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		<title>Rapid Fire #10: Circular Shadows &#038; Highlights</title>
		<link>http://www.brownbatterystudios.com/sixthings/2008/02/08/rapid-fire-10-circular-shadows-highlights/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2008 10:04:46 +0000</pubDate>
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Gradients and masks are all it takes to create lighting effects for circular shapes in Adobe&#174; Fireworks&#174;. Generate as many layers of shadows and highlights as you need. Let me show you how&#8230;

We start off this tutorial by putting into our canvas a circular graphic that we wish to add shadows and highlights to. In [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rapid Fire #9: Fun With The Satin Gradient</title>
		<link>http://www.brownbatterystudios.com/sixthings/2007/12/18/rapid-fire-9-fun-with-the-satin-gradient/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2007 06:15:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brownspank</dc:creator>
		
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One of the things that make image editing apps exciting to use is the constant thrill of stumbling upon something unexpected, but produces interesting results. One such thing is Adobe&#174; Fireworks&#174;&#8217; Satin Gradient, and how its (kinda) unpredictable behavior makes it easy to create abstract glowing light swirls with.

This&#8217;ll be a breeze&#8230;
Start with a white [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rapid Fire #8: Extracting Logos</title>
		<link>http://www.brownbatterystudios.com/sixthings/2007/09/20/rapid-fire-8-extracting-logos/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2007 04:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
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After a short hiatus, I&#8217;m back with a tutorial that shows you how to extract a logo and/or logotype from a raster image, using only Adobe&#174; Fireworks&#174;&#8216; Live Filters. With this method, you also have the option to re-color the lifted logo in anyway you want: solid, gradient, or textured. All of this, while avoiding [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rapid Fire #7: Shiny Ribbon</title>
		<link>http://www.brownbatterystudios.com/sixthings/2006/12/21/rapid-fire-7-shiny-ribbon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Dec 2006 07:12:24 +0000</pubDate>
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Just in time for the the holiday season, this Adobe&#174; Fireworks&#174; tutorial will show you how to create a silky, flowing ribbon; the type that you could slap onto your graphic elements to make them more festive. I hope you enjoy my tiny Christmas present.

I apologize in advance for the shoddy typography. If anyone knows [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rapid Fire #6: Sticky Notes</title>
		<link>http://www.brownbatterystudios.com/sixthings/2006/10/09/rapid-fire-6-sticky-notes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Oct 2006 15:16:35 +0000</pubDate>
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Sticky notes are little pieces of bright-colored paper with an adhesive strip on the back, allowing you to jot down reminders, checklists, or *gasp* passwords and post them onto a surface. This Adobe&#174; Fireworks&#174; tutorial will show you how to recreate them digitally, with a certain degree of realism, for your own design projects.

The Paper
Start [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rapid Fire #5: Image Editing Tricks Part II</title>
		<link>http://www.brownbatterystudios.com/sixthings/2006/08/10/rapid-fire-5-image-editing-tricks-part-ii/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Aug 2006 06:16:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brownspank</dc:creator>
		
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We conclude our two-part Rapid Fire special with a technique that will save you from manual-erase horrors that come with placing one photo over another. Using vector shapes and the Multiply blend mode in Adobe&#174; Fireworks&#174; allows us to create adjustable superimpositions and preserve the shadows of the superimposed image. This works best with photos [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rapid Fire #4: Image Editing Tricks Part I</title>
		<link>http://www.brownbatterystudios.com/sixthings/2006/08/10/rapid-fire-4-image-editing-tricks-part-i/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Aug 2006 06:15:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brownspank</dc:creator>
		
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This dual serving of Rapid Fire demonstrates some basic image compositing techniques in Adobe&#174; Fireworks&#174;. This is the first of two parts, and will serve as a simple intro showing how to create and match perspectives using the Distort Tool. And what better example than putting a screenshot over an empty screen?

Starting With A Blank [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rapid Fire #3: Quick &#8216;N Dirty Outlines</title>
		<link>http://www.brownbatterystudios.com/sixthings/2006/06/26/rapid-fire-3-quick-n-dirty-outlines/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jun 2006 08:26:09 +0000</pubDate>
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In this edition of Rapid Fire, we&#8217;ll be making use of a particular design resource in a not-so-conventional manner. Utilizing readily-available corroded fonts, we can achieve a marker- or chalk-stroke effect with which to frame or emphasize our design elements in Adobe&#174; Fireworks&#174;.

Prepare Your Fontface
To start, obtain a fontface that has corroded edges. For this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rapid Fire #2: Golden Seal</title>
		<link>http://www.brownbatterystudios.com/sixthings/2006/04/05/rapid-fire-2-golden-seal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Apr 2006 02:21:02 +0000</pubDate>
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Whether it&#8217;s signifying merit or signalizing new content, a golden seal graphic often does the trick. Utilizing two of Macromedia Adobe&#174; Fireworks&#174;&#8216; nifty features&#8212;Auto Shapes and Text On A Path&#8212;you&#8217;ll be stamping shiny seals in no time.
Update 2006-11-20: Spanish translation is available, care of Uriel.
The Making Of A Star
We start off by creating our base [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rapid Fire #1: Photo-Realistic</title>
		<link>http://www.brownbatterystudios.com/sixthings/2006/03/06/rapid-fire-1-photo-realistic/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Mar 2006 15:18:59 +0000</pubDate>
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Make your digital images more convincing and lifelike with just a handful of gradients and custom shadows. Once you&#8217;re done, your pictures will look like real photo prints, you&#8217;d swear they popped out of the screen.
Note 1: This is the first issue of Rapid Fire, a series of tutorials aimed at intermediate and advanced users [...]]]></description>
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