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DT&G: Vol. 14, Number 4, April, 2004 ~ The eZine for Design, Typography, & Graphics   (since 1990) 

April: The Color of Spring

Again we top the record for content and special events! Those Designing Women are back in the continuation of our March theme, but now we add "Spring Color". During March, readers were asked about color palettes and we have five winners who made the muster with their insightful and entertaining comments. See the winners in the Creative Networking Department

Photoshop vs. Elements

elementsWe simply got tired of answering the frequent question of Photoshop vs. Photoshop Elements, so we enlisted the help of Richard Lynch in sorting it out and putting the long-run debate to rest: Photoshop or Elements? Which is best?

Photoshop Pixels to Pencil Drawings

photoshop Answering a distress call from a number of Photoshop 911 readers, we harness the "secrets" of Mark Clarkson, author of "Photoshop Secrets of the Pros" to use blending modes and adjustment layers to convert this photo into a nice Colored Pencil Drawing

Seven Steps to Return On Web Design

PHYOWeb Designer and founder of SmartMonkey Media, Ani Phyo brings some serious lessons into focus for web designers. Today, more people and businesses rely on the web, making it even more important to learn these Seven Steps to Return On Design.

Joyce Evans: Sweetens Sweet Deco

JoyceJoyce returns to the Web critique department with some good news and some bad for the Sweet Deco of Austria web site. As usual, Joyce does a superb job pin-pointing aspects on various pages of Sweet Deco.

Photoshop Assemblage Made Easy

montage Answering lots of calls about putting images together for montage, collage and assemblage, we thought we would just knock out this quick tutorial on Quick, Easy Photo Montage

Those Designing Women are back...

mason You read Melissa Mason's article "Designless In Seattle" last month -- this month let's take look at some of her outstanding design work with a little visit to her studio Semiartist portfolio

Web Site Critiques for April

Bennie Taylor is back with three all new web site critiques. First, she tackles this huge online publication for postal workers called 9th Street Rag. She then turns to the Doctors' Support Net with solid advice -- finally She visits a site that markets K-9 guard dogs and here, even supplies an alternate graphic for the Rolling Meadow Kennels & Canine Training. Find all of these in the Web Design and Review Critique department.

Feature Web Sites for April:

There are quite a few new sites this month, from standard business sites to a few you might just call bizarre. Please look for those with specific questions about their sites -- they're the ones we want to help! Give them a look in the the Web Reviews Department ->

Got Photoshop Questions? Who do you call?

Last month we opened the doors of Photoshop 911's new blog. Now you can comment on posts, and even lend a helping hand where needed... who do you call? Photoshop 911

Recent Photoshop FAQs

&Else News & Reviews

... including: Mail Box: Tips, and Cool Finds; Please Review My Site; Which Program for Desktop Publishing? PageMaker?; ISO Aging Photos; Logos Fonts & Lettering; Jeff's Icons; Low price computer recommendations Veenix: Design & Type Tools; Not Martha, and of course this month's Publishers Warehouse loading dock instructions.; along with all the news and happenings in the Design Center for the month.

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Photoshop 911 Call Reports

Here comes this month's batch of reports from the Photoshop 911 call line. The most interesting is how one user solves the problem of removing the background from multiple shots of a rotating product for a 3D video... there are seven others, and you'll want to read them all:
In the Photoshop 911 FAQ department

Best of 2003BEST OF 2003

Our Annual "BEST OF" Awards have been posted in all categories from Photoshop to Typography, to Web Design and Desktop Publishing. There's something for everyone in this year's line-up Best of 2003

Thoughts on Computing's Past

Naturally, when welcoming a new year we sometimes look back to where we've been. These two articles reach back to the dawn of the computing years, before the internet, and still ring true today.

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