April, 2008 | CreativePro Network

CyberLink Launches YouCam 2, WebCam Software for Fun and Work

CyberLink Corp. (5203.TW), innovative solution provider for the connected digital lifestyle, today announced the release of CyberLink YouCam 2 , the webcam software that enriches videos with animations and effects. “CyberLink YouCam 2 is about facilitating better, more personal and real-time communication using a webcam,” said Alice H. Chang, CyberLink CEO. “With the new features, […]

DiscLabel 5.2.1 Released, with Support for Dymo DiscPainter Printer

SmileOnMyMac released DiscLabel 5.2.1, an update to its award-winning CD/DVD label design software for Mac OS X. The update features support for the Dymo DiscPainter direct-to-CD Printer, as well as other improvements and bug fixes. A fully-functional demo version is available at https://www.smileonmymac.com/DiscLabel/download.html. DiscLabel costs $35.95. DiscLabel 5.2.1 is a free update for registered users […]

InDesign Transparency: No Longer the Forbidden Fruit

This article is excerpted from the February/March 2008 issue of InDesign Magazine (#22). Buy the issue or subscribe to the magazine at www.indesignmag.com. Long, long ago, Adobe gave us transparency in InDesign version 2, and it was good. Not great, but at least a step in the right direction. Designers reveled in the ability to […]

Get Creative Video: News for the Week of April 28, 2008

Sponsored by iStockPhoto. Here’s what you’ll see in this week’s Get Creative video (video below): Master in a Minute Scale pattern fills in Illustrator. News Last week, I spoke at the IPA Technical Conference in Chicago. Watch this week’s video to hear me speak in depth on the topics below and even watch footage of […]

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Photography In The Parks Photo Contest

In a continuing effort to inspire Americans to visit their national and state parks and photograph their beauty, Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging, today announced a call for entries for the third annual Canon Photography In The Parks Photo Contest*. The contest invites eligible photography enthusiasts, from April 22nd to September 30th, […]

Announcing the Mystical Painter Bundle

Auto FX Software is pleased to announce the release of the Mystical Painter Bundle. This is an exclusive, value packed Bundle of product that includes Corel Painter X, Auto FX Mystical Tint Tone and Color, Auto FX Mystical Lighting, Training Videos by renowned Painter Master Jeremy Sutton, Mystical Tint Tone and Color Training Videos and […]

Create Clipping Paths without Photoshop

Reproduced with permission of Planet Quark Whenever I teach QuarkXPress, I show students how to create a clipping path in Photoshop to cut out an image, bring it into Quark, access the clipping path that we built in Photoshop, then apply Text Runaround to it. Recently, I was asked what to do if you don’t […]

Callas Software Declares Full Support for the PDF/A Test Suite "Isartor"

callas software welcomes the PDF/A test suite “Isartor” (ee-sar-tor), introduced at the PDF/A conference in Amsterdam. callas, the provider of software for validation and conversion of PDF files, announces full compatibility with the test suite. The PDF/A test suite will be publicly available in early summer 2008. All PDF/A related products from callas software will […]