While I am on the subject of graphics - what do you think of my new logo for APF Bridge? I took my lead from the Lightfast template logo, I just knocked up the same idea. Amazingly I did this all by myself and in less than half an hour - using 'Fireworks' a fantastic package.

Put simply Fireworks seems to have all the power of other graphics applications but somehow is just so much more intuitive and simple to use.  There were a couple of things that I wasn't used to - but I realise afterwards that I had missed a visual cue or two. Like I said - even when it is different it is intuitive.

Creating the APF Bridge Logo

I copied the dimensions of the original lightfast logo, created a new image the same size  with a background colour of black. Using the text tool I picked what looked like a nice font, and typed in my text. I adjusted the border around the text to fill most of the image. Next I adjusted the font size to suit. Then selecting each character one at a time I applied the colours. Next I applied filters - a glow and a drop shadow I think.
Then I saved two versions - a Fireworks PNG (multilayered and editable), and a 'flattened PNG' one layer and optimised for the web, reduced colour depth, etc.

I renamed to the same name as the original logo graphic and uploaded. Job done.

For the first image on the JPG Rotator I enlarged the logo.

For the second image I worked with a copy of Image 1, and added a new line, again alternating the colours just as before.

I still need to come up with a couple more images to go in the rotator - Waseem, my colleague over at JoomlaShack came up with a couple of useful ideas featuring a bridge (or a curve at least) linking the Joomla logo to the Amazon logo. I am not entirely sure of the rules on using otherpeople's logos even in pursuance of their goals - I might have to ask Amazon for their position on it. 

Flash JPG Rotator Alignment in Lightfast template

One final edit to make with regards to the jpeg rotator - I wanted it to be on the right whereas by default it was over on the left. I realise some people may want it centred so here is the edit to make this work:

Add this to customize.css
 #headerleader .module div {width:100%;background-color: #000000; text-align: right;}
obvioulsy change the text-align value to suit - valid values are - left, center (US spelling), right