Archive for August, 2008

Reader Mail!

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008

Reader MailTime for reader mail! I’m quite a bit backlogged, so I apologize on how long it took to post this. Most all questions I try to respond too via email right away though. Keep them coming! As to why there was such a long dry spell with the blog: To make a long story short I took a new job at a company 1,000 miles away in Charleston, South Carolina. At the time we moved my wife was about nine months pregnant. Our first child, a beautiful baby girl was born July 7th. Check out the Flickr album here if you’re curious. Thanks for everyone’s patience and kind words of encouragement during this lull in activity. Now on to the mail!

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Bellabean Coffee: Part 6, Using Layers in Fireworks

Sunday, August 17th, 2008

bellabean_coffee_07_iconThis is the sixth part of a series of web design tutorials on Adobe Fireworks. Using a fictional company I’m documenting my design workflow from start to finish. You can follow along by starting at the beginning of the series or by downloading the most recent Fireworks PNG file here (right-click, save-as). If you’re just starting out, you can download the 30-day full feature Adobe Fireworks demo here (note: A relatively painless account setup is required to download the free demo).

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