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Free For All: Winter Holidays Edition

Editor in Chief — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:18:15 -0700

Happy Holidays!

Allow me to kick off the gift-giving season while helping you bundle up against the bitter chill of uninspiration with this jolly collection of Christmas, Hanukah, New Year’s, and winter clip art, photos, fonts, and other fare. Remember: You can download one free resource tonight; you have to wait to unwrap the rest tomorrow morning.

Fonts

How to Use Color Effectively in Your Designs

Editor in Chief — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:03:00 -0700

Color can strongly influence the mood of a design. You probably know that, but have you ever wondered how one color can have two or more meanings?

Red, for example, can mean love but it can also represent aggression, danger, or violence. With all of those feelings associated with the color red, how do you know when it says which and what will be the connotation of red in your design?

TypeTalk: Step Away from the Computer

IleneStrizver99 — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:22:16 -0700

TypeTalk is a regular blog on typography. Post your questions and comments by clicking on the Comments icon above. If Ilene answers your question in the blog, you'll receive one Official Creativepro.com T-Shirt!

Q. I'm bored with the look of digital fonts, even the ones that try to look grungy. Do I have other options?

A. Most definitely! In the days before personal computers (or “BC”), designers and art directors created nontraditional type and type treatments using their imagination. We can still do that today.

Silverlight 4 Now in Public Beta

Editor in Chief — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:21:08 -0700

Press release

During the second day of Microsoft Corp.’s Professional Developers Conference 2009, Microsoft outlined new opportunities and resources for developers to create applications that take advantage of the power of Windows and the reach of the Web. Microsoft also invited developers to test new beta versions of Microsoft Silverlight 4, Microsoft Office 2010 and Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010.

Adobe AIR 2 & Flash Player 10.1 Beta Now Available

Editor in Chief — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:43:53 -0700

Press release

Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced that beta versions of Adobe® AIR® 2 and Adobe Flash® Player 10.1 software are now available from Adobe Labs for Windows, Mac and Linux operating systems. Flash Player 10.1 is also available for x86-based netbooks, and expected to be available across a broad spectrum of smartphones and other Internet-connected devices in 2010. Adobe AIR 2 and Flash Player 10.1 are easily updateable across all supported platforms to help ensure rapid adoption of new innovations that move the Web forward.

Use Real Fonts on Web Sites

Editor in Chief — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:08:02 -0700

Press release

Typekit is the easiest way to use real fonts on the web. It's a subscription-based service for linking to high-quality Open Type fonts from some of the worlds best type foundries. Our fonts are served from a global network on redundant servers, offering bulletproof service and incredible speed. And it couldn't be easier to use. Want to know more about fonts on the web? Read on...

Fonts, Browsers, and the Web

Web Fonts: The Experts Speak

Editor in Chief — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:45:32 -0700

When designing print projects, your typeface choices are theoretically unlimited. On the Web, of course, your font choices have been highly restricted. But recently new options have appeared. The FontShop's FontFeed has released a series of videos about web typography. In these videos, Stephen Coles interviews five type industry experts.

1. Bryan Mason speaks about the Typekit service, which gives subscribers access to a library of embed¬dable fonts and a way to include those fonts on Web sites.

WebCrusher 1.6 Makes Your Website Load Faster

Editor in Chief — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:32:41 -0700

Press release

RAGE Software announced the immediate availability of WebCrusher 1.6, a major update to the website optimizer for Mac OS X. WebCrusher is a utility for website owner's to reduce their website's load time, providing a better experience for their visitors and customers. WebCrusher scans entire websites, including webpage files and image files, to intelligently remove all unneeded code, making websites load as fast as possible in a web browser.

Safely Export Pictures from QuarkXPress

Editor in Chief — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:19:46 -0700

Reproduced with permission of Planet Quark

Adjustments applied in QuarkXPress’s Picture Effects palette (Window> Show Picture Effects) exist as part of the QuarkXPress project file -- they do not change the original source pictures.

New Coroflot Designer Salary Survey Available

Editor in Chief — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:15:42 -0700

More than 5,000 designers of various stripes (print design, Web design, industrial design, etc.) filled out the Coroflot 2009 Designer Salary Survey.

Begin browsing the full analysis at www.coroflot.com/designersalary.

An Event Apart 2010 Registration Now Open

Editor in Chief — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:30:34 -0700

Press release

Registration is now open for An Event Apart 2010. Choose from five great shows in five great cities, plus a special one-day workshop on HTML5 and CSS3!

5 great cities, 11 unforgettable days

Jumsoft Introduces a New Version of Aperture Themes

Editor in Chief — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:08:04 -0700

Press release

Jumsoft, a developer of high-quality applications for Mac OSX, has expanded its product range with a new version of Aperture Themes. Ten new styles were added to the six designs from the previous version to compose Aperture Themes 2.0, which allows Mac users to explore new ways of communicating their love for photography.

Two Flash Apps for the Price of One

Editor in Chief — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:56:35 -0700

Press release

Eltima Software, a global software development company, gives the license of Flash Optimizer ($99.95 value) for free for each purchase of Flash'In'App (any license type). Flash'In'App is a Cocoa framework for managing Adobe(R) Flash movies in any application on Mac OS X.

Flash Design with QuarkXPress 8

Editor in Chief — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:21:50 -0700

Press release

Be adventurous! Bring your designs to life with Flash
Build on your expertise in QuarkXPress by creating compelling Flash and Web designs. In this FREE 45-minute eSeminar you’ll discover how QuarkXPress 8 provides all of the core tools you need to create compelling, interactive communications right in your layout application. No coding required!

During the eSeminar you’ll discover:
* The ease with which you can output Flash (SWF) from QuarkXPress 8
* The simplicity of setting up interactive menus and buttons

Free For All: An Awesome Assortment

Editor in Chief — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 02:23:51 -0600

Your Handwriting as a Font
Back in the 1990s, design-related magazines carried ads for mail-order services that converted your handwriting into a font. You had to wait to receive a template on which you'd draw each character or glyph of the font, and then you had to wait for your TrueType font to arrive on a 3.5-inch floppy. Now there’s a free online service that converts your handwriting into a font in as little as five minutes.