strawberrie

Eh... that's just plain weird... who knows what all these crazy people are thinking -__-

Hmm... interesting...As soon as I got hosted, I tried testing out the FTP, but it didn't work for me either. After half a hour or so, everything was working beautifully. I thought it was just a first-time setup thing.(I use CuteFTP, by the way)

Darned viruses!! I haven't gotten one in quite a loooong time, and I'm not planning to either. I just avoid clicking on any links sent through emails/chat rooms unless I personally know it won't kill my computer or anything. I've had enough encounters with viruses in the past to have learned my lesson...

My favorite movie?I'll have to say The Ring. Usually, I hate scary movies, but this one was so scary that it was good. And that just made no sense... >_<But anyways, I like just about all drama movies!

Wow, you sound like a formal travel agent XD Anyways, what a good question... but I don't travel much, so guess I'll just have to say my home. After all, it has food, TV, and a computer. What else more does a person need?

Me too! I also do yoga, but I don't exercise much >__< I'm just too lazy... but maybe I should start soon. Geh.

Heh, I think you get used to reading it backwards after a while... sometimes when I read books now, I get all confused on how I'm reading them and then my parents just think I'm going crazy =___=;;

Thanks for the quick HTML tips, Saint_Michael! I'm sure they'll be very useful to a lot of webmasters/mistresses XD out there...@Tyssen: The site you provided is really helpful in creating favicons! Thanks~

*Gasp* So I'm not the only one posting manga on my Xisto site!? XDD I use remote hosting as to not waste bandwidth though. I only include unlicensed scanlations too, or course (or else, it would be illegal, right?)... plus, most scanlation groups drop their projects or continue them underground once they're licensed. By the way, Daa! Daa! Daa!'s a really cute manga ^o^

Eh, besides the whole copying issues here... XDIt's about time IE came up with tabs, especially with the whole Firefox tabbrowsing revolution and all.The new Hotmail interface looks pretty interesting! It's very... Gmail-ish. Simpler, cleaner, and more aesthetic... I like it~ o^_^o

Well, congrats!!! I think I was just as giddy when I received my approval email. Just the thought of ad-free hosting with PHP support was enough to send me to the sky~ XD(By the way, they're 17 smilies total in your message ... haha)

Wow, really!? They have Firefox as the standard browser in your school? I wish our school was like that ... We still use IE and sometimes, I have to sneak Firefox installation on some school computers when I get desperate XD. It's for the good of the general public anyways! Yah, yah! I can't even keep track of the newer version of Firefox. I didn't notice that Mozilla had released version 1.0.6 until some weeks later or something... >_< I left my Firefox more plain and simple, with only 4 extensions (and one being the ImageShack quick upload extension) and 1 theme left. I didn't want to cluster up its running performance.... not that a few extensions could hurt anyone!

It's not that I have anything against the Norton Antivirus software... actually, yes, I do. >_< It definitely makes your computer run slower and the virus scans are excrutiatingly long. I remember I used to quit all my running programs just so Norton's scan would go faster. Plus, I was kinda afraid my computer would crash or something. (The scanning process still took forever though ) For anyone who's looking for an alternative antivirus solution, I'd definitely reccomend NOD32 from Eset. The price for one user is $39, which includes updates for one whole year. I think it's definitely worth the price. When NOD32's running in the background, you can't even tell that it's there. Really. The scanning's super fast and the control panel's very easy to operate. When I first bought NOD32, I didn't believe it was going to help much. But ever since then, my computer hasn't suffered a single virus infection (I'm not kidding at all). NOD32 virus detection system is always up to date and extremely effective in monitoring viruses and terminating them before they get into your system.

Thanks for this tutorial!! I'll definitely test it out later in Photoshop... *can't wait* ^___^I like how you introduced different multicoloring techniques. I used to only apply the cloud rendering effect before, but now I've got more to experiment with! XD

Gah! This is such a hard choice >___< @Phyre: I really like the pop out tank (heh XD), but the text is kinda hard to see b/c of the color choice. @Johnny: I actually like the overlapping text effect! It looks very artistic~ So instead of sitting here all time trying to come to a conclusion, I decided to determine based on general grunginess ( I love grunge effects, by the way)... and I'll give Phyre my vote... [2:1 Phyre up] Great job on both of your sigs though!!

Wow... what is this? America's new idea of reality TV!? >_>But from the quote, it sounds like this courtroom TV thing's just for entertainment (which is really silly, but...)Oh, by the way, the site address in your quote doesn't work.

