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Editor in Chief — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:30:22 -0700

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Learn from the Godfather of Graphic Design

Editor in Chief — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:07:41 -0700

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MILTON GLASER: TO INFORM AND DELIGHT
A Film by Wendy Keys
Street Date: April 27, 2010
Order Date: March 30, 2010
SRP: $26.95
“...will leave an audience feeling both lightened and illuminated.”
--San Francisco Chronicle

Heavy Metal Madness: Making the Best of a Dysfunctional Work Team

admin — Thu, 20 Feb 2003 03:56:25 -0700

Last column I laid out how, through a fluke in timing and an addiction to eBay, I ended up with a driveway full of hot-metal printing and typesetting equipment -- the start of a new hobby. After a lifetime of working in high-production environments, I have learned that the physical tools are actually secondary, even though that's where most people start. What matters more to getting the job done is the strength of the workforce and how they interact with each other.

Chat with the Design Technology Expert

Editor in Chief — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:41:52 -0700

In a recent entry on his Real World Illustrator blog, design software expert Mordy Golding recalled an AOL Vector Forum he participated in way back in the day. "Every Tuesday evening," Mordy wrote, "the Vector Forum would have a live one-hour chat, where we'd pick a topic and discuss all things vector. I learned so much from those chats, and I was also able to share what I was learning with others."

Recreate a Bygone Era with Photoshop Brushes

Editor in Chief — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:11:06 -0700

The following Photoshop brushes are free for downloading on the DeviantART Web site. Click on the hyperlinked text or the sample image to go to the relevant page on the site.

Note that each sample image includes only a small selection of the brushes at each link -- there's lots more to discover!

Postcard Messages Brush 01 by ~illiteratekniferack:

Creativeprose: Wacky Web Site of the Week Archive

admin — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:23:21 -0700

March 8, 2010
The Museum of Modern Tweets is... well, you'll have to see for yourself.

http://tweetmuseum.com

March 1, 2010
You have to respect a site that embraces its nerdiness with such honesty.

http://www.toplessrobot.com (And don't worry about NSFW nudity -- we found no examples of actual topless robots despite several minutes of searching.)

February 22, 2010

Design How-To: Cropping Photos for Impact

admin — Wed, 22 Jan 2003 22:00:00 -0700

This story is taken from "Before & After" Magazine.

Every designer at one point in time has to work with a lackluster image -- a headshot of a company CEO, for example. You have to include it in your layout, but how to make it interesting?

Scanning Around With Gene: Maintaining Your Car and Your Home

GeneGable — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 03:06:57 -0700

The latest service woes of Toyota made me oddly nostalgic for the days when it was assumed that most cars would be in the shop frequently and everyone had a relationship with their dealer or mechanic. In 1960, if you got 75,000 miles on a car you were doing pretty good. My last Honda didn’t even require a major service until 110,000 miles. There's no question that cars have become dramatically more reliable, and "service" now refers mostly to the occasional trip to JiffyLube for an oil change.

Free Direct Mail Webinar with Trish Witkowski

Editor in Chief — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 02:26:31 -0700

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Trish Witkowski, "chief folding fanatic" at foldfactory.com, would like to invite you to attend her FREE Webinar, brought to you by IDEAlliance:

Direct Mail to the MAX
Thursday, March 11, 2010
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Feeling a little stale with your Direct Mail?
We have the solution – join Trish Witkowski for a power-packed hour of direct mail ideas, tips, and technologies.

Scanning Around With Gene: Birds of a Feather

GeneGable — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 03:05:02 -0700

The world seems to be divided into two types of people: those who like pet birds and those who find them creepy, sad, or unnatural. I always put myself in the latter category, but in recent years I found myself sharing a living space with two parakeets and a cockatiel. This, while not exactly turning me into a bird lover, made me realize that they can be sweet little pets.

Only 1 Week Left to Save $200 on HOW Design Conference

Editor in Chief — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 02:06:47 -0700

Anyone registering for the HOW Design Conference by March 12, 2010, will get the early-bird perk of $200 off the single and group full-conference rates.

InDesign Magazine: Tip of the Week Archive

admin — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:23:39 -0700

We regularly update this compilation of the Tip-of-the-Week mailings from InDesign Magazine. To receive the tips in your in-box, sign up here.

Put Automatic Page Numbers on Top
To ensure that a text frame that contains an automatic page number always appears in front of document page elements, simply place the text frame on a master page and move it to its own top-most layer.

- Mike Rankin

MEI Releases InPorter 2.0 for K4 Publishing System

Editor in Chief — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 02:09:52 -0700

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Managing Editor Inc. (MEI), a Adobe premier development partner and a leading provider of software solutions for the publishing industry, has announced the release of InPorter 2.0. The latest version of MEI's versatile add-on module for the vjoon K4 Publishing System includes support for reading XMP content embedded in files being "InPorted" into the workflow.

TypeTalk: The Best Fonts for Newsprint

IleneStrizver99 — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 03:05:47 -0700

TypeTalk is a regular blog on typography. Post your questions and comments by clicking on the Comments icon above. If Ilene answers your question in the blog, you'll receive one Official Creativepro.com T-Shirt!

Q. Is there a way to compensate for what happens to type when it's printed on different papers, especially on newsprint?

Hy-phen-a-tion

Editor in Chief — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 02:09:08 -0700

Most of the hyphens that end up in your pages are placed there by your software -- for better or worse. Text processors and page-layout programs are pretty good at knowing where a word can be hyphenated, but there’s too much riding on those decisions to have blind faith in a sightless piece of software. In this column we’ll look at how your control over hyphenation can not only make your type compose better, but read better as well.