Wednesday, April 29, 2009

How to Write to an Excel File from VB.net

In many instances I have had to write data directly from a VB.net application to an excel spreadsheet. It provides a way for the end user to do whatever it is they need to do to that data as how they please. Regardless of what the user does with it if they need it written to an excel spreadsheet file, it can be done directly from within VB.net. Here is how you write data directly to an excel spreadsheet.


http://www.ehow.com/how_4947292_write-excel-file-vbnet.html

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

How to Add Effects to Text in Adobe Photoshop CS4

Photoshop gives you the great opportunity to add special effects to any text that you type just like any other object you create. In this tutorial I go over the basics to give you an idea as to how you can do it. Remember, you are only limited by your own creativity.


http://www.ehow.com/how_4937731_effects-text-adobe-photoshop-cs.html

Monday, April 27, 2009

How to Make this Cool Web Button with Adobe Photoshop CS4

This tutorial is a fairly easy one to create a neat object that can be used as a web button on a website. Here is a step by step tutorial to create a really neat web button.


http://www.ehow.com/how_4933908_cool-button-adobe-photoshop-cs.html

Friday, April 24, 2009

How to turn your Object Drawing into a Selection in Photoshop

One of the most helpful tools in Photoshop, espcially if you use it to create your own custom objects(web graphics, buttons etc.) is the ability to take the object you drew and turn it into a selection. In this tutorial you will see how that is done.


http://www.ehow.com/how_4930179_turn-object-drawing-selection-photoshop.html

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

How to Create Lightning in Adobe Photoshop CS4

What's a cooler effect then lighting? In a few easy steps you can create your own lighting and use it in a variety of applications. Here is how you create lightning in Adobe Photoshop CS4.


http://www.ehow.com/how_4921182_create-lightning-adobe-photoshop-cs.html

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

How to Flip or Rotate an Image with Adobe Photoshop CS4

If there were a rating difficulty on eHow for "super easy" this tutorial would fall into it. So many times we as "photoshopers" concentrate so hard on the difficult tasks that we overlook some of the basic ones. Flipping and rotating your image is about as easy as it gets, but sometimes can be overlooked. I have done it on occasion myself. Here is how you flip or rotate your image in Adobe Photoshop CS4.


http://www.ehow.com/how_4920067_rotate-image-adobe-photoshop-cs.html

Friday, April 17, 2009

How to Create a Screw in Adobe Photoshop CS4

With this super easy tutorial you can add some interesting graphics ro your website, a poster, picture, you name it. In this tutorial I am going to show you how to create the top of a screw as shown in the picture associated with this tutorial. It's easy to do and once you learn it I am sure it will spark some creativity to enhance it.


http://www.ehow.com/how_4916425_create-screw-adobe-photoshop-cs.html

Thursday, April 16, 2009

How to Create a Laser Beam in Adobe Photoshop CS4

Ok so who doesn't like cool looking lasers? If you do then here is an easy step by step way on how to create as laser in Adobe Photoshop CS4.
http://www.ehow.com/how_4915740_laser-beam-adobe-photoshop-cs.html

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

How to Create a Rivet Effect in Adobe Photoshop CS4

With Photoshop you can create some robust graphics. One of the more popular effects is the rivet or screw, which gives the appearance that an object is being held in place on your monitor screen like a picture hanging on a wall. In this tutorial I will show you how to accomplish this simple task in just a few steps.


http://www.ehow.com/how_4907683_rivet-effect-adobe-photoshop-cs.html

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

How to Embed a Flash SWF file within another Flash SWF file

The power of Adobe Flash CS4 combined with other tools available such as Photoshop, Illustrator and so on, gives you the ability to create incredible web applications. However with more robust web applications comes larger file sizes and of course longer downloads.

