http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics This section contains information about to use graphics design tools such as Paint.Net, GIMP, and Inkscape. It also contains information about graphics concepts like Anti-Aliasing, DPI, Graphics File Formats, Hexadecimal Color Notation, Palette, and RGB. This section includes free online applications like a CSS Button Designer and a Color Schemer. en-us Thu, 29 Dec 2022 09:14:46 GMT http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/76000401.asp Blender is a free, open-source program used for the task of producing high-quality 3D models and animations. Probably one of the most daunting aspects of Blender for newcomers and long-time 3D professionals alike has been its unique and somewhat peculiar interface. Thu, 29 Dec 2022 09:14:46 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/76000501.asp Some of the coolest anination effects in top-grossing movies began in Blender. Learn how to bring your creations to life with this free, open-source 3D computer graphics tool. Blender is an extremely complex program used for the task of producing high-quality 3D models and animations. Mon, 26 Dec 2022 11:42:32 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/76021001.asp An Internet meme is a picture or video with a caption that is interesting or amusing and is spread widely online usually through social media. The first popular meme was of a dancing baby created in 1996. Fri, 21 Oct 2022 08:12:07 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/76042102.asp Most sources describe how to use the SVG Path element to create an arc. Good luck with that. In this article I explain how to use the Circle element instead. Wed, 10 Aug 2022 10:05:30 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/76050801.asp MathML (Mathematical Markup Language), similar to HTML which is used to encode the structure and content of a webpage), ia an XML dialect for encoding mathematical expressions to be displayed on a webpage. In this article I explain my method for hand-coding complex mathematical expressions in MathML. Fri, 22 Jul 2022 09:26:17 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/76052701.asp MathML (Mathematical Markup Language), similar to HTML which is used to encode the structure and content of a webpage), ia an XML dialect for encoding mathematical expressions to be displayed on a webpage. The mtext element is used to display plain text. Sun, 03 Jul 2022 07:31:57 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/76060101.asp In mathematics a matrix is a set of numbers arranged in rows and columns so as to form a rectangular array. Matrix applications are widely used in mathematics. In geometry matrices are widely used for performing geometric transformations like rotations. Wed, 29 Jun 2022 09:16:26 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/76060501.asp The mo element is possibly the most important part of MathML. This is because it specifies mathematical operations and mathematics is essentially about operations. Sat, 25 Jun 2022 08:41:23 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/76060801.asp MathML (Mathematical Markup Language), similar to HTML which is used to encode the structure and content of a webpage), ia an XML dialect for encoding mathematical expressions to be displayed on a webpage. The msub and msup elements are used to display subscripts and superscripts. Wed, 22 Jun 2022 06:37:49 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/76061202.asp MathML (Mathematical Markup Language), similar to HTML which is used to encode the structure and content of a webpage), ia an XML dialect for encoding mathematical expressions to be displayed on a webpage. The msqrt and mroot elements are used to display a fraction. Sat, 18 Jun 2022 08:39:23 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/76061302.asp MathML (Mathematical Markup Language), similar to HTML which is used to encode the structure and content of a webpage), ia an XML dialect for encoding mathematical expressions to be displayed on a webpage. The frac element is used to display a fraction. Fri, 17 Jun 2022 08:26:39 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/76061401.asp MathML (Mathematical Markup Language), similar to HTML which is used to encode the structure and content of a webapge, is an XML dialect for encoding mathematical expressions on a webapge. MathML most basic elements are mn, mi, and mo. Thu, 16 Jun 2022 08:37:06 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/76061902.asp Despite the wide array of html elements, it's very difficult to construct complex mathematical expressions with HTML. For that reason, a whole other set of tags has been created to define the structure of a mathematical expression. These tags are called MathML, for Mathematical Markup Language. Sat, 11 Jun 2022 13:09:25 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/76080501.asp The canvas element creates an area on a web page for drawing with a set of JavaScript functions for creating lines, shapes, fills, text, animations, and so on. You could use it to display an illustration, but what gives the canvas element so much potential is that it's all generated with scripting. Mon, 25 Apr 2022 08:44:57 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/77000701.asp Krita is a free and open source painting tool that works much like Adobe Illustrator, Krita is based on having an array of tools, layers, and brushes to use. The latest versions even have vector graphics. For this reason, Krita's popularity has exploded lately. Fri, 24 Dec 2021 10:38:57 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/77000801.asp Krita is a a free and popular, open-source digital painting program. In this article I explain how to install Krita Portable to a flash drive, which has the advantage of avoiding installing a large applcation on your computer. Thu, 23 Dec 2021 10:25:49 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/77001302.asp SVG drawing applications are so complex that most people avoid them. Draw Bezier is easy to use, but you can draw only Bezier curves. But you should be able to draw anything with curves. Sat, 18 Dec 2021 21:57:35 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/DrawBezier.htm Draw Bezier is a very limited SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) drawing application where you can draw only Bezier curves. