6Apply Special Effects

“You know, my dear My father used to say to me Nando, don’t be a schnook It’s not how you feel It’s how you look”

—Billy Crystal

Sometimes, the task of constructing modern Rich Internet Applications ends up being more an exercise in integration and less a focus on what’s really important: namely, creating interfaces that are intuitive and visually appealing. As part of an ongoing project, development teams will need to enlist the talents of graphic designers along with one or more graphics editing software packages. Additionally, they may require experts intimate with the intricacies of 2D and 3D graphics. Furthermore, someone well versed in a specific windowing platform (e.g., Java Swing) may be desired too.

One of the ...

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