Ever want to create a high-quality interactive photobook with multimedia features that looks gorgeous in print and on the iPad? Check out the free iPad app Pholium. Pholium is integrated with Dropbox and Instagram to give you easy means to access your photos. You can craft the look of your pages manually, or use Pholium’s auto-layout feature to […]
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Once a year I go to Oahu to teach at the University of Hawaii. (It’s a dirty job, but someone has to do it.) Each year, when I teach changing the language settings for InDesign spelling checks, the students ask if there is a dictionary for Hawaiian. Each time I have sadly replied no. Even […]
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If you need to synchronize font sets and manage font licenses for a team of creative professionals, you know how important that job is—and how much effort it takes. That’s why Extensis offers a solution to take the pain out of group font management, called Universal Type Server 4. And now they have released an […]
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In Photoshop, you can isolate layers to work on objects without having to search through dozens of layers, locking, or hiding everything that might get in your way—but beware! The feature works differently depending on whether you are working with a vector layer or an image layer. IsolateLayersCSMenuItem The Isolate Layers command lives in the Select […]
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Cathy wrote: Is there an easy way to change preferences so that it will not hyphenate a hyphenated word? For instance “over-the-mountain” will break “over-the-moun-” and bring “tain” on the next line. Our editors do not like even if it breaks at “over-the-” and bring “mountain” on the next line – they consider that a […]
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Cinemagraph Pro for Mac allows users to create cinemagraph images, which are a blend of still images and video. When well done well, cinemagraphs have a uniquely haunting quality. We’ve written about them here at CreativePro a few times, with inspirational examples and links to tutorials. And now for a very short time (through March […]
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Press Release Grand Rapids, Michigan, March 17, 2014 — X-Rite, Incorporated, the world leader in color management, measurement and communication technologies, today announced the release of ColorTRUE™ for Apple iOS and Google Android platforms. ColorTRUE provides photographers, designers, and prepress professionals the ability to calibrate and profile their tablet and mobile devices for accurate color matching. ColorTRUE […]
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Topaz Labs is currently offering a deal where you can get their photo noise reduction plug-in at 50% off the regular price. From now through March 31,2014 you can get DeNoise for $39.99 if you use the coupon code MARDENOISE at checkout time. DeNoise is designed to allow you to reduce noise in your photos while retaining the fine […]
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I just got back from a trip to Phoenix, Arizona where I was consulting on a new type of digital publication. While there, providing training in the Spring to my client’s team, I took in a spring training MLB baseball game. On the plane home I was struck by the correlation between the two types […]
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