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Pixelstick Takes Light Painting to a New Level
Have you ever tried light painting by moving a light source around while you take a long exposure photo? The results can be very cool, but also very unpredictable and limited. But a small Brooklyn-based group called Bitbanger Labs has developed a device called the Pixelstick that promises to take light painting to a new […]
Continue readingSave Print Presets in InDesign for Each Printer in Your Office
You have three printers in your office, and you constantly find yourself changing the same settings in the Print and printer driver dialog boxes? Stop the insanity and get efficient with print presets! First, I want to be clear that we’re all on the same page: When you’re printing from InDesign you have to think […]
Continue readingHalloween Photoshop Techniques
Looking to whip up some quick Halloween fun in Photoshop? Over at the lynda.com blog, you can find a batch of Halloween-themed tutorials from the Deke’s Techniques video series. Some of the videos are for members only, but there are a couple that are free for anyone to watch. The free videos show you how to create […]
Continue readingPodcast 203
ITUNES RSS FEED DOWNLOAD view the transcript of this podcast. In this episode: Adobe Creative Cloud — 6 Months Later Working? Broken? Anne-Marie and David argue it out Reports from the field Some options that could help those who are stuck Issues specific to InDesign users and developers as opposed to other Adobe apps Open […]
Continue readingTake Charge With Adobe Bridge: Controlling Chaos Using Keywords
This third installment on metadata goes into greater depth on adding keywords to files. Part 1, covered adding metadata through the Metadata panel, as well as creating templates to add metadata in bulk. Part 2 explored creating a keywords list using the Keywords panel, and touched on applying them. Adding keywords is a chore—there’s no […]
Continue readingHelvetiCandy is One Sweet Piece of Type
Here’s a type design that will make both kids and dentists scream (though for opposite reasons). Behold, HelvetiCandy: the font made of, well, candy. Ceated by London-based designer Samuel Carter Mensah “for the sheer love of the typeface and candy,” HelvetiCandy is technically not a real font, but rather a Photoshop file with separate layers […]
Continue readingSpecial Offer on JixiPix Photoshop Plug-ins
Press release JixiPix Software has released the availability of a whole new power in design and artistic creation. Premium Pack Plugins bundles 15 of the most creative apps into Plugins that will run inside of Adobe Photoshop CS3+, Adobe Photoshop Elements 10+ and Adobe Lightroom 4+. And for a limited time JixiPix Software is giving […]
Continue readingElemental Photo Manipulations, Part 4: Water
“Elemental Photo Manipulations” is a four-part series of amazing tutorials and inspiring artwork combining photography with Photoshop in surreal, mind-bending, and sometimes startling ways. In this final installment of the series you’ll get your feet wet with, make a splash in, dive into—and other cliched actions associated with water and liquid—liquid-based photo manipulation. Infuse your […]
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