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3D Text in Photoshop/Fireworks

January 27th, 2009

3D text can be made simply in Adobe Photoshop and Fireworks and there’s so many different ways of creating it, no two text graphics will ever look the same! It’s great for making text on your website stand out and it can even be used in your logos and avatars.

Our 3D Text Examples

Our 3D Text Examples

Our 3D examples above took only minutes to make and demonstrate different ways to turn your text 3 dimensional! Read on to find out how to try these different methods; drop shadow, inner bevel, inset emboss, and blend.

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PHP Testimonials Script using Random Generator

January 15th, 2009

Testimonials are a great way of showing visitors that your company and products have been bought by others and instill a feeling of confidence in a new customer. It’s a way of allowing previous customers to explain to new ones how great their experience was when they purchased from you.

Our PHP Testimonials Script will add a script to your website that makes displaying and updating your own testimonials simple! We wrote it for an upcoming website and it was designed to make updating easy, without going as far as using a content management system.

Click to download the PHP Testimonials Script

Click to download the PHP Testimonials Script

The script can either output all of your testimonials or generate a certain amount of your choosing, it can also truncate each testimonial should the height of the output area be fixed. Download it here, and read on to find out how it works…

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How to make Animations and Animated Graphics in Adobe Fireworks

January 8th, 2009

There’s nothing more eye catching on a website than an animated picture. Done right, it can make your webpage spring to life, often being the first thing that a user will look at. It can be a great way of saying “look here” should a certain section of your webpage need it. But how do you make animated graphics?

Our example animation we will be creating

Our example animation we will be creating

Keep reading to find out how easy it is to make animated graphics in Adobe Fireworks.

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