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Sat, 18 Dec 2021 20:42:53 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/77001301.asp Krita is a free open-source graphics editor, designed for digital painting and animation. It is used by illustrators, artists, comic book creators, game artists, and other art hobbyists, students, and professionals. The tools provided by Krita for editing digital paint work just as well for pixels representing a photograph. Sat, 18 Dec 2021 06:20:40 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/77010401.asp Do you dream of creating a game app that will earn lots of money? All you need is the desire, a game plan, and the right technology. This teaches you how to get started making a game app. Fri, 26 Nov 2021 08:28:29 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/77021002.asp Example Code for X3Dom Basic Primitive Shapes: Box, Sphere, Cylinder, Cone, and Torus. These examples are close to the minimal code required to create these shapes. You can combine them to make some pretty complex 3D objects. Thu, 21 Oct 2021 10:38:27 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/77021401.asp In the XDdom coordinate system the x-axis goes from left to right horizontally, the y-axis goes from bottom to top vertically, the z-axis goes from back to from outward towards the viewer. Sun, 17 Oct 2021 09:22:46 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/77040501.asp SVG stands for Scalable Vector Graphics. Draw SVG is a free online SVG drawing tool that generates fully web browser compatible SVG code. In this article you learn how to draw text. Thu, 26 Aug 2021 14:44:34 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/77050901.asp A drawing created on a computer can be posted directly on the Web. Drawing on a computer with a vector drawing program is the best way to go. Draw SVG seems to meet the need. In this article I touched on only a tiny part of what Draw SVG can do. Thu, 22 Jul 2021 08:33:37 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/77060602.asp In Inkscape when you use Union to join or combine paths, the nodes of multiple objects are combined into one shape that you edit as a sinle path. Thu, 24 Jun 2021 07:58:35 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/78070601.asp In Blenders Edit mode, the cube changes color, and dots form at each of the cubes corners. Each dot is a vertex. The line between two vertices is an edge. A face is a polygon that has been formed by three or more connecting edges. Mon, 25 May 2020 07:42:39 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/78070701.asp Blender is a free and open source 3D modeling and animation suite. Put simply, Blender is a computer graphics program that allows you to produce high-quality still images and animations using three-dimensional geometry. Sun, 24 May 2020 10:20:59 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/79032501.asp Although Inkscape is a 2D drawing application, it is quite capable of drawing photorealistic 3D images. To demonstrate this capability, in this article I show you, step-by-step how to draw a photorealistic sphere. Thu, 05 Sep 2019 07:39:00 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/79041602.asp some Inkscape users find snap annoying and so they disable it. Other Inkscape user's could not possibly work without snap. You can convert SVG to STL to print 3D models. But to do that you need accuracy that you cannot achieve without snap. Thu, 15 Aug 2019 08:59:07 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/74041901.asp One of the first things you might do when starting a drawing is to configure the document's properties. The main tabs you'll find useful are Page, Grids, and Snap. Other tabs let you add meta data to the document such as Title, Date, Creator, Rights, etc. Mon, 12 Aug 2019 09:04:32 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/79042804.asp To delete a node on a segment, select the object, select the node you wish to delete, Click on the Delete selected nodes button. Sat, 03 Aug 2019 14:05:11 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/80001601.asp During the last decade internet access using mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets has increased significantly. One way to make an SVG drawing resize itself according to the users screen size is to the viewBox attribute in the svg container element. Sat, 15 Dec 2018 11:30:30 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/80050701.asp Blender is a free and open-source 3D animation suite that is perfect for beginners who want to try 3D modelling. Here's how to download it. Tue, 24 Jul 2018 10:51:16 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/80052601.asp Inkscape is a highly configurable application. Many of these configuration options can be set through the Preferences dialog box. There is probably a hundred things you can configure through the Preferences dialog box. Here I'll describe a couple of the most important ones. Thu, 05 Jul 2018 08:46:03 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/80090502.asp Masking is a similar to clipping, except that clipping makes a sharp boarder between the visible and