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Alien Skin Releases Eye Candy 6
News: Written on December 2, 2009
This design effects plug-in for Adobe Photoshop includes more than 1,000 presets. Its features support production environments, such as CMYK color mode, 16-bit/channel images, and acceleration for multi-core computers.
Instant PDF & MadeToPrint Join QuarkXPress BOGO
News: Written on December 1, 2009
Through December 31, 2009, you can buy one copy of QuarkXPress 8 and get another free. Now that BOGO offer also includes a free Enfocus Instant PDF (if you're in North America) or a free MadeToPrint with Imposition (if you're in the UK/Ireland).
Enter the 2010 Adobe Design Achievement Awards
News: Written on December 1, 2009
The competition is open to creative students around the world.
Them's the Breaks
How-Tos: Written by James Felici on November 25, 2009
Forcing lines to break -- or not break -- where you want them to gives you more design control, better type composition, and faster formatting.
Free InDesign Plug-In
News: Written by Terri Stone on November 24, 2009
Get FrameReporter free when you subscribe to InDesign Magazine. But hurry -- expires on November 30, 2009!
RIT Launches New Graphic Design Archive
News: Written on November 24, 2009
The Web site is a steadily growing resource for Cary Graphic Arts Collection’s exclusive holdings.
Stop InDesign Drudgery
News: Written by Terri Stone on November 23, 2009
The lynda.com course "InDesign CS4: Learning GREP" shows you how to automate dull formatting tasks.
How to Use Color Effectively in Your Designs
Features: Written by Lauren Krause on November 23, 2009
In these striking examples, you'll see how color affects the mood of a piece, and how it interacts with other elements of the designs.
Quark Selling Design Templates & Printing to Small Businesses
News: Written on November 19, 2009
The new online service, QuarkPromote.com, includes customizable templates for business cards, postcards, flyers, brochures, appointment cards, coupons, letterhead and envelopes. The templates and QuarkPromote service are free and the customer pays for printing. Quark splits the revenue from each print order with the software company's print partners.
QuarkXPress Training Video Round-Up
News: Written on November 19, 2009
QuarkAlliance partners roll out training videos for QuarkXPress users at all levels.
New Guide Helps You Become Adobe Certified Expert in InDesign
News: Written on November 16, 2009
Ace the ACE exam with this $9.95 ebook from Mike Rankin and InDesinSecrets.com
A Question of Character: Finding What You Need in Your Fonts, Part 2
Features: Written by James Felici on November 16, 2009
Everything you wanted to know about Unicode but didn’t know whom to ask. Bonus: A cheat sheet for instantly creating such characters as fractions; up and down arrows; and open and filled circles and squares.
Easy Fixes for Microsoft Word Formatting in InDesign
How-Tos: Written by Anne-Marie "HerGeekness" Concepcion on November 12, 2009
Two free and easy-to-use scripts convert Word's local formatting to InDesign's character styles. Two more retain InDesign formatting when you export text formatted with automatically applied character styles.
New Coroflot Designer Salary Survey Available
News: Written by Terri Stone on November 11, 2009
Find out how you stack up against others, and what to expect if you're just entering the field.
Client Gift: You-Branded Coasters
News: Written by Terri Stone on November 9, 2009
If you're giving work-related gifts this year and haven't yet begun, check out this inspirational example.
Design for the U.S. Mint
News: Written on November 4, 2009
Here's an unusual job title: United States Mint designer. It's taking applications now.
Add Language Support to InDesign & Illustrator CS4
News: Written on November 4, 2009
WinSoft's ScribeDOOR adds new complex script capabilities to InDesign and Illustrator. Languages include Arabic, Hebrew, and Farsi, as well as many Indic and South-East Asian languages
Mega Prizes for Veer's Logo Contest
News: Written on November 4, 2009
Retailer Veer will give a grand prize package worth almost $8,000 to the winning re-creation of the Veer logo using real-world objects or materials.
Review: CtrlChanges for InDesign
Reviews: Written by Anne-Marie "HerGeekness" Concepcion on October 28, 2009
If you pass around InDesign files and want to track who's changed what, this plug-in gets the job done.
New Competition for Package Designers
News: Written on October 26, 2009
You have until December 21, 2009, to enter a new contest created by the inspiring Web site TheDieline.com.