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Last-Second Valentine Gifts

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

New Facebook lightbox feature offers alternative to Google+ and Flickr.

Cutting-Edge Conference for Print and Digital Publishing

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.

What's That Web Font?

WhatFont is a free tool that works with your Web browser to identify webfonts.

Have Fun, Win an iPad

Our parent company is giving away an iPad and a Kindle Fire to the first- and second-place winners of a new contest, called "Make Work Fun".

Is Apple's eBook Tool Right for Graphic Designers?

Apple's new eBook creation software, called iBooks Author, is free and available for download now. Apple says that it's as easy to use as a word processor. But will it have the controls you need as a graphic designer?

QuarkXPress Updates to 9.2

This free update to QuarkXPress strengthens support for ePUB and iPad app publishing.

Starry, Starry Type

Gravilux 2.0 is an app for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch that lets you render text in stars and then affect that text with the gravitational forces of an alternate univers. It's art, it's a game, it's Gravilux!

What Interested You in 2011? Google Knows.

For the eleventh year in a row, Google has released what it calls the "Year-End Zeitgeist," which crunches search data to reveal what people wanted to know more about in the past twelve months.

Ole! Meet Pantone's Color of the Year for 2012

Pantone has chosen Tangerine Tango as the 2012 "color of the year". This reddish-orange hue will put a kick in your step.

Mag+ Lowers Price of Tablet Publishing, Adds Android Support

For $199, you can begin an app in InDesign and end up with a full-fledged app to distribute in commercial stores.

What Do You Think of the Creative Cloud?

Adobe's pushing a subscription model for its software and services, sweetening the deal with access to its Touch apps, webfonts, tablet publishing, and 18 desktop applications. But is it right for you?

Photoshop Plug-in Adds Google Webfonts

The Extensis WebInk Web Font plug-in for Photoshop expands its offering with 288 webfonts from Google.

Get Steep Discounts on Instruction from Peachpit

Respected publisher Peachpit is giving you discounts of 25 to 50 percent off in celebration of its 25 anniversary. The deal ends on November 25, 2011.

Photographers, Learn How to Build a WordPress Website

CreativeLive is offering a three-day online workshop that takes photographers through the steps of building a customized website using WordPress. Amazingly, the entire course is free.

Build and Distribute iPad Apps for Free Using Mag+

Mag+ is an InDesign-based tool for creating iPad apps. The Mag+ creation tools are free. But unlike, for example, Adobe's Digital Publishing Suite, you can also share the apps you create for no cost. Learn more about the tools and a current contest hosted by the company.

iStock's New Community Includes Mentorship Opportunities

iStockphoto's new online community hub, called "Feast," is a place with inspiration for all, and hands-on guidance and free iStock credits for a few lucky folks.

Meet the New Member of the Photoshop Family

Adobe Photoshop Touch is an amazing new app for mobile devices. It will let you edit images in new ways and in new places. And it costs just $9.99!

Adobe Dramatically Drops Price of iPad Publishing

The new Single Edition of Adobe's Digital Publishing Suite (DPS) makes publishing to the iPad from InDesign affordable for almost every creative pro.

Instagram Turns 2

While it may feel like Instagram has been around forever, it's just one year old. The app has celebrated its birthday by releasing version 2, which is faster, has new filters, and gives you more options than before.