Your resource for Web Design tips, techniques,
references, and links to other web design sites.
DIGITALshade™ Web Design
Tools
We're offering the use of some
of our very own tools that we created to help us do
what we do.
Keyword
Analyzer
Use this tool to find out if your web page keyword
density is what you would like it to be.
dosControl™
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Web Design Aids
Here are some web page design
tools we hope you'll find useful. Some of these links
will take you off site and will open in a new browser
window. (Please report
dead links.)
Browser-safe
Color Graph
Not all web browsers and computer platforms are
created equal when it comes to color—they all
see color a little differently. However, there are
216 colors that do appear the same across platforms.
Learn more.
Lorem
Ipsum Generator
Use this tool to generate “dummy text”
to use as filler content for your web pages until
the actual text becomes available.
SpinWave's
Image Crunchers(Off
Site)
Great tool for both JPEG and GIF file size reduction.
Lets you browse your hard-drive and optimize images
free.
Net
Mechanic's GIF Bot(Off
Site)
Compare the GIFBot optimized images to the original
and select the best tradeoff between image quality
and file size, then save the image for your use.
GIF
Cruncher(Off
Site)
Submit files from your local drive, or give the
URL of GIF's on-line to optimize them for free.
Program Specific Design Tools
The following are links to program
specific resources, tips and techniques that we feel
are indispensable to serious web designers. (Please
report
dead links.) (More to come)
Jasc®
Paint Shop Pro Tutorials(Off
Site)
Included in these tutorials are techniques for everything
from “removing distractions” from your photos,
to removing photo backgrounds with the "background eraser," to removing blemishes, whitening teeth, and even brushing on a tan in seconds.
Corel™
Bryce® Powerful 3D Landscaping and Animation(Off
Site)
This page contains tips and tricks you might find
useful while working with Bryce. It holds easter
eggs and workarounds, and explains some stuff that
is not exactly self-evident.
