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Last-Second Valentine Gifts
News: Written by Pamela Pfiffner on February 14, 2012
Creative professionals are often expected to come up with thoughtful, unusual, handmade, heartfelt gifts for their valentines. Hopefully you've been too busy with work for all that. These last-second gifts may save your reputation.
Facebook Gives Photographers Better Viewing Experience
News: Written by Pamela Pfiffner on February 13, 2012
New Facebook lightbox feature offers alternative to Google+ and Flickr.
Kodak Tosses Digital Cameras in the Dustbin
News: Written by Pamela Pfiffner on February 10, 2012
Legendary camera company decides to focus on online and retail imaging service.
Cutting-Edge Conference for Print and Digital Publishing
News: Written by Terri Stone on February 8, 2012
Whether you're looking for the latest tips on publishing to tablets and ebooks, want details on the upcoming Adobe Creative Suite 6, or just need tips to optimize your print workflow, PEPCON is the place. The conference takes place in San Francisco on May 14-16.
Download 3D Apps for Free
News: Written by Terri Stone on February 2, 2012
Digital Art Zone is giving away DAZ Studio 4 Pro, Bryce 7 Pro, Hexagon 2.5, and the 3D Photoshop Bridge from now until February 29, 2012.
Take a Peek at Photoshop's Near Future
News: Written by Terri Stone on January 27, 2012
Photoshop's senior product manager, Bryan O'Neil Hughes, gives you a glimpse into Photoshop CS6 in this sneak peek video.
J.C. Penney Logo Changes Again
News: Written by Terri Stone on January 25, 2012
Less than a year after a major logo redesign, the retail giant J.C. Penney takes another step toward blah.
Exposure 4 from Alien Skin Is Faster, Easier
News: Written by Terri Stone on January 18, 2012
The upcoming version of this Photoshop plug-in that simulates the look of traditional film has been revved up and redesigned. It will be available for sale next month.
Create iPhone Cinemagraphs
News: Written by Terri Stone on January 16, 2012
Kinotopic is an iPhone app that helps you make the popular animated GIFs called cinemagraphs out of video filmed on your phone.
Corel's AfterShot Pro Seeks to Lure Lightroom and Aperture Users
News: Written by Terri Stone on January 13, 2012
If you're looking for an alternative to photo management and non-destructive editing that products such as Adobe's Lightroom offer. The software, available for Mac and Linux as well as Windows, will cost $99 or $79 for existing Bibble 5, PaintShop Pro X2, Lightroom or Aperture customers.
What You'll Find in Lightroom 4
News: Written by Terri Stone on January 12, 2012
The beta version of Adobe's Lightroom 4 imaging software is now available as a free download. Here are some of the new tools you can experiment with.
Hand-Lettering Lovers, Rejoice
News: Written by Terri Stone on January 4, 2012
Lisa Congdon (known for her Collection a Day and her work as an illustrator/artist) is at it again. She's committed to creating and posting an example of hand lettering for every day in 2012.
Daily Drawings Reach One Thousand
News: Written by Terri Stone on December 27, 2011
Professional illustrator/designer Chris Piascik has drawn something every weekday for the last four years. The project has brought him personal and professional satisfaction, and soon there'll even be a book compiling all 1,000 of the daily drawings, many of which are heavy on type. Take a look.
Write Captions for Google Search Cartoons
News: Written by Terri Stone on December 23, 2011
Google is holding a cartoon captioning challenge a la the New Yorker. You can submit your own or just vote for others' captions.
Easy HDR Photo Software Debuts
News: Written by Terri Stone on December 21, 2011
Oloneo says that its HDRengine is affordable and easy to use yet still packs the punch of pro-level software.
Adobe Issues Updates to Lightroom and Camera Raw
News: Written on December 13, 2011
You can now download the final releases of Lightroom 3.6 and Camera Raw. Free to registered users, the updates include Raw support for nine hot new cameras.
Try CameraBag 2 Photo Editor for Free
News: Written by Terri Stone on December 13, 2011
Download the public beta of CameraBag 2 for Macs and PCs and play with a new way to crop, correct, and stylize photos.
Game Gives You Chance to Win Photoshop and Much More
News: Written by Terri Stone on December 7, 2011
LevelUp for Photoshop is a new online game from Adobe. The aim is to master Photoshop, and the reward is the chance to enter a monthly drawing to win the Creative Suite Master Collection.
Free Photoshop Cheat Sheet
News: Written by Terri Stone on December 6, 2011
One click of a Like button will get you a list of Photoshop keyboard shortcuts and three image-editing mini-tutorials, courtesy of Lesa Snider's "Photo Lesa" Facebook page.
Knock 33% Off Updated Image Processing Program
News: Written on November 29, 2011
Version 7 of DxO Optics Pro will be available for download starting November 30, 2011. Until December 24, 2011, the company is cutting the price by 33 percent. Optics Pro 7 has a retooled interface and workflow that promises to make your image processing more accurate and faster.
