May is all about Design Graduation
Every year about this time design schools all over the country spew forth a new army of fresh talent who will hit the pavement looking for the ice-cream, apple-pie jobs in the sky. One in every 1,000 will actually make it. Design Graduates: This month is for you...
Fresh out of Design School?
Gary Dickson is back with a thoughtful look at learning to be a designer and what it means to be a designer... who I am, as much as what I do...
A Designer's Education
For Graduates who aspire to Greatness...
Here's a spectacular tour of the Masters who put the "Graphic" in "Design" over the past three decades...
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Michael Doret: a brief converstaion...
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Daniel Pelavin: Creativity with an attitude
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Tom White: defies human ability to induce complexity
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Tom Nikosey: drawing remains the basis of every project
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Gerard Huerta: from old & familiar to extraordinary
* If you're in the LA area, don't miss
LETTER AS IMAGE / IMAGE AS LETTER
* Enjoy the greatest graphic design show in the world until May 19th.
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Gala Opening Night... On the evening of Thursday April 6, LA's design glitteratti pursued by persistent paparazzi turned out in fine form to celebrate the opening (includes slide show!)
Is there a Newsletter in your Design Career?
The Dean of Desktop Publishing, Roger C. Parker joins us with a tutorial to help make your newsletters attention-getting, attractive, and easy to read... all part of his new book Design to Sell 12 most common newsletter design mistakes
May / June Graduates take note:
For all those creatives looking for jobs... Dan Tanenbaum reviews the importance of developing a marketing strategy and the options available to get your website and your work seen by hiring eyeballs. If you build it, will they come?
Planning on Printing a Self Promotion Piece?
Then you'll need this. After thousands and thousands of jobs for designers from every facet of the business world, you'd have it down pat, right? So, it's true with the Print Lizard's collection of Best Rules For Printing Your Piece Perfectly
May Photoshop Madness
Photoshop Madness * Photoshop Tennis... * Layer blending modes * Ultrawide Sharpening * Vibrant Mix * Sophisticated Ladies Brushes 8 Custom Shapes and Layer Styles * Adobe Exchange Studio * Shooting Photos for Mother's Day * low-light photography * Scan Backgrounds * Grassy Field * Visual BURST of LIGHT * Photoshop PROS and much more... in Photoshop Madness
Photoshop Elements 5
Photoshop Elements gets 100 new tools! Okay, I knew that would get your attention, but when you add Richard Lynch's new "Hidden Elements" then PS Elements seems like it goes from version 4 to version 5 automatically! Get the Upgrade Here
Photoshop Blending Modes
Unlike Photoshop's built-in filters, blending modes don't change the actual pixels that make up an image, so their effects are completely reversible. Photoshop expert John Beardsworth shares his blending modes expertise for
Quick and easy Powder Pastels
Centering the Radial Blur in Photoshop
A reader writes that the "book" tutorial doesn't work correctly on his image. So, here's a little trick to get the effect you want when Photoshop doesn't want to cooperate... Centering the Radial Blur
Image to Surface Shape in Photoshop
A game of Photoshop Tennis in the Design Cafe prompts a tutorial on how a picture was turned into the cover of a book. This tutorial covers a number of techniques from transform to layer masks... Put an Image into A Shape...
Building Colors on Uncoated Stock
Tintbooks Introduces Tintbook Uncoated -- Remember, we told you about Tintbooks last year... well, they've now completed the first comprehensive CMYK Graphic Design Tool for printing on Uncoated Paper. See the latest TINTBOOK...
60-Seconds #182: It Wasn't The Tax Man
... or anyone like him! I investigated several phishing attacks that claimed to be the IRS... taking me on a wild chase through Argentina to Tokyo, Japan. Be careful not to get caught in this phishing trap, because... it's not the Tax Man! ... Then read:
#181 In your own defense if you use eBay, PayPal, Amazon.com, iTunes, VISA (or other Charge Cards) CHASE, Wachovia, (or other online banking) ... or even the IRS. No one will help you. You are your own best hope.
JUNE: Creative SURF
* Let's go surfing... just use our PRIZE REGISTRATIONS FORM to post the web sites you like to surf most and you could be a winner... share the site, (WHY you like it is required!) Let's go surfing!
& ELSE...
The Editor's Newsletter includes: Review: CoffeeCup Software * Simplicity is the heart of effective web design * Sybex Celebrates 30 Years * Wrap-around Web Site Solution * Photo collages made easy * Head Rush Ajax * Manage your Media, Mac or Win * Merriam Webster Dictionary on your iPod * Boot Camp Public Beta * Mailbag * and more &Else!
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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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Got Photoshop Questions? Who do you call?
Visit Photoshop 911's blog -- now you can comment on posts, and even lend a helping hand where needed... who do you call?
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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