clipped areas. A mask defines an area where each pixel of the mask has a degree of transparency and opaqueness, allowing a blurry boundary between the visible and masked areas. Mon, 26 Mar 2018 09:14:29 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/80090601.asp clipping is a common techniques used in computer graphics. Clipping defines an area of a graphic element that will be visible. Everything outside this region will not be visible, it will be clipped. Sun, 25 Mar 2018 07:31:44 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/80091401.asp One interesting thing you can do with SVG is to place text on a curved path. This tutorial explains how to code SVG to place text on a path. Sat, 17 Mar 2018 09:03:55 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/80091601.asp SVG can be used to create banners, charts, diagrams, graphs, illustrations, logos, maps, and many other things that require text. This tutorial explains how to code for outlined letters text in your SVG drawings using the SVG text element. Thu, 15 Mar 2018 13:18:46 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/80091701.asp All the other SVG transformations can be performed with the matrix transform. However, to use the SVG matrix transform you need to be familiar with matrix algebra, which involves coordinate geometry, vector algebra, and trigonometry. Wed, 14 Mar 2018 10:51:37 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/80091901.asp This SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) example provides example code to create two rectangles and uses the skewX and skewY transforms to slant the rectangles at an angle. http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/80092001.asp This SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) example provides example code to create a rectangle and uses the rotate transform to rotate the rectangle. Sun, 11 Mar 2018 06:32:27 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/80092101.asp This SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) example provides example code to create several rectangles and uses the scale transform to change their sizes. Sat, 10 Mar 2018 07:56:07 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/80092301.asp This SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) example provides code to create a rectangle and the text Hello!, and use the translate transform to move them both as a group. Thu, 08 Mar 2018 07:18:19 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/80092401.asp This SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) example provides code to create a rectangle and the text Hello!, and use the translate transform to move them each individually. Wed, 07 Mar 2018 10:24:31 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/80092903.asp This is an introduction to SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) and tutorials with examples on how to use simple code to draw basic shapes. Fri, 02 Mar 2018 14:45:37 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/80100301.asp One interesting thing InkScape can do is to place text inside a shape. This article provides an easy tutorial. Sun, 25 Feb 2018 09:51:12 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/80102402.asp Although Inkscape images can be embedded in webpages, for most other applications you'll need a raster image format. Inkscape can export your drawing in the .png raster image format. Sun, 04 Feb 2018 09:27:54 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/81022201.asp One of the most amazing things Inkscape can do, and one of the easiest, is to place text on a curved path. You can even make the text go in a circle. Mon, 09 Oct 2017 15:13:30 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/81022401.asp Although Inkscape might be considered a vector drawing application, it is also a powerful typographical design program. Actually Text Kerning is not a good title for this article because in it I will cover all the different typographical adjustments you can make in Inkscape. Sat, 07 Oct 2017 20:41:43 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/81022601.asp This article just touches on the basics of using text in Inkscape. Through the use of gradients, filters, and textured fills, what you can do with text in Inkscape is just about unlimited. Thu, 05 Oct 2017 14:30:47 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/81022902.asp One function in Inkscape that is very handy is grouping. Without grouping in order to reposition an object we would need to select all its pieces. With grouping, all an object's pieces behave as a single object. Mon, 02 Oct 2017 17:17:31 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/81023001.asp Inkscape's use of the Z axis is represented by layers and is called z-order. When you first draw an object on an empty canvas, it has a z-order of 1. If you draw a second object, it has a z-order of 2. If you draw a third object, it has a z-order of 3 and so on. Sun, 01 Oct 2017 15:17:27 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/81030301.asp Adding shadows and highlights to your drawings can create a touch of realism. In this article you learn how to add shadows and highlights to your Inkscape drawings. Wed, 27 Sep 2017 15:15:02 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/81030501.asp In Inkscape you can fill a shape with just about any color, texture, or pattern that you desire. In this article we discuss how to fill a shape with a basic color. Mon, 25 Sep 2017 12:50:06 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/81061202.asp Inkscape is a free vector drawing application. This article gives you the basic methods of creating and controlling the size and shape of circles, ellipses, and arcs. Sun, 18 Jun 2017 21:23:01 