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Use 'Em or Lose 'Em? Not Necessarily!
Many of the images in InDesign Magazine, our sister publication, come from iStockphoto.com. Normally, we use the credits within a few weeks of buying them. Because of that fast burn rate, I didn't realize that pay-as-you-go credits expire, until another iStockphoto.com customer wrote me about the loss of her credits.
It turns out that the practice of credits expiring after one year is standard in the microstock industry; for example, Dreamstime and Fotolia also take away your credits after 12 months.
That's the bad news. The good news is that you can extend those credits past the year limit. Of the companies I spoke to, iStockphoto.com makes it the easiest by posting extension directions in an FAQ. While Dreamstime and Fotolia don't publicize credit extensions, their customer support representatives said they will extend credits if you request it via phone calls or email messages. I bet that most or all microstock companies will do the same.
By the way, the expiration date for pay-as-you go credits is set at 12 months to simplify accounting, not to cheat customers like you and me. While it's a bit of a drag to have to ask for credit extensions, it's nice to know we can do it!
Terri Stone - Editor in Chief
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Free For All: Put Away Your Wallet
Pariah Burke has found free sources for converting files, changing desktop wallpaper, getting things done, and restoring missing Photoshop features. Plus, FREE FONTS!
WC Fonts designed the free typefaces RoughTrad and Rhesus (both pictured below):
Related Reading: Pariah's asking what you want more of in future installments of the Free for All column. Make your voice heard!
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Get that Tilt-Shift Look without the Lens
Jeff Butterworth explains how to use Alien Skin's Bokeh software to simulate shallow depth of field and make scenes look more like toy models than real landscapes.
This photo of the Seine has been mightily transformed by a swift trip through the Bokeh plug-in:
Related Reading: As this tutorial shows, you can also create the tilt-shift look in Photoshop.
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Scanning Around With Gene: Keep on Truckin’
Gene Gable has a new 11x17 scanner with autofeed. He baptized it by capturing vintage ads for America's trucking industry.
Pretty cool image, right? But wait until you see the Jungle Yacht!
Related Reading: So you have a deep and abiding hatred of trucks but love vintage car ads? Can do.
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TypeTalk: To Everything, Kern, Kern, Kern...
Over the centuries, the word "kern" has evolved from a noun to a verb. See photos of metal type and get info from Ilene Strizver on kerning in today's digital landscape.
Here, the kerned 's' and the apostrophe are locked into a form, and the apostrophe and the adjacent 't' have a small amount of extra spacing between them to visually balance the space:
Related Reading: Here's some practical kerning advice.
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View Source: How to Use Photoshop Files with Dreamweaver
Follow along with tutorial files as Dave Sawyer McFarland shows you the best practices in Photoshop and Dreamweaver CS4.
Dreamweaver can alert you when an image on your Web site doesn't match the original Photoshop file:
Related Reading: Try this if you use Photoshop CS3 to create Web animations.
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Extensis Upgrades Universal Type Server to 2.0
Fix Security Flaws in Acrobat and Adobe Reader
Oil Spotting Problem with Canon Cameras
NYT Introduces Photojournalism Blog
Weekly Podcast: Tips on combining files in Acrobat; centering in Photoshop, and blend modes.
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You are going to laugh so hard when you see the "Awkward Family Photos" site.
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