Yup, I second snlildude's suggestion. Unless you're planning some massive paragraphs with this particular font, just settle for images. It works nicely and looks good too! (once again, as long as it's not some 100MB image file XD)

Hmm... personally, I don't think the problem's that IE doesn't meet the web standards. After all, each person (whether they're a web programmer or not) has their own opinions of what 'web standards' defines as. Some might find it in Firefox's easy surfing and basic functions that satisfy one's web browsing needs. However, others still favor the good old IE. They may be used to its original interface or may simply find it a better browser, based on their own interpretation of whether or not IE meets web standards.Sure, webmasters might spend quite a lot of time coding pages so they'll show up nicely in IE. But that's more or less their own choice. For example, with this whole new Firefox revolution, more and more sites are actually basing their coding on how their site appears in Firefox, and not just IE. (I know that I do ) And some webmasters actually set their coding standards upon the Firefox browser alone.(Oh, and it's true that IE's had lots of security holes in the past and still has some, but Microsoft's been working on the security patches, and I feel that it's been working somewhat XD... However, I'm still a Firefox fanatic, ohohoho )

I can't believe I wrote that... my eyes must have been failing me or something... >_< THANK YOU snlildude!! I find inside the most convenient way to stroke images. Did you used to use center before?

Yup, it can't be the browser. I'm using Firefox as well, and my pages are loading lightning-fast. The forum itself actually loads slower than my webpage, if that makes any sense

Thanks for the comments everyone! @Saint_Michael: eh, that's a great idea! I've been using a color for the middle border this whole time... I didn't even consider leaving it clear... I've gotta try that next time! @thebluekirby: yeah, it really is a simple tutorial, but I was surprised that no one else had done something like it before (maybe I should come up with some more of these simple tutorials for Photoshop beginners XD)

I'm using Acrobat 6.0 ... >_< Is that why this doesn't work for me?

How to Create the Mosaic Effect Using Photoshop by Strawberrie This is one of my favorite image effects of all time. It works beautifully for banners and layouts. 1. Open up the image you want to modify in Photoshop. Duplicate the image layer (Layer > Duplicate Layer). Make sure the duplicate layer is selected. 2. Go to Filter > Pixelate > Mosaic. Set the cell size to 13 squares. You can adjust the cell size depending on your preferences and your image size. You should get something like this: 3. Go to Filter > Sharpen > Sharpen. Repeat it once more. You should get something like this: 4. Now comes the fun part. Play around with the blending mode and opacity of the duplicate layer. Some of my favorite blending modes are Multiply, Screen, Overlay, and Soft Light. 5. Here are some examples of possible results. Blending mode: Multiply, Opacity: 50% Blending mode: Screen, Opacity: 75% --- And if you want to take this one step further. Try selecting a specific area in your image to apply the mosaic effect to. 1. Open up your image in Photoshop again. There's no need to duplicate the layer this time. 2. Select the lasso tool and set the feathering to 2 px. Select the area you want to mosaic-fy. Don't worry about making the selection perfect. A loose and sketchy selection actual works better. If you're just applying the effect to the background of your image (in this case, the sky), I recommend selecting the focused objects (in this case, the sunflowers) first and then inversing the selection. (right click > Select Inverse). 3. Copy & paste the selection onto a new layer. Make sure the new layer is selected. 4. Now go ahead and apply the mosaic effect (steps 2-4). 5. You can play around with some other Photoshop features to enhance your image. Here's a funky example of what colorizing your image can produce. --- The original image used in this tutorial was from stock.xchng.

Meep... this tip sounds great, but the only problem is... I don't have an 'Optional' directory in my Adobe Acrobat folder! >_< I have a 'plug_ins' folder though =__=;;

(I am aware that there is an existing tutorial on double stroking text, but this is very different.) How to double stroke images using Photoshop by Strawberrie 1. Open up/copy&paste the image you want to double stroke onto a new layer (Shift+Ctrl+N) in Photoshop. 2. Go to Edit > Stroke. Set the width to 3 px and color to whatever you wish your furtherest inside border to be (in this case, black). You should get something like this: 3. Go to Edit > Stroke again. Set the width to 2 px and color to whatever you wish your middle border to be (in this case, white). You should get something like this: 4. Go to Edit > Stroke again. Set the width to 1 px and color to whatever you wish your furthest outside border to be (in this case, black). You should get something like this: 5. And you're done! If you're creating an avatar or banner for your website, Just go to File > Save for Web and configure your output settings to finish up. I hope this tutorial helps! ^__^