15-Nov-98: the Newsletter
FreeGraphics.com, the Newsletter
November 15, 1998
vol. 01, issue 06
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CONTENTS
World AIDS Day Graphics
Textpad
QuickTip: Swatches
Weekly Download
New Sites
WORLD AIDS DAY GRAPHICS
http://www.freegraphics.com/wad.html
World AIDS Day was observed for the first time on December 1,
1988, after a summit of health ministers from around the world
called for a spirit of social tolerance and a greater exchange
of information on HIV/AIDS. World AIDS Day, observed annually
on December 1, serves to strengthen the global effort to face
the challenges of the AIDS pandemic, which continues to spread
throughout every region of the world. This organized effort is
designed to encourage public support for programs that prevent
the spread of HIV infection and to provide education and
awareness of issues surrounding HIV/AIDS.
Since 1981, when the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) first began to monitor AIDS cases, more than
600,000 Americans have been diagnosed with AIDS and at least
385,000 have died.
Among those 385,000 are a number of my friends. AIDS
education and awareness is not about numbers, it is about
people.
HIV infections are rising steadily. Current estimates suggest
that between 650,000 and 900,000 Americans are living with HIV
with at least 40,000 people becoming newly infected each year.
As the prevalence of HIV infection continues to expand across
the nation, an increase in prevention efforts to combat this
disease is necessary.
Be a force for change. There's a special download offered this
week of red ribbons and matching sets which you can use to
remind the visitors to your site that AIDS is still with us
and people are still being infected. It's not over.
Among those free graphics, you'll find some poetry, prose,
statistics, and links. Please be sure to read my one request
if you decide to use the poetry/prose at your site (any
questions, just drop me a note at webmaster@freegraphics.com),
but the graphics are free to use -- no link back required, you
may resize them, re-color them, offer them for download at
your site, whatever you like to promote responsible
education/awareness of HIV/AIDS.
Best,
Claire
*Much of the above information was taken from the _World AIDS
Day 1998 Resource Booklet_ available in PDF format at:
http://www.aawhworldhealth.org/waids.htm
TEXTPAD
http://www.textpad.com/
If you read last week's edition of the newletter, you know
I've been testing this software. Tested it, getting used to
it, may some day love it, bought it. Most importantly, it
works and means no more hand editing of the newsletter format.
QUICKTIP
In Photoshop, ya love that Swatch menu. But what if you have
a special color (eg, for a corporate logo) that's not in the
Swatch? Make that special color your foreground color, place
your cursor over the grey area at the end of the swatch
(you'll see the paintbucket) and click. Voila!
(Want to submit your own QuickTip? QuickTips can be about a
particular graphics software program, about FreeGraphics.com,
about graphics in general (such as optimization, transparency,
etc.), or about general site production. QuickTips are
limited to 50 words or less (yes, I count them, URLs count as
one word). Submit your QuickTip to
mailto:webmaster@freegraphics.com - if I use it, you'll get a
mention here in the newsletter along with a link to your site
-- no adult sites, please.)
WEEKLY DOWNLOAD
This week's download is provided by Mark Hardy of
http://www.earthindex.com/ and is a reflective green and white
control panel. Download it at:
http://www.freegraphics.com/download.html
NEW SITES
http://www.freegraphics.com/New/9-Nov-1998.htm
02 Artist Contests
South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive Web Site
Competition
Submissions for the 1999 SXSW Interactive
Festival Website Competition will be accepted in the
following categories: Best band website, Best business
(non- profit) website, Best business (profit) website,
Best educational website, Best electronic entertainment
website, Best event-related website, Best designed
website, Best film website, Best film industry website,
Best girl's/women's website, Best music industry
website, Best online commerce website, Best online
community website, Best online drama/narrative website,
Best online gaming website, Best personal website, Best
recreational/hobby/sport website, Best use of
animation, Best use of art, Best use of audio, Best use
of video, Best webzine, and Best none-of-the-above
website. Only one category can be selected per
application, although separate applications for the
same website can be submitted in separate categories.
Prize: Finalists in each category receive free
admission to this year's SXSW Interactive Festival. In
addition to gaining special recognition at the event,
winners in each category will have their sites linked
to the SXSW website.
Sponsor: 1999 SXSW Interactive
Festival Deadline: December 19, 1998
03 Holiday : Christmas
Moyra's Web Jewels
Overall Rating: 5
Moyra, a fantastic
artiste, has a most striking mistletoe and holly web
set in her Nature section.
03 Holiday : Hannukah
ZDPWeb
Overall Rating: 4
Left borders featuring the symbols of Hannukah.
03 Holiday : Thanksgiving
00-Archives at FreeGraphics.com
Be sure to check the Weekly Download archives for
additional Thanksgiving graphics.
05 Free Graphics Software
GifClean32
GifClean32 is an extremely simple application. It has
three (3) user selectable options: Remove Comments,
Remove Extraneous Data, and Show Embedded Comments. You
would first start GifClean32 and select the options you
required. To cleanse a GIF File, just Drag and Drop it
onto GifClean32. If you just wish to look at any
embedded comments, de-select the Remove options and
drop the file in question on GifClean32. The program
look is as follows: Version 2.0 (and up) also allows
you to open file(s) for cleansing, output file
info/comments to a text file and insert your own
comments.
MapMaker
Up until recently, image mapping was handled by the web
server. Usually people used a tool to create the image
map for the web server. Unfortunately, not all of use
have ready access to the web server of our ISP. With
the advent of newer versions of web browsers, we have
the capability to create "Client Side Image Maps".
These maps are contained in web pages that WE create
and contain information regarding the selection
rectangles and the web page (URL) to bring up when we
click the left mouse button within a selection. Setting
up the map by hand is almost an impossible feat, as
relative addressing from the top left of the image is
used. MapMaker32 provides an easy way to create client
side image maps.
Buttonz and Tilez!
Buttonz and Tilez! is a software package that should
make the life of webmasters easier. The package
includes 2 applications, Buttonz!, which creates
buttons of various shapes, and Tilez!, which renders
seamless textures. Buttonz! renders buttons with
various bevel types and shapes from either an imported
image, or using a procedural texture. Various text
effects are included. Additionally, Buttonz! supports
the batch rendering of multiple buttons from the same
template, each having a different caption...Tilez!
textures are created using a procedural approach. You
can choose from 20 basic texture types, all of which
can be modified to suit your needs. Additionaly,
textures can be combined in layers to produce more
complex ones.
http://www.freegraphics.com/New/10-Nov-1998.htm
10 Tutorials : Macromedia Fireworks
Circular Wooden Buttons
By the good people of Earth Index: Free Web Design and
Graphics Resource
Lined Background Tutorial
By the good people of Earth Index: Free Web Design and
Graphics Resource
Buttonesque Buttons
By the good people of Earth Index: Free Web Design and
Graphics Resource
http://www.freegraphics.com/New/11-Nov-1998.htm
03 Holiday : Christmas
Ornamental Font
Overall Rating: 4
A really spiffy font where each of the letters is on a
Christmas tree ornament. (Mac and PC Truetype.)
http://www.freegraphics.com/New/15-Nov-1998.htm
11 Online Create Your Own
webGFX Rendermachine
Overall Rating: 5
Absolutely super place for creating logos or spot text
graphics for your web site. Excellent choice of fonts
and textures and wonderful pop-up windows which allow
you to see samples of the fonts/textures you have to
choose from.
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Copyright 1998, Claire Amundsen Schaeffer, All Rights
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