Press Release PORTLAND, Ore. — February 19, 2014 —Extensis released today a new update for Suitcase Fusion™ 5, the professional-grade font manager which integrates fonts directly into the creative workflow. This latest update advances features which foster design inspiration, including a new Fontspiration™ panel which showcases the latest and most cutting edge typography. The update also doubles the […]
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Need access to high quality high-res photos for print or web work but your budget is at or near zero? Check out picjumbo.com, where you can download photos and use them for just about any purpose, including commercial work, totally free. As in not even a tweet, or like, or email address required kind of […]
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Some creative blöks are easily side-stepped or avoided, such as the Perfection Fairy or the Flatfooted Naysayer; but not this denizen of the Creative Hinterlands. Excuses are a hulking moose of a problem. The Excuse Moose A very common ungulate grazer on the bogdowns and downtime meadows of the creative hinterlands, the Excuse Moose collects […]
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Print magazine has been in business since 1940, showcasing creative excellence in many design fields, from books and branding, to street art and environmental design. And with their 75th anniversary coming up, they’ve decided to offer a glimpse back into their archives of vintage covers. Head over to printmag.com and check out some of the Brilliant Covers […]
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While doing a course on Font Management Essential Training for lynda.com, I tested more than my share of applications that allow you to compare different fonts. And there are some great ones out there. But none was simpler to use than Font Flipper, a website that gives you a scrolling side-by-side list of all the […]
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If you are a designer, you’ll rarely come across an FDF file. In fact, you may have never even heard of FDF, since it’s not among the familiar formats that designers know and love. But there’s a lot to like about FDFs: their compact nature can simplify your workflow and in some instances, save you […]
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Previous CreativePro posts looked at two iPhone-sized cameras with 20x zooms and manual controls. While the FujiFilm F900EXR was the only 2013 uber-compact, super-zoom camera that could shoot in RAW and RAW+JPEG, the Canon Powershot SX280 offered a more “digital camera-like” interface, with easier connectivity and better video. Here, we’ll look at a third camera that […]
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More marvelous miscellanea for you to contemplate and click. 1. The ratio of quizzes to actual content on the internet seems to be reaching a rather unhealthy level. It’s gotten to the point where the wags at Slate have even published a Which Quiz Are You quiz. Still, betcha can’t resist clicking through the questions […]
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Hey, it’s time once more for me to pass along a list of resources I’ve noticed recently that I think you should see. You need to move artwork from InDesign to Illustrator, or Photoshop to InDesign, or… you need to read this article by Sandee! It’s fun to see how people design things. Here’s a […]
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