Analyzing Facebook's Privacy Redesigns
Article image: Rating: Select ratingGive it 1/5Give it 2/5Give it 3/5Give it 4/5Give it 5/5Body: It might be fair to say that all design is manipulative on some level, seeking to influence people's...
View ArticleThe CreativePro Weekly Top 10, vol. 10
Authors: Mike RankinRating: 0/5Body: 1. Ever struggle to recolor artwork in Illustrator? Designer Keri Labuski did, so she reached out to the members of the Illustrator LinkedIn group for help. And...
View ArticleKnow Your Photoshop Distortion Tools
Authors: Conrad ChavezRating: 4/5Body: Adobe Photoshop CC comes with more tools for adding or correcting distortions than you may realize, especially if you’re new to Photoshop. This set of tools has...
View Article9 Great Places to Sell Your Templates and Themes
Authors: Erica GametRating: 5/5Body: If you’re into making templates and themes—for documents, websites, presentations, or social media—you might wonder where to sell them. Whether you’re hoping to...
View ArticleThe CreativePro Weekly Top 10, vol. 11
Authors: Mike RankinRating: 0/5Body: 1. We begin the 11th edition of the CreativePro Top 10, with a nod to Mr. “These go to eleven,” Nigel Tufnel.I was unable to locate a worthy approximation of the...
View ArticleSound Advice: Using the Camera Microphone
Authors: Jeff JacobyRating: 5/5Body: Most of you consider yourselves visual professionals, and as such may have little concern for capturing good audio. Yet I'll wager that many of you find yourself...
View ArticleSuper Fonts Assemble!
Authors: Erica GametRating: 3/5Body: If you love going to the movies like I do, the ramp-up to the summer season is always filled with anticipation. The biggest problem for me is deciding which ones...
View ArticleUsing Adobe Typekit
Authors: Jay J. NelsonRating: 5/5Body: Early in the desktop publishing revolution, fonts were very expensive and choices were few. But soon, font prices came down to the degree that graphic designers...
View ArticleTypeTalk: Typographic Hierarchy
Authors: Ilene StrizverRating: 5/5Body: One of the most important aspects of designing with type is the establishment of an effective typographic hierarchy. Typographic hierarchy refers to the styling...
View ArticleTen Design-Inspired Destinations
Authors: Erica GametRating: 5/5Body: When I travel, especially to a new city, I try to seek out lesser-known destinations. I am always intrigued by the off-the-path jewels and I love to find places...
View ArticleThe Ultimate Guide to Identifying Fonts
Authors: Adrienne ErinRating: 4.8/5Body: Typography is the cornerstone of a lot of modern designs, especially now that flat design is so popular. Many of us have no trouble identifying everyday fonts...
View ArticleKnow Your Photoshop File Sizes
Authors: Conrad ChavezRating: 4.8/5Body: How can one Photoshop image grow and shrink dramatically during production, even without compression? It’s a question that comes up regularly. And the answer...
View ArticleChalk One Up for Inspiration
Authors: Erica GametRating: 0/5Body: Reading about the anonymous students—calling themselves Dangerdust—at Columbus College of Art & Design who have been sneaking in and creating motivational...
View Article10 Color Tips from Graphic Designers
Rating: 0/5Body: by Kelly Kordes AntonInDesign power users spend a lot of time discussing how to make colors that reproduce accurately and consistently. But before you create a color, you need to know...
View ArticleSound Advice: Thinking in Audio
Authors: Jeff JacobyRating: 4.5/5Body: Good audio in a video or film isn't a theoretical, feel good, groovy sort of thing. It's a get your hands dirty, dig in, do-or-die sort of thing. Don't try to...
View ArticleSix Succesful Creative Kickstarters
Authors: Erica GametRating: 0/5Body: We've all had that great idea we were convinced would change the world. Most of us don't actually do anything about it, though. Creators of the products below made...
View ArticleTypeTalk: U&lc Magazine Retrospective part 4, Innovative Headline Treatments
Authors: Ilene StrizverRating: 5/5Body: Our retrospective of the groundbreaking U&lc (Upper and lowercase) magazine continues with a look back at some of this iconic magazine’s innovative headline...
View ArticleThe Creative Commons and the Power of Open
Authors: Susan NeuhausRating: 0/5Body: If you’ve ever read Wikipedia or watched a TEDtalk video, you’ve benefited from shared content with a Creative Commons license. Creative Commons, CC for short,...
View ArticleCMYK vs. RGB
Authors: Claudia McCueRating: 4.8/5Body: Excerpted from Real World Print Production with Adobe Creative Cloud by Claudia McCue. Copyright © 2014. Used with permission of Pearson Education, Inc. and...
View ArticleInDesign Magazine's Guide to Graphics File Formats
Rating: 5/5Body: by Sandee Cohen and David BlatnerThis article was originally published in InDesign Magazine issue 57 (December 2014–January 2014). Subscribe now!***Some designers who grew up in the...
View ArticleTypeTalk: Laura Worthington, Script Designer Extraordinaire
Authors: Ilene StrizverRating: 5/5Body: Scripts have become some of the most popular typestyles in use today. They can be seen on everything from book covers and magazines, to ads, invitations, and...
View ArticleSound Advice: Choosing Microphones and Where to Put Them
Authors: Jeff JacobyRating: 4.3/5Body: Alternatively, I could call this article "The Microphone Wars." Everyone in the audio business has a favorite microphone, and the debate rages on. Since I brought...
View ArticleTypeTalk: Italic vs. Oblique
Authors: Ilene StrizverRating: 5/5Body: Most designers and related creative professionals are familiar with the terms Italic and Oblique, yet confusion does exists on the part of many regarding the...
View ArticleWearable Tech for the Creative Crowd
Authors: Erica GametRating: 0/5Body: It seems these days everyone is wearing some sort of fitness or activity tracker—and boasting about their achievements on social media. And with Apple almost...
View Article3D Printing Inspirations
Authors: Erica GametBody: A fellow Adobe trainer, whom I met recently in Oslo, told me the following story:It was New Year’s Eve and he was making mulled wine late in the evening. One of the things he...
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