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Blank Canvas: How Often Do You Upgrade?

Thursday, February 18, 2010

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Design software ain’t cheap. And for us designers and illustrators using the professional-level software to create such as Adobe Creative Suite, we find a typical 18-month cycle for new releases of Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and the rest. GoMedia wants to know: how do you handle your upgrades? Do you [...]

Art Files: Illustrator’s Missing ‘Collect for Output’

Thursday, February 11, 2010

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Art Files: Illustrator’s Missing ‘Collect for Output’

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Plenty of designers out there do their design work not in InDesign, but in Illustrator. If you’re among those, you’ve no doubt been confounded by the lack of a “collect for output” feature in Illustrator. Enter Art Files from Code Line Software. And be sure to read on for [...]

Vectors Imitate Life with Gradient Mesh

Friday, October 30, 2009

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When an artist is given a choice about creating a photo-realistic image on the computer, their first instinct would be to turn to any of the raster-based image editors, such as Photoshop. However, what if they were told that they needed to create this photo-realistic image in a vector-based image editor? Amazingly enough, with the advent of the "gradient mesh" feature, the creation of a photo-realistic image is completely doable in Adobe Illustrator.

Adobe Illustrator Feature Requests: Round 1

Thursday, October 22, 2009

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Adobe Illustrator Feature Requests: Round 1

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: A while back I ran a post encouraging Adobe software users to use the feature request/bug report feedback form on Adobe’s website. This time around I want to start an semi-regular feature asking our loyal readers and visitors to take action on some specific feature requests. As Illustrator is [...]

Tutorial: Killer 3D Poster Design with 3DS Max & Photoshop

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

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Tutorial: Killer 3D Poster Design with 3DS Max & Photoshop

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Introduction Hello again! I was recently asked to do a flyer for a promotions company by the name of inFamous Productions; a very popular promotion movement in Western NY mainly stationed in Buffalo. My main objective was to create something unique that would serve as a creative campaign for [...]

Blank Canvas: Adobe Or Not?

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

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Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: It goes without saying that Adobe is pretty much the industry leader in professional-level graphics software. But that isn’t to say that there aren’t plenty of other options out there. Go Media Zine wants to know: Adobe or not? If you do use Adobe products, what version(s) are you [...]

Von Glitschka – Adobe Illustrator CS4 Guru

Friday, October 16, 2009

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Von Glitschka – Adobe Illustrator CS4 Guru

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: If you aren’t already familiar with Von Glitschka’s art, you should be. An ‘illustrative designer’ as he’s coined it, Von’s work is a tour de force in the vector art world. Flexible and versatile in both style and technique, Von’s unique talent shines through in every creation that flows [...]

Adobe Photoshop CS5: Sneak Peek [video]

Thursday, October 15, 2009

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Here’s a quick sneak video of some experimental new features being worked on by Adobe for Photoshop CS5, including “wet” paints (similar to Corel Painter) as well as a very cool-looking warp tool. Warning: corny voiceovers.

Adobe Shortcuts App – Free Download

Thursday, October 8, 2009

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Free download, Adobe Air application that allows you to look up keyboard shortcuts for any Adobe software. Well, at least Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Flash, Dreamweaver, Soundbooth, Fireworks, Contribute, After Effects, Premiere Pro, Encore and Acrobat Pro. The shortcuts are only for the CS4 versions of these applications.