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Find that one job on Twitter: Twitterjobsearch
Everybody wants a piece of Twitter. There are many tools to help you use Twitter or optimize your marketing strategy with it. Hell, Guy Kawasaki makes a living out of it ;).
British UK jobs search engine Workhound must have thought they could do just as well and developed a search engine with which you can search trough Twitter to find that perfect job: TwitterJobSearch.com. The way to find a search engine marketing job in Europe? Let's test it.
We already saw several twitter accounts of recruiters trying to get the attention of Twitterers, but TwitterJobSearch.com tries a different angle. TwitterJobSearch.com doesn't focus on Twitterers but to a broader public. It just uses Twitter to find the offered jobs.
Jobsites seem to like the initiative. Bill Fischer, Workhound director, said that after a few days more than 40 job sites had got in touch to ask how they could index their jobs on the search engine.
Actually that is quite easy: tweet the job. The search engine looks for job vacancies using a specific algorithm. It then visits the site named in the tweet and adds another layer of context to the tweet so it can be more easily found by jobseekers.
When a search is performed a result page shows the found jobs. You can then click on "view job", "retweet" or "follow" to follow the original tweeter.
Main question is: Is the search engine any good? The first search I performed for "SEO Consultant, Amsterdam" gave me back 6 results. None of them jobs for SEO Consultants... None of them in Amsterdam. All tweets also were made by the same recruiter.
But maybe the engine just didn't find any Dutch jobs, so I tried some UK-ones, it's a UK search engine after all... That search was a lot better: 717 results and actually jobs as an SEO Consultant.I also tried searching for jobs in Spain, Germany and France with different results.
So it seems to work fine mainly for the UK. That's a start. The search engine also is fast, so it sure has potential.
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Shading has been a vital part of art and design since ever, because it's the way for people to actually be capable of emulating light and 3D environments within a 2D workspace, whether if it is on traditional techniques (painting, airbrushing, etc.) or digital work. Many times the designers stick to a single way of doing things and so they tend to forget or even to leave unexplored further methods that might be even more effective that the ones they defend, this statement made us think about the many different ways you can create shadows in graphic / web design.
We have taken the 3 most popular graphic programs utilized by graphic designers to do all their digital work, specially web interfaces: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Fireworks. We have executed a series of tests to find out the different types of shadows that you can make in these programs and then we compared and figured out which technique works better on each program, so now we like to offer you the results of our research.
For the execution of the following experiments, we utilized Adobe Photoshop CS5, Adobe Illustrator CS5 and Adobe Fireworks CS5. As for the equipment, the computer that we used has the following characteristics:
Operating System: Windows Vista Home Premium, Service Pack 2.
Model: Hewlett Packard TouchSmart.
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo CPU, T6400 @ 2.00 GHz.
RAM Memory: 4.00 GB.
System Type: 64-bit Operating System.
Screen Resolution: 1680 x 1050.
Refresh Rate: 60 Hertz.
Colors: 32 bits.
Drop Shadow
This is probably the most common way of adding shadows on the 3 programs because of its simplicity and high end results. Although we know that Drop Shadow can be utilize in a similar way in the three software, we wondered which program delivers the best result, so we decided to create the same element within an identical canvas and then we applied Drop Shadow to assess the difference between the results both in graphic level and when exporting using the same file format. Now pay attention to these 3 next pictures, could you tell us what program was used for making each one of them?:
Well the truth is that the first TutorialShock was made in Photoshop, the second one in Illustrator and the one at the bottom in Fireworks.
1. Drop shadow in Photoshop
So apparently the results in all the programs look a lot alike, but they're certainly some little differences both in the final result, the exporting and the making process itself. Let's start by analyzing the procedure in Photoshop, this is the program that offers the largest amount of options to customize your Drop Shadow. Once you have determined the object that you want to apply the effect to, look for the effect at the layers panel.
Now let us explain all the different options that you can personalize in the Drop Shadow panel.
Blend Mode
This option defines precisely the blending mode that your shadow will have, usually the default option is Multiply and unless you want to do something special, this blending mode works fine. You should experiment for a while with the different blending modes to see what can you achieve using all of them.
The name says it all, this is the option that defines the transparency or more exactly, the strong that your shadow will have, the standard value in this option is always 75 % but as we say, don't be afraid to experiment with different values.
Let's pretend that there's an imaginary light source pointing to your object and that you can define the light's position. Angle lets you determine the direction where the light is located and therefore the location that your shadow will have.
If you check the Global Light position, all the shadows in your PS file will have the same position to add a more realistic touch, so unless you're not planning on making something realistic, always leave this option checked.
Distance determines how far is the shadow going to be from the actual object, leaving the value in 0 places it right beneath the object, while a higher value will take it far from the object, increasing the deepness in a certain way.
With this option you can define how hard the shadow will be, which means that if you leave the value in 0 it will look really smooth and soft whilst a higher value will make it look sharper, usually the default value of 0 works fine.
Actually, this option does not increase or reduce the size of the shadow itself but of its blur. Usually low values work really well because they help to give a more realistic look, while higher values will increase the blur's size excessively and the shadow will almost disappear.
Contour is an advanced option that you usually won't be touching unless you're looking for something in specific. This option defines the shadow's shape (something like a brush type) allowing you to create different effects and more complex shadings.
Like the filter that carries the same name, Noise adds grain to your shadow for those situations when you want a more grunge appearance, it's important to use this option wisely because otherwise the results might leave an unprofessional appearance.
Layer Knocks Out Drop Shadow
At first you probably won't realize the functionality of this option, Layer Knocks Out Drop Shadow defines if your shadow can either be seen or unseen when you reduce the fill value of your objects, if the option is checked, the only thing that will change is the intensity of the object's color but the shadow will remain the same.
2. Drop Shadow in Illustrator
Well the truth is that Photoshop offers the most complete Drop Shadow effect, but Illustrator has a pretty decent Drop Shadow itself. The main problem that you will facing when adding this kind of effects on Illustrator is that the program is designed to work with vectors, and shadows (with a few exceptions) are bitmaps, so this is like putting sugar into a yummy tomato soup, they taste great separately but together is not for everyone's taste. To insert a Drop Shadow, you can browse in Effect>Stylize>Drop Shadow or directly on the Appearance panel.
