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DT&G: Vol. 15, Number 4, April, 2005 ~ The eZine for Design, Typography, & Graphics   (since 1990)  

April: Spring Colors

During March we invited readers of the Design Cafe list and DTG readers to share a comment or suggestion about color palettes and ideas they use to sell their client's message for a Springtime Promotion. So take a look at this month's contributors and see how they are Designing Spring!

Quark XPress, InDesign & PageMaker Ideabooks

Chuck GreenHere comes an absolutely fabulous trio of books! Each book includes more than 300 ready-to-go templates on CD-ROM for the most sought-after graphic design projects -- from the legendary Chuck Green and his incredible Idea Books

Editor's Choice: Celebrating U&lc

color This stunning new book from John Berry will enlighten the graphic design field with the story and wonderful visuals from the pages of U&lc, the ITC publication that literally changed the face of graphic design as we know it today: U&lc Influencing Design & Typography

Photoshop: Beauty Retouching

Beauty Retouching Remove blemishes from photos? Give skin the fashion magazine look? Now we invite you to see some spectacular retouching from the incredibly talented photographer and photo retoucher from Vinica, Croatia, Marija Matijasec -- as she shares some of her tricks on Beauty Retouching

Design: Color with purpose

colorSee how careful planning of the photo shoot can save money on great shots. Then a single sheet solution that prints, trims and folds to save even more. This catalog printing project for a small business delivers all the collateral materials they need on a very limited color printing budget... Color Wrap: Designing with purpose

Designing Women: Carol Catiller

Carol CatillerCarol Catiller is the creative mind behind ArtMuvz Illustration Studio in Winterhaven Florida. Carol's art is popular for its fresh and innocent appeal. She sells her art on TShirts, and all kinds of other imprinted goods via the CafePress.com web site. Carol shares some insights into ArtMuvz Studio

Web Site Critique: Lessons in Color

In this critique Bennie C. Taylor visits the "Night Photography by David Baldwin" web site and sets the stage for a lesson in color. The photography is striking, but the presentation may be improved with some brief Lessons in Color

Web: Spring HEX Color Charts

The WEB department is forever getting inquiries from readers about how to build this or that color. Many want to have a matching PMS color too. Mr. Pixelsmith has gone to great effort to put together over 1,000 HEX colors in these 21 HEX Conversion Charts

&ELSE News & Views

See this month's newsletter including: Free, Downloadable Symbols, two Security items, Firefox Hacks, PC Annoyances, Matching the 'Perfect' Font, Disk Jockey, Typing Acceleration, Evil Twin Wi-Fi Hotspots, the famous "Mail Bag" and lots more ... & Else: News, resources shareware and contacts

Previously:

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.

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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