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This time, retouched the swipe for the K and redrew the MH part in Illustrator CS3. All Vectors and compared to the 2008 version, aligned all the stuffs, width etc. Have to say it is an awesome software. Very easy to work with and immensely powerful. Just fun to draw with . So did a rotated 256x256 version with a a slight gradient for the Orkut profile's Display Pic.
The Rubicon Panel is a custom developed control panel for use with the redesigned Mangalam College of Engg site. A number of features have been improvised and implemented into the panel. Shown below are the screen shots of the important features of the panel.
This is the Rich text editor for managing the news, events and even the static contents for the site. All the data arse stored in the database. Even a person without any knowledge with web designing can easily add or edit contents with much ease.
This is the Add new staff member to the database form, part of the staff management module.
The Gallery management module has been a powerful module that has been researched and implemented for this project. New album can be created very easily and thumbnails are generated automatically for each uploaded image.
The uploaded document manager makes it easy to upload documents to the site. It also provides the feature to get the link for each file , so that it may be added to a news or event item easily.
That covers the important features provided by the panel ....
As a long time user and fan of Macromedia Fireworks, it was heart shattering when Adobe took over Macromedia. And Fireworks was not given much importance in the CS3 Suite. Not so much stuff new in that except the installer was like 500mb and except from some minor changes not worth it. So I wondered if its future was doomed and overshadowed by the likes of Photoshop and Illustrator. Recently I got hold of the Fireworks CS4 demo and simply fell in love after using it. I will just note down the important features I like and those that enhance usability of this marvelous software.
The reason I loved FW so much is its inherent simplicity in using and the great features and flexibility it provides for a “Web Designer” and small time “Graphics Designer” like me. Photoshop is the best software for Photo editing and major graphics works, but almost awful when it comes to neat web designing from my point of view.
Fireworks CS4 has had a great deal of overhauling done to sharpen up the usability. A major point of notice is the welcome change in the Interface. More workspace can be coughed out and we can customize and save the layout. The right side panels are very flexible in that they have a minimum mode showing only the icons or an expanded with the description of the panel as well. They have taken out the title bar altogether. The menu bar is at the very top with a lot of useful items shown as small icons below it, including the new, save, open, undo, redo, cut, copy, paste, group, ungroup, join , arrange items, align items and rotate. These can be easily accessed now. Earlier either we had to use the menu system or learn complex shortcuts.
Another welcome improvement is the smart guides, which were already available in Flash 8 for aligning items on the stage.
A Take Screenshot command enables to take a screen shot which is a pretty useful feature. The attributes like custom styles applied to an object can be copied and applied on another object by using the “Paste attributes” option. Really neat stuff.
Projects can be prototyped easily by either using the “Demo Current Document”, in which a simple slideshow of the completed document can be shared and gathered feedback on. The other option is the capability to directly export in PDF from within fireworks. This can also be used for sharing the design with clients or colleagues and get back feedbacks. The export PDF option has a number of options. You can even export with password protection.
A host of vector drawing functionalities have been added in Fireworks CS4. Type rendering engine has undergone considerable improvements. Along with the 9 slice scaling tool, there are a lot of useful commands added in the command menu. Support for Adobe AIR and the ability to create flash based slide shows from within Fireworks are handy.
Overall I have to say I am impressed. There are a lot of options for a Web Designer and the development phase can be speeded up. The use of rapid prototyping in case of a web site or an AIR application can cut development times by a large amount. So we clearly have Fireworks in the right path. It should definitely be in the arsenal of a serious web developer.
The design for the site mechnova09.com is almost finalised. Some minor updates to be done. Some extensive design capabilits and an eye catching navigation system is impletemted highlighting the various events for the program. A Flash based count down timer is also installed on the home page ........
So chechk it out .........
Hey work recently started on the website for RIT Mechanical departments Mechnova '09. It is a technical festival to be conducted on 14,15 and 16 of January 2009. Ae is doing the design and maintanence of the site. A simple and professional design tailored to the requirements has been done and only minor tweaks are going along at this stage.
visit the site and post ur feedback or comments here....
Some more tweaks and web address of aeonline
http://lh6.ggpht.com/midhunhk/SK5vQ4WA8iI/AAAAAAAAAL4/ZuZuYwHXmi4/mlmce_site_promo_wall002-02.jpg
Here is a modified version of the original wallpaper ...
Mangalam College of Engineering have planned a new web site, So here is the promotional wallpaper that has been created by ae..
Done in less than 10 minutes ........
Hey there , for further promotional purposes, we have done a Web 2.0 style logo for the Cryptx 5 release. Its been done using Macromedia Fireworks 8. Hope the promotional stuffs work .....
the download link for the CR5-B1 is as follows :
http://www.mediafire.com/?d5n7331z40y
Screen shot
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Please understand that this release is not fully complete and has some bugs and problems in it. Some known issues are
* No Help included
* Encryption writes log incorrectly
* Decryption does not write a log
* Need to optimise code for execution pipelines
* command line arguments might be needed to be formatted again
* encrypted file size is larger than original or decrypted file.
Features that are already there include :
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* Rich HTA based GUI
* Work History denoting the various steps that went through the development of the project
* CTimer class to follow time taken for processing the data.
* AES 128 bit encryption
* Encrypted data is stored as HEX for added protection.
* Password is not stored in the encrypted file, only a hashed string. (MD5 can be implemented easily for extra protection of the pasword. It can be done from within the HTA interface).
Updates available at : http://www.cryptx5.co.nr
Hoping for some favourable reply ....
Ae got the opportunity for designing the poster, brochure,flex, website and logo for the event. Most of the work is completed by now.
For further information go to http://www.eniac08.com
Check back for updated info.
