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Rain mStand for MacBook

The Rain Design mStand will fit all laptops up to 15”. The specification says 17” but personally I wouldn’t put a 17” laptop on it. The stand perfectly matches the unibody Macbook. It is made of the same aluminium, and has a good thick solid appearance. The mStand provides a very secure platform for your Macbook. It also passes the lid non... [Read more of this review]

MacBook Pro Antiglare

I see many questions on the web asking about the Apple Macbook Pro antiglare laptop. Sometimes its referred to as the MacBook matte finish Laptop.  Having both I am able to see first hand the differences between the two.  This article concentrates on the MacBook Pro antiglare showing photo’s and a Video at the end I also have a gloss 13′... [Read more of this review]

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Tutorials

Text in Fireworks

 Text Select the Text tool and type in some sample text.  The text box can then be toggled between Fixed width (wrap) or automatically extend. This is done by double clicking on the small hollow square thumb top left of the text box. Lorum Ipsum Sample Text To use sample text select – Commands/Text/Lorem Ipsum Importing Text Select the text... [Read more of this review]

Slicing in Fireworks for Web export

  Image Slicing This cuts up a design into small images for use in a Dreamweaver table layout. Use the slice tool to drag out slice elements. Rename the slice layers. In the slice properties set the file Type, Link, Alt Tag and  Target. Set the optimise panel for the prefered export file type. Select File/Export and fill out the properties for export.... [Read more of this review]

GIF Animating in Fireworks

Animating with a Gif This creates a simple animation by changing states. Create a simple image. Go to the “States” panel and from the options at the top right select “Duplicate State” Select State 2 then the Layers Tab and change something ie a colour. Now with button State 1/State 2 under the layers panel you can see both... [Read more of this review]

Exporting Web Site Mock ups

HTML Export This creates an html prototype for displaying as a web site.  - Slice the images only  - Select File/Export/Html and images (export slices, include areas without slices) CSS Export This creates an CSS prototype for displaying as a web site.  - Slice the images only (Right click on image and select insert rectangle splice)  - Foreground... [Read more of this review]

Editing Photos in Fireworks

  Use the Lasso tool to click points around the image. Click  on the first point to close the shape. You can then click and drag the selection. To deselect click Select/Deselect. To delete press Delete To expand the selection use the Select/Feather feature. To save selection(s). Select, save bitmap selection. These can then be reloaded when you... [Read more of this review]

The Fireworks Workspace

Guide Lines Turn the rulers on Click and drag from the vertical ruler to create a vertical guide. View/Guides/Snap to Guides. To measure distance between the guides use the Select tool and hold the Shift key. Workspace To undock a panel drag from the gripper away. To re-dock properties pane drag from the side bar to the bottom of page. To hide the... [Read more of this review]

Reinstalling OSX to Factory Condition

This procedure has four parts: Erasing the hard drive Completing the Mac OS X Setup Assistant. Restoring the bundled applications using the Applications Install Disc. Important: This procedure will completely erase your hard drive. Part One: Erasing the hard drive Turn on the computer. Insert the Mac OS X Install DVD into the optical drive. Press... [Read more of this review]

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