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Free For All: Infographic Freebies
Features: Written by Pariah Burke on April 30, 2012
Infographics are more popular than ever. If you think you need Illustrator or Excel to show data in a visually rich way that's sure to attract attention, then check out these free data-visualization tools
First Look: Adobe InDesign CS6
Features: Written by Mike Rankin on April 22, 2012
Whether you’re designing for print or digital (or both), InDesign CS6 has many new features to help you create multiple versions of your layouts quickly and efficiently.
The State of E-book Typography
Features: Written by James Felici on April 4, 2012
Whether on Kindle, iPad, Nook, or other LCD display, type suffers compared to print. So is good typography even possible for today’s electronic devices? From the standpoint of the craft’s two underlying principles — legibility and readability — the answer is "no."
Free For All: Photo and Font Resources, plus Pinterest
Features: Written by Pariah Burke on March 19, 2012
We have five new stock photo sites, 10 new font sources, an indispensable Photoshop add-on, and a pitch for Pinterest. Did we mention cupcakes? All for free, of course.
Design by Nature: How to Use Your Senses
Features: Written by Maggie Macnab on March 7, 2012
The natural world — its colors, shapes, and textures — offers a bounty of design inspiration. Tapping into your senses when you design adds another dimension to your work. Here's how to develop your "sense-abilities."
Scanning Around With Gene: A Printed “Teaching Machine” from 1894
Features: Written by Gene Gable on March 2, 2012
Even though teaching has changed considerably since the turn of the 19th into the 20th century, some basics remain the same. One thing that's changed, however, is the graphic design of teaching tools. Here’s a look at a series of large-format posters designed to help teach math skills to young students.
Free For All: Templates for Every Project and Purpose
Features: Written by Pariah Burke on February 15, 2012
Packaging? Clothing? Marketing materials? There are templates for every conceivable project. Here are 60 of them - including a demotivational poster!
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.
This Dress Code Will Inspire You
Features: Written by Terri Stone on January 19, 2012
Whatever your personal style, watch this video about the design agency Dress Code and be inspired by the founders' positive, wide-open take on what's possible for today's creatives.
Free For All: Stock Photos, Social Media Profiles, and Calendar Templates
Features: Written by Pariah Burke on January 16, 2012
It’s 2012, the year the world is supposed to end. Let’s mark the occasion with fiery explosions, templates for Twitter and Facebook profiles, and - for the more optimistic among you - calendar templates.
2011 Holiday Gift Guide
Features: Written by Pamela Pfiffner on December 1, 2011
Flummoxed by what to buy for the creative professional on your gift list? Perhaps one of the items in the 2011 CreativePro.com Holiday Gift Guide will do the trick.
Free For All: November 2011
Features: Written by Pariah Burke on November 21, 2011
This month's mixed assortment of free resources includes 2012 calendar templates; a vector kit of pre-press and markup symbols; 13 typefaces; 60 photos of paper; and one way to sign and send a document without a fax machine.
Best of the Blogs: November 17, 2011
Features: Written by Pamela Pfiffner on November 17, 2011
If you've been distracted by headline news over the past few weeks, here's what you missed in design and photography blogs: revisiting 1990s typography, debunking UV filter myths, getting the light right, demystifying Photoshop resampling options, peeking at designer workspaces, and touring Erik Spiekermann's house. Plus, an opportunity to change someone's life with your camera.
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.
InDesign Magazine: Tip of the Week Archive
Features: Written on October 27, 2011
This is a compilation of all past InDesign Magazine Tip-of-the-Weeks.
Free For All: Design and Photography Freebies
Features: Written by Pariah Burke on October 12, 2011
Here's how to get 10 InDesign table styles, 12 sans serif fonts, 13 letterpress Photoshop layer styles, and 3 color reference infographics. And none of them will cost you a thing!
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.
Marrying Types: All in the Family
Features: Written by James Felici on August 24, 2011
For many designs, the typographic variety afforded by a single typeface family is enough. And maybe more than enough.
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.
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).