Let's see the available options inside the Drop Shadow panel.
At simple view you can realize that there are less options available in Illustrator but you still have plenty of freedom to customize your shadow, the Darkness option is really nice as it gets the actual colors of the object instead of a punctual tone.
Tip: If you go to Effect>Document Raster Effects Settings you can increase to 300 the resolution value to achieve better shadows.
3. Drop Shadow in Fireworks
And finally there is Fireworks, a program hated by some and idolized by others. Fireworks gathers many of the good things from Photoshop as well as Illustrator and joins them into a single interface, this makes it a powerful program for web design though it still has many flaws. To insert a Drop Shadow effect, look into the filters section.
If you thought that Illustrator offered very few options you should know that Fireworks offer even less.
Fireworks is basically design taken to the basics, a clear example is that with only 5 options we were able to make practically the same Drop Shadow effect that we did on the other two programs.
So, which one works better?
Having studied the different Drop Shadow effects, let's make a deeper analysis to try to find out the best Drop Shadow effect. What we can infer is that based on customization, Photoshop wins the race followed by Illustrator, in terms of simplicity and accessibility Fireworks takes the lead with Photoshop following its steps, but regarding quality, the decision is more complicated, so let's zoom up to 400 % and then compare a similar shadow made in each one of the programs to see if we can notice anything in particular.
At 400 %, you can notice the shadow's pixels in Photoshop, though they remain quite subtle. You can rescale as many times you want your object and the effect will always adjust to it.
Illustrator also maintains the Drop Shadow quality intact when you modify the object's properties, the problem relies on the fact that Illustrator was not designed to work with bitmaps.
Fireworks displays a nice Drop Shadow effect when zooming up to 400 % and as Photoshop and Illustrator do, it conserves its properties while you're rescaling the object.
Differences when exporting.
Our initial quality test has finished in a tie because the three programs show a very similar quality when zooming in and the shadow is not affected when rescaling. Now let's compare the three programs when they have to face an exporting process, we will import each file as a high quality JPEG and a PNG 24, then we will zoom in and will compare the quality and the file size of the three files.
JPEG let us realize the difference between the 3 programs with a certain facility. Photoshop delivers a decent Drop Shadow that maintains a good aspect even after zooming in. Fireworks delivers a better shadow with more definition and also is the program that delivers the most lightweight file. As for Illustrator, the shadow gets pixelated when zooming in but while you remain in 100 % the look is good.
Exporting in PNG24 makes the competition way more equal than when using JPEG, because the three programs delivered a good quality Drop Shadow and probably the only determining factor is that Fireworks wins again the size battle.
And the winner is… FIREWORKS
So after making this experiment, we can conclude that Photoshop is the one that offers the most editable options, making it an excellent choice for advanced designers. Illustrator definitely has a series of problems with this effect and that's why we suggest you that instead of using its Drop Shadow, move your artwork to one of the other programs. Finally the program that delivers the best quality in its Drop Shadow via a basic but perfectly functional options panel and that also delivers the most lightweight file is fireworks.
Inner Shadow
If well it's true that Drop Shadow is the most popular shading effect, its complement can not be forgotten. Inner Shadow helps to consider the light influence on an object itself, adding to it a richer and more realistic texture. Usually graphic designers utilize Inner Shadow along with Drop Shadow to create astounding artworks and compositions because the two of team work great together; one trick that probably some people don't know is that through Inner Shadow is that you can create the famous "pressed" effect that you can see everywhere, now let's compare this effect in the 3 graphic programs.
1. Inner shadow in Photoshop
Once again, Photoshop is the one that offers the biggest amount of options, including adjusting the blending mode, establishing a global light, changing the contour and even add noise. Because we've already explained all the options in the Drop Shadow case, we're now going to focus on the comparisons.
You have to use similar values to the ones displayed on the previous screenshot to achieve the famous "pressed" effect.
2. Inner shadow in Illustrator
One of the biggest complains from the guild of graphic and web design is that Illustrator still doesn't have an Inner Shadow effect. Although it's possible to emulate this effect following a series of steps, the truth is that this is one of the biggest holes that Illustrator has always had.
3. Inner Shadow in Fireworks
And finally we have Fireworks that one more time is facing head to head the power of Photoshop. Its Inner Shadow effect is simple but with the necessary tools to recreate a really nice effect. With Illustrator eliminated on this stage, the battles is going to be between PS and FW.
So, which one works better?
Having studied the Inner Shadow from Photoshop and Illustrator, we can establish that Photoshop wins the race in terms of editability, but what about quality and file size?, now we're going to explore these two effects and see if we can figure out the winner's name.
While being in Photoshop, if you zoom in up to 400 %, you can notice the pixels and a decent appearance of this Inner Shadow effect.
Then we zoom in on Fireworks, the shadow looks more subtle and elegant, though both elements look pixelated, which is something that does not happen in Illustrator when there are no effects present.
Differences when exporting
Previewing the shadow directly on the software gives a little edge to Fireworks, but that's not enough for us to make a decision, that's why we're going to make the exporting test again as we did on the Drop Shadow case. We're going to compare both results in a JPEG and then a PNG24 to see which one behaves better.
On this case Photoshop looks better than Fireworks, the shadow gets less pixelated when zooming in and also has a smoother aspect. Fireworks looks also good but the shadow loses quality on zoom in.
In PNG format they lot a lot alike, probably the only difference is that Fireworks deliver a smaller file than Photoshop, this match is still really tight, so let's try to take it from a different approach.
And the winner is…PHOTOSHOP
OK now we can set a verdict. If you want a better optimization with good results then Fireworks is your choice, but if you prefer customization and a better quality when zooming in, then you know that the best option and the winner on this stage is Photoshop.
