May, 2005 | CreativePro Network

PD Pro Digital Painter v3.1a Update Patch Released

Dan Ritchie, author of PD Pro Digital Painter, has released a new free update patch for users of PD Pro 3.x. Version 3.1a contains new tools for traditional animators, a number of improvements on existing tools, a minor bug fixes. It was also rebuilt against new versions of image conversion libraries and a treeview navigation […]

OurPictures Launches New Version of Award-Winning Software for the Easy Sharing, Printing and Archiving of Digital Photos

OurPictures, Inc., a leading provider of complete digital photo solutions for retailers and consumers, announced today that the company has launched a new version of their award-winning software complete with several groundbreaking new features and services including OurPictures PictureSafe. Unlike other services available to consumers, OurPictures PictureSafe automatically archives and backs up entire digital photo […]

Nikon and President George W. Bush Honor Outstanding Photojournalists at The White House News Photographers' Association Annual

As part of its ongoing commitment to recognize and support photojournalists, the Nikon Spirit Initiative sponsored the White House News Photographers’ Association’s annual gala awards dinner for the 12th consecutive year. Special guest, President George W. Bush, presented a humorous slideshow of photographs and honored the top photojournalists, including the Washington Post’s Andrea Bruce Woodall, […]

Print And Online Newspaper Advertising Up 3.6 Percent In Q1

Advertising expenditures for newspapers and their Web sites totaled $10.9 billion for the first quarter of 2005, a 3.6 percent year-over-year increase, according to preliminary estimates from the Newspaper Association of America (NAA). Spending for print ads in newspapers totaled $10.5 billion, up 2.4 percent versus the same period a year earlier, while ad spending […]

dot-font: Hauling Freight

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: […]

MacLab Announces Text Cleaner Update for InDesign CS 2

MacLab, announced an update to Text Cleaner for full compatibility with Adobe’s InDesign CS 2, allowing it to manipulate text directly within that application. The 3.01 update is free for all Text Cleaner 3.0 users. Text Cleaner is the tool used by graphic designers to significantly reduce text cleanup time. Text Cleaner implements a context […]

Mac Design Conference Extends Crabby Award Entry Deadline

Organizers of the Mac Design Conference & Digital Photography Expo (www.macdesignconference.com) are extending the entry deadline for its annual Crabby Awards to 5:00 p.m., Mon., June 6, 2005. The Crabby Awards recognize the exceptional design and photographic work of Mac Design Conference attendees. Submissions will be accepted for print, Web, illustration, and photography design. Contest […]

Nitro PDF Sparks "PDF Wars" as the True Adobe Acrobat Alternative Goes on Sale

ARTS PDF, the award-winning and category-leading developer of PDF tools for PDF professionals said Nitro PDF™ Desktop, its most significant offering to date, is set to spark a PDF war in the space dominated by heavyweight Adobe®. Nitro PDF, a true Adobe® Acrobat® alternative, went on sale this week and challenges the market leader Acrobat […]

ALAP Releases Free Trial Version of Imposer Pro for Adobe Acrobat

A Lowly Apprentice Production, Inc. (ALAP), a leading developer of extended technology for the design and publishing industries, announced today the immediate availability of a free trial version of Imposer Pro for Adobe Acrobat. The free trial version is available to the public as a download from the company website. Once installed, the trial version […]