Last week I took a look at the artistic covers of vintage Fortune magazines and described how that publication set out to be the most lavish and eye-appealing publication in America. I promised to take a look at some of the advertising art that appeared in Fortune over the years, which is the subject of […]
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OnOne Software, creator of software plug-ins for Photoshop, Lightroom, Aperture and other digital photography applications, launched an online marketplace for photographers. Called onOne marketplace (naturally). the site lets photographers download tools, accessories, and tutorials. The site currently features three categories: Backgrounds & Textures, Templates for Albums & More, and Presets A fourth section for Borders […]
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Adobe keeps rolling out the Sneak Peeks for Photoshop CS6. The short video (# 5) presented by Photoshop product manager Stephen Nielson focuses on small enhancements, but the main thrust is to let Photoshop users know that Adobe listens to them. Nielson says members of the Photoshop team are given time off to ponder and […]
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Adobe continues to clean out its pre-CS6 product inventory with special deals on three packages: Creative Suite 5.5 Web Premium and CS5.5 Production and Lightroom 3 are all available at 50 percent off. Additionally, Adobe has extended its deal of 20 percent off CS5.5 upgrades until March 15. The half-price offer for Web and Production […]
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Last week Quark introduced a new enterprise solution that at first may not appear to have any relevance to many creative pros. But behind the announcement of Quark Brand Manager are some interesting ideas that may one day affect how you work. Quark Brand Manager is what’s called an SaaS — Software as a Service […]
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Excerpted from iPhone Obsessed: Photo editing experiments with Apps by Dan Marcolina. Copyright © 2011. Used with permission of Pearson Education, Inc. and Peachpit Press. In addition to the HTML version of the excerpt below, you can also download the excerpt as a PDF that retains the full design of the printed book. The PDF […]
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By now you’ve probably seen the new logo for Microsoft Windows. The blogosphere has been buzzing about it, and some of the commentary is less than flattering. “The new Windows 8 logo is pretty ugly. It actually looks a lot like the Windows 1.0 logo, only slightly worse,” says Cult of Mac. “The Microsoft team […]
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• Recap of the O’Reilly Tools of Change Conference (TOCCON)
• Interview with John McWade, founder of Before&After magazine
• Quizzler Update: Code Breaker! C’mon people!
Does your text mysteriously change size when you export from InDesign to EPUB? The way InDesign handles text scaling may be the cause.
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