Drop Shadow and Inner Shadow can do an excellent job most of the time, but if you want to make even more realistic and/or artistic shadows and highlights, then you can appeal to gradients. This theme is much more complex than the previous, because there are many ways of inserting gradients on these programs, so we're going to be extremely careful with the analysis to give you an accurate deduction.
Gradient fill in Photoshop
There are many types of gradients in Photoshop, though we're not including Gradient Map as it is designed to fulfill more artistic ideas than for shading. We are now considering the Gradient fill itself and then the Gradient Overlay applied separately and then joined together.
Gradient fill is the basic gradient method in Photoshop, it inserts a gradient as fill into the entire canvas or a specific section if you have established a mask. You can customize the type of gradient you want by changing its color, its style, the angle, define the scale and more.
Gradient fill in Illustrator
Illustrator offers less options when it comes to adding a Gradient Fill and in terms of quality, the result is very similar to Photoshop, which means that at this point, we have a tie between these two.
Gradient fill in Fireworks
And then comes Fireworks, remember that we're using simple gradients with no further adjustments so the comparison can be made easily and in the most fair terms possible. Fireworks displays more evident bandings on its basic gradient presentation.
Until this point we can say that the winner is Photoshop followed closely by Illustrator and Fireworks being left behind. But the competition is just starting, now let's see what happens when you add something called dither to your gradients.
Gradient fill with dither in Photoshop
As you can see on the first screenshot of Photoshop, the dither option was checked, though it doesn't change the appearance if you uncheck it, the truth is that when zooming in, the difference is noticeable at simple view. Dither inserts the gradient as a texture instead of using bandings, which gives a more subtle appearance, let's see a couple of examples.
At first sight they both look the same, but when you look closer you will see that the bandings are more evident without the dither and when it does have the dither, the gradient becomes more subtle.
Gradient fill with dither in Illustrator
Unfortunately Illustrator does not have the dither option available, you can try to add a texture and play with blur to achieve a similar result but the truth is that on this phase of the stage, Illustrator has lost the battle.
Gradient fill with dither in Fireworks
See the difference?, when you don't check the dither option in Fireworks, the gradients are made out of bandings, whilst the dither takes these same bandings and gives them a smoother look, giving to your gradients a more professional appearance.
It seems that the winner on this phase is Fireworks, its dither effect delivers more subtle results than Photoshop though we have to admit that the match is still really tight.
Mixing gradients in Photoshop
Finally we want to take to the edge the gradients' capacity in the three programs and after that we will proceed with the exporting so we can define once and for all the winner of this stage. There are many ways of combining two or more gradients and in Photoshop's case, you can always appeal to Gradient Overlay, which is a nice layer style with several options to work with and that delivers good results.
Mixing gradients in Illustrator
Illustrator does not have the Gradient Overlay effect, instead of that it offers the splendid Appearance panel where you can insert as many gradients as you want and play with blending modes and opacity values, as you can see on the next picture.
Mixing gradients in Fireworks
Fireworks has some limitations when trying to combine two or more gradients, it doesn't have a Gradient Overlay effect or an Appearance panel, but you can still achieve practically the same results using many sub layers.
Differences when exporting
So we have seen a big part of the possibilities that Illustrator has to offer, the 3 programs have great things to work with as well as some flaws, but the truth can only be determined by testing their behavior after exporting them as JPEG and PNG, so let's see the test results right now.
This is probably the first time that neither of the programs have delivered a satisfactory result. Photoshop showed a poor gradient level with an evident banding effect, while Illustrator and Fireworks produced lovely gradients but an ugly black stroke appeared on the borders of the element, this is something that happens once in a while when working in Fireworks and Illustrator, so this is not an isolated case.
We tried to export in PNG to see if the problem was relying in quality but surprisingly the result was practically the same, one program delivered a poor gradient and the other 2 an unpleasant dark border.
So what's the solution?
After finishing this part of the experiment we refused to accept these results and we decided to make more tests obtaining similar results. Finally the solution came to our heads and therefore the name of the winner of this category.
What you need to do is take the gradient object from Illustrator and copy it, then paste it in Photoshop as a Smart Object and export, this will maintain the great gradient quality of Illustrator and will also clean the ugly border. This trick doesn't work with Fireworks (believe us, we tried) because the dark border remains in Photoshop. It's also important to state that the resultant PNG file weighs only more than the Illustrator's PNG, so that's another point in favor.
And so, the winners of this category are…Photoshop & Illustrator
Outer Glow
OK, we have seen the major effects that you can utilize to add shading in your artworks, but there are a couple more that are often used for highlights but with the proper settings can become great shading tools. Outer Glow has the advantage that it spreads outside the object from a non specific angle but from the center, this means that you can create a drop shadow effect that emulates a light right above the element in question.
Outer glow in Photoshop
The Outer Glow option in Photoshop offers a lot of possibilities, making it the most customizable of the 3. You can define the blending mode, the size and even implement a gradient instead of a plain solid color. This is certainly a nice layer style.
Outer glow in illustrator
Illustrator has less options but you can still achieve some nice Outer Glow effects. The problem is that you can only define the distance, size and spread of your effect using the Blur button, which restricts drastically your liberty.
Outer glow in Fireworks
This time Fireworks has more options than Illustrator and 3 of them are made to edit the actual Outer Glow properties. In this opportunity Fireworks has surpassed Illustrator and now everything will be defined in the exporting results.
Differences when exporting
Based on the amount of options and previous results, our conclusion was that Photoshop delivered the best Outer Glow of the three, but the truth is that only after exporting our JPEG and PNG files we can be actually sure of this affirmation, so let's take a look at them.
At first sight we can say that the eliminated number 1 is Illustrator, the reason is that it only offers one way of adjusting the size of the Glow and because of that it was hard to create a similar Glow to the one we did in Photoshop and Fireworks. Respecting the other 2, Fireworks display more bandings than Photoshop but in compensation the JPEG is lighter than its competitor.
