A look at LensWork, a magazine devoted to black and white photography, is produced.

Pam Pfiffner profiles Make:,the essential publication for the maker movement.

This article appeared in Issue 127 of InDesign Magazine. Pamela Pfiffner takes a look back at how it all started, key moments in InDesign’s development, and where it all goes from here. If you’re like most folks who use InDesign, you probably never gave much thought to how the program came to be. The thing you care […]

Pamela Pfiffner explores the world of designing and producing restaurant menus.

When I was down at Adobe a few weeks back, I wrote about the graphics used in the launch of Creative Suite 6. It turns out I’m not the only one interested in the graphic treatments for not only the marketing of CS6, but also in the products themselves. While the periodic table-style icons are […]

What better time to round up new typefaces than on Friday. Not only is “Fonts on Friday” alliterative, but showcasing new fonts also seems like a good way to end the week. The fonts featured in this week’s installment have a decidedly ’70s vibe. The type and lettering of the ’70s often had a look […]

Last week I wrote about two upcoming products that can be downloaded from Adobe Labs — Muse and Edge. While Edge is still very much in development, Muse is now available for purchase. Muse is a Website-creation tool with a WYSIWYG interface and the process used is much like Adobe InDesign. It has familiar elements […]

Here’s a little-known gem: Adobe has created a free iPad app that lets you learn Photoshop through interactive tutorials. The Tutorial Player for Photoshop includes 12 step-by-step tutorials that teach image-editing tasks. Connect the iPad to your computer, launch Photoshop and then run the app. The Tutorial Player will then walk you through different image-editing […]

Adobe found itself in hot water last week when it announced its plan to help users overcome a security flaw in key Creative Suite 5.5 applications. The solution? Upgrade to CS6. The applications affected — Flash Professional, Illustrator, and Photoshop &#8212 have security holes that let hackers take control of your system after you open […]

What better time to round up new typefaces than on Friday. Not only is “Fonts on Friday” alliterative, but showcasing new fonts also seems like a good way to end the week. While I love classic and tasteful text typefaces with famous names attached to them like Garamond or Caslon, I also enjoy seeing display […]