Found this great list of 24 beautiful website headers. Some of them we’ve already seen, some are new. Good list.

Adobe CS4 Suite is the next step in web and graphic design programming. It integrates the tools and functions of Adobe InDesign CS4, Photoshop CS4, Illustrator CS4, and Acrobat 9 Pro. There are several versions of this suite including two designer editions, two web editions, one production premium edition, and one master edition. Each version has selected tools and programs that are most practical for specific demographics, so users only have to pay for the tools that they want and need. In addition to the Adobe products mentioned above, the various Adobe CS4 Suites also come with a selection of added tools such as Adobe Bridge CS4, Adobe Device Central, Adobe Media Player, Adobe Version Cue CS4 and Adobe Dynamic Link.

Drawbacks of the Adobe CS4 Suite

Adobe CS4 Suite is a significant improvement over the Adobe CS3 Suite, regardless if you are a novice or professional web designer or graphic designer. However, it still has a couple of drawbacks. The first problem that has been reported about this software suite is its inability to dynamically allocate RAM. You will need to allocate RAM manually based on what your system has available, how much you are willing to sacrifice to the suite, and how much RAM you will need for the type of work you do with various graphic projects. For example, if you work with large scale, high pixel count images, then you will need to allocate more RAM to the Adobe CS4 Suite than if you work with smaller scale, lower quality images.

The second drawback of this product is that it can be difficult to learn, especially if you are working with Adobe Creative Suites for the first time. However, if you want to jump into graphic design and web design using Adobe CS4 Suite then it is highly recommended that you pick up an advanced user guide for the suite as well as a guide on Adobe animation. These references will make learning the Adobe CS4 Suite much easier to do. Also, it’s wise to take advantage of the multitude of online tutorials and video tutorials that are available on the Internet.

Advantages of the Adobe CS4 Suite

The Adobe CS4 Suite has been hailed by users of all levels as a dramatic improvement over the last edition. The first advancement offered by Adobe CS4 Suite over Adobe CS3 Suite is a brand new context-sensitive scaling tool. This tool is used to prevent warping and distortions of foreground objects when resizing your graphic. Another new tool added to the Adobe CS4 Suite is a depth-of-field tool. This tool helps you to bring all of your objects in a photograph into focus regardless of its position in the photograph.

Another new tool that was added is the adjustment palette. This addition places frequently used tools on a toolbar making them quicker and easier to access, which means no more searching through menus for the tools that you use the most. One of the advantages of this tool is that it now allows you to edit in layers. This means when you make an edit it creates a new layer, and preserves the integrity of the original image. You can then turn various editing layers on or off to create the effect that you want. This also allows you to flip back and forth between editing options without altering your original image and without having to save two graphics.

There are two new upgrades added to the Adobe CS4 Suite that will make creating and editing streaming elements much easier to do. The first is the Adobe Media Encoder. It is used for creating and editing streaming content, especially H.264 content. The second upgrade is the Adobe AIR, which allows designers to create and modify streaming content from their desktop, including transparent background applications.

One of the best advancements offered by Adobe CS4 Suite is the new integrated symbol definition program. In previous version of Adobe Creative Suite the user had to define all of the symbols that they used manually. The CS4 automates this process, which is a very valuable improvement for web designers. Another important upgrade to the Adobe CS4 Suite is the addition of the Create Motion Tweens tools. This tool automates the creation of tweens, or time span fluidity, for your interactive and streaming elements.

Overall Impression of Adobe CS4 Suite

Overall the Adobe CS4 Suit seems to be a great product that is worth its high price tag. Its upgrades are valuable and practical and its drawbacks are minimal. If you work with graphics or are interested in designing websites for personal or business use, then the Adobe CS4 Suite looks like a good buy.

Please share with us of your experience with Adobe CS4.

Nice!! Red and Black looks good.

Source: http://www.revolutionrentals.com

A great example of a unique design that works well in Japanese but can be implimented for any language site. The sidebar in this case that acts as the header. It takes up about half the page and uses a great, crisp photo to bring focus to the theme of the site. Makes me hungry already.

Think outside the box.

Source: http://www.menyacocoichi.jp

The easy way to get snapshots of websites onto your page. This is a great tool for any of the gallery websites out there. They offer a simple free account or you can get an premium account if you require advanced options. Sweet tool.

Source: http://www.websnapr.com

There is a nice list of plugins you can use with various applications.

• websnapr Preview Bubble v3.0 beta: The fastest and most convenient way to use websnapr is our Bubble 3.0. Offer instant visualization of website screenshots to your web site’s visitors with just one line of code! Click here to set up a bubble for your web site in no time. Author: Websnapr.com
• Link Preview V2: Based on the original Preview Bubble functionality, on steroids. Very well elaborated and fully functional. My favorite so far! Author: Brian McAllister.
• WP-websnapr Wordpress plugin: Automatically allows visitors to preview your posts linked websites by using websnapr’s service. Author: Andres Santos.
• Snapr Wordpress plugin: Another WP plugin that integrates the websnapr service in your blog. Author: XSized
• websnapr bookmarklet: A bookmark that once installed in your browser favorites will open up the current page in websnapr and begin the thumbnail creation process. Author: Scott K.
• BloggerBubble: A modification of the very popular WP-websnapr but this one works with standard Blogger templates. Author: Andres Santos.
• Windows Live Writer Plugin : websnapr plugin for Windows Live Writer (beta) that wraps up the websnapr service in a simple addin. Author: Lance Hunt.
• PostNuke Plugin: websnapr plugin for PostNuke based on the Preview Bubble v2.0. Author: Frank Schummertz.
• Drupal Module: A module for Drupal also based on the Preview Bubble. Authors: Brian Gilley and Gurpartap Singh.
• websnapr for Drupal: Another Preview Bubble based Drupal module. Author: John Money.

Everyday as I search for new web design elements I find awesome product designs, architecture, amazing photos, etc. that I’d love to share, so I started a new blog called DesignSmacker. You will find all kinds of cool designs there.

I actually read somewhere that you should not overlook finding inspiration for web design in nature, products, packaging architecture and others. This opens up the creative flow to design new unique work.

Please come, see, subscribe, be inspired. DesignSmacker.com

The color combination and the separation using the stamp edge effect, it all looks awesome. I also like the easy, quiet colors used for the text here in the image.

Source: http://junecloud.com

Clean brown and green design, earthy. Very nice looking logo. The navigation buttons utilize a very thin letter font, you’ve got to have good background to font contrast to pull this off and this one did.

Source: http://www.pinkcactus.com.au

Makes me cold just looking at it. I like the design a lot, but I think I’d probably add a bit more contrast to make the text and other parts pop better. The cleanliness and uniqueness of the design is inspirational. Check out the great looking iceberg logo, love it.

Source: http://www.ewebice.com

The whole site is actually very nicely done, nice greens, blacks and oranges. Love the logo.

Source: http://unique3w.com