editable within Adobe Illustrator, so you can change the colors, sizes, and customize them as needed. In addition, I've included resources to many more Illustrator brushes, symbols, tutorials, and resources. (566 words, 12 links, 2 images) http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2008/04/05/illustratorbrushes/ http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2008/04/05/illustratorbrushes/ Shirley Kaiser 2008-04-05T16:50:28 In my previous post I stated that I had 'no current plans' to divulge the person behind my copyright infringement example. Although this person removed the content, images, and HTML that he took without permission from my websitetips.com site (only after I took drastic measures), he continues to add new content to his weblog that is copyrighted from other websites. Today's post is a follow-up to my previous post, Respecting Copyrights Online. (1200 words, 22 links) http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2008/03/12/copyright2/ http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2008/03/12/copyright2/ Shirley Kaiser 2008-03-12T12:04:09 Despite how much I see this, I'm still amazed at the volume of people taking copyrighted content, images, and other works online to use at their own sites, to pass off as their own, to earn income with AdSense or other ad programs, to even sell to their own clients, and whatever else. Like many others, I have also had my copyrighted work taken by others. So, how do you know if something is OK or not to use at your own website? And what can you do about people infringing on your copyrighted materials? Today's post goes into copyright infringement and includes helpful resources for more information. (1263 words, 8 links) http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2008/03/03/copyright/ http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2008/03/03/copyright/ Shirley Kaiser 2008-03-03T19:38:33 Wondering whether or not to upgrade to the new Adobe Photoshop CS3? Wondering which version of Photoshop CS3 (Photoshop CS3, Photoshop CS3 Extended) might be best for your particular needs? Considering whether or not to buy Photoshop CS3 for the first time? Curious about what the experts are writing about the new Photoshop CS3? Below are some well done reviews by top-notch experts who go into detail about the new features, improvements, and the pros and cons of Adobe's new Photoshop CS3. (1078 words, 49 links, 19 images) http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2007/05/16/photoshopcs3/ http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2007/05/16/photoshopcs3/ Shirley Kaiser 2007-05-16T18:35:38 I've received numerous inquiries about how I created the entry post calendar icon look for Brainstorms and Raves. So today's post shares the basics of the CSS and the two tiny background images I created to achieve the calendar icon look. (1308 words, 2 links, 12 images) http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2007/02/22/csscalendar/ http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2007/02/22/csscalendar/ Shirley Kaiser 2007-02-22T08:24:29 Andy King has a new article out on a fabulous color tool that automates the enhancement of color harmonies for photos or images. Automatic Color Harmony Tools first explains a bit about color harmonies and color psychology, and even snails' involvement in creating purple dye. Andy then describes how the color harmonization process works and provides several image examples along with the math calculations behind creating the best harmonic scheme. He goes on to describe how this automated tool preserves the original colors, the spacial coherency, and density of hues while automatically harmonizing the colors -- all without user intervention. The before and after samples give an idea of the results. Amazing. (260 words, 5 links, 1 image) http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2007/01/16/colorharmonies/ http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2007/01/16/colorharmonies/ Shirley Kaiser 2007-01-16T12:25:37 While there are certainly quite a few color tools available for creating color schemes and color matching, there's a new one out now by Genometri - GenoColor that takes a very different approach to creating color schemes. GenoPalette will help you create eye-popping color schemes, color combinations, match existing colors, fine tune colors, and calibrate colors. Read more about it, along with links to other helpful color tools, in today's post. (278 words, 7 links) http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2006/06/25/genocolor/ http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2006/06/25/genocolor/ Shirley Kaiser 2006-06-25T19:43:38 Looking around for a Photoshop plugin to create several favorites/shortcut/bookmark icons as favicon.ico files, I found a great plugin that works beautifully, and it's even free: Free Photoshop ICO Format plugin via telegraphics.com.au. They state that it works with all versions of Photoshop, including CS and CS2, and that it also works with Paint Shop Pro. Actually, you'll find quite a few interesting plugins there for Windows and Mac. The complete post has a few resources on creating them yourself and the art of creating icons, along with links to icons that you can admire for inspiration. (233 words, 6 links) http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2005/08/22/favicon/ http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2005/08/22/favicon/ Shirley Kaiser 2005-08-22T21:06:35 There's so much to explore and inspire you just by playing around within Photoshop. Here are a couple of recent Photoshop CS tutorials and books that I discovered as I looked around for new and improved features with Photoshop's Dynamic Brushes. (399 words, 8 links, 3 images) http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2004/08/23/photoshop/ http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2004/08/23/photoshop/ Shirley Kaiser 2004-08-23T12:29:13