PHOTOSHOP

HELP WITH DESIGN PRINCIPLES: 960 GRID SYSTEM & FONTS

-  960 GRID SYSTEM
Need some assistance in designing a Website which follows each important design principal while still appearing correctly on all browsers!  The 960 Grid System will help you.  "This system is an effort to streamline web development workflow by providing commonly used dimensions, based on a width of 960 pixels." (source: http://960.gs/ )

Too see example of this system visit: http://960.gs/
To download the action to be installed in Photoshop visit: http://960.gs/ (easy instructions follow after download)

(Sponsor site to review to development side: http://www.getskeleton.com/#whatAndWhy)


- FONTS
Ever visit a site or see a published file which you really like the look of the text but have no clue in which the name of that font would be?   Now you can find out!!!  If you take a screen shot of the text which you like and upload it to www.whatthefont.com they will try their best to help you out!  This is also an application which you can download on an iPhone.  http://www.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/


MAKING ANIMATED IMAGES IN PHOTOSHOP

In Photoshop you can make an image animted without having to save it as a .SWF file.  Aimated files in Photoshop can be saved as .gif files which means the file can be viewed on most all devices.   You can see this tool by going to:  Window --> Animation

For more detailed directions on how to make an image animated visit the link below.
http://www.myjanee.com/tuts/animation/animation.htm

Example of animated image made in Photoshop visit:
http://www.natickps.org/NewHR/Welcome.cfm
On this site the animated image is the billboard at the top.