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DT&G:   Vol. 15, Number 12,   December, 2005   ~   The eZine for Design, Typography, & Graphics   (since 1990)  

December: Design Holidays

All during the month you'll find new offerings in the Design Center -- and help yourself to the Holidays in the Publishers' Warehouse downloads department. 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!

Designing the Holidays

CARDSEach year I like to share some of my favorite design projects perfect for holiday promotions or greetings... here are four easy techniques for your own self promotion... Unique Greetings with Fantastic Folds

Special Event: Photoshop Photo to Pencil Sketch

MadnessOne of our most frequently asked questions is how to convert a photo to a pencil sketch or drawing... to the rescue comes Tim Shelbourne who shares a full pictorial tutorial from his Photoshop Photo Effects Cookbook! This is the best tutorial online for learning how to Convert a Photo to a Pencil Sketch

Photoshop Madness for the Holidays

iPodSo, you'd like to do some art for the holidays? You're looking for the coolest stuff in the world of Photoshop? From home-made paper to 3D constructions to retouching rollovers, perspective tools, to a visit to a Photoshop pro... just keep singing... "Oh there's no place like Photoshop for the Holidays!

You Asked for it: the dreaded iPod TV Effect

iPodEver since we first mentioned the iPod TV Commercial Effect we've been showered with requests for it! But we didn't have to do it -- instead, we've picked the best out of fifty online tutorials for replicating the iPod TV Commercial Effect

The Adobe Photoshop Elements Crafts Book

... expert designer and artist Elizabeth Bulger will make you a little more creative with your images -- make your software and hardware investment pay off with these wonderful crafts projects using the Adobe Photoshop Elements Crafts Book

Slideshows in a Picture Frame

image moments just plug in a memory card and you've got a really cool way to show your digital photos -- in their own wood picture frame complete with sound and video... Image Moments

PMDA Announces Person Of The Year Awards

Given to Photo Luminaries for Lifetime & Technical Achievement and Professional Photographers. PMDA has announced the prestigious Awards given to outstanding individuals and services in the photographic industry PMDA Awards

Web Spyware & Malware Quiz

QuizMost people who think they know all about spyware, Trojans, viruses, and other malware really don't. Joel Walsh helps you make sure you know who your enemies are with his Spyware & Malware Quiz.

Help us find the BEST OF 2005

January What are The BEST of the BEST? - you can win in January's online give-away by sharing your favorite software, hardware, fonts, graphics or web sites for 2005. DTG readers want to know what YOU call the Best of the Best...

  • 2005's best Shareware
  • 2005's best Software
  • 2005's best Hardware or Gizmo
  • 2005's best Web Site
  • 2005's best Stock Photography, or
  • 2005's best Clip Art, or
  • Your finest Graphic Design Accomplishment during '05
  • How about the WORST?

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

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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