We’re in a muddle. Creative professionals today are in the middle of a big fat muddle, unsure about everything from the economy to their future. The proof is in abundant research data. According to the Spring 2002 TrendWatch Graphic Arts survey of design and production professionals, we experienced pretty lousy business conditions this past year, […]
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Excerpted from “Real World QuarkXPress 5” (Peachpit Press). Peachpit Press is offering this book at a discount to creativepro.com readers. Follow this link. Tip: Watch for Grouped Items The Layers palette works independently of the Group feature, so grouped objects can have different items on different layers. That is, you can select one object in […]
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Photoshop 7’s new Brushes palette is far more than simply a place to pick a brush. You have incredible control over the size, shape, and behavior of the brush. In this follow-up to “Understanding the Brushes Palette,” we’ll look at the Shape Dynamics and the Scatter panes of the Brushes palette. Then we’ll consider the […]
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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 […]
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Many designers find the idea of using clip art in their work to be somewhat gauche. While that may be true of using a lot of clip art in its raw state, you shouldn’t overlook it as a potential design resource. Clip art can be a great basis for speeding up the production of custom […]
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Mobility is the current buzz in computing nowadays, from the latest cellphone-palmtop combination devices to wide area Wi-Fi networks. For content creators, this trend can be seen in high-performance notebook computers with fast processors, large and colorful flat-screen displays and high-capacity storage. These machines appear to have the juice to rival their desktop cousins. Is […]
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The key to using Photoshop 7’s new painting engine is the new, high-powered Brushes palette. Let’s take a look at the basic workings of the palette. When the Expanded view is selected in the palette menu, you see the Brushes palette in all its glory. (If the palette is grayed out, press B on the […]
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It may be another six to 12 months before the clouds clear and the jobs start rolling in on their own. You’ve made it this far, that’s good. Here are a few mistakes to avoid during the home stretch. Operating Without a Game Plan. You take a Web development job here and an identity job […]
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Wth all the hullabaloo about InDesign and QuarkXPress, you PageMaker stalwarts may be saying: “Hey, what about us?” Never fear, we’re here. Adobe’s PageMaker team — and who knows more about PageMaker? — shows you how to use templates to increase efficiency and simplify your page-layout efforts. (ID and QXP users might pick up a […]
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