Last week, I went to a swap meet and found a 1973 Polaroid camera still in its original case. On eBay, it could sell for $100, but I paid just $1. Now there’s a digital equivalent of a swap meet that targets creative pros, except it’s even better because you don’t have to pay a […]
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How do you fix a file that won’t print or has some problems when exporting? Here’s an old technique updated for today’s InDesign.
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I use to save all the various greeting cards I received throughout the years, and still save some. But with several large boxes of cards sitting in the garage, I decided you just can’t save everything. There comes a time when the memories just have to suffice without the actual physical evidence. But that didn’t […]
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Adobe SWAPP is a cool new iPad app that hungers for your content!
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Adobe Ideas is a digital sketchbook app, available in the Apple app store and via Google Play. It can be used as a mobile companion to Creative Suite apps, allowing users to create sketches on their mobile devices, and then sync them to their computers (via Adobe Creative Cloud) to continue working in Illustrator. Files […]
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As someone who used to keep (and proudly display) a collection of printed PostScript errors, I was excited to see the new episode of PBS Arts’ great video series Off Book is devoted to glitch art. What is glitch art? To paraphrase the commentators in the video, glitch art is artwork that builds on the […]
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Beck Hansen’s musical career has always been marked by a willingness to experiment, to combine new and old forms, and otherwise zig when the rest of the world zags. But his latest move might surprise even longtime fans. His next album, Song Reader, will only be released by publisher McSweeney’s as a printed book of […]
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Photoshop has been around for more than twenty years, and while each release brings powerful new features, the application never gets a complete overhaul. There are some things lurking inside that slick, dark CS6 interface that seem like they haven’t been updated since the first Clinton administration. In particular, consider some of the graphic presets, […]
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