A basic introduction to Ruby on Rails.

To view:

http://thinkrefresh.com/posts/13/rails-101-introduction

To create a project in Rails you need to be in your Terminal. Find an appropriate place to store your applications, so if you’re on a Mac the “sites” folder is probably a good idea.

To view:

http://thinkrefresh.com/posts/15/rails-101-file-structure

So you’re just about to crack on and dive into that code, but wait, you don’t even need to do that! Rails comes with generators for basic functionality so you can get going as quickly as possible.

To view:

http://thinkrefresh.com/posts/16/rails-101-generators

Clicking on any of the Icons on the Tool Palette will activate the function when you again click on the image you are working on.

To view:

http://www.hypergurl.com/toolpalette.html

Transparent gifs are great for website graphics and headline banners and to match any webpage background color. Here is a simple technique to make transparent Gifs with Paint Shop Pro and following the instructions below, you can apply the same technique to text or images.

To view:

http://www.hypergurl.com/transparentgif.html

Triple Bordered Backgrounds are made using tables. you apply a background color or image to your page, then a table within a table.

To view:

http://www.hypergurl.com/trippleborder.html

Here is a chance to have a bit of fun with Paint Shop Pro Tubes and be very creative at the same time. The website graphics that you can make are only limited by your imagination.

To view:

http://www.hypergurl.com/tubefun.html

The Unsharp Filter seems rather misnamed, in that unsharpening is a method of paradoxically acheiving just the opposite - a sharpening of certain edges in the original photograph.

To view:

http://www.hypergurl.com/unsharpfilter.html

One of the best ways to protect your webpage graphics and images from being copied and used on other websites, is to add a watermark. It is best to adjust your watermark so that it can just be seen, but does not detract from the beauty of your images.

To view:

http://www.hypergurl.com/watermark.html

Not everyone advocates the use of layers for each stage of a graphic project, but I feel there are more advantages to doing each step in a new layer than disadvantages.

To view:

http://www.hypergurl.com/layers.html