July, 2012 | CreativePro Network

Photoshop How To: Retouch Eyes With Photoshop CS6

When it comes to portrait retouching, a person’s eyes can be the most important (and trickiest) feature to work with. Eyes are expressive and detailed, and we instinctively know what they’re supposed to look like. So when they’re reproduced poorly, we notice right away. In the video below, Adobe Creative Suite Design Evangelist Terry White […]

The Art of Logo Design From PBS Off Book

PBS Digital Studios is back with another great mini-documentary in episode in its Off Book video series. This time out the topic is logo design. The video traces the history of logos from cave paintings, Roman mosaics, and medieval heraldry all the way to the sleek corporate marks of the present. It also explores the […]

Sappi’s “Ideas That Matter” Program Funds Charitable Design Work

Since 1999, Sappi Fine Paper North America has offered support for designers doing charity work with a grant program called Ideas That Matter. Awards range from $5000 to $50,000 and may be used for implementation and out-of-pocket costs for things like photography, illustration, paper, printing, mailing and related expenses. The program is open to individual […]

Scanning Around With Gene: Matchbook Wisdom on Traffic Safety

Regular readers will undoubtedly note that I’m a bit obsessed with safety messages. I’ve written about a very funny and gruesome booklet called “It’s Great to be Alive,” another on the dangers of bicycle riding, and a third on general safety messages for kids. These booklets all show rather chilling images of kids getting maimed […]

DIY Textile Printing with the Lumi Process

Ever have a great photo that you wanted to print at home onto a t-shirt? Previously, your options were to use an ink jet iron-on transfer or invest in your own silk screening equipment. But now you can print any photo on any natural fabric and get stunning results using a new textile print system […]

Finding the Best Tablet PDF Reader

A couple PDF readers are maturing rapidly, and are worth looking at.

Move Every Object on Every Page Toward or Away from Spine

If you need to move all your page objects the same amount, you don’t want to have to do it by hand!

Now Shipping: Complete Digital Photography, 7th Edition

CreativePro author Ben Long has announced the publication of his latest book, Complete Digital Photgraphy, seventh edition Here’s Ben’s description of the book from its companion website: For the most part, the book maintains the organization of the last edition, with a few new sections and a few others eliminated. In addition to the included […]

The Non-Designer’s Illustrator Book

Excerpted from The Non-Designer’s Illustrator Book by Robin Williams and John Tollett. Copyright © 2012. Used with permission of Pearson Education, Inc. and Peachpit Press. In addition to the HTML version of the excerpt below, you can also download the excerpt as a PDF that retains the full design of the printed book. Drawing with […]