May, 2011 | CreativePro Network

Photo Management App Morphs from iView MediaPro to Microsoft Expression Media to Media Pro

The software that began life as iView MediaPro was bought by Microsoft in 2006 and had its name changed to Expression Media. Its star didn’t rise high in the pro photography sky, and last year Microsoft sold the app to photo equipment company Phase One. Now Phase One has made some changes of its own, […]

Get Your Pantone Fix for $9.95

Many years ago, when I was first scrambling for a foothold in the publishing industry, I was a customer service rep for the oh-so-stylish Chronicle Books. Answering phones all day was boring, but it was balanced by the best perk ever for a lover of design and print: We could take home any of the […]

Don't Miss This Web Design Event

Last year I attended the New Riders’ Voices That Matter: Web Design Conference and was blown away by the quantity and quality of what I learned in just two days. Now it’s that time again. The 2011 New Riders’ Voices That Matter: Web Design Conference will take place June 27 and 28 in San Francisco. […]

Corel's Painter 12 Is a Stunning Update

Painter has long been the top choice for creating digital artwork that acts and looks like traditional media. With version 12, announced today, artists can more easily achieve even greater realism. The new Real Watercolor and Real Wet Oil brushes build on the app’s existing RealBristle painting system but go even further. The demo I […]

The Lust List: Goods to Get You Going

Every November or December, CreativePro.com publishes a gift guide. But with so many noteworthy products coming out all the time, it seems a shame to limit coverage of “I don’t need it but I want it” items to once a year. Welcome to our first seasonal “Lust List”. Satisfy Camera Cravings Spring and summer are […]

Importing Word Styles Only

Use this quick workaround to import Word styles into an InDesign document. (Yes, sometimes that’s what you want to do.)

Play the International System Of TYpographic Picture Education Game

I must admit that I hadn’t heard of Gerd Arntz before I saw his name on Gerd Arntz memory app, a free app for the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Arntz worked as an artist in Germany, Austria, and the Netherlands before and after World War II. As part of that career, he joined with […]

TypeDNA Now on Windows

There are many options for managing fonts, so an app that wants creative pros users has to stand out from the crowd. TypeDNA does so by stressing its unique tools, such as Font Harmony, which suggests fonts that go well with any typeface you select. You can even run TypeDNA alongside another font manager, thus […]

Add Realistic Rays of Light to Photos

A relatively new plug-in from Digital Film Tools gives you the ability to add customized rays of light to a photo. Once you install the plug-in, you can access its interface from within Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom, or Apple Aperture, to control ray length, brightness, direction, and color. In addition to inserting realistic rays of […]