Adobe Community Experts

Linda Rathgeber

Sumter, South Carolina

Biography

Linda Rathgeber is a former editor and layout artist for the Austin, TX based Holistic Resource Magazine. Since turning freelance, her contractors have included The Australian Government's overseas aid organization, the Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation, David Kessler & Associates, Inc., the Porter and Chester Institute, Roubaix Interactive, Easter Associates, Webeze, Great Web Sights, BigHead IS, FlashBang Media, Macromedia, Project VII, Community MX, Web Hosting Solutions, Paladin Computers, Violet Sky, and W3Conversions.

She lives in Sumter, South Carolina, with a monitor pet named Missy, a patio herb garden, a collection of carryout menus from all the restaurants in town, and two reliable but aging DELL PC's.

Credits

Linda is a contributor to New Rider's Dreamweaver Magic book series, to Project VII publications, and has written articles for MX Insite magazine, MX Developer magazine, and the Adobe Developer Center.  In spare time (rare, these days) She is developing a series of Design Aid eBooks to "conjure up the sleeping artist in everyone brainwashed into believing they can't draw." http://www.webdevbiz.com/graphics.cfm.

Articles

Adobe Developer Center:
Creating a Collage with Fireworks
Converting Marquees to Paths in Fireworks 8
Using the photoretouching bitmap tools for creative effects
Fireworks sample files
Prpject VII:
Optimizing images in Fireworks
Making Gradient Tile Background Images with Shadows in Fireworks
Making a Grunge Background Image in Fireworks
Making Gradient Tile Background Images in Fireworks
Making Pixel Tile Background Images in Fireworks
Fireworks Photomontage
Community MX:
Easy Text Effects: Part 1
Easy Text Effects: Part 2 - Grunge Text Decollage
Easy Text Effects: Part 3 - 3D Innies and Outies
Easy Text Effects: Part 4 - Punch Your Text up With a Highlight
Rollovers: Fireworks vs. Dreamweaver
Quick Vignettes
Redesigning the Vienna JumpStart
Fireworks Hot spot Rollovers

Forums

Adobe Fireworks
PVII Fireworks
WebWeavers
Hesketh Web Design List