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/81062502.asp The heading is the most important part of your web content. They say you should use an attention getting headline. Few things can get more attention than animated glistening gold text. Mon, 05 Jun 2017 17:09:45 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/81081201.asp Today, images fuel our society. The majority of today's online society relies on a delicate juxtaposition of text and images in order to truly relate to what they are seeing on the screen. Tue, 18 Apr 2017 15:19:33 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/81082401.asp PNG and JPEG image files contain 60 bits of information embedded metadataknown as EXIF data. Some of this information you might not want to expose. Here's how to remove it. Thu, 06 Apr 2017 16:46:27 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/81102502.asp X3D is code that allows you to display three dimensional objects on your webpage. It also allows you to move them around on the webpage. This can make your educational and how-to articles much more effective, and it allows you to create 3D games. Fri, 03 Feb 2017 21:58:45 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/81111203.asp If you want to apply interesting artistic effects to your images, and do it with a free easy-to-use application, download Paint.NET and try the Ink Sketch, Oil Painting, and Pencil Sketch effects. Thu, 19 Jan 2017 16:53:26 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/82011401.asp One problem with movable type was, back then they didn't have the greatest quality ink, and sometimes the ends of the letters didn't print correctly. In order to get more ink on the ends of the letters, an extra element called a serif was designed. Wed, 16 Nov 2016 17:54:44 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/82040701.asp Do you have a blurry photograph that you would like to sharpen? Most image editing applications provide an image sharpen function. Image sharpening works scanning through the pixels of the image and performing a mathematical matrix operation on each pixel. Wed, 24 Aug 2016 19:48:27 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/82041701.asp As a designer I have spent hours looking for the free stock image that we actually WANT to use. Luckily, more and more free stock photo websites are popping up. Now there are more opportunities to find the perfect image... for FREE! Sun, 14 Aug 2016 20:36:42 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/82060301.asp This is a basic tutorial on how to use the free open source Inkscape vector drawing program to draw rectangles and squares. Mon, 27 Jun 2016 13:53:18 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/85030201.asp A gradient is a gradual transition form one color to another color. A radial gradient is a circle or elipse that has one color at the center that gradually transitions to a different color at the edge. Mon, 28 Sep 2015 21:08:55 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/85102301.asp This article provides four resources where you can find free stock photography, clip art, and other graphics for your web site. Thu, 05 Feb 2015 14:00:25 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/86012701.asp A vector image allows you to edit and resize the image much more easily than a bitmap. With the free open source Inkscape vector graphics application you can convert an image from bitmap to vector. Mon, 03 Nov 2014 17:34:04 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/87022801.asp Gradients are a very powerful effect you can use to make your drawings look more professional. In this article you learn that gradients are very easy to use in the amazing, powerful, and free Inkscape vector graphics drawing application. Thu, 03 Oct 2013 17:51:38 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/87031101.asp Inkscape is a free Open Source vector graphics illustration application that works similar to Adobe Illustrator. Inkscape lets you fill these objects with flat color, gradients, or bitmap patterns. In this article you learn how to fill an object with a bitmap image. Thu, 19 Sep 2013 18:52:49 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/88111202.asp Sometimes in a drawing, you need a character other than the English alphabet and numbers. For example star maps always use Greek characters to label the stars. Here is how you place Greek letters in an Inkscape Drawing. Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:36:59 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/89000301.asp The Pantone system is used mostly to specify colors manufacturing processes. It involves the use of 13 base pigments and white and black mixed in specified amounts. The name "Pantone" comes from the name of the company that developed the system back in the 1950s. Wed, 28 Dec 2011 17:13:44 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/89002202.asp Animation Programs like Adobe Flash are very expensive, but Pencil is a free Open Source animation program written by animators for animators. And, Pencil also has the best user interface for creating hand-drawn animation. Fri, 09 Dec 2011 18:20:44 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/89080302.asp Animation has become a booming business these days and there is no doubt in the fact that animation professionals earn a lot more than other people in other professions. There are many types of animation software which that suits our requirements. Some of them are 2D animation programs while others are 3D animation programs. Wed, 27 Apr 2011 17:41:12 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/90062101.asp Blender is a free open-source 3D package with an integrated game engine as well as tools for editing game-logic and creating interactive animation. The Blender