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Flickr Friday: November 6, 2009

Features: Written by Terri Stone on November 6, 2009

Compare two versions of a Vienna night scene. One is a photograph, and the other is that photo transformed by painting software.

Logo for Maker of Little Blue Pill Gets a Makeover

News: Written by Terri Stone on November 6, 2009

Pfizer, maker of Viagra and Lipitor, among many other pharmaceuticals, recently underwent a brand freshening. What do you think of the change?

New Olympus PEN Camera Epitomizes Retro Cool

News: Written on November 6, 2009

The E-P2, the latest PEN model in Olympus' micro four thirds line of interchangeable-lens digital cameras, captures 12.3MP stills, HD video, and stereo Linear PCM audio. It has a new electronic viewfinder, external audio port, autofocus tracking, and more creative control.

Two Micro Four Thirds Lenses to Debut in 2010

News: Written on November 6, 2009

Olympus will introduce two new Micro Four Thirds System lenses in the first half of 2010. The new super wide-angle zoom M. ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 9-18mm f4.0-5.6 lens (18-36mm equivalent) and high-power wide to telephoto zoom M. ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 14-150mm f4.0-5.6 lens (28-300mm equivalent) offer amazing optical performance in an extraordinarily compact and lightweight design.

Flickr Apps Are Growing in the App Garden

News: Written by Terri Stone on November 5, 2009

Flickr has created an "App Garden": a collection of software created by Flickr users to improve the Flickr experience.

Transform Images Into Kaleidoscope Patterns in Photoshop

News: Written by Terri Stone on November 5, 2009

It's surprisingly easy to take one slice of an image and spin it into scores of kaleidoscope-like patterns you can use for many projects.

Deepest Image Search Ever?

News: Written on November 5, 2009

"Deep" is an app for Mac OS X 10.5.5 or later that finds and analyzes your images to an amazing extent.

Type Luminaries Speak on PRI

News: Written by Terri Stone on November 5, 2009

Jonathan Hoefler, Tobias Frere-Jones, Matthew Carter, and Tracy Honn discuss typefaces past and present in a recent episode of "To the Best of Our Knowledge." Thanks to the Internet, you can listen to it right now!

Safely Export Pictures from QuarkXPress

How-Tos: Written by Jay J. Nelson on November 5, 2009

This process is ideal when you want to give a Web developer pictures that you cropped, rotated, or altered in QuarkXPress. It's also useful for converting a picture from one file format or color space to another.

Combine Image Creatively in Photoshop

How-Tos: Written by Lesa Snider on November 4, 2009

Learn how to collage images in Photoshop CS2, CS3, and CS4.

Design for the U.S. Mint

News: Written on November 4, 2009

Here's an unusual job title: United States Mint designer. It's taking applications now.

New Fonts from Independent Foundries

News: Written on November 4, 2009

These two new typefaces are thoughtfully designed. Premiéra was created with small sizes in mind; Ingeborg is a Modern face that's readable at any size.

Add Language Support to InDesign & Illustrator CS4

News: Written on November 4, 2009

WinSoft's ScribeDOOR adds new complex script capabilities to InDesign and Illustrator. Languages include Arabic, Hebrew, and Farsi, as well as many Indic and South-East Asian languages

Mega Prizes for Veer's Logo Contest

News: Written on November 4, 2009

Retailer Veer will give a grand prize package worth almost $8,000 to the winning re-creation of the Veer logo using real-world objects or materials.

Two Flash Apps for the Price of One

News: Written on November 3, 2009

Buy Flash'In'App and get Flash Optimizer for free. Flash'In'App is a Cocoa framework for managing Adobe Flash movies in any application on Mac OS X. Flash Optimizer compresses SWF files up to 60-70%. Both are Mac-only.

Epson, Snow Leopard, Printer Sharing, and You

News: Written by Terri Stone on November 3, 2009

If you're planning on using an Epson photo printer with Mac OS X Snow Leopard, read this first.

Gridiron Flow Now Supports QuarkExpress 8

News: Written by Terri Stone on November 3, 2009

The Flow 1.0.2 update supports QuarkExpress 8 and Final Cut Studio 3.

Before Digital: A Short History of Photography

News: Written on November 3, 2009

Starting November 6, 2009, CreativeTechs is offering a free, three-part class. It's available online everywhere and in person for those in Seattle, Washington.

Logo Inspiration

News: Written by Terri Stone on November 2, 2009

Browse these 25 collections of logos when you're looking for ideas.

Reduce Noise in Digital Images

News: Written on November 2, 2009

AKVIS Noise Buster 7.0 delivers better noise suppression for digital and scanned images.