September, 2011 | CreativePro Network

Scanning Around With Gene: Turning 25 in 69

Over the years, one of my favorite design publications has been Graphis, the international journal of graphic arts and applied arts. The publication began in Switzerland in 1944 and, for most of its life, was a six-times-a-year magazine supplemented by annuals and special editions. Graphis, which is now headquartered in New York, still publishes a […]

Get the Color You Expect When Printing

Do your press checks come with unpleasant color surprises? Then “Meeting Your Color Expectations,” a free webinar from PaperSpecs and Kallima Paper, is a worthwhile investment of your valuable time. You’ll learn which proofing and press tools are handy, the best ways to prep files, and how to work with print shops to make sure […]

Image resolution for iPad publishing

What is the minimum image resolution required when creating a document or screen that will be viewed on an iPad? The answer might surprise you.

TypeTalk: Take the Three-Letter Approach to Kerning

Q. Can you explain the “three-letter approach” to kerning? A. When I first began learning about typography, the concepts of kerning and proper letterfit were mysterious and challenging. Then Ed Benguiat taught me a way to better see spatial relationships between letters when kerning a headline or any display type. As I discussed in my […]

If You Like Type then You Better Put It on a Ring

The Dutch are renowned for their good taste in type, and now they’re sharing that in a novel form: rings. Alphabeth is the Amsterdam company behind Typerings, which engraves words of your choice in eight unique typefaces on rings that range from € 132 to € 621. The exact price depends on materials, style, and […]

Build Shapes Quickly in Adobe Illustrator

Excerpted from The Adobe Illustrator CS5 Wow! Book by Sharon Steuer. Copyright © 2011. Used with permission of Pearson Education, Inc. and Peachpit Press. To receive a 35% discount on this book plus free shipping in the continental U.S., go to the Peachpit Press Online Store and enter the discount code CS5WOW during the checkout […]

You'll Want This Wacom Cintiq

Did you hear that? That’s the sigh of longing from thousands of creative pros pining after the new $2,499 Wacom Cintiq 24HD. Each model in the Cintiq line combines a tablet and a display. Though more expensive inch-for-inch than Wacom’s other tablets, Cintiqs are ideal for people uncomfortable with the disconnect created when you draw […]

Print Your Own Hi-Res Package Mock-Ups

Folio Builder and Overlay Creator Panels

Epson’s Stylus Pro WT7900 “Designer Edition” adds an EFI RIP to the Stylus Pro WT7900 to give you the ability to match PANTONE colors when outputting high-resolution prints for packaging mock-ups, prototypes, and other projects. The $6,995 printer/RIP combination works with both Mac and Windows computers, and across a network. In addition to its Pantone […]

These Photo Apps Are Just Perfect

onOne Software has updated and expanded its Perfect Photo Suite. Version 6 includes all sorts of tools for portrait touch-ups, background replacement, effects, multilayered files, depth of field, and more. It will be on sale in October 2011 for $300 (upgrade $150). The apps will work on their own and as plug-ins within as standalone […]