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Silly Swiss Design
The Swissmaker 2.0 iPhone application comes in two flavors: Standard and Professional! Standard: The standard version of Swissmaker 2.0 allows you create a black Helvetica Poster with white text on top. Then you can save your finished poster to your saved photos. This version is free. Professional: The Professional version gives you the best of […]
Continue readingFree For All: Something for Nothing
Instant Photo Frames The following free Photoshop actions add frame effects to photos. Although these actions were created with Photoshop CS4, they should work with CS2 and CS3, as well. Click on each image below to visit its download page. Forms for Your Design Business Form and contract creation is the last thing most freelancers […]
Continue readingAperture 3.0.1 Update
Many users have experienced problems with the recently released Apple Aperture 3.0. While clever photographers had developed workarounds for some of those issues, the 3.0.1 upgrade eliminates the need for kludges. According to Apple Suopport, this update “improves overall stability and addresses a number of issues in Aperture 3, including: * Upgrading libraries from earlier […]
Continue readingFont Shop Introduces Web FontFonts
Press release For nearly 15 years, web designers had two frustrating choices when it came to type on the web: use one of the few “web safe” fonts preinstalled on major operating systems, or substitute text with images and Flash/JavaScript hacks. Not anymore. Recent developments in web standards and font formats make it possible to […]
Continue readingPodcast 120
• Updates about the InDesignSecrets seminars and Print and ePublishing (PeP) Conference
• Interview with Ole Kvern
Create a Cross Reference Quickly with this Free Script
Making x-refs can be tedious in InDesign. This free script can really speed things up!
Continue readingTypeTalk: The Best Fonts for Newsprint
TypeTalk is a regular blog on typography. Post your questions and comments by clicking on the Comments icon above. If Ilene answers your question in the blog, you’ll receive one Official Creativepro.com T-Shirt! Q. Is there a way to compensate for what happens to type when it’s printed on different papers, especially on newsprint? A. […]
Continue readingNew Waterproof Compact Camera from Samsung
Press release Samsung Electronics America, Inc., a market leader and award-winning innovator in consumer electronics, added a 12 megapixel point and shoot to its digital camera lineup for 2010: the waterproof AQ100. The AQ100 grants peace of mind and allows you to focus on taking the perfect shot, rather than worrying about damage to the […]
Continue readingQuark Presents XML Webinar
Press release On March 2, 2010 Quark and industry experts will present use cases—including a success story about IBM Microelectronics, a DITA innovator—that prove how intelligent content can be integrated with existing enterprise architectures to help content creators working in Microsoft Word adopt XML to improve collaboration and streamline the creation, management, and publishing of […]
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