And the winner is… Photoshop
If we switch to PNG, the quality increases a lot in all files. First we discard Illustrator due the fact that its Outer Glow panel is too limited, then we can say that Photoshop and Fireworks display a similar quality but Fireworks wins the battle of size. Now we must consider that the size difference is minimal and the quality delivered by Photoshop compensates it, that's what we have to say that the winner is…
Inner Glow
As Outer Glow help us to insert a global shadow behind our objects, with Inner Glow we can insert this same global shadow but inside our elements, giving to them a nice 3D look that can be truly helpful in some occasions. We did a little research to find out what's possible to achieve with this effect on each one of the programs and now we present you the results.
Inner glow in Photoshop
And as we have been seeing on the past stages, Photoshop offers the largest set of options to customize your Inner Glow, giving you the chance to switch between solid color and gradients, defining the source and many more options.
Inner glow in Illustrator
In Illustrator you can find less options that the ones showed in Photoshop, though you can still achieve a really nice Outer Glow effect. Among the options available, you can define the blending mode, opacity and more.
Inner glow in Fireworks
Fireworks has the same quantity of options that Illustrator delivers, though an aggregated value is the presence of the offset button, which gives you the chance to actually determine the glow's position.
Differences when exporting
So we know that Photoshop has the largest set of options to work with Inner Glow, but the offset option from Fireworks is something really nice that worth more than one option. Now let's see what happens when we export our documents into JPEG and PNG.
For the first time we can say that Illustrator delivers the highest quality when exporting to JPEG, though Photoshop's quality is practically the same and weighs 1 K less. Fireworks displays bandings in the effect that unfortunately makes this program to lose the fight.
And the winner is… illustrator
In PNG the quality in all the programs is similar, but the size difference is remarkable because Fireworks weighs a lot less than the other 2. Considering that JPEG is a more common format and that PNG is sometimes not supported in a few applications, we have decided to give the golden medal of this category to…
Duplicating objects
So far we have been comparing the different effects that the 3 programs have to offer, you have probably noticed that the 3 of them are pretty good in terms of quality and optimization but in every category one of the programs is stronger than the others. Now we're going to see a different way of making shadows, which is a technique that many designers love because it's entirely up to the designer's taste; this method consists on duplicating the object and then turn the copy into a shadow, so let's see what you have to do in each program to achieve this.
The process to make a duplicated object and then make it a shadow in Photoshop goes like this: First you have to duplicate the layer where your object is located and put it below the original layer, then adjust its size to the scale and perspective that you prefer, you should also change its color for a darker one if you have a solid object or reduce its exposure if you're working with a bitmap or a compound element.
Then you can proceed by adding a Blur effect to our shadow, this part it's absolutely free and you can distort the object as much as you can.
The next step is insert a Gradient Overlay to give more realism to our shadow, this is a rough exercise, which means that you can achieve much greater results if you take more time to do it.
Next you can reduce the opacity a little bit if you want the shadow to look softer, this will complete the creation of a custom shadow duplicating objects, remember that this was a quick exercise and the results can be a lot better with a few more dedication.
We finish the exercise inserting a pixel mask to give the shadow a more natural appearance, the result is great despite the fact that we did it in less than 1 minute, we just want to show you the best way to achieve this type of shadows :).
On Illustrator you can also create this duplicate shadow, but the results are not as great as the ones you can reach in Photoshop, so we suggest you to always add shadow to your Illustrator's objects directly in PS.
Fireworks works better than Illustrator for using the duplicate technique, it delivers smoother shadows and you can make several adjustments to it, the problem relies on the fact that you can't work with masks with the same easiness that Photoshop offers.
And the winner is… PHOTOSHOP
Everytime that you want to create a duplicate shadow for your artworks, you can make them directly in any of the 3 programs, but the truth is that Photoshop delivers better results. Having this said, our suggestion is to export your Fireworks / Illustrator elements to Photoshop as Smart Objects and then create the duplicate shadow, so the winner for this section is…
Using the Burn Tool
This is an advanced tool that is available both in Fireworks and Photoshop. On this case Illustrator gets automatically discarded from the competition because it does not have this tool available, after all the program is strong in vector artwork and not in bitmap editing which is how Burning Tool operates.
As you can see, both programs offer basically the same amount of options with only a few differences, this means that we cannot declare a winner by judging the amount of options and the quality depends more from the designer's skills than the tool itself. Burn tool lets you manually darken specific zones of an artwork that cannot be set using standard effects, this is definitely a master tool that with some patience and hard work you can get to dominate :).
Making vector shadows in Illustrator
OK, so Illustrator has lost the Burning Tool against Photoshop and Fireworks, but now the payback time has come because this astounding trick can only be achieved on Illustrator CS5. With the new improvements in the Appearance and Graphic Styles panels, you are now able to create 100 % vector shadows that can be scaled and modify with total freedom, so let's see how it works for example in a vector text.
So now we have our vector text, if you want to insert a shadow usually you will look for the Drop Shadow effect, but what if we tell you that there's a better way of doing things?. First of all you have to make sure that you're working with a compound path so the effect can be applied to the whole element, now from the layers panel, duplicate it.
Having the duplicate object selected, go to the Appearance panel and insert a new Stroke with the following properties: Aligned outside, blending mode switched to multiply and 0,25 caliber.
Now just duplicate this stroke as many times as you want, with closer stroke values between each other your shadow will look smoother and smoother, also it's important to play with the opacity or you will end with a solid shadow made out of many different strokes.
And there you have it, now you know how to emulate a nice shadow effects with only vectors, this gives you a lot of edge because you can scale them easily than bitmaps :).
You can also save it as a layer style and apply it to different elements in different ways, for example, you can apply this same effect and switch the outside property for inside to achieve a nice inner shadow effect, the possibilities are many and they're waiting for you to discover them.
Firework's Solid Shadow
Usually shadows are made as blurred elements that reflect the incidence of light over an object, but sometimes is also nice to utilize strong shadows that though may not represent a realistic light, can add a nice touch to your creations. The 3 programs can deliver this effect but only Fireworks has a tool of its own named Solid Shadow that actually makes strong shadows without having to make further adjustments.
This shadow tool can be handily in situations where you don't want to use standard shadows but solid ones and you have no time to spend customizing options.
