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Editor's Corner: Printing on Paper Is So Passé

If you're trying to make a client stand out in a sea of competitors, it's time to try something really different. Not a Web 2.0 site, not a viral video. Nope, it's time to... print custom fabric designs.

Are you working on a restaurant account? Suggest that your client reward frequent diners with napkins bearing an illustration of a signature dish. A retailer could sell tote bags made out of fabric embellished with the shop's address (in a gorgeous typeface and eye-catching pattern, of course).

Or maybe you want ways to keep your own business humming. How about a custom-printed scarf as an end-of-the-year gift to loyal clients and hot prospects?

Although some desktop printers can print custom fabric, online businesses such as Spoonflower will also do it for you. Tip of the hat to Chuck Green's IdeaBook newsletter for the Spoonflower link.

Terri Stone - Editor in Chief

P.S. Thanks for your interesting responses to the Sears logo. This week, weigh in on the evolution of the AT&T logo at www.creativepro.com/node/63447.



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Review: Adobe Illustrator CS4

Adobe answers long-time requests by introducing multiple artboards and transparent gradients, but Mordy Golding says it’s the added polish that makes Illustrator CS4 a compelling release.


Related Reading: Not upgrading to CS4 soon? Use these rounded-corner tips now.



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Photoshop Graffiti

Chad Neuman uses layer blending modes and some masking to add realistic graffiti to a brick wall.


Related Reading: Try this for graffiti inspiration.



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Scanning Around With Gene: Let’s All Pile in the Station Wagon!

Before mini-vans and SUVs, the preferred method of family transportation was the station wagon, complete with folding way-back seats, domed roofs, and cool names. Gene Gable reports.


Related Reading: Gene also wrote about the Volkswagen Beetle.



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TypeTalk: Kerning In Action

Ilene Strizver unravels the mystery of kerning in two parts. This week, she shares good and bad examples of kerning.


Related Reading: Did you read Part 1?



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The Tricky Side of Photo Model Releases

You may think that model releases aren't necessary for photos used in editorial contexts, but the truth is actually much more complex. Read this and you'll know how to stay on the right side of privacy laws and contracts..


Related Reading: Watermarking is another way to protect images you own.

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Wacky Web Site of the Week

Speaking of custom printing, it's not too late for custom-printed Halloween goodies. And while you're there, make the floating head sing along to "She Blinded Me with Science." Classic!

http://www.creativepro.com/article/creativeprose-wacky-web-site-week-archive

October 21, 2008
Volume 9 Issue 44
Editor's Corner:
Paper Is So Passé
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Adobe Illustrator CS4 Review
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Photoshop Graffiti
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Scanning Around With Gene: Let's All Pile in the Station Wagon!
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TypeTalk: Kerning In Action
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The Tricky Side of Photo Model Releases
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News from the Past Week
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