One year at Santa Barbara News-Press

Well, it's officially been 1 full year at the Santa Barbara News-Press. I started as an administrative assitant and now have my second position. I am now the Onlines Sales and Web Developement Representative for them and am enjoying my job. I am getting to establish a stronger online presence for my company and are getting the chance to work with Adobe Web Design CS3. It's awesome. The only thing that is a little weird is that I am doing both sales AND application/web development. It's hard because I am my own little team. I find the clients, make the mock-ups, make the presentation, do the paperwor, get the sales, make the actual creative, and do all the billing. That is all usually done by at least two people.

I am excited about getting married though. But then again, my current salary is still the same salary for an administrative assistant and NOT for a designer. A designer makes $10 more dollars per hor on AVERAGE! That gets me frustrated. AAAAAND, a programmer, which I have been doing, gets AT LEAST $15 per hour more! When I got a job (even though I didn't take it) at the county as a network engineer at the beginning level they offered me $20 per hour which is 133% of what I am making now! MAN!!! So, needles to say estoy tratando de moverme pa-riba! Le hable a un muchacho y parece que me en mayo voy a poder irme a ser un disenador de paginas web y de aplicaciones.

Anyways... we'll c... God's got it all in control.

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Custom Photoshop Image - Chroma Waves

just a little project during my spare time :) [CLICK TO ENLARGE]

Mac Style PhotoFlip Gallery

1. Gradient background

In Photoshop, create a new document, 950 x 620px. Select black foreground color and dark grey (#384b55) background. Use Gradient tool and drag from lower-middle to the bottom of the document.

2. Thumbnail grid

Collect some sample photos and create a thumbnail grid as shown below:

Then duplicate the thumbnail grid and apply flip vertical transform (Edit > Transform > Flip Vertical). We will need this duplicated grid to create the reflection effect.

3. Warp transform

Select the top layer grid and go to Edit > Transform > Warp. Now you should see the Warp transform grid:

Drag the four corner anchor points and the two middle vertical lines slight upward to create the bent effect.

Repeat previous step for the reflected grid. While you are dragging the anchor points, try to keep the reflected grid align to the top layer.

Set the top layer opacity to 30% and bottom layer to 50%. Then apply a gradient layer mask to the bottom layer.

4. Glow

Make a oval selection and fill it with a sky blue color. Apply 50px Gaussian Blur (Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur). Condense it a little so it looks like a spot light.

5. Flash

In Flash, create a new document exact same size as the Photoshop image. Copy & paste entire image in the first layer.

6. Flash component

If you have the photoFlow component installed, simply drag the component onto the stage. If you don’t have the component, get one from Flashloaded or enter our Free photoFlow Component Giveaways contest.

Now open the Component Inspector palette and you will see all available parameters. Here you can customize the component setting such as: XML path, autoflip, image dimensions, reflection, zoom effects… For more information on how to use photoFlow, please read the user guide.

6. Updating the gallery

Since the gallery is loaded from an external XML file, you can simply update the XML file to add or remove photos.

PhotoFlow component used in this tutorial is provided by Flashloaded.

Thanks to webdesignerwall.com for this great tutorial!!

Simple Obedience

I think that this is literally as simple as you can get! Simple obedience comes before anyone is being tempted. Simple obedience comes before you are in the mix! Simple obedience comes when you have the choice of going somewhere were you will be tempted and obeying the Holy Spirit's voice when He tells you to not go. Simple...

How To Set Up Gmail in Outlook

You can send and receive e-mail messages by using your Google Gmail e-mail account and Outlook. Gmail requires a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) (Secure Sockets Layer (SSL): A proposed open standard that was developed by Netscape Communications for establishing a secure communications channel to prevent the interception of critical information, such as credit card numbers.) encrypted connection when you retrieve and send e-mail. Gmail uses POP3 (POP3: A common protocol that is used to retrieve e-mail messages from an Internet e-mail server.) port number 995 and Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP): A common protocol that is used to send e-mail messages across the Internet.) port number 465. These settings are not the default for a POP3 account in Outlook and require you to modify account settings in Outlook.

The outgoing e-mail server (e-mail server: A computer that stores e-mail messages.) is similar to those used by many Internet service providers (ISPs) (ISP: A business that provides access to the Internet for such things as electronic mail, chat rooms, or use of the World Wide Web. Some ISPs are multinational, offering access in many locations, while others are limited to a specific region.). However, Gmail requires authentication on their SMTP e-mail server. This requirement means that you must provide a user name and password — the same as your Gmail screen name and password — before you send your e-mail message. You can save the user name and password in Outlook so that you enter the information just one time.

The following steps configure Outlook for all necessary settings required to send and receive e-mail by using your Gmail e-mail account and Outlook.

Note When you change your Gmail password, you need to update the Gmail account information in Outlook.

Do one of the following:

Add your Gmail e-mail account

To use your Gmail e-mail account in Outlook, you must first make sure POP3 support is enabled in Gmail, and then you can add it to Outlook.

1. Log in to your Gmail account.
2. At the top of any Gmail page, click Settings.
3. In the Mail Settings window, click Forwarding and POP.

   I don't see Forwarding and POP

   Gmail is turning on POP3 support for users in phases. If Forwarding and POP does not appear, your Gmail account cannot be configured for POP3 support.
4. In the POP Download section, select Enable POP or all mail or Enable POP only for mail that arrives from now on.
5. Click Save Settings.
6. In Outlook, on the Tools menu, click E-mail Accounts.
7. Click Add a new e-mail account, and then click Next.
8. Click POP3, and then click Next.
9. Under User Information, do the following:
   1. In the Your Name box, type your full name the way you want it to appear to other people.
   2. In the E-mail Address box, type your e-mail user name followed by @gmail.com.
10. Under Server Information, do the following:
    1. In the Incoming mail server (POP3) box, type pop.gmail.com.
    2. In the Outgoing mail server (SMTP) box, type smtp.Gmail.com.
11. Under Logon Information, do the following:
    1. In the User Name box, type your full e-mail address, including @gmail.com.
    2. In the Password box, type your password.
    3. Select the Remember password check box.

       Note You have the option to have Outlook remember your password by typing it in the Password box and selecting the Remember password check box. Having Outlook remember your password means that you won't have to type your password each time you access the account; however, it also means that the account is vulnerable to anyone who has access to your computer. Use strong passwords that combine upper- and lowercase letters, numbers, and symbols. Weak passwords don't mix these elements. Strong password: Y6dh!et5. Weak password: House27. Use a strong password that you can remember so that you don't have to write it down.

12. Click More Settings.
13. On the General tab, under Mail Account, type Gmail.
14. Click the Outgoing Server tab, and then select the My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication check box.
15. Select Use same settings as my incoming mail server.
16. Click the Advanced tab, and then under Server Port Numbers for both Incoming server (POP3) and Outgoing server (SMTP), select the This server requires an encrypted connection (SSL) check boxes.
17. Change the Outgoing server (SMTP) port number to 465.

    The Incoming server (POP3) port number should change automatically to 995 when you select the This server requires an encrypted connection (SSL) check box.

18. Click OK.
19. To verify that your account is working, click Test Account Settings. If there is missing or incorrect information, such as your password, you will be prompted to supply or correct it. Make sure your computer is connected to the Internet.
20. Click Next, and then click Finish.

Notes

• Do not select the Log on using Secure Password Authentication (SPA) check box.
• Unless specified by Gmail, all server and address entries are typed in lowercase letters.

Inspiration

Risk more than others think its safe
Care more than other think is wise
Dream more than others think is practical
Expect more than others think is possible