You may need to add to your Illustrator(R) project a graphic previously created in another graphics program such as Photoshop(R). You can choose to embed or link to your second image. We will discuss the embed option.

One of the BellaOnline editors emailed me a few days ago and asked how to apply a monochromatic effect to a photograph using Photoshop CS. She had seen this effect used on a website and liked it so much she wanted to use the technique on images for her own website. It is a simple technique . . .

In this tutorial, we will work on the top opening of our candle jar. We will create this opening with several ellipse shapes and determine the point of view or perspective for our graphic.

Several of my readers have asked me how to add their personal signature to their digital art. You can trace your scanned signature with the Pen tool in Photoshop or Illustrator, or use the Live Trace feature in Illustrator.

The tutorial will show you how to add a label to a blank button. It can also be used to add text to any blank graphic such as a logo or header.

In our last tutorial, we used the Pen tool in Illustrator CS3 to draw the basic shape for our pumpkin project. Now we will use the Pen tool again to draw detail lines to define the vertical sections of the pumpkin, change the stroke weight and apply brush strokes to these paths.

In this tutorial, we will add a cover image to the rest of your InDesign ebook file. This image may be in several formats including the Photoshop, bitmap and PDF formats.

So how did these professional animators create a Flash website for their business? If you take a look at their website, www.aardman.com, you will notice that their site is built on some basic principles of web animation and Flash design.

GenoPal Pro by Genometri is a new type of color selection software that gives you natural looking and harmonious color schemes for your digital art projects.

InCopy and InDesign are based on a new, parallel workflow concept. Text content and graphics are no longer created in a vacuum but as a collaborative effort.