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Butterfly Fonts, Illustrator Symbols, and Photoshop Shapes
News: Written on September 4, 2008
Vector files are all royalty-free.
Create a Searchlight in Photoshop
How-Tos: Written by Colin Smith on September 3, 2008
Whip up a Hollywood-style spotlight effect with realistic-looking beams of light in Photoshop CS3.
Toolbox Makes Digital Art
News: Written on August 28, 2008
Opcoders announces the fifth public alpha of Toolbox, a visual programming language for constructing digital art. Toolbox is useful for generating textures, composing logos, photo manipulation, typography and web graphics. Among many new features in this release, Toolbox is now a single-window program.
Autodesk Unveils First Flexible Software Delivery Model for CAD Industry
News: Written on August 25, 2008
AutoCAD customers receive timely product updates and early release of new features.
Adobe Design Achievement Award Winners Announced
News: Written on August 18, 2008
More than 2,700 students from 33 countries competed in eighth annual program.
Smith Micro releases new PoserFusion Lightwave plug-in for Poser Pro
News: Written on August 14, 2008
Consumer Group today announced the release of a new PoserFusion Lightwave plug-in for Poser® Pro. Smith Micro developed Poser Pro with a feature set and functionality geared for professional content creators within studio and production environments. The new plug-in will be free to registered Poser Pro users and will allow integration of 3D figures and scenes into Newtek's Emmy® Award-winning Lightwave application to create professional images and animations.
Make Vector Splashes
How-Tos: Written by Chad Neuman on August 13, 2008
Get all Jackson Pollock and make a splash -- literally. Then use Illustrator's easy Live Trace feature to bring your art into the digital world.
CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4 Now Available in 17 Languages Worldwide
News: Written on August 13, 2008
Languages include English, German, French, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Swedish, Finnish, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Japanese and Korean.
Free Photoshop Brushes
News: Written on August 5, 2008
Ten brushes mimic the look of grungy watercolors and india ink.
Transform a Busy Photo into a Strong Silhouette
How-Tos: Written by Chad Neuman on July 30, 2008
When you want a clean, strong image for a print or Web project, use Illustrator to turn a photo into a striking silhouette.
Toon Boom Studio 4.5 Announced
News: Written on July 28, 2008
New version features better integration with Photoshop files and greater ease of use.
How to Break into T-Shirt Design
How-Tos: Written by Sean Ashcroft on July 27, 2008
T-shirt design is huge, and thanks to online stores like Threadless, you don't have to open a brick-and-mortar storefront or even build your own Web site to see success.
StockMaps.com Offers Royalty-Free and Rights-Managed Maps
News: Written on July 25, 2008
Stockmaps' comprehensive geographic licensing resource provides online searchable archive with thousands of image files.
New Extras for Illustrator, Fireworks
News: Written on July 22, 2008
130 unique radial symbols work in either Adobe app.
VectorDesigner Updated to 1.4
News: Written on July 17, 2008
New user-definable templates can contain all the elements available in a standard VectorDesigner document, such as paper size, units, rulers, positions, layers etc.
Artlandia Releases New Plug-in for Interactive Editing in Adobe Illustrator
News: Written on July 15, 2008
LivePresets increases productivity and opens new possibilities for the efficient use of repeating design elements in a wide range of applications.
Stockphoto Announces Second Annual Punctum Day Awards
News: Written on June 27, 2008
100 percent revenue giveaway and new incentives for exclusive artists.
Masterfile's New Magazine, "Mysteries"
News: Written on June 26, 2008
Thirty-two page publication is available in print and as an interactive online edition.
Corel Updates CorelDRAW
News: Written on June 25, 2008
Service pack for award-winning CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite X4 delivers key enhancements to user community.
A Star Is Born: Deke McClelland's Photoshop Music Video
News: Written by Terri Stone on June 24, 2008
dekePod kicks off with a singing, dancing extravaganza: 101 Photoshop Tips in 5 Minutes.