Making a shape with a stroke and no fill is as easy as a couple clicks in Illustrator, but have you even needed to recreate the same object in Photoshop? There are of course several different ways to go about this (as is the norm in Photoshop), but in this episode we’ll look at one method in particular that gives us plenty of control over the appearance of the object and stroke after creating it. As a bonus, we’ll take a look at the difference between the layer Opacity and Fill sliders and what effect we get out of each.

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Just a quick tip in Illustrator here. If you are tired of locking layers or accidentally selecting objects other than the one you are trying to work on, this feature is for you. In CS3 you can isolate groups of objects for easier selection and modifications, and in CS4 they have taken it a step further. Check out how this can work to your advantage!

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Have you ever been given a piece of artwork and been asked to modify it only to find that the original artist flattened the art? What if there is a font or typeface used in the piece and you don’t know what it is? What the Font is a totally cool tool just for this problem! We’ll take a look at how to use this free utility to make a guess at what font is being used in a graphic or webpage.

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Another great way to take control and spice up your blog is to make use of plugins. They are easy to find… just google “Wordpress Plugins,” free to download, and easy to implement. With these handy upgrades you can do things like add flash movies or animations to your blog, post via email, and add a podcast to your posts, which is what we’ll look at today.

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One of the easiest ways to gain control over how your blog looks is by playing with the css file. This file holds all the style directions for your new site and if you know how to edit it you’re in good shape. If you don’t, fear not, there are ways to figure out what is going on and edit in Dreamweaver (and other html editors. We’ll play with the color of text, links and hover states of links to get you started.

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A couple episodes ago, we talked about retrieving windows or sessions in Firefox. Well one of our viewers Matt Petrowsky one upped me and suggested a better way to do it with an addon (thanks Matt)! Check this out as well as one of my favorite addons that is a must-have for web designers and developers.

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Check out this online resource Free for anyone to use. It claims to vectorize all bitmapped images and actually does a pretty darn good job if you ask me. you can find the site here: Vector Magic.

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Here’s an interesting, kind of obscure tip that can help you in times of disaster and can also be used to your advantage. iIf you want to save windows in Firefox, but don’t really want to bookmark every page, watch this episode.

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This is the new home of the former “Quicktips for designers” video tutorial screencast. (Don’t worry, it won’t look like this!) If you find this, you’re one of the first to know! Details will be coming soon via the Quicktips and Rookie Designer podcasts.

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