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Monthly Archives: September 2013

Take Charge With Bridge: Creating a Keywords List

Part 1 of the Controlling Chaos With Metadata series dealt with metadata that is automatically generated on file creation, such as camera data or linked files, and adding metadata, such as copyright, directly in the Metadata panel or by using Metadata Templates. Keywords are a subset of metadata that are so vital, Adobe Bridge ships with a […]

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Artlandia Releases SymmetryWorks 6

Everyone loves a good pattern, and we’re no exception here. We’ve offered free vector patterns, tutorials on easy pattern creation in Illustrator, and more. But if you really love working with patterns and use them often, you can’t beat the creative options and time-saving features you get from a dedicated tool like Artlandia SymmetryWorks. The newly […]

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Capture Any Color You See With the Nix Color Sensor

The world is filled with sources of color inspiration, but how do you capture and use them? A smartphone’s camera offers take-it-anywhere convenience. A calibrated scanner offers you accuracy. Wouldn’t it be cool if you could combine the two? An ideal solution would be a tiny scanner that you could carry around in your pocket, […]

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Using Photoshop’s Content Aware Scale and Content Aware Move

Speaking Photoshop This article is an excerpt from Speaking Photoshop CS6 by Dave Bate. You can also download this excerpt as a PDF. Content Aware Scale Photoshop’s Content Aware Scale makes it possible for you to scale an image disproportionately without distorting the main subject. How could Photoshop possibly know which pixels represent the main subject and which […]

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Free Vintage Artwork

Recently, I wrote about a great source of free content, The Public Domain Review, where you can download free images, text, audio, and video for your projects. Here’s another nifty site where you can find public domain artwork in high resolution raster and vector format: OldBookIllustrations.com offers galleries of images in several categories that you […]

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