GameKit, 2nd Edition is the official guide for 3D artists, animators, and game designers interested in exploring this part of Blender. Wed, 9 Jun 2010 14:16:42 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/90062301.asp Game Makers Apprentice shows you how to create nine exciting games using the wildly popular Game Maker game creation tool. It discusses game design theory and features practical examples of how this can be applied to making games that are more fun to play. Mon, 7 Jun 2010 17:21:33 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/90070403.asp Microsoft has released a game making software suite that allows you to make a video game for Windows XP and Xbox 360. You now have the power to make your own Xbox games at no cost whatsoever. Thu, 27 May 2010 21:27:51 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/90070402.asp Often times people spend endless hours drawing the same figures over and over with just a slight change between each drawing. But there are lots of creative techniques you can use to draw fun and interesting animations without the endless repetition. This article shows you nine techniques. Thu, 27 May 2010 16:51:17 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/90092803.asp Creating simple videos using Windows Movie Maker is a highly effective way to market your website and you don’t even need a video camera. This article describes how to create a video without a camera using Windows Movie Maker. Wed, 3 Mar 2010 16:49:39 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/90092902.asp Video marketing is very popular these days. This article shows you how to quickly and easily use a digital camera or a video camera to create your movie for video marketing. Tue, 2 Mar 2010 16:19:58 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/91011401.asp RBG and CMYK are two of the most popular color spaces. Just about everything uses either one of these color modes. A few examples are your computer monitor (RGB) and anything printed from an offset printer (CMYK). This following is a brief description of these color modes with some examples. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:47:41 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/91022902.asp Being a graphic designer can be a pretty pricey thing. Graphic design is an art and software is just a tool like a paint brush. Open Source software development has come up with such cool free products as GIMP, Inkscape and KompoZer. Fri, 2 Oct 2009 14:24:01 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/91062803.asp If you want to make an animated banner, this tutorial will show you how using Adobe Flash and using Actionscript 2.0. Tue, 2 Jun 2009 18:35:44 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/91101701.asp Do the skies in your photographs look somewhat "blah"? You can make them pop with a few easy tweaks in GIMP, the renowned open-source image editor. Here's how to do it. Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:00:02 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/91110402.asp With four–color graphics and screenshots throughout, you’ll learn how to prepare camera images for display on web pages — including processes like rescaling, cropping, and balancing color. Utilizing layers, paths, and masks are also covered in extensive detail. Tue, 27 Jan 2009 15:07:25 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/92012601.asp Haze and color casts in photographs can ruin a good photo; fortunately, they are trivially easy to correct with GIMP, the foremost open-source photo editing software. Here's how. Tue, 4 Nov 2008 14:58:24 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/92020302.asp Everyone has seen those cute gif animations on the Web. In this article, you'll learn how to create your own gif animations using the free GIMP image editing program. Once you understand the basic steps you'll find it's incredibly easy to create animated gifs with GIMP. Tue, 28 Oct 2008 21:41:22 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/92041101.asp To combine two different paths into one path, you need to join the endnode of one path to the endnode of the other path. To join two endnodes, overlap the two endnodes on top of each other, then combine the paths, then join the endnodes. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:30:31 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/92041301.asp To add a new node on a segment use the Insert new nodes button on the Edit path nodes tool control bar. These steps assume that you have already drawn a segment e.g. using the Bezier Curves and straight lines tool. Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:40:31 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/92042301.asp Have you created a software product, digital product, or other product that could use an attractive box? This article contains step-by-step instructions for making an attractive box for your product using Photoshop. Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:40:31 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/92042601.asp This article shows you how to take an existing cartoon or other image, and create your own version in Photoshop that you can adapt, modify and improve for yourself! Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:40:31 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/93042301.asp Inkscape is a free Open Source vector graphics illustration application that comes in versions for Microsoft Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, and other operating systems. In this article, I show you a basic method a beginner can use to get started. Create a drawing by simply creating bezier curves, dragging them into the desired position and adjusting their nodes and control handles. Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:40:31 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/93050603.asp Inkscape is a free Open Source vector graphics illustration application that works similar to Adobe Illustrator. In this article you'll learn your way around the Inkscape interface, including its toolbars and menus. You'll learn how to zoom and pan to navigate your drawing canvas. And you'll learn how to save and open your drawing files. Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:40:31 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/93062303.asp A logo is the image which represents a company or its product. Its function is to create a memorable, recognizable impression on the mind of a potential client or customer. There are three basic types of logos, which can be used alone or combined within one design. Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:40:31 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/93082604.asp Businesses can greatly benefit from a professional and unforgettable logo that sets them apart from their competition. Logos are not just fancy graphics that adorn websites or letterhead, logos are a representation of a businesses philosophy. Logos are a critical component of brand development. Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:40:31 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/93090201.asp You might want to apply a blur filter to an image for artistic effect, to hide information, to highlight part of an image, or for legal reasons. In this article I show you how to use the various blur filters on your images. Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:40:31 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/93092901.asp Inkscape is a free Open Source vector graphics illusttration application that works similar to Adobe Illustrator. A vector graphics application allows you to create images by drawing geometrical shapes like rectangles, elipses, lines, and curves with your computers mouse. Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:40:31 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/94021601.asp GIMP is a powerful full-image processing application, and like all powerful applications, its complexity may seem intimidating to inexperienced users. However, you can quickly perform some common basic operations without spending the time to completely learn GIMP. This article will focus on how to scale an image. Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:40:31 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/94061601.asp In this article I'll show you how to crop an image to retain only the area you want and how to scale an image so that it fits neatly into your webpage's layout without the user having to download an oversized image that needs to be resized by their browser. Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:40:31 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/94072701.asp GIMP is a comprehensive image editing program on the level of Photoshop, in fact it looks and works pretty much the same as Photoshop, with one major exception; Photoshop costs about $800.00 while GIMP is totally free! Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:40:31 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/94082501.asp Anti-Aliasing is a term used lots when selling graphics cards, but what exactly is Anti-Aliasing? We look deeper into the reasoning behind Anti-Aliasing and why we need it in the first place. There are varying types of anti-aliasing producing different results and different levels of performance hit. Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:40:31 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/96021704.asp You can specify color using "hexadecimal" notation. Whereas the decimal numbering system uses the characters 0 through 9 to get 10 values, the hexadecimal numbering system uses the characters 0 through f to get 16 values. Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:40:31 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/96111101.asp One of the first settings you need to choose when scanning an image is the DPI (Dots Per Inch). This is a very confusing parameter and is often set incorrectly. Scanning an image with an incorrect DPI setting can result in a blurry or slow-loading picture. Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:40:31 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/97021110.asp It is incredibly easy to turn a set of GIF images into an animation using WhitSoft Development’s UnFREEz freeware program. First use a graphics program, such as Windows Paint to create a set of images for your animations frames. Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:40:31 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/97081420.asp Displaying graphics on your web page can make it more interesting. To display an image on your web page, you need to convert it to the appropriate file format. Which format is best depends upon the character of the image. Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:40:31 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/98010441.asp Most computers today are capable of displaying up to 17 million different colors simultaneously. But back when video RAM was scarce, a method was devised that would permit the monitor to display pictures acceptably using only 256 different colors. Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:40:31 GMT http://bucarotechelp.com/design/graphics/buttonmaker.asp Use the controls to set the properties of your button, your changes will appear immediately. Click on a color in the respective palette to set a color. When satisfied with result, select and copy the code at the bottom of the page. Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:40:31 GMT