Adobe Flash, with the use of their built in programming language called ActionScript, gives you the functionality you need to embed an SWF file within another SWF file which creates smaller files and that will load faster then one larger file. Here is how you can embed and run an SWF file from within another SWF file.


http://www.ehow.com/how_4906532_within-another-flash-swf-file.html

Monday, April 13, 2009

How to Make Cool Web Buttons with Adobe Photoshop

What would be designing a web page like if Adobe Photoshop did not exist? It gives you the ability to design and create some pretty robust graphical affects. Here in this tutorial we will create a simple button that you can place on your web pages. I would not put this button in the realm of robust, but it will definitely give you a good launching pad for your creativity.


http://www.ehow.com/how_4905411_cool-buttons-adobe-photoshop.html

Friday, April 10, 2009

How to Make one Object Color in a Black and White Image Using Photoshop

Here is a great way to make an image really pop and get a point across, especially if you rae designing a poster, or a flyer or an image for a brochure or website. In this tutorial I will take an image and make one object in it color while the remaining image stays black and white.


http://www.ehow.com/how_4901312_black-white-image-using-photoshop.html

Thursday, April 9, 2009

How to Market Your Website at no Cost

In good economic times or bad, if you are running a website as a business you should always be looking for creative ways to get new visitors and turn them into paying customers. Here is one technique that could implement during any economy and will surely help market your website at no additional cost to your bottom line.

http://www.ehow.com/how_4900232_market-website-cost.html

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

How to Add a Blur Affect to an Image in Adobe Photoshop CS4

The blur affect in Adobe Photoshop CS4 is just another means by which to spruce up or add something different your project. There are a variety of blurs you can add. Once you learn how to add one you can use the same method to add all of them. In this tutorial we are going to load an existing image and apply a gausian blur affect to it. Here is how you add a blur affect to an image in Adobe Photoshop CS4.


http://www.ehow.com/how_4892871_affect-image-adobe-photoshop-cs.html

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

How to Convert your Image to an Artistic Colored Pencil Rendition in Photoshop

With the variety of tools that are available to you in Photoshop, with enough practice you can convert any image you have to its own artistic masterpiece. Take the colored pencil filter. In a few clicks you can convert your image to look like an artist drew it with colored pencils. Here is how you convert your image to an artists rendition of colored pencils.


http://www.ehow.com/how_4892058_artistic-colored-pencil-rendition-photoshop.html

How to Create an Event Listener in Adobe Flash CS4

Adobe Flash CS4 has come a long way from its early days as a simple animation tool. Now combined with the programming language ActionScript 3.0 you can do some pretty amazing things. In this tutorial I am going to show you how to create an event listener. An event is something that occurs such as the user clicking the mouse and the listener is the function that will execute when that event takes place. Here is how you create an event listener in Adobe Flash CS4 with ActionScript 3.0.


http://www.ehow.com/how_4891612_event-listener-adobe-flash-cs.html

Friday, April 3, 2009

How to Create a Hollow Text Affect with Adobe Photoshop CS4

Although you would not use Adobe Photoshop CS4 to write a book, you can use it to do some neat affects on text. In this tutorial I am going to cover how you can make your text hollow so an underlying image will be able to show through. You see this affect a lot on posters and advertisements.


http://www.ehow.com/how_4887581_text-affect-adobe-photoshop-cs.html

Thursday, April 2, 2009

How to Create a Vector Mask in Adobe Photoshop CS4

Without going into technical detail a vector mask allows you to show through just a small piece of an image by masking out anything around what you choose. In this tutorial I will demonstrate a vector mask using a simple photo image and the elipse drawing shawp tool. Here is how you create a vector mask in Adobe Photoshop CS4


http://www.ehow.com/how_4885364_vector-mask-adobe-photoshop-cs.html

How to Fade One Layer into Another in Adobe Photoshop

Photoshop is a great tool to alter images to any specification of your choosing. Besides altering the photo you can also blend photos and fade one image into another. In this tutorial I will show you how to fade one image into another with Adobe Photoshop CS4.


http://www.ehow.com/how_4883010_one-layer-another-adobe-photoshop.html

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

How to Fix Red Eye with Adobe Photoshop CS4

We have all taken pictures and invariably you will at some point get red eye. Red eye is when the flash from the camera creates the color red in the person's (who is being photographed)eye. Adobe Photoshop CS4 offers the best and easiest way I have seen to get rid of red eye. Here is how you get rid of red eye in your photos with Adobe Photoshop CS4.


http://www.ehow.com/how_4879343_red-eye-adobe-photoshop-cs.html