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DT&G: Vol. 15, Number 1, January, 2005 ~ The eZine for Design, Typography, & Graphics   (since 1990)  

January: BEST OF

This month we look at some of the best of everyting for digital designers and publishers! From software to gadgets, to best articles in DTG, here they are.
BEST Articles with this mark were the most popular in 2004

 

Readers comment on the BEST of 2004

During December, DTG readers were asked to submit their favorite shareware, freeware or commercial software discoveries... and we have a great line-up inclucing: PowerPro Win-only FREEWARE; Digital Juice Drops; Fractal Design Print Pro; Nikon & Canon cameras and Converting True Type Fonts! So here are the top posts from December's winning designers on BEST STUFF....

Eye Candy 5: Nature

alien_skinNew Photoshop plug-in. Eye Candy 5: Nature includes 10 filters that beautifully render organic phenomena. The second of a three-part upgrade to Eye Candy 4000, Nature simulates fire, smoke, rust, and more. Nature includes four new filters, six totally revamped Eye Candy classics, and hundreds of one-click special effects presets. Eye Candy 5: Nature, and and Eye Candy 5: Textures!

DigiEffects Web Euphoria

euphoriaHere's one of the BEST for 2004 - plug-ins from DigiEffects ... that easily and effectively create the most sought-after effects in the business... Web Euphoria

Goodbye Gutenberg

BESTValerie Kirschenbaum has authored, designed and published a milestone book that is really more than just a book - it's a cultural heirloom for the whole family. It's about design, publishing, printing ... and saying Goodbye Gutenberg:

The art of David F. Kyte

Kyte David F. Kyte is a graphic designer and artist from Detroit Michigan who was published in DTG in the mid-90s. Today he shares some of his remarkable works and we catch up with him in the Design Center Gallery. David F. Kyte is the Racing Artist

Revisiting: Amy Wasserman

amy wasserman The Gallery revisits Amy Wasserman and her wonderful Photoshop art, after nearly ten years since her article in DT&G. Amy sent a fantastic demo disk full of goodies back in '96 -- yes, good stuff was being produced back then too... with a smile! Amy Wasserman

BESTBert Monroy: Master Photoshop

Bert Monroy(0402) We had the pleasure of visiting with Bert Monroy recently. Let's peek into his studio, get a look at his set-up, and even pick up on some tips for scanning and merging oversized pictures!

BESTPhotoshop 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?

BESTDesignless in Seattle

Digital Portfolios(0403) So you think it will be easy to get that job in the design field? Bright, young Seattle designer Melissa Mason takes us along on yet another job interview in pursuit of a big agency design job. She relates the experience which leaves her still Designless in Seattle

BESTPhotoshop 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

BESTCreative Color & Texture

Jon C. Lund DTG interviews Jon C. Lund creative energy behind the Spring Travelsmith catalog cover -- impressing everyone with creative colors, texture and the extraordinary style of the golden era of posters . . . meet Master Illustrator: Jon C. Lund

BESTPhotoshop Displacement Maps

Glaser Dale Glaser -- a skilled Photoshop image-crafter, and a collector of practical Photoshop sites shows us some of his personal visions, and shares tutorials for making displacement maps in Photoshop ... The Photoshop Collector

BESTDesigning A Digital Portfolio

Digital Portfolios(0403) This featured guest was Cynthia Baron, MBA in Marketing, Technical Director at Northeastern University, designer, author and lecturer. We're discussing the pros and cons of designing a digital portfolio that will get that job!

60-Seconds 171 TEN Years Later: still lonely

Email from a disgruntled reader sends Fred back ten years to learn that the internet is still a lonely place. Herein he suggests one all-important tidbit of advice for anyone wanting to be found on the web. Yes, it's still lonely, ten Years Later!

Current Web Site Critique Briefs

This month readers look at the Georgetown College Parent's Site; Estate agents in Berkshire (both commented by Gareth Sketty; and a visit to the Urban Arts of Indianapolis with R.J. Rakowski. See these Critique Briefs sent in by readers

2005 Design Plans Contest:

In January, many people think about planning their year. Do you have plans? New Year's resolutions about design or your professional life? We would certainly like to share plans amongst DTG readers... who knows? You might just give some of your fellows some good ideas! Post your punchlist on our PRIZE REGISTRATION PAGE and you could get your comments published and be a lucky prize winner!
      Don't forget our May and April issues feature "Designing Women" - If you're a woman in the design field and have an excellent "show & tell" for DTG readers, then let us know!

&ELSE News & Views

See this month's newsletter including: Fantastic Folds; Adobe Photoshop CS For Photographers; Inspiration; Graphics Master; Postcards; Color Photos Converted; SpamCop Full Circle; New Kenn Munk Font: 'Psychophante'; Babel Color; Current Web Site Critique Briefs; 3D "Covers" Generator; Red Eye Pilot for Mac; Cfont Pro: Windows Font Management; Fun Site of the Month; MailBag (3); Design Associations; Mac virus?; iPod Photo; Shareware and many more...: November news, resources shareware and contacts

New Photoshop Tutorials

Fake Circular Text for PS 6/7 * Save for Web * Image Viewing & Navigating * Painting Basics * Choosing Color * Using Texturizer Filter * Using Sharpen and Gaussian Blur Filters * Using History palette in Photoshop * How to minimize overexposed areas from electronic flash too close to subject * Weighted Optimization * Save As in Actions * Optimizing Image in ImageReady * Equalizing Tone * Unsharp Mask * Replace Color * Color Corrections with Hue/Saturation by Andrei Doubrovski and others... all in the Photoshop 911 Resource 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: watch for the newsletter next week, along with all the news and happenings in the wonderful world of graphic design, typography and graphics.

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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

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