April, 2005 | CreativePro Network

Inside CS2: MetaDesign Shares Its Secrets

When the first Creative Suite came out, the buzz was as much about the new application icons as it was about the apps themselves. The Photoshop eye: gone. The Illustrator Venus: gone. Changes to the GoLive and InDesign icons were less dramatic, but those programs weren’t long-time mainstays on a designer’s desktop. A Seismic Shift: […]

Konica Minolta Introduces the bizhub C450 Color Printer/Copier/Scanner

Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. (Konica Minolta) today introduced the bizhub™ C450. An ideal replacement for Segment 4 monochrome and color printers/copiers with its copy and print speeds of 45 pages-per-minute (ppm) B&W and 35ppm color, the bizhub C450 captures the full essence of the bizhub concept by blending the ability to digitally share […]

New Canon PowerShot S2 IS Digital Camera Addresses High Performance Photography and Video Recording Needs

Family vacations. Weddings. Sporting events. Baby’s first steps. Just hanging around. Canon’s new five megapixel PowerShot S2 IS digital camera allows consumers from the novice to the photo enthusiast the ability to capture high quality still images and movie clips of life’s most significant events. “Canon leads the photo industry. Our convergent digital imaging technologies […]

Zengobi Releases Curio 2.3

Zengobi today announced Curio 2.3, the latest version of their award-winning environment for brainstorming and idea management. Curio 2.3 features more flexible idea spaces which can now automatically resize as figures are added or modified, and full idea space clipboard support allowing users to cut, copy, paste, and duplicate as well as drag, drop, and […]

Zumedia Software Releases Automata 1.5

Automata 1.5 combines the creativity of Adobe Illustrator, the power of databases and the speed of automation to generate multiple files based on a template that can be either printed or saved to file – at up to 1500 fph (files per hour). By merging an Illustrator file (containing place holders) with a data source […]

QuarkXPress How-To: Time for a Paint Job

This story is taken from “QuarkXPress 6 Killer Tips.” To buy this book click here. Color can make or break your design. If that rustic red tint instead comes out as a pallid pink, you’re in trouble. On the flip side, savvy designers can stretch their budgets with tricks like simulating spot color in CMYK […]

OnRequest Images to be Exclusive Commerical Photography Sponsor of the Art Directors Club 84th Annual Awards Gala

OnRequest Images, originators of Custom Stock™ photography, announced today that it has secured category-exclusive sponsorship of the Art Directors Club (ADC) 84th Annual Awards to be celebrated at ADC’s Awards Gala in New York City on June 2, 2005. The ADC Annual Awards competition is one of the world’s most prestigious recognitions, honoring the best […]

Forgent Sues Microsoft Over JPEG Patent

Forgent Networks Inc. has added Microsoft Corp. to the list of companies it has sued alleging infringement of a patent for a data compression technique it claims is used in the JPEG digital image standard. The lawsuit, filed Thursday in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, comes after Forgent was unable to […]

Nikon Introduces D70s Digital SLR Camera

Incorporating upgrades based on user feedback and advancement in technologies, Nikon® (https://www.nikondigital.com ) today introduced the D70s™ 6.1-effective megapixel digital SLR camera. The D70s builds on the success of its popular predecessor, the D70, with multiple internal and external refinements including an improved autofocus system, larger LCD monitor, the addition of a remote cord port, […]