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Veer Veers into the Microstock Market
Veer, a producer and provider of visual elements and design-related products, has launched Veer Marketplace, a new low-priced image resource. With the addition of Veer Marketplace, Veer now offers both user-generated images (“microstock”) and traditional professional stock images on one web site. Veer customers can now license rights-managed, premium royalty-free, and low-priced royalty-free photography in […]
Continue readingBook-Design Contest Call for Entries
AIGA’s 50 Books/50 Covers of 2008 is a time-honored competition that aims to identify the 50 best-designed books and book covers of 2008. Selections are made by a distinguished jury of design exemplars, becoming part of the AIGA Design Archives and a traveling exhibition that debuts at the AIGA National Design Center. Deadline: March 6, […]
Continue readingPrint Shop Survival Guide
“2009 Survival Guide: Staying in the Game” is the title of a free webinar on Wednesday, February 25, 2pm EDT. The webinar will include discussions of the positive actions we can take to emerge a stronger, well-positioned organization when the turnaround comes — and it will eventually come. Hear from innovative and successful print service […]
Continue readingGetty Images' "Grants for Good" Program
Getty Images, Inc., has announced an expansion of its photographer grant program to involve the creative community, whose work often benefits the non-profit sector. Getty Images Grants for Good will award two photographers $15,000 each to cover costs associated with creating compelling imagery to raise awareness about the issues and work of a non-profit they […]
Continue readingInDesign CS4 and InCopy CS4 Updates (6.01) Released
Adobe released an update that stomps out some CS4 bugs in InDesign and InCopy.
Continue readingTab Stops Snap to Points
Dragging a tab stop should be a smooth and easy affair. But those darn tab stops seem to snap to their own invisible grid!
Continue readingMore INX Tricks: Changing PDF pages and Layer Visibility
How to use INX (or IDML) to change which pages from a multi-page PDF are placed, and alter the visibility of layers in placed graphics.
Continue readingSaving AI versions as layers and accessing them in InDesign
Use InDesign’s Object Layer Options to access different versions of a graphic stored in a layered AI file.
Continue readingBusiness Card Design Inspiration
Card Observer is a new site that showcases only the best business card designs. They do so to shine the spotlight on the talented designers who create these beautiful cards, and to inspire you. If you feel like you’ve designed a card or own one that deserves a place in our gallery, you can submit […]
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