I've noticed that many designers are completely scared of Flex. I understand. Flex is scary. However, Adobe is making Rich Internet App design very approachable for UI designers now. So, if you're a designer, it's time to stop complaining and jump on the Flex bandwagon. It's easy. Really.

Below are a few tutorial videos on how to create a skin for a Flex application in Fireworks from start to finish. You can also create skins in Photoshop using a very similar technique.

If you're a developer, don't bother with the mind-numbing nonsense below, see my other post: For Developers: How to Apply a Flex Skin

Setting up Fireworks CS3:

Editing Skin Templates in Fireworks:

Exporting Skins From Fireworks:

As of the first Creative Suite, Adobe made the decision to remove the simple yet uber-helpful feature from Photoshop that allows you to see thumbnail previews of PSD files in Windows Explorer. If you upgraded your older version of Photoshop, you still have this feature, but if you installed CS, CS2, or CS3 from scratch you don't.

ThumbView Lite solves this issue immediately. Enjoy your thumbnails. I know I am.

˙˙˙˙ʇsod sıɥʇ ƃuıdʎʇ ɥsıuıɟ ı sɐ uoos sɐ ʞool ɐ ǝʞɐʇ oʇ uɐld ı ʇnq 'sʞɹoʍ ʇı ʍoɥ ǝɹns ʎlʇɔɐxǝ ʇou ɯ,ı ˙uʍop ǝpısdn ʇxǝʇ ɹnoʎ dılɟ oʇ noʎ ʍollɐ llıʍ ʇɐɥʇ looʇ (lnɟǝsn ʎlǝʇıuıɟuı puɐ) ʎʇɟıu ʎɹǝʌ ɐ sı ǝɹǝɥʇ

FLIP YOUR TEXT

The concepts introduced around "Web 2.0" have shifted the way users interact with the web and their data. This presentation is an excellent vision of where the web is going (beyond rich user interfaces)...