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Photo Murals Make You Think Big. Really Big.

For this children's museum in California, one intrepid creative pro produced an 18-gigabyte HDR Photoshop file, a 19-foot-long printout, and a 9-foot-high neon sign.

Why You Need a Different Kind of Scanner

No, not another scanner for artwork. An automatic document feeder can clean up your life -- or at least your office.

66 Simple Ways to Be Green

You are just one person. But we, the creative professional community, are a significant force. The choices we make matter. If you follow through with just one of these 66 tips, you'll have improved the environment we all live in.

Get Great Photos from Desktop Printers: Part 4

If you've made it to part 4 of this series, you're serious about taking your photographic prints to the top of the quality scale. Here are the final tips you need to get there.

Get Great Photos from Desktop Printers: Part 3

Legalize out-of-gamut colors, simulate daylight, and other tips on producing prints that match what you see on your monitor.

Get Great Photos from Desktop Printers: Part 2

There's no use pouring hours into shooting and editing photos if your prints are a muddy mess. In this installment, you'll learn how to whittle down the difference between screen and print with profiles and soft proofing.

Get Great Photos from Desktop Printers: Part 1

What you see on your monitor is usually not what you get from desktop printers. Here's Part One of a four-part series on printing photos that won't disappoint.

Get Great Photos from Desktop Printers

Read this four-part series and you'll master every step you need to take to produce great photos from your desktop printer.

Creativepro.com Digital Camera Buying Guide

Don't throw away your money on a camera that isn't right for the way you shoot and the photos you want to take. Follow along with this fully updated, five-part guide and you're practically guaranteed to be happy with your choice.

Plug-Ins and XTensions: What's New for Photoshop, QuarkXPress, InDesign, and Acrobat

This month's new and updated products let you apply a toad-skin effects to images, mask faster, control QuarkXPress printing to the nth degree, activate iTunes from InDesign, and more!

What Goes Around Comes Around

Do you have a closet full of old equipment? What do you do with all of it, aside from having a garage sale? Read on for ways to not only get rid of stuff, but make a positive environmental impact as well.

Under the Desktop: Color Me Grayscale?

If you're frustrated by the rising per-page costs of inkjet printing, then it's time to assess your output needs and act accordingly. David Morgenstern proposes a radical solution.

Under the Desktop: Getting a Handle On Ink Costs

You see ads all the time for cheap inkjet printers, but the unit price doesn't factor in the hidden cost of ink cartridges. Just how much does a printed page cost, and how are ink coverage costs calculated? Read this before buying your next inkjet.

Under the Desktop: It's on Fire(Wire)! Hardware and Software Too Hot to Handle

The introduction of faster FireWire hard drives at the recent Macworld Expo bodes well for creative professionals who tax system performance. After bringing us up to speed on the latest disk developments, David Morgenstern takes a look at new hardware and software for content creators everywhere.

Inside the Publishing Revolution: How the LaserWriter and Photoshop Changed the World

Twenty years ago publishing looked very different than it does today. At the center of this revolution in graphic design, production, and distribution is Adobe Systems. In these excerpts from a new history of the publishing revolution as seen through the lens of Adobe, read how the LaserWriter saved Apple and how Photoshop came to be.

Under the Desktop: My CUPS Runneth Over

Mac OS X's Jaguar update takes advantage of an Open Source architecture called CUPS. For creative professionals, the scheme is essential -- not only is it the route to printing with high-performance printers, but it can also revive unsupported output devices. David Morgenstern takes the technology for a spin.

For Position Only: HP and The Publisher

"The new HP" knows that printing technologies are key to its success, and creative professionals should be glad.

For Position Only: Digital Printing's Unfulfilled Promise

Help me out here: Something doesn't add up. According to recent research by WhatTheyThink.com and Ventures, digital color printing is going to eat away at the offset print market in the next few years...

For Position Only: Digital Wallscapes = Visual Pollution

Being a proponent of digital publishing technology and a resident of San Francisco sometimes puts me in an awkward position. Like a few years ago during the dot-com boom...

Printing the Olympics: The Xerox Olympic Preview

The indomitable energy of the Olympics is about to converge on Salt Lake City, Utah, where the planet's winter sports elite will compete for gold, glory and endorsements for 17 days in February. Behind the scenes Xerox is fielding nearly 3,000 printers, copiers and multifunction devices to print virtually every single document that supports the Games.