• 2011 Print & ePublishing Conference announcement!
• InDesign to EPUB: Recap and tips from Liz Castro’s webinar
• Acrobat X and InDesign
The next How Design Conference will be in Chicago in June 2011. How says that it’s the largest annual design event in the United States. It’s also not just one conference: It’s four! While next June is far enough away that session details are sparse, here are the basics on what you can expect: How […]
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Empire is a website dedicated to film reviews, movie news, interviews, and, happily for us, quizzes. One recent quiz shows you just one letter from a slew of movie posters and challenges you to correctly identify each movie from the single glyph. For example: Can you do it? Take the quiz and find out!
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Press Release The use of digital short-run printing has exploded, as have questions about paper options, customization opportunities and design possibilities. That’s why Neenah Paper and PaperSpecs.com have set the stage for an unprecedented hour with three digital printing experts (Scott Crockett of Keiger Printing, Ian Flynn of Direct Response Imaging and Mark Sarpa of […]
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Bob Bringhurst has posted a handy summary of the features of Adobe’s Digital Publishing Suite. As Bob notes, “While you can use InDesign CS5 to create eBooks and interactive PDF and SWF files, the Digital Publishing Suite requires additional steps and applications to make your digital content commercially available on mobile devices.” In this blog […]
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This tutorial is courtesy of the Photoflex Lighting School. Featuring the affordable Extra Small Wireless Kit, this lesson demonstrates basic strategies for getting your young, restless subject to interact naturally with the camera. You’ll also learn techniques for getting more natural lighting from your ShoeMount flash. Topics Covered: The Typical Snapshot Shooting In Available Light […]
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Press Release Many designers have experience with single page layouts and the occasional booklet. Books, manuals, and other long documents, however, present designers with several unique production challenges. Whether it’s keeping track of tables of contents, creating indices, managing cross-references, or moving chapters around, many designers find themselves pulling all-nighters or losing their hair. InDesign […]
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Creative professionals are tough to buy presents for. More than most folks, I think, we have high expectations of quality and even higher standards for aesthetics. The discerning eye that makes our work so successful can make life difficult for gift-givers. When we receive a scarf, for instance, we’re likely to examine closely the stitching […]
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The Website iPhone.AppStorm has published a handy compilation, “90 Awesome iOS Apps for Freelancers”. The apps span the following categories: Access and Control Your Computer Art & Design Database Apps File Management Money Office Portfolio Productivity Time Tracking & Invoicing Read about all 90 of the apps here.
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