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George Coghill is the editor of Go Media 'Zine and a freelance humorous illustrator/cartoonist specializing in mascot cartoon character design & cartoon logos. His cartooning & illustration work can be seen at CoghillCartooning.com and at his cartooning and illustration blog. Be sure to follow me on Twitter here!

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WebP: Google’s New Web Image Format

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

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Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: So here’s one I didn’t see coming: Google has announced a new image format for use on the web. Named “WebP”, Google claims To improve on the compression that JPEG provides, we used an image compressor based on the VP8 codec that Google open-sourced in May 2010. We applied [...]

Google Now Indexes SVG Images

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

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Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: In related news to our earlier post about Adobe adding HTML5 tools to Illustrator CS5, Google has recently announced that they are starting to index SVG image files: You can now use Google search to find SVG documents. SVG is an open, XML-based format for vector graphics with support [...]

Adobe Illustrator CS5 HTML5 Pack

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

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Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Adobe recently announced the release of their HTML5 Pack for Adobe Illustrator CS5. It’s totally free for Illustrator CS5 users. Here’s a quick rundown from their site: Efficiently design for web and devices by exporting Illustrator Artboards for unique screen sizes using SVG and CSS3 media queries. Create web [...]

Review: Phantasm CS plugin for Adobe Illustrator

Thursday, August 19, 2010

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Review: Phantasm CS plugin for Adobe Illustrator

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Not many Adobe Illustrators are aware of the plug-in functionality of Adobe Illustrator. I don’t believe it’s promoted very well. There’s not a good one-stop shop to find plug-ins in one place, with reviews and user feedback. And it’s a shame, because there are many killer plug-ins out there for [...]

Roundup: Mac Utilities for Designers

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

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Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: A quick round up of some interesting new and updated Mac utilities of interest to creative types. Photoshop Automator Actions 5.0 (free/$19.95) A package of Actions that lets you control many of Photoshop’s most common functions from within Mac OS X’s Automator, letting you add Photoshop functionality to your [...]

Photoshop CS5: Performance Tips

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

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Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: So I recently jumped the gun and upgraded to Photoshop CS5 on the Mac. And I wasn’t too happy about it. Let’s just say that the performance levels were not to my liking. In fact, Photoshop CS5 performed worse than CS4. I was even more confused because Adobe touted [...]

Adobe: Create Digital Magazines for the iPad

Thursday, July 22, 2010

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Adobe: Create Digital Magazines for the iPad

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: There’s been quite a brouhaha between Adobe and Apple as far as the lack of Flash on Apple’s iOS devices (iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch). I’ve mentioned on GoMediaZine in the past that I believe Adobe’s best plan of action would be to offer development tools for HTML5 and [...]

Kickstarter.com: Fund Your Creativity

Thursday, July 15, 2010

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Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Have a creative project that needs funds from supporters to get things going? Not sure where to start or how to get the word out? Look no further than Kickstarter. I can’t do a better job than Kickstarter themselves did explaining their service: “Kickstarter is a funding platform for [...]

Blank Canvas: How Do You Learn?

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

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Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: For this installment of Blank Canvas, I’d like to hear from our readers on the topic of learning new design and illustration techniques and software. Obviously here at the Go Media Zine, we offer plenty of design and illustration tutorials, however not everyone learns best from a computer screen. [...]