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Illustrator How-To: Make your own Magic Markers

This story is taken from “Inside Illustrator” (Element K Journals). Creativepro.com readers can subscribe to Element K Journals at a discount. Click here to learn more. In the design world, the marker technique predates personal computers and illustration applications. If you’ve been designing only in the era of desktop publishing, you might not even know […]

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Under the Desktop: Reconsidering Display Resolutions

Resolution is something digital content creators deal with every day. We see its result on the screen and in hardcopy. But how much do we really understand about resolution? The terminology of resolution often changes, depending upon the digital workflow, input or output device, and graphics application. And the usual discussion of resolution often gets […]

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Bit by Bit: The Ins and Outs of Variable-Data Printing for Designers

In last week’s column, I suggested that variable-data printing is a gold mine for creative professionals willing to learn the special combination of skills necessary. Variable-data printing, if you’ll recall, uses design tools, database technology, and digital presses to create custom pieces that target specific users according to a set of criteria. In my previous […]

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dot-font: Typography, Architecture, and Inscriptions

dot-font was a collection of short articles written by editor and typographer John D. Barry (the former editor and publisher of the typographic journal U&lc) for CreativePro.  If you’d like to read more from this series, click here. Eventually, John gathered a selection of these articles into two books, dot-font: Talking About Design and dot-font: Talking […]

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Photoshop How-To: Creating Art from Scanned Flowers

This story is taken from “Inside Photoshop” (Element K Journals). Creativepro.com readers can subscribe to Element K Journals at a discount. Click here to learn more. Since the origination of Photoshop and other digital mediums, artists have been creating digital masterpieces. Now, with Photoshop 7.x, you can push the limits of digital art even further […]

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