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Best of the Blogs: Old School and New Skills
Features: Written by Pamela Pfiffner on January 30, 2012
Don't have time to keep up with design and photography blogs? Keep calm and read on. In this blog round-up you'll find the most popular fonts of 2011, an amazing type book from 1912, a Herb Lubalin video from the 1980s, and a Photoshop cooking demonstration from 2007. Plus, there are plenty of Photoshop how-tos, digital photography tips, and design ideas.
Best of the Blogs: November 4, 2011
Features: Written by Pamela Pfiffner on November 7, 2011
This circumnavigation of the blogosphere includes posts about fonts (best, worst, and missing), color correction (Photoshop curves and/or levels), paper (handmade and mill run), printers (desktop and press), color calibration (monitor and printer), and an impressive if controversial demo of photo-deblurring technology. Plus, job hunting tips and product how-tos.
Free for All: Oodles of Photoshop Effects Brushes
Features: Written by Pariah Burke on September 28, 2011
Enliven your Photoshop images with close to 2,000 effects brushes. They're all free for commercial and personal use.
Best of the Blogs: September 21, 2011
Features: Written by Pamela Pfiffner on September 21, 2011
Lately, there have been a lot of provocative questions in design and photography blogs: Are there rules for creativity? Can designers embrace fear? What's the difference between looking at and seeing typography? But there's less cerebral stuff, too, like upgrading your camera, understanding image compositing, observing the day of a graphic designer, and filling your layouts with hipster lingo. I bring you all of that content and more in this installment of Best of the Blogs.
Terrific Typographical Photoshop Brushes
Features: Written by Pariah Burke on September 6, 2011
Do a Google search for "free typography Photoshop brushes" and you'll find so many that your head will spin. We've helped you out by combing through the many possibilities and creating this one standout collection. We've even refined the results by dividing them into sub-categories, such as vintage, calligraphic, grunge, musical, and more.
Free For All: Photoshop Brushes Blowout
Features: Written by Pariah Burke on August 17, 2011
Take all these fabulous Photoshop brushes for the low, low price of $0 down and $0 per month! If your last name begins with a letter between A and Z, you may download these amazing free Photoshop brushes today. All others may download tomorrow.
Best of the Blogs: August 15, 2011
Features: Written by Pamela Pfiffner on August 15, 2011
It's an excellent round-up this time, with Photoshop tips, typography tricks, publishing news, and much more. And read to the end to find out why you'll soon be speccing shades of orange as Apu, Garfield, or Tigger.
All Photos Are Manipulated
Features: Written by Ben Long on August 3, 2011
There is no such thing as absolute truth in photography. Understanding how and why photos are edited will make you a better shooter and a smarter viewer.
Best of the Blogs: August 1, 2011
Features: Written by Pamela Pfiffner on August 1, 2011
Amuse and inform yourself with tidbits from design, graphics, and photography blogs culled from the past few weeks. Find out about Bodoni love, InDesign crashes, Illustrator annoyances, Photoshop freakouts, and how to make Polaroid film and illustrated manuscripts (but not at the same time).
Free For All: Won't Cost You a Penny
Features: Written by Pariah Burke on July 13, 2011
The amazing Internet once again yields a crop of freebies so good that you'd pay for them--but you don't have to! These free resources help you to make your own fonts, snag stock photos, watermark images, track your to-do's, and annotate Web pages.
Best of the Blogs: July 7, 2011
Features: Written by Pamela Pfiffner on July 7, 2011
Mega-retailer Target meets tiny Hamilton Wood Type; Acrobat Pro X users get testy; photographers are called idiots; Photoshop warps girls' minds; and the Web is doomed. Read these and many other interesting tidbits culled from the past few weeks of design, graphics, and photography blog posts.
Best of the Blogs: June 23, 2011
Features: Written by Pamela Pfiffner on June 23, 2011
Here's what you may have missed in the blogosphere over the last few weeks: an homage to the golden age of script lettering, photography tutorials, solutions for prying open ancient Word files, Web typography tips, and strategies for self-marketing. Plus Oprah!
Free For All: The American Southwest
Features: Written by Pariah Burke on June 22, 2011
This month, all the free resources are inspired by the Southwest. You can choose from 120 stock photos and textures; 124 color palettes and patterns; 55 Photoshop actions, and 81 Photoshop brushes.
Best of the Blogs, June 6, 2011
Features: Written by Pamela Pfiffner on June 6, 2011
Here's what you may have missed in design and photography blogs during the past few weeks: an investigation of Adobe Myriad; a rallying cry for FreeHand; ideas for busting design and illustration roadblocks; a new social networking site for creatives; and much more.
Free For All: The American Northwest
Features: Written by Pariah Burke on May 25, 2011
This month, everything is inspired by the Pacific Northwest. I've found 120 free stock photos and textures; 63 free color palettes; 20 free patterns; 25 free Photoshop actions; and 41 free Photoshop brushes.
Best of the Blogs: May 19, 2011
Features: Written by Pamela Pfiffner on May 19, 2011
Here's what you may have missed in design and photography blogs during the past couple of weeks: a new "pay-what-you-want" font source; a compilation of LinkedIn groups for publishers; an expert discussion about resume design; a Photoshop technique to fake tilt-shift photography; and much more.
Best of the Blogs: May 5, 2011
Features: Written by Pamela Pfiffner on May 5, 2011
In case recent events have distracted you from reading design or photo blogs, I've rounded up the best bits from the past few weeks. The items include clever text tricks in InDesign, handy retouching tips in Photoshop, attention-grabbing resumes for creatives, and 892 ways to slice up a grid.
Best of the Blogs: April 21, 2011
Features: Written by Pamela Pfiffner on April 21, 2011
Here's what you may have missed in the blogosphere over the past few weeks. Get tips for caring for you camera, fending off pushy designers, and taming that pesky Illustrator. Peer into the InDesign dreams (or nightmares) of designers and see the first digital camera ever. Get up close and personal with Roger Black, Matthew Carter, and Jonathan Ive. And watch video clips of print jobs gone awry. Just think "Pink!"
Free For All: Spring into Photoshop Freebies
Features: Written by Pariah Burke on April 20, 2011
This installment of your favorite freebies feature is all about Photoshop. I'll point you toward resources that optimize the app and add a grid tool. Then I'll give you a huge assortment of textures and some useful image-editing actions.
Best of the Blogs: March 31, 2011
Features: Written by Pamela Pfiffner on March 31, 2011
Here's what you may have missed in the blogosphere in the past couple of weeks. In this installment, you'll get killer Web tips, inventive photography ideas, and wonderful design advice, among lots of other tidbits.
