One of my readers sent me the URL of a special animation he saw on a website. He wanted to create an animation similar to it in Photoshop CS2. You start with an image containing some text and create the illusion that light is passing over the text much like a spotlight passes over the sky.

It´s back to school time and that means lots of books and homework. Why not design some bookmarks to use as an advertising give-away for your business or group. To make a two by eight inch bookmark, all you will need is a photograph of that size or larger and Photoshop CS2.

This past week a reader asked for advice about how to prevent people from stealing his web images of the comic books he is selling on eBay. Unfortunately, I had to tell him that prevention is almost impossible but there are a few steps he could take that might deter those readers with a conscience.

One of the new features in Adobe Photoshop CS2 is the Animation Palette which allows you to create animations for the web right in the Photoshop workspace. We are going to make a simple animation using the Warp Text feature that you learned how to use in a previous tutorial.

I have received so many requests for ebooks on several different aspects of Digital Art, HTML and PHP that I decided to create a series of several ebooks. Adobe InDesign gave me more control over the page design and has some great features to help maintain consistency throughout the book.

The Adobe Bridge has several ways to browse through the images in your folders. The method I use most often is the Filmstrip view which displays a list of thumbnails across the bottom of the Bridge window and an extra large thumbnail of the selected image in the content area.

If you want to add some pizazz to your marketing ad or company logo, you can use the Warp Text feature in Photoshop CS2 to twist your text into any shape and then add it to your graphic. The Warp Text command in Photoshop CS2 (also known as text on a path) makes the job of distorting text easy.

The creation of a photomontage is one of the most creative and distinctive forms of digital art. Most photographers use Adobe Photoshop to edit and enhance their photographs and creating photomontages with Photoshop is a natural evolution. Eight professional artists discuss their photomontages.

One of the most convenient new features included in the Adobe Bridge is the built-in RSS Reader. RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication and it is one of the newest and easiest ways to keep up to date with your favorite websites.

A few days ago, I discovered a fun and educational website called Cartoon Smart. Its creator is a Flash illustrator and animator and has worked in the field of animation since 1999. He created the Cartoon Smart website in 2004 to help others learn Flash illustration and animation the easy way.