In Photoshop, I accidentally turned on something that shows the resize controls every time I select a layer and I can't figure out how to turn it off. It goes away when I deselect View > Extras but that also hides my guides. ...
I'm a web developer / designer, and I want to be able to version control graphic files (Photoshop / Fireworks / Illustrator / Stock Photos / etc). This would normally be fine but some of the files I have tip the scales at around 800MB, which TortoiseHG chokes on. I currently have a server I put all my files on so all my computers can ac...
How can I create this efect with text-shadow? ...
I am writing a Photoshop plugin as an ExtendScript (Javascript) file, that then loads up a Flash window, which I will call plugin.swf - My plugin.swf file uses an element to POST to a certain URL. When I load plugin.swf with Internet Explorer, the HTTP POST is completed successfully. When I load plugin.swf via the Javascript (which is...
Does anyone know of a easy to install photo gallery. I'm assuming it would have to be flash. I want to implement it on my own site. I am looking for the one that is thumbnails,and when you click a thumbnail, it expands and you can navigate through the other photos. Or something like that The ones I have found want me to submit my mysql ...
In past years I have learned the most important languages for web development (CSS, HTML, JS, PHP) and I can create good-structured sites. But an important part of web design is the images used for buttons, backgrounds, text, gradients... Also the main logo is a very important element in the layout of a website. However, I dont know...
What's the best way to design for iPhone 4 using either Photoshop or Fireworks? Essentially looking for dimensions and DPI to start with. Thanks! ...
My Photoshop setup seems to have changed, and I can't figure out why. It used to be that if I dragged with the mouse with the selection tool, a new selection would be created, unless I held down the shift-key, in which case it would add to the existing selection. But now it is always additive, even if I do not hold the shift-key. Anyone ...
i will show you an image below but before that... if you have seen yahoo widgets or cartoony/themed windows media player skins.. i am building a titlebar less... background less... application... its looks like this the darker background you see is actually my wallpaper cuz this is a screen shot... to attain this.. the shape of b...
I need to create a fairly complicated layout for a widget in Expression Blend, with the visual design not yet set to stone, while having fairly refined functional wireframes. So I started to lay out the UI controls and choosing layout structures based on the wireframes, but as far as I have seen so far while experimenting, PSD files wil...
How do most modern "pro" web designers go about starting/designing/coding a site? I realize that techniques will range and differ drastically, I'm just looking for some solid, relied-on tactics or approaches. For example, "I know most draw out a rough design with the client, then go into photoshop and create it, then slice it up, then ...
I have a number of regular-sized (@x1) images that I use in my iPhone app. Outside of redesigning them from scratch in hi-resolution, what is the best way to double their size & resolution using Photoshop? ...
Many Photoshop effects aren't property supported by Expression Blend. Usually I see an option to "flatten layer" to get around this problem. Is there a comprehensive list of what effects or blend modes are supported by Blend? I'm curious about the Silverlight features supported during import but would also like to know if there are an...
I've been working a lot with Photoshop .psd files recently and have been bouncing back and forth a lot to ensure colors look just right on the iPhone. Can anyone offer some tips on calibrating macbook/apple cinema displays in regards to keeping color consistency between Photoshop, the iPhone simulator, and physical iPhones? ...
Is there a way to get an oddly-shaped object's pixel area in CS5? Eg. Circle/ellipse. Or, if there's some easy-to-automate way to do it outside of Photoshop. I know it's possible to use a magic wand selection and see the height+width in the info panel, but that only works accurately for rectangles. Thanks!! ...
Hello, I am trying to do something very hard (well, hard to me at least): I would like to create a slicer (like Photoshop's one) in Javascript. For now, I just concluded the Photoshop function creates "immuable" points each time you do a slice, and create 4 automatics slices (more if the slice overlap more than one other) around, whic...
Hi, I'm searching for a way to build a photoshop like drawing tool in ActionScript 3. Especially I want to build something like the brushes in photoshop. So that you can use different PNG's as a brush. I tried it with saving a brush in photoshop as a transparent png, import it into my AS3 project and with a mouse move event, draw the p...
What are the technical specifications/capabilities of each file format? Does one type handle certain types of graphics better than the other? ...
I'm writing an application for OSX using C++ and Obj-C that interacts with Photoshop. I've been using NSAppleScript with dynamically built AppleScripts to drive Photoshop (yes, it's a little scary...) I would love to be able to drive Photoshop a different way, so if anyone knows a better way, I'm open to it! Unfortunately, I can't use S...
I am trying to find out how to open Photoshops "Save for web & devices" dialogue box using javascript. I have automated everything else but could not find anything on how to open the dialogue via a JSX photoshop Javascript file. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. ...