Thursday, July 24, 2008

Great alternating back colors for rows in a data grid

I was building a data grid on a website and came across these two colors. I think they make great alternating back colors for rows in a data grid. So in case I forget them, I decided to record them here for future uses.

The color code for the grayish row: #E3E4FA
The color code for the greenish row: #C7E2DB

Friday, July 04, 2008

Which state is this lake located?

We have been doing lake searching and came across the Possum Kingdom Lake. Such a gorgeous lake is not what I expected to see in Texas! What made it even better is not many people live around it or come to it, which made it a very clean, peaceful resort.





A side note: unfortunately I took these photos with Kodak EasyShare Z1012, which I don't think is as good as equivalent Canon cameras. The specs are good but the quality is not to my satisfaction. So I don't recommend it.

Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Photoshop Watercolor Effects

Before:



After:


You can learn this technique from Katrin's book "Photoshop Restoration & Retouching" - one of the best photoshop books in the market.

The original photo was taken by Jim from Lexington, KY, USA. See licensing info at here.

Sunday, January 20, 2008

Free Old English Text Font?

"Pain Killer - FDA Approved"

The font for "Pain Killer" is supposed to be "Old English Text" or something more intimidating than what I used. I couldn't find a free-download of "Old English Text". It looks like I have to buy it in order to own it now. :)