Print Is Not Dead. Silly, Maybe, But Not Dead.
Newspapers and magazines are closing faster than you can say "pulp," but the old-guard media isn't giving up without a fight. In a bid to snare the eyeballs of notoriously fickle tweenagers, Tiger Beat magazine included 3D content on many of its March and April 2009 pages.

That seems like a lot of effort for a dubious return, but then, I don't see the appeal of the Jonas Brothers, either.

Terri Stone - Editor in Chief

Free For All: I Can't Believe They Give This Away!
Are you looking for a fast, free way to resize a bunch of images? How about free templates for CDs and DVDs? Or free vector art? Could you use a designer-friendly diagramming and flowcharting application? And surely everyone needs an online tool for designing a tartan? Pariah Burke has it all.

Just a few of the free vectors:

Related Reading: If you're making DVD or CD sleeves, you'll want the symbols found in this article.

Top QuarkXPress Tips
QuarkXPress expert Jay Nelson is practiced in delivering important information in very few words. Sample his skill in this collection of short, easy-to-follow tips on adjusting dot leaders, linking spreadsheets to tables, and learning the logic behind spaces before and after paragraphs.

Related Reading: More goodies from Jay.

Scanning Around With Gene: The Photographic Moment of Truth
Getting pictures back from the photo-processing lab was often a roller coaster ride from excitement to disappointment and back again. Digital frees us of that, but it also takes away those amusingly cheesy envelopes the prints came in. Good thing that Gene Gable and his scanner have brought them back to life.

Related Reading: Fan of Gene? Then don't miss this.

TypeTalk: To Hang or Not to Hang...
... starting quotation marks, that is. Ilene Strizver explains how to hang quotes into the margin to create a clean margin alignment. Her typographically sophisticated solution works in both InDesign and QuarkXPress.

Related Reading: Searching for typographic sophistication? Look no further.

Just Kick Back and Listen
It's hard to keep up with industry news. Luckily for us, there's the CreativePro.com podcast. In this week's installment, you'll hear the latest on Facebook's shameful ownership policy, what to do about a dangerous Acrobat security flaw, how to restore Photoshop CS3 features to CS4, and a lot more. Jay Nelson and Jeff Gamet are your knowledgeable hosts.

Related Reading: Here's another way to keep up without much effort.

Microsoft Releases Silverlight 3 Beta, Announces Expression Blend 3 Preview

Mordy Golding Fields Tech Questions on Twitter

Free Color-Management Webinar

Another Photoshop Music Video from Deke McClelland

CreativePro.com Poll: If you had to choose only one social media outlet, which would you use?

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