What the experts have to say…
Now we have reached the end of this article, we have browsed a lot of different ways that you can use to work with shadows, giving you a wider palette of options every time you're working in something new. We have also made a complete test to evaluate the capacities of the 3 major graphic programs used by graphic and web designers, we know that there are many other helpful applications but we decided to focus on the more popular programs from the Adobe house.
But there's no way that we can consider this article as a heavy study on how to master the shading technique without some backup, that's why we have decided to call some of the greatest minds in graphic and web design and we asked for their opinion regarding this intriguing subject and well, this is what they have responded:
Jacob Cass – Just Creative Design
"Choosing to decide what type of shadow to use is dependent on it's application. A general rule of thumb is to use Styles for text and manually create shadows for larger objects. A favourite method of mine to create shadows for large objects is to duplicate the layer, apply a black colour overlay and apply a Gaussian blur as needed. It's quick and effective."
Chris Spooner – Blog.SpoonGraphics
"I'm a big fan of using shadows in my designs, especially when working with interfaces. Shadows can really help add depth to give a realistic and tactile feel to the design. However it's too easy to ruin a design with a shadow that is too heavy, the main setting designers should focus on is the opacity – The shadow should be so subtle it's hardly noticeable. It's these kind of effects that you don't even realize are there until you turn them off that really enhance a design."
Mike Lane – Mlane.net
"Although Photoshop's layer tools are adequate for very basic shadows, often times a simple drop shadow isn't realistic or effective enough, nor can you easily create perspective shadows that way. I prefer to create shadows using the manual method, by duplicating the original object's layer, filling, blurring and distorting the shape. Then softening the shadow using gradients, blend modes and opacity. This gives you much more freedom in shadow placement and quality.
The manual method also gives you the ability to more easily experiment with multiple shadows and light sources for even more enhanced realism, if appropriate for the design. I prefer to use 3D tools, such as 3D Studio Max and Maya, but any 3D application will allow you to experiment and create a blueprint of how an object's shadows would respond to multiple, varying light sources and environments. You can easily simulate this in the real world as well with just a desk lamp or two, a small object and some white paper. One can achieve some very cool results by replicating that effect in Photoshop.
Just remember that not all light sources may be the same color, shape or brightness and your effects need to take that into account. Don't overdo it. Shadows are almost always much softer and more subtle than a lot of designs convey."
Veerle Pieters – Duoh!
"My motto is, just like with any other effect, use them with caution and don't overdo it. Just use the right dose, subtly, just enough to make something stand out. For some more realistic results, on 3D objects for example, you should create them by hand (draw them) and create overlapping shadows. For example the filing cabinet icon I created for my archive pages (http://veerle.duoh.com/design/archives) is created like that. I didn't use the typical Photoshop shadow effects for that, but instead I used a Gaussian Blur Smart Filter on a vector-based object. Same for the red letterbox at the bottom of my Belgian Graphic Design gallery page (http://veerle.duoh.com/belgiangraphicdesign)."
Jacob Gube – Six Revisions
"I don't heavily illustrate or do photomanipulation artwork, so I often find the built-in drop shadow layer effect is fine for my basic needs. What I've found to be important when using this layer effect is to make it subtle. Too high of an opacity, and the shadow looks overpowering and gaudy. You can also mess around with the blend mode of the drop shadow, which is effective in getting it just right.
As a founder of Six Revisions and Design Instruct, I do get exposed to a lot of designers and digital artists. I find that when the designers we work with are discussing photomanipulation and drawing/illustration, most of them manually paint the shadow. Since I mostly work with web/UI design, I need the consistency and predictability that the drop shadow layer effect offers over manual painting of shadows."
The Shock Family – Iconshock
"For all our designs, we always consider that using black as the starting tone is the best option, so if you want lighter shadows, do not use gray tones but play with black's opacity values instead. Also be careful with the spread and size values, making sure to never overuse pixels.
Be thoughtful with the light source, because that will give realism to even the less realistic elements. Another nice trick is to grab the Eraser tool with an opacity value around 5 % and play with it to add more depth to your shadows. Try to always be organized with your files, meaning that your shadows should always be placed on independent layers so you don't mess up your artworks and you won't have to depend on the History panel. You can also utilize 1 px shadows to create the "double-line" effect that is so popular in many sites."
A few good examples
Finally, let's take a look at some websites where you can find some amazing shadow implementations that cover all the examples that we have listed on this article, hopefully this brings you a high dose of inspiration and then you can start making your own shading effects.
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Alfred App
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Estimation of nonparametric probability density functions with applications to automatic speech recognition
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During the last decade, a new learning paradigm called Structural Risk Minimization (SRM) derived from Statistical Learning Theory, has become widely studied in machine learning. Machines implementing SRM, e. g., Support Vector Machines (SVMs) and Kernel Fisher Discriminants (KFDs), have been very successfully used for solving pattern recognition and function regression problems. SRM's ability to simultaneously minimize the risk of error on training data and the complexity of a learning machine results in better generalization capability than plain Empirical Risk Minimization (ERM), especially if the amount of training data is limited. The present work is devoted to applying SRM to the problem of probability density function (PDF) estimation. When modeling sequences of continuous-valued events using Hidden Markov Models (HMMs), e. g., automatic speech recognition (ASR), PDFs are used to model the emission probabilities of the HMMs' states. This thesis investigates and develops methods to efficiently train sparse kernel PDF models by regression of the empirical cumulative distribution function (ECDF). A new method for obtaining a sparse approximation of the orthogonal least-squares regression solution by forward-selection of relevant samples is presented, where a novel memory-efficient thin update of the orthogonal decomposition is used. This method is evaluated on standard benchmark problems of up to five dimensions, showing superior performance to traditional parametric Gaussian Mixture Models (GMMs) and similar performance to the theoretically optimal, non-sparse Parzen windows PDF models. However, it is found that this new method cannot be applied to the problem of estimating PDFs for ASR due to the complexity of the ECDF in high dimensions. Instead, posterior class probabilities calibrated from the outputs of binary discriminants such as SVMs or KFDs are turned into class-conditional PDFs using Bayes' rule. This approach is tested within a monophone HMM ASR system on the Resource Management task, outperforming traditional HMM-GMM systems significantly, especially on random limited samples which demonstrates the new models' improved generalization ability on small-sample problems. In order to realize these large-scale experiments, a novel machine learning software library is presented. Primary focus is put on fast computations, simplicity both in terms of expressing algorithms and extending functionality, and flexibility in order to properly appreciate algorithms' properties and advantages. The software library follows an object-oriented design and has been implemented in C++. For productivity, the library is equipped with fine-grained tracing, an object-oriented persistence model, transparent error handling and parallelization on distributedmemory computer clusters.
