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DT&G:   Vol. 15, Number 11,   November, 2005   ~   The eZine for Design, Typography, & Graphics   (since 1990)  

November: Design Holidays

November is the traditional opening of the holidays. All during the month you'll find new offerings in the Design Center -- and the opening of the Holidays in the Publishers' Warehouse. So stay tuned and enjoy. If you have a holiday message or promotion you'd like to share with DTG readers, just Let us know!

Anthony Cole: Legacy of Illumination

Anthony ColeDTG reader and contributor, Laura Mizii, introduces us to her grandfather and shares some of his spectacular work. Master illustrator, calligrapher and illuminated lettering artist Anthony Cole leaves us all a lesson in craftsmanship and a legacy worth saving and sharing

How to design a logo of letters

John McWadeAre you known by your initials? Turn those letters into a terrific signature! Desktop Publishing icon John McWade joins us this month to share some tips and tricks on getting the most out of letterforms for logos and monograms... How to design a logo of letters

Adobe® CS Bridge Between Programs

AdobeAdobe Bridge helps you work more efficiently in Adobe Creative Suite 2. In this brief article, the Adobe Support Team shows us how it's very easy to drag images directly from Bridge into an InDesign layout while keeping the palette small and compact! Bridge to InDesign

Building Color Made Reliable

TintOne of the long-time problems print designers have faced is building reliable color. With Tintbook's 25,000 CMYK process screen tint combinations you can do what designers have agonized over for decades... Building Color with Tintbooks

Never Run Out of Memory Card Space

Picture PorterPicture Porter Digital Photo Album does it Securely -- Keep on Snapping Photos - Save Photos on the Road into this stylishly cool portable digital photo album. Save and view digital photos and video on a hard drive wherever you go... Picture Porter Digital Photo Album

Opening the Holidays with Photoshop Madness

Madness This month's Photoshop Madness column includes a Creative Shot-in-the-arm * Snow, Santa retouching, and paper for the Holidays * Robin Klein's extraordinary vision * Phong.com's superb tutorials * Deke Duz Image Wrapping * Matrix Wallpaper * Skin Retouching * Bruce Fraser color terminology ... and others in this month's Photoshop Madness

November & December Holiday Hints

November HOLIDAY DESIGN - Share your thoughts during November & December Design ... designers like to read other designer's comments on graphic design for the holiday season. Share your comments on Design for the Holidays

  • Favorite greeting cards
  • Favorite Holiday illustrations or Paintings
  • Unique design projects
  • Tip, trick, technique for holiday crafts
  • Holiday Design for Self Promotion
  • Selling holiday design
  • What are you designing for the holidays?

Then put your comments HERE and you're entered for prize drawings!

Make A Prominent Statement

Gallo is back with an all new Display face that is ideal for big type statements and for use on the internet... Display Prominent

Snippets: a little word for a big help

AdobeAdobe® introduces the snippets feature in InDesign CS2 letting you turn any combination of elements in an InDesign document into reusable design objects... Using InDesign Snippets

60 Seconds: Grokster Case Revisited

FredYou may remember our editorial back in the summer about the Supreme Court vs. Grokster case -- and how it established secondary liability in the online world. We received hundreds of letters from readers, both pro and con. Here is the continuing story -- three readers share their thoughts on the Grokster case

Photoshop Questions Need Answers

Photoshop 911 has been overwhelmed with questions from readers -- looking for answers! If you are a Photoshop guru, we urge you to stop in and tackle some of the many Photoshop and Photoshop Elements questions from the Photoshop 911 Help Line. Help us Answer Questions from Readers

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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:
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