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Make a Multi-Level CSS Dropdown Menu in Dreamweaver CS4

Menu Preview

Menu Preview

Dreamweaver CS4Traditionally, multi-level dropdown menu navigation has been done in JavaScript. These kinds of menus can be very confusing to code, and more confusing to go back and edit later. Do it better and more beautifully with CSS and Dreamweaver CS4.

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Quickie Color Wheel in Photoshop

Color Wheel

Color Wheel

It’s easy to make a color wheel in Photoshop with a few simple tools.
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Become a Photoshop Expert in 10 Steps

Get an A+ in Photoshop

Get an A+ in Photoshop

After working with Photoshop since version 4 in 1999, I realize that nobody really knows every thing that Photoshop can do. This makes it a great toy and tool, because there’s always something new to discover. But you can learn most of it and keep learning. I recommend the following habits if you want to become a Photoshop Expert.
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Before and After Design: a Child’s Birthday Invitation

Invitation

Invitation

I’m starting a new feature today: Before and After. I’ll showcase a redesign of a printed piece or a Web site: I will highlight the improvements I made, and give tips for making your designs more attractive and useful.

Today we’ll look at an invitation for a child’s birthday party.
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Create Social Networking Chicklets in Photoshop

Final chicklet

Final chicklet

A “chicklet” (as opposed to Chiclet, a yummy chewing gum) is a small button used to link to all kinds of things – social networks in particular. Back in the day, they were short and wide rectangles with small text. The new trend is rounded squares with plenty of gloss. Learn how to make one here.
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