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Primary aldosteronism (PA) is caused by an adrenal aldosterone-producing tumor (A-APT) or adrenal hyperplasia. An extra-adrenal APT (E-APT) as a cause of PA has been reported in 5 cases. Autopsy studies show a high incidence of ectopic adrenocortical tissue. We did a prospective study of the prevalence of A-APTs and E-APTs and the biochemical features of E-APTs in patients with PA.
Hypertensive patients (N=3900) referred to our unit were screened for PA by measuring renin activity, urinary aldosterone-18-glucuronide, tetrahydroaldoster one, and 18-hydroxycorticosterone (18-OH-B). Primary aldosteronism was found in 257 cases. The differentiation between A-APTs and adrenal hyperplasia was based on the results of postural response of renin, plasma aldosterone, 18-OH-B, computed tomography, isotope scanning, or adrenal venous aldosterone. Ultrasound examination of the abdomen was used to screen for E-APT.
The cause of PA was bilateral adrenal hyperplasia in 101 cases, unilateral adrenal hyperplasia in 2, an A-APT in 146, and an E-APT in 1. The site of aldosterone production was uncertain in 7 patients who had normal adrenal glands on computed tomography but refused to undergo isotopic scanning and adrenal venous catheterization. Ultrasound examination disclosed normal retroperitoneum in 4 of the 7 cases but could not rule out E-APT in 3 cases. The biochemical features of the patient with the E-APT were similar to classic A-APT, with low renin, high aldosterone, and high 18-OH-B values without appropriate response to posture or to short-term volume expansion. The excision of the E-APT in the right kidney resulted in normalization of blood pressure and renin, aldosterone, and 18-OH-B levels.
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Submit a speaker or poster abstract for the National Patient Safety Foundation's 15th Annual Patient Safety Congress, May 8-10, 2013, in New Orleans. Speaker abstracts will be considered in the areas of health information technology, risk prevention, employee engagement, transformation models for safe healthcare delivery, and patient and family engagement. Speaker deadline is Nov. 25; poster deadline is Dec. 28.
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Register for a two-day Train-the-Trainer course for TeamSTEPPS, an evidence-based set of tools for improving communication and teamwork skills among healthcare professionals. A total of 15 courses will take place from January to September 2013 at five regional training centers.
Submit poster abstract for National Nursing Ethics Conference
Submit a poster abstract for Ethics of Caring's second National Nursing Ethics Conference, March 21-22, 2013, in Los Angeles. The conference theme is "Cultivating Ethical Awareness: Moments of Truth," and the objective is to motivate and empower participants with skills, courage and knowledge to speak confidently and to be creative and steadfast when tackling ethical challenges. Deadline: Nov. 26. Learn more and submit an abstract online.
Participate in study on political awareness, actions of critical care nurses
Joe Degitz and Maureen Cluskey, nurse researchers at Bradley University, Peoria, Ill., are conducting a study to measure the political awareness and actions of critical care nurses. Participate by completing the survey, which takes about 10 minutes. Contact Degitz via email or phone, (309) 677-2571, or call Cluskey at (309) 677-2540 if you have questions.
Nurse-led intervention improves surrogate decision making, study in AJCC says
"Nurse-Led Intervention to Improve Surrogate Decision Making for Patients With Advanced Critical Illness," in November's American Journal of Critical Care (AJCC), concludes the Four Supports Intervention, which incorporates a family support specialist on the intensive care team, "is feasible, acceptable and was perceived by physicians and surrogates to improve the quality of decision making and the patient-centeredness of care."
Synergy Model shows promise for nursing productivity system, says CNE article in AJCC
"Building a Nursing Productivity Measure Based on the Synergy Model: First Steps" sought to use the model as a conceptual framework for generating data to develop a nursing productivity system. The continuing nursing education (CNE) article in November's American Journal of Critical Care (AJCC) concludes that the Synergy Model "shows promise" as a conceptual framework for such a system.
CABG 'superior' to PCI in patients with diabetes and advanced CAD
"Strategies for Multivessel Revascularization in Patients With Diabetes," published online Nov. 4 by The New England Journal of Medicine, concludes that for patients with diabetes and advanced coronary artery disease (CAD), coronary-artery bypass grafting (CABG) was "superior" to percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) "in that it significantly reduced rates of death and myocardial infarction, with a higher rate of stroke."
Study identifies variables for stroke risk after carotid artery stenting
Variables such as increased age, history of stroke or transient ischemic attack, recent myocardial infarction, dialysis and the need for cardiac surgery in addition to carotid revascularization are "independent predictors" of stroke or death after carotid artery stenting in patients with an elevated surgical risk, according to "Risk Prediction for Adverse Events After Carotid Artery Stenting in Higher Surgical Risk Patients," published online Nov. 5 by Stroke.
Recent neonatology study findings
November's Journal of Perinatology includes two studies of interest to nurses: 1) "The Coagulation System of Extremely Preterm Infants: Influence of Perinatal Risk Factors on Coagulation," which concludes that identifying perinatal risk factors may help determine patients who are at risk for bleeding disorders; and 2) "Survey of Neonatologists' Attitudes Toward Limiting Life-Sustaining Treatments in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit," which finds that withdrawal of mechanical ventilation in severely affected patients was "most accepted" by respondents, and withdrawal of artificial nutrition and hydration was "least accepted."
