Hi, as promised, here I explain how to create zippy web 2.0 buttons. This tutorial uses the open-source (free!) program, Inkscape, to create and edit shapes. Get your copy at Inkscape.org.

What do all the big guys have that you don’t. Millions of clicks, millions of dollars, untold brand equity. Okay, that might all be true, but what else? I’ll bet you all the money I don’t have, that your buttons are one shiny difference.
Let me take you on a quick guided tour, [...]

I just wanted to take a minute and share with you all a great little site, for testing color schemes. It’s very important that you have a distinctive color theme for your site. It will provide brand recognition and augment your consistency which will both lead to a feeling of trust and solidarity, [...]

The final key to taking great pictures is making the right choices in equipment.  Let’s start at the floor and work up.  The first step is pretty easy.  You absolutely need a tripod.  To fully control the situation, there’s nothing better than a tripod.  It doesn’t need to be anything fancy, but holding the camera [...]

Photo essential #2 for great pictures (specifically pictures that are going to be edited), is a proper backdrop.  A backdrop does achieves two major goals for us in product shots.  First, it provides a nice consistent background color which will make it easier for the computer to pick up and single out.  Second, it give [...]

In my blog post last week (Product Pictures Part Deux), I dropped a quick suggestion that really deserved more time than I gave it, so I am dedicating an entire series to the cause.  Before I linked to my second GIMP tutorial, I said that the most important tip for making your product pictures look [...]

This week I have put together another video tutorial for the GIMP concerning product pictures. Fortunately (or unfortunately), this week’s video has audio commentary by yours truly. Kadeera had asked me to be more clear about how to cut out a product picture for a website like you see on most e-commerce sites, and [...]

This week I did my first GIMP tutorial. I left the microphone on my desk this, and since my computer’s hasn’t worked for months (thanks HP), this video is distractingly devoid of sound. I thought about audibling to something else, but I was worried that someone was really working hard at their GIMPing, [...]

Or is it 3 choices to make a selection… I don’t know.
Anyways, as promised, this week I will be showing a little bit about how to use an image manipulator like Photoshop or the Gimp. (If you missed it, last week I talked about why we all need a photoshopping tool, and why, [...]

Once again, I’m back with another freeware suggestion for your consideration.
Here’s an opinion of mine, feel free to disagree, just know you’re wrong. EVERYONE needs a good graphics manipulator. It’s true. It’s undeniable. Even if it’s just resizing digital images, cropping, or changing file formats, everyone needs to edit pictures at [...]