Comments on: The web 2.0 mirror effect in 1 minute with Adobe Fireworks

By: Martin Vereecken

Martin Vereecken — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:37:35 +0000

First of all: it’s not because you create a website, that you automatically attract visitors. You should promote it, and read about Google rankings and stuff.
About the header: the color scheme looks a bit oldskool to me, and I’m not fond of the, eh, font you use. Bold,3d,… all combined in one doesn’t look good to me in the end. Simpler is better.
And: don’t use Comic Sans MS. It looks cheap, it’s everywhere and it’s bad taste. It’s what you see at office when people want to get rid of Arial and are in a creative mood. It reminds me of the little jumping matchstick guy from MS Word you see everywhere :-S.
Then, the red buttons. Too much, too old! The lips are nice though…
These are my opinions, and at-first-glance look. Hope it helped.
Regards,
Martin

By: Proebook

Proebook — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:02:27 +0000

Hi, I was made alone with Photoshop header for my new shop!I make it my self ‘cos I do not have lot of monay to pay some PRO. I just buy image from fotolia and make a header before 2 months. I’m selling in that shop ebooks. But now when I looking all around maybe that is not so good idea that header with monay in the theets (maybe that not attracct people, i do not have now after 2 monaths lot of visits on site) maybe is better that I was put some blond business girl as image in header! I’m not webdesigner?? What do you think about my header, what would you like to change, what would you like to put in header??? Please answer me??
Here is my shop http://www.pro-ebook.de
or click here ebook shop

Ant that mirror efect is wonderfull , It’s look so easy to make it but when I open My Photoshop (old version 4.0) I’m getting crazy from all that buttons and possibilities!!

By: Dallas

Dallas — Thu, 22 May 2008 12:42:17 +0000

O, it is excellent to have a giant’s strength; but it is tyrannous to use it like a giant.

By: Martin Vereecken

Martin Vereecken — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 09:47:45 +0000

Theo, I agree. I’m not that good in Photoshop, I always return to Fireworks if I need “simple”. I see amazing Photoshop tutorials and sometimes I use them, but without really knowing what I’m doing (just moving from step 1 to 10).

By: Theo Heselmans

Theo Heselmans — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 09:23:03 +0000

Nice and easy.
I’m mostly pleased that for once it’s a Fireworks tip instead of a Photoshop one.
I’m a simple developer in need for simple graphical tools. I’ve been using Fireworks for years now, and just love it.

By: Nathan T. Freeman

Nathan T. Freeman — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:37:09 +0000

Y’know I’m just teasing you.

Thanks for the article. It’s actually also quite easy to get that effect in Photoshop, you just have to know how to apply a blending gradient to a layer.

By: Martin Vereecken

Martin Vereecken — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 07:10:42 +0000

@Nathan: thank you for trashing my article with your comment (you yellow-haired, yellow-bleeding… ok stop ;-)). Let me just add to this that your screenshot probably won’t be that “pixel perfect” :-).
@Chris: you’re welcome!

By: Chris Reckling

Chris Reckling — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 23:15:04 +0000

Nice tip! thanks for posting.
Chris

By: Nathan T. Freeman

Nathan T. Freeman — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 21:34:12 +0000

Heh. Or you can load the image in Carousel and crop a screenshot of it. That now takes about 20 seconds.