PICC, PDA treatment associated with increased survival in extremely premature infants
"Factors Associated With Survival of <27 week="" infants="" in="" an="" all-referral="" neonatal="" intensive="" care="">" include treatment for patent ductus arteriosis (PDA) and placement of a peripheral intravenous central catheter (PICC). Infection, necrotizing enterocolitis and respiratory failure were the primary causes of death, although 78 percent of the infants survived to hospital discharge, according to the study of 227 patients, published in Volume 5, Number 3 (July-September) of the Journal of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine.
CDC updates New England Compounding Center (NECC) information
On Nov. 8, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta announced reports of spinal epidural abscess and arachnoiditis among a number of patients undergoing treatment for fungal meningitis associated with contaminated preservative-free MPA steroid injections from New England Compounding Center (NECC), Framingham, Mass. A Nov. 1 Health Advisory from the CDC announced that product testing identified bacterial contamination in unopened vials of betamethasone and cardioplegia solution that were distributed and later recalled by NECC. Access more information about the outbreak.
Ameridose recall may exacerbate drug shortages
On Oct. 31, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Rockville, Md., announced that Ameridose, Westborough, Mass., a sister company of the New England Compounding Center, voluntarily recalled all of its unexpired products after preliminary FDA inspection findings raised concerns about a lack of sterility assurance for products produced at and distributed by the facility. On Nov. 1, the FDA identified six Ameridose products that were on its critical shortage list even before the recall and noted it was working with manufacturers to resolve the shortages.
FDA issues safety communication for Pradaxa
On Nov. 2, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Rockville, Md., announced that after evaluating new information about the risk of serious bleeding associated with the anticoagulant dabigatran (Pradaxa), it is not changing its recommendations but reminded clinicians to "carefully follow the dosing recommendations in the drug label, especially for patients with renal impairment."
FDA expands Xarelto's use to include treatment of DVT and PE
On Nov. 2, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Rockville, Md., announced it has expanded the use of Xarelto (rivaroxaban), marketed by Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Titusville, N.J., to include treating deep vein thrombosis (DVT) or pulmonary embolism (PE), and reducing the risk of recurrent DVT and PE after initial treatment.
'The Future of Nursing' tops reading list
The Institute of Medicine of the National Academies, Washington, D.C., says the "The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health," released Oct. 5, 2010, topped its October "What You're Reading" list.
'AACN Scope and Standards for Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Practice'
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Marian Gaborik To Start On Kings' Top Line Tonight Vs. Winnipeg
Marian Gaborik, acquired from Columbus at yesterday?s trade deadline, skated on L.A.?s No. 1 unit alongside Anze Kopitar and Justin Williams, according to LA Kings Insider.
Gaborik, 32, was acquired in the hopes of sparking a lifeless L.A. offense.
The Kings sit 27th in the NHL in goals per game (2.32) and haven?t gotten much scoring from their wingers this season, so the hope is that Gaborik can find some of the form that saw him score 41 with the Rangers during the 2011-12 campaign.
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Reverend and Mrs. Gerald Riley celebrate 15 years
Mrs. Rita and Rev. Gerald Riley - Feb. 22
Reverend Gerald and Mrs. Rita Riley of Crowley recently celebrated 15 years of marriage by renewing their wedding vows.
The Rileys were married on Feb. 20, 1999, at St. Joseph Baptist Church in Phoenix.
The couple renewed their wedding vows on Saturday, Feb. 22. Reverend Gerald W. Perkins Sr. officiated the 3 p.m. ceremony at Union Baptist Church in Jennings.
Immediately following the ceremony, a reception was held at the Union Baptist Family Life Center, with family and friends joining the couple to celebrate.
The Rileys are the proud parents of five children and grandparents of seven grandchildren.


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This week's Fishing Line report will be somewhat remote and suggested outings could be a bit of a commute.
This past week our African journeys took us northwest of Kruger Park to Zambia and a stop at Victoria Falls before heading to Botswana. Look for a detailed account of that stop along the Zambezi River in an Outdoors Page column this Sunday.
The river system, some 2,000 miles long, offers all kinds of fishing options, but timing is nearly everything. Ours wasn't. Fishing season openings in African nations are similar to Newfoundland. Seasons are either opened or closed for all sport fishing, not specific species.
Our stay along the Chobe River was at Pangolin Photo Safaris (pangolinphoto.com) with Gerhard "Guts" Swanepoel, a close friend of our hosts Adolf and Estelle Kleinhans; the stay included fishing and was impressively scenic rather than catch-oriented. Swanepoel, in good physical form, obtained his nickname "Guts" from a school administrator who admired his backbone and inventive spirit, not his waistline.
Swanepoel's photo services covered both land and river waters. His home/lodge on the banks of the Chobe River provides access to fishing, but the season is closed in Botswana waters until April 1.
Fortunately, this massive river, a feeder into the Zambezi River, flows between two countries, Botswana and Namibia, much like the United States and Canada shares the Niagara River. So early one morning Guts packed Adolf and me into his smaller river boat and ferried us up rapids similar to the Niagara River's Devils Hole to a landing where guide Samuel took us across the river to fish Namibian waters. Fishing season in Namibia is open in March and anglers do not need a license to sport fish the Chobe River.
Chances were slim for Africa's famed tiger fish, slightly better for barbile (a kind of flathead catfish), and rare hits from bream, a kind of tilapia.
Samuel took us up current past pods of hippopotamus and reedy marsh edges that would have Roland Martin ecstatic for bass casting. Instead, high waters made game fishing a challenge.
We started trolling with what Samuel called "Rapalas" that looked more like a deep-diving Hot 'N Tot. Depths went from 60 to 70 feet and tigers could be feeding at any depth in the open current. None did.
Samuel then headed into the marshy lanes and tied off on reeds so we could cast chicken gizzards into the gentle currents. Adolf hooked into a nice barbile that fought for about five minutes before heading into the heavy weeds and breaking off. While he was fighting that fish, a small tiger fish swam up to the surface and gave us the first and last look at that fish species.
