April, 2001 | CreativePro Network

dot-font: The Mischievous Mind behind Microsoft’s TrueType Fonts

dot-font was a collection of short articles written by editor and typographer John D. Barry (the former editor and publisher of the typographic journal U&lc) for CreativePro. If you’d like to read more from this series, click here. Eventually, John gathered a selection of these articles into two books, dot-font: Talking About Design and dot-font: Talking […]

Inside Photoshop: Kaleidoscopic Effects

Application: Photoshop 5/5.5/6 Operating Systems: Macintosh, Windows When creating background settings, digital imagery, Web pages or even screen savers, a simple solution for a unique graphic is to turn a regular photo into a kaleidoscopic vision. When you think of a kaleidoscope, it’s basically just an image being reflected by a series of mirrors to […]

For Design, It Was Standing Room Only

Taking a last stroll around Boston last Friday (the last day of Seybold Seminars Boston 2001), I was nearly flattened by a teenaged skateboarder on Newbury Street. After the near miss, he deftly diffused my building ire with a smile, a tip of his backwards Red Sox hat, and a chipper “Terribly sorry!” before zipping […]

Making the Switch: Learning the Rules of Shooting Digital

If you’re a photographer — professional or hobbyist — it’s probably only a matter of time before you make the switch from using a film-based camera to shooting digital. Particularly if film feels like an old, comfortable friend, however, you’re probably approaching the move with a good bit of trepidation. With this article we kick […]

Photoshop Elements: Almost-Photoshop Image Editing at a Bargain Price

Adobe‘s image-editing product line has always addressed the high and low ends of the market place well, with Photoshop dominating among professionals and PhotoDeluxe targeting consumers. But with the exception of Photoshop LE (for “Limited Edition”) bundled with select desktop scanners and digital cameras, Adobe has largely ignored the mid-level marketplace. All that has changed […]

Notes from the Epicenter: Going Once, Going Twice, Sold — to auctiongirl37!

I’ve never quite understood auctions myself. Which is probably because most of my exposure to them has been through sitcoms. You know the obligatory episode wherein the main characters venture to an auction and, more than likely, unwittingly bid on an expensive item by accidentally raising their ping-pong-like paddle at just the wrong time. Joey […]

Inside Photoshop: The Color Lab

Application: Photoshop 5/5.5/6 Operating Systems: Macintosh, Windows Color has always been a strong factor in image editing and graphic design. When working in Photoshop, there are many color modes to choose from. The more common modes that are implemented are RGB and CMYK. Undoubtedly, you’ve noticed that these color modes are a bit, shall we […]

Under the Desktop: Monitoring the Display

Flea market forays offer many lessons, more than just the arcane aesthetic rules for “shabby chic.” Each booth and stall offers a glimpse of the changing tastes and buying habits of generations. In amidst the cracked Pez dispensers and rusted lawn furniture, there are also plenty of computer products to paw through (a decided advantage […]

Bit by Bit: Gearing up for Panoramic Photography

It was the spring of 1997, and I was scheduled to travel to India to teach some classes for Apple Computer. One of the topics was to be QuickTime VR imaging — Apple’s “immersion technology” — which makes it relatively easy to create high-quality 360-degree panoramic images. I was no stranger to panoramic photography when […]