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Master Colors and Pantone: Sweet Harmony
Master Colors LLC has signed a licensing agreement with Pantone, Inc. that will provide the company the rights to integrate colors from the worldwide standard PANTONE® MATCHING SYSTEM® and the new PANTONE Goe™ System into Master Colors’ innovative color harmony software. Pantone is the world leader in accurate color specification and communication in the design, […]
Continue readingStudiometry 6.0 Adds Itemized Project Estimates, SQL Database, More
Oranged Software releases Studiometry 6.0, a massive update to the award winning software package. Studiometry is the best, most complete solution for companies to organize, plan, invoice, track and create with Client and Project data. Studiometry 6.0 features a new SQL database to store program data. This has four specific advantages to Studiometry users: – […]
Continue readingEasily Toggle Swatch Panel Focus Between Frame and Text
A recent post on the user to user forum was complaining about the difficulty of trying to apply swatches to text in InDesign. The poster went on to say that it seemed like a waste of time to deselect the text frame and then select text. Well, that’s correct. What the poster, and apparently a […]
Continue readingPantone Reveals Color Report Spring 2009
Pantone, an X-Rite company (NASDAQ: XRIT), and the global authority on color and provider of professional color standards for the design industries, today released the PANTONE® Fashion Color Report Spring 2009. The report features the top 10 colors for women’s fashion for spring ’09, along with designer sketches, quotes and headshots. The availability of the […]
Continue readingNew Color Management Professional Certification Program
IPA, The Association of Graphic Solutions Providers launched its new Color Management Professional Certification Program. Developed by industry-leading color management experts, the objective of the Color Management Professional (CMP) program is to provide a consistent, worldwide understanding of the best practices associated with color management implementation in a graphic communication production environment. Detailed information can […]
Continue readingFree Webinar on Sustainable Printing
The green movement today is not so different from the way our eyesight changes around age 40. We go happily along taking our near-sightedness for granted, and then one day, we notice that we have to hold the paper a little bit farther away in order to see it clearly. That’s where the industry is […]
Continue readingMaking a Magnifying Glass Text Frame in InDesign
David shows how to apply magic properties to a text frame so that all the text inside it gets bigger (or smaller) automatically.
Continue readingGet Creative Video: News for the Week of September 8, 2008
Sponsored by iStockPhoto. Master in a Minute Quickly extract complex shapes in Photoshop. News Have you ever created several unique design directions for a project, then wondered what to do with the ones your client didn’t choose? If you don’t think you can use the remaining ideas as jumping-off places for your own future […]
Continue readingPDF Portfolios Contest
AcrobatUsers.com is hosting a PDF Portfolios contest that gives creative designers, Flash developers, and videographers the chance to show off your work. Adobe Acrobat 9’s PDF Portfolios let anyone create a customized electronic portfolio that can include multiple document types, 3D, videos, Flash animations, and interactive widgets, all in a visually cohesive PDF file — […]
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