We then headed down current to make a few drifts above the rapids, a fishery akin to drifting the head of the river off Buffalo Harbor. By this time, a couple other boaters began showing and worked drifts with about the same results as our catch rate. Our next chance for fish catches will have to come next week when we fish out of South Africa's Jeffrey's Bay.
Perhaps the major excitement of this Chobe River fishing trip was not only the shoreline and aquatic scenery, but also the impressive lodges along the Botswana side of the river.
One average looking, huge but somewhat graying, resort has a stellar history. Guts told us that this was the site in the early 1970s for Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor's honeymoon; he did not say if it was the first or second. Back then, a stay at this resort would cost an angler/wildlife watcher just over $1,400 per night.
The next morning Guts had us out on an early river run aboard his specialized photo boat. This vessel is equipped with eight swivel seats and camera mounting gear that allows passengers to use Nikon cameras with telephoto lenses to shoot wildlife and aquatic activities on the river.
Fish photos were few, but herds of hippos, packs of elephants, and bird life abounded here. Even the fish eagles, birds which closely resemble a bald eagle, had a hard time catching anything. Best anglers we filmed were kingfishers.
Next week's fishing column, on the first day of spring, could include actual catches from feeder streams, the lower river, and Western New York's open waters. Fishing in Africa is nice, but I miss the trout treks, perch prospects and 'gill getting right now.
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Joey Pasko is a hugger.
The 24-year-old illustrator from Fairmount just isn't into the stiff handshake or the feeble wave.
"I like to hug people a lot. Like my guy friends, I'll give them a big bear hug," he said. "I'm not going to shake hands with somebody I've known for a long time. That feels too formal. I'm just not that formal of a guy."
Pasko, it turns out, has wrapped his arms around a long-term trend: In a broad range of social settings, more men are embracing, well, embracing. It's also triggering awkward moments, as hug-happy millennials encounter older men who have long measured their machismo by their palm-crushing handshakes.


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The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) invites grant applications for research on sleep and sleep disorders. This announcement is made together with 12 other components of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).*
An estimated 70 million people in the United States suffer from sleep problems, and more than 50 percent of them have a chronic sleep disorder. Each year, sleep disorders, sleep deprivation, and excessive daytime sleepiness add approximately $16 billion to the cost of health care in the U.S. and result in $50 billion in lost productivity. Despite substantial scientific progress in both clinical and basic science related to sleep and its disorders, there remains the challenge and the need to better understand the functions of sleep, to better understand and treat disorders affecting sleep, and to explain the nature of human physiology during wakefulness and the individual stages of sleep.
Topics of research interest include, but are not limited to: neurobiology and functions of sleep and neurochemistry of sleep/wake generating systems from fetal life across the full age spectrum, including molecular, biochemical, anatomic, and physiologic investigations; exploration of the physiologic basis for the restorative function of sleep in maintenance of health; methods to measure sleep, circadian physiology, and sleepiness across the age spectrum, including methods used in the home; interventions to help children and adults adapt to the sleep disturbance associated with homes, hospitals, critical care settings, and nursing homes; studies of normal human sleep phenotypes and the normal range of variation in children, adults, and the aged (including racial and ethnic disparities), and quantitative assessment of sleep variables such as duration, sleep stage distribution and sleep quality; and studies of sleep problems and disorders in children related to chronic maternal use of alcohol, cigarette smoking, and narcotic drugs.
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Police charge Erie man in dog attack
An Erie man faces a court hearing in August on animal cruelty and other charges Erie police filed after accusing him of letting his dog kill a kitten.
Michael Jefferson, no age available, is accused of inciting his mixed-breed dog to attack and kill a woman's kitten on her property in the 900 block of West 17th Street on June 23. Jefferson encouraged his dog to "get it," and he laughed as the attack took place, according to the criminal complaint filed by Erie police.
Police said the attack was witnessed by neighbors, including children.
The dog was held in quarantine for 30 days after the attack. It has since been returned to its owner, said Rob Culbertson, Erie's animal enforcement officer.
Jefferson, of the 900 block of West 16th Street, was charged by summons last week with recklessly endangering another person, cruelty to animals, failure to restrain, and failure to have a dog license or required rabies vaccination.
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TWO OF us (G. J. A. and H. L. S.), in 1952, published a report in the A. M. A. Archives of Internal Medicine of an unusual case of follicular lymphoma.1 For a short time this patient had presented the clinical and laboratory findings of acute leukemia, and then these findings had spontaneously disappeared. Repeated lymph node biopsies proved that this patient had follicular lymphoma with sarcomatous changes.
Subsequently we have been searching for the explanation of the peculiar cells ("notched nucleus cells" of Isaacs2) which were typically present in the leukemic phase of that case. From a large number of leukemia cases we have studied a few in which "notched nucleus cells" were characteristically present. The results of these studies were briefly presented in the form of a lecture in May, 1953 3; a more detailed presentation of the subject is now being published elsewhere.4 The
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Latin America and Caribbean Land Forum Meeting Calls for Land Reform
December 2012: Participants at the 2012 Latin America and Caribbean Land Forum Meeting have issued the Cartagena Declaration, summarizing main points of agreement on land rights and territories reached at the meeting. The meeting was organized by the International Land Coalition and a number of other partners.
The meeting took place in Cartagena, Colombia, on 27 November 2012, and focused on the theme "Sowing peace through land reform."
Participants including governments, intergovernmental agencies, NGOs and academics from 12 countries discussed the challenges facing rural populations in Latin America and the Caribbean region, particularly in the areas of land policy, global frameworks and commercial pressures on land, political representation and defense of territories. They highlighted challenges related to armed conflict, concentration of land ownership in a few large landholders, and fragmentation of smallholder farms. Some participants noted the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security.
The Cartagena Declaration calls for: greater participation and leadership from civil society in pro-rural public policy; broad-based participation in access to and control of land; consideration of the dangers of land consolidation; the need to address the concept of territory, which is broader than land access; use of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests; and rural development strategies that are based on understanding the values and identities of farmers, indigenous peoples and African descendants. The Declaration also denounces human rights violations in connection with the defense and resistance of rural territories. [ILC Press Release] [Cartagena Declaration]


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