http://dolfo.org Dolfo.org is the online portfolio and blog of Jose Cuadra, a freelance Graphic Designer currently located in the Central Florida area who offers Design, Animation and Programming services. Wed, 06 Jan 2010 01:03:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en When coming from JavaScript a common mistake when drilling down through objects is that chaining doesn't work like you would think in AS3. Yes the languages are similar but here's a difference. DOM In JavaScript you would transverse the DOM using a method called "getElementsByTagName()." You can chain these to dig into ... http://dolfo.org/2009/12/transversing-the-display-list-correctly/ "It's an all-out typeface-off in our sequel to Font Conference." -College Humor http://dolfo.org/2009/11/font-fight/ A logo just feels better when created in Illustrator. 9:10 AM Oct 22nd from web Best Pool Sign. "Welcome to the ool!" http://bit.ly/CaujH 7:11 AM Oct 21st from bit.ly RT: @theprodesigner Web & Graphic Design Tips That Will Help You If You Get Stuck http://bit.ly/12yrfs 7:09 AM Oct 21st from web RT:@petapixel What's the life expectancy ... http://dolfo.org/2009/10/twitter-highlights-of-the-week-2/ 9 Useful Twitter Retweet Button Scripts For Blogs | cheth Studios http://bit.ly/RITHJ 8:24 PM Oct 16th from bit.ly RT: @AmazingPics An eight year project - Photographing New York store fronts: http://j.mp/6B6ty (via @petapixel) 4:36 PM Oct 16th from web RT: @RussAdams Cool Illustrated Facial Expressions http://bit.ly/3PsEeX 11:58 AM Oct 16th from web RT: @flashtuts Crafty way ... http://dolfo.org/2009/10/twitter-highlights-of-the-week/ The other day I dusted off my old Fujitsu tablet and powered up Windows XP with an IE6 browser. (Flash back!) After tinkering for a while I bought a beautiful photo by Alexander Yakovlev to see what effects I could achieve with Sketchbook Pro and Photoshop. http://dolfo.org/2009/10/brushes-strokes-and-a-photo/ http://dolfo.org/2009/10/funny-superman-shirts/ After Creating a Path... Select the path with the Direct Selection Tool. Translation: Take the white arrow in your toolbar and click on the path. The anchor points will appear letting you know it's selected. Create new fill or adjustment layer. Translation: Click on the half white/half black circular icon at the bottom of ... http://dolfo.org/2009/10/from-work-path-to-shape-layer/ It's pretty safe to say Adobe has cornered the market on software used for media. Check out some alternatives to the Adobe Empire and feel free to add your own. Remember when Macromedia was the under dog? Alternatives to the Suite These suites, or collection of tools provide alternatives to multiple Adobe ... http://dolfo.org/2009/09/the-definitive-list-of-adobe-alternatives/ Yesterday I experienced an unusual rendering issue in Internet Explorer. The entire layout was aligning left and a couple z-index declarations were being ignored. Usually you can fix the minor issues with some Conditional Comments but these inconsistencies were too great to blame on the Trident Layout Engine(MSHTML). Besides, before ... http://dolfo.org/2009/09/cfcache-ie-css-and-xhtml/ Type Doc has been rewritten and released for a second round! Typedoc is simply a CSS and XHTML editor that runs in your browser with the help of jQuery. You can save the document locally or use the provided link for any purpose you have. Demo Typedoc Demo Currently Typedoc is set up ... http://dolfo.org/2009/08/type-doc-re-released/