![]() Its seems that's what everyone is talking about these days, Why? because they look cool and can add nice interactivity to web pages. I get at least 15 e-mails a day regarding interfaces and how to make them. Most people want me to post tips on them, but you have to remember, Interfaces aren't really tips, they're "projects" and take tons of time, some can take weeks to do. So what I'm going to do is help you make your own, or at least point you in the right direction. |
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Getting
Prepared If you have Adobe Photoshop and a good chair to sit in, then your pretty much ready to go. Maybe go grab some radios or walkmans and look at them, or glance over at your printer to see how the buttons are on it. You don't realize it but interfaces are all around us, its like how we get around sometimes or control things like in a car , stereo or even your microwave oven has a nifty little control pad. |
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Starting
Tips Try drawing any interface you can think up on paper, then re-draw it in Photoshop. Drawing first is better because if you mess up on paper its easier and faster to take things out that don't look right rather then spending a hour on a part in Photoshop and having to erase the whole thing because it just doesn't fit. Even if you can't draw well and are lazy like me , Do it anyway, you'll see a difference. Using add-on filters for starters is not
the answer and you'll end up limiting your self and wont learn a thing
about Photoshop. This is all coming from personal experience. Here's a quick overview of my
Prototype 9 interface, I could explain it in complete This is a quite old interface I did and was an experiment, If you would like to see the full size version, Its in my Gallery.
Remember When I started, there was really no one to give me this
information, So that makes me believe that you "can" figure most things out on
your own, and I'm going to try to speed April 1998 |
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