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rxl123

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Hu guys - this may be a really dumb question, but here goes. I been doing plain text HTML and then using coffee cup for a while. Got a trial on Dreamweaver, which was fine as it got me into css. The trouble is pages all look fairly flat. What I want to do is make my pages look high end.

I am happy to buy software, but I dont know what. The layout I am fine with, as I can use dreamweaver or even coffee cup. The thing I cant work out is the fancy graphics. I love the look and feel of the Adobe site but I cant work out why. The layout I could do fine, but the fancy images, mouseovers etc - are they built up using photoshop or illustrator or flash or are they generated by being clever with dreamweaver functionality?

Help please! I am happy to put the effort in to learn a new tool, but I don't want to learn the wrong one. Thanks
 
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Paul

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Usually, the graphics for a web site are designed in special programs, such as Adobe Photoshop, that's why it seems hard to achieve that effect in a coding program, such as Adobe Dreamweaver. If you can purchase Photoshop, use it. It will help you achieve great looking web sites (once you have had the practice designing, obviously).
 
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Cratima

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glamor makers

I think that you should use flash for animations, mouse-overs; photoshop or fireworks for images, layout.
You we'll gain the glamor, the difference between a MS Word document and a PDF file.
Good luck!
 
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Clock

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You might want to consider buying a subscription to lynda.com. It has tons of useful tutorials on nearly every application or subject you can think of regarding web design, audio producing, word processing, etc. etc.

I just learned CSS along with dreamweaver this summer by watching these tutorials. They're a little dry, I admit, but it's worth it. It's $25/month, but you can cancel at anytime.
 
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rxl123

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Tks for the response guys

Tks for the response guys - I really appreciate it.

I have downloaded a trial of photoshop to see if I can get on with it. Any 101 tips on best way to start with it?
 
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