January, 2009 | CreativePro Network

Designers Under 30, Take Note

A career opportunity for the young and talented: StockFood is again sponsoring the “FAB Futures Award” for designers aged 30 or under, offering ambitious young professionals the chance to make a name for themselves in food marketing. The Futures Award is part of the 11th FAB Awards, an internationally recognized creative awards program. Uniquely, this […]

Want to Learn AppleScript? Check Out this Book

AppleScripting isn’t for everyone (Windows users won’t get much out of it, perhaps), but if you want to script InDesign on a Mac, it’s worth learning from the masters…

iPhone Apps for Designers

At some point soon, we’re going to marvel at this novel period when most cell phones are still used solely for making phone calls or sending text messages and email. On Apple’s iPhone, the calling features are just one small part of what it can do; thousands of applications are available — most costing $10 […]

Downsaving Snippets

You’ve got snippets made in CS4. Someone needs to use them in CS3. Can you get there from here?

3 Often Overlooked Features in InCopy

I really enjoy recording videos about InCopy, and writing articles about it, because I can luxuriate (yes, luxuriate) with the practically unlimited amount of time and space I have to get across what I want to get across. But when I’m on-site, training a company’s publication staff in the IC/ID workflow, I’m hyper-aware of the […]

Sumo Paint Is New Free Image Editor

Sumo Paint version 1.0, from Finnish company Snap Group, is a new Web-based image editor. This free software does not require any installation to function, just a Web browser that supports Flash. Functional Package Sumo Paint has all the basic tools for editing and drawing spectacular images. In addition there are a bunch of unique […]

New Book on Fast Food Marketing Design and Photography

After receiving a flyer from a fast food restaurant that featured the suggestion “Dunk Your Dipper,” graphic artist Siâron Hughes had an epiphany: she decided to make a serious cultural examination of the signage, slogans, menus and overall visual elements that distinguish chicken eateries throughout London. The result is a highly entertaining and illuminating book […]

New Screen Capture App Is Layered-PSD Compatible

wuonm is proud to introduce Layers 1.0, their unique screen capturing utility for Mac OS X. Particularly suited for graphic and web designers alike, technical writers and developers, screenshots captured in Layers are Adobe Photoshop compatible, allowing anyone to save them as fully layered PSD files, composite images or as separate PNG image files. Easily […]