http://www.creativepro.com 26 en http://www.creativepro.com/article/it-aint-mumbo-jumbo-baby-its-printing Printing has a language all its own: Work-and-turn? Work-and-tumble? What is this, a circus?<p><a href="http://www.creativepro.com/article/it-aint-mumbo-jumbo-baby-its-printing">read more</a></p> http://www.creativepro.com/article/eco-friendly-inks Are "green" inks as good as traditional inks?<p><a href="http://www.creativepro.com/article/eco-friendly-inks">read more</a></p> http://www.creativepro.com/article/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.<p><a href="http://www.creativepro.com/article/photo-murals-make-you-think-big-really-big">read more</a></p> http://www.creativepro.com/article/hergeekness-says-convert-a-file-any-file When clients hand you files so ancient or obscure that they're unreadable, don't despair. Part 1 of my file conversion survival kit will have you repurposing those files lickety split -- without asking the client to lift a finger, and without forcing you to buy every application under the sun just to open the occasional weirdo document. <p><a href="http://www.creativepro.com/article/hergeekness-says-convert-a-file-any-file">read more</a></p> http://www.creativepro.com/article/first-look-quarkxpress-80 Finally, the makeover designers have been waiting for.<p><a href="http://www.creativepro.com/article/first-look-quarkxpress-80">read more</a></p> http://www.creativepro.com/article/going-with-flow A Visual Designer Transitions from the Silver Screen to Your Computer Screen<p><a href="http://www.creativepro.com/article/going-with-flow">read more</a></p> http://www.creativepro.com/article/hergeekness-says-screen-share-with-your-clients Letting far-flung clients see your screen makes online proofing as good as in-person proofs and online collaboration a cinch. Recent technology improvements free you from worrying about routers, firewalls, computer platforms, or browser compatibility. <p><a href="http://www.creativepro.com/article/hergeekness-says-screen-share-with-your-clients">read more</a></p> http://www.creativepro.com/article/pantone-2-0-after-45-years-the-sequel-to-pms- The new Pantone Goe spot-color matching system has a lot going for it compared to the venerable Pantone Matching System: It nearly doubles the number of unique colors, adopts a logical naming scheme, and comes with innovative color-palette software. But will Goe replace your current PMS swatch book? Only your wallet knows for sure.<p><a href="http://www.creativepro.com/article/pantone-2-0-after-45-years-the-sequel-to-pms-">read more</a></p> http://www.creativepro.com/article/colorful-identification-system How a 19th-century man developed a system used in very modern software.<p><a href="http://www.creativepro.com/article/colorful-identification-system">read more</a></p> http://www.creativepro.com/article/out-of-gamut-color-correct-vocabulary For some time now I've been explicating the finer points of color management in this column, and while I've strived to define terminology when needed, the conviction that a permanent, at-your-ready glossary would help tremendously has grown each and every month.<p><a href="http://www.creativepro.com/article/out-of-gamut-color-correct-vocabulary">read more</a></p> http://www.creativepro.com/article/photoshop-quarkxpress-and-indesign-get-a-little-help-from-their-friends We've got the scoop on the latest plug-ins for your favorite applications. Whether you want to quickly replace colors or reduce noise in photos, script anything in a publication, or typeset equations directly in your page-layout program, you'll find the info you need here.<p><a href="http://www.creativepro.com/article/photoshop-quarkxpress-and-indesign-get-a-little-help-from-their-friends">read more</a></p> http://www.creativepro.com/article/plug-ins-and-xtensions-what-s-new-for-photoshop-quarkxpress-indesign-and-acrobat-2 Do you have the wrong colors? Too smooth a bevel, or too noisy an image? Inconsistent tables? Is your printing out of control? We've got the software solutions for you.<p><a href="http://www.creativepro.com/article/plug-ins-and-xtensions-what-s-new-for-photoshop-quarkxpress-indesign-and-acrobat-2">read more</a></p> http://www.creativepro.com/article/the-2004-creativepro-com-gift-guide Here it is: our third gift guide for creative people. We asked our regular contributors what they'd like to give -- or receive -- for the holidays this year. Their answers may surprise you.<p><a href="http://www.creativepro.com/article/the-2004-creativepro-com-gift-guide">read more</a></p> http://www.creativepro.com/article/heavy-metal-madness-printing-and-the-interior-designer When embarking on an interior-design project, the first place you turn is to magazine spreads, color samples, and furniture advertising. During a recent remodel of his home, Gene Gable saw firsthand how printing technologies influence color choices. In this installment: Gene ponders the relationship of print to paint, or how Harvest Gold and Avocado Green appliances came to be.<p><a href="http://www.creativepro.com/article/heavy-metal-madness-printing-and-the-interior-designer">read more</a></p> http://www.creativepro.com/article/plug-ins-and-xtensions-photoshop-frames-illustrator-mockups-quarkxpress-audits-acrobat-images This month's round-up of plug-ins and XTensions includes tools for exporting images from Acrobat, fashioning packages in Illustrator, changing colors in Photoshop, importing RTFs into QuarkXPress, and updating style sheets at the push of a button.<p><a href="http://www.creativepro.com/article/plug-ins-and-xtensions-photoshop-frames-illustrator-mockups-quarkxpress-audits-acrobat-images">read more</a></p> http://www.creativepro.com/article/bit-by-bit-learning-to-love-letters-and-leading Determined to reconnect students with typographic tradition, Brian P. Lawler developed both old and new exercises for his pupils: setting type by hand on a 19th century press and capturing spontaneous alphabets with digital cameras. They'll never think of leading the same away again.<p><a href="http://www.creativepro.com/article/bit-by-bit-learning-to-love-letters-and-leading">read more</a></p> http://www.creativepro.com/article/dot-font-faux-fonts If the fonts are missing when you output text, the result is faux type -- and it's a disservice to both author and reader.<p><a href="http://www.creativepro.com/article/dot-font-faux-fonts">read more</a></p> http://www.creativepro.com/article/plug-ins-and-xtensions-golive-flashers-indesign-stitchers-photoshop-adjusters-quarkxpress-fixers This month's round-up of plug-ins and XTensions includes tools for automatically fixing images in QuarkXPress 6, making color corrections in Photoshop, enabling Flash files in GoLive, and stitching booklets in InDesign. Pllus, a nifty way to export XPress layouts as TIFF or JPEG files.<p><a href="http://www.creativepro.com/article/plug-ins-and-xtensions-golive-flashers-indesign-stitchers-photoshop-adjusters-quarkxpress-fixers">read more</a></p> http://www.creativepro.com/article/under-the-desktop-r-i-p-crt Compared to clunky CRTs, LCD monitors are sleek, stylish, and portable. But LCDs fall short in one department: color fidelity. If you care about color, you may want to stockpile CRT monitors. They'll soon be extinct.<p><a href="http://www.creativepro.com/article/under-the-desktop-r-i-p-crt">read more</a></p> http://www.creativepro.com/article/the-art-of-business-prescription-for-prepress Prepress expert and consultant Sam Smith says there's a reason why prepress shops are dying -- they're making themselves extinct.<p><a href="http://www.creativepro.com/article/the-art-of-business-prescription-for-prepress">read more</a></p>