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Editor's Corner: Something for Everyone
Apple's announcements at last week's Macworld Expo weren't earth shattering for the creative pro market.
The undeniably beautiful MacBook Air is too wimpy to handle our daily workloads. The new iPhone and iPod
apps are cool, even useful, but they probably won't make a difference to your bottom line. And the iTunes
movie rental service is after-work entertainment, plain and simple.
Yet as I walked the show floor and spoke to companies, I saw plenty to interest creative pros. Insider
Software released new versions of its desktop
and server font managers,
and Extensis previewed its Universal Type Server.
Microsoft lifted the curtain on Office 2008,
which looks much better suited to us visual types. Could it mean no more whimpering when a client insists that you deliver
a newsletter in Word? And there were impressive new printers at the HP and Epson booths, including HP's Photosmart Pro
B8850 and Epson's Stylus Photo R1900.
The most intriguing demo I saw was at the Gridiron Software booth. While content management app Flow isn't
even in beta, its interface already beats the pants off of most other content managers I've used. You can be sure we'll
review the shipping version on creativepro.com.
If you couldn't make Macworld Expo and want an on-the-floor experience, watch Shellie Hall's daily videocasts from the floor.
— Terri Stone, editor in chief
P.S. Don't forget about your chance to win an Amazon.com gift certificate! Download the blank badge art provided by Gene Gable,
and send your own tongue-in-cheek designs to editor@creativepro.com by
January 28, 2008. Download the badge art here.
For background on this contest, go to http://www.creativepro.com/story/feature/26264.html.
Strengthen Connections Online
When your livelihood depends on your ability to bring in new work, it's smart to cultivate every
networking avenue possible. LinkedIn can be a great resource for new assignments, especially when
you follow Dave Awl's seven super-user tips.
http://www.creativepro.com/story/feature/26286.html
More online marketing tools:
http://www.creativepro.com/story/feature/25971.html
I Got the Blues — and I Like It
Chad Neuman delivers shooting tips and Photoshop techniques that ensure the skies in your photos really pop.
http://www.creativepro.com/story/howto/26284.html
Congratulations! You've hit the Photoshop how-to mother lode:
http://www.creativepro.com/software/howto/57.html
Illustrator How-to: Add Strokes to Placed Images
Placed images in Illustrators aren't vector shapes, so you have to know a few insider tricks if
you want to apply a stroke, or keyline, around the images. Mordy Golding lets you in on the secrets.
http://www.creativepro.com/story/feature/26300.html
Are you hankering for more of Mordy's know-how? Try this:
http://www.creativepro.com/author/home/2091.html
Video Newscast for the Week of January 22
This week, Shellie Hall takes a look at a public beta worth your time, a color-management program,
web sites for photo fans and Mac heads, and places to go for help in finding printers, building forms, and locating ads.
http://www.creativepro.com/story/news/26307.html
Shellie's really been cranking out the videos! Catch up here:
http://www.creativepro.com/story/feature/26071.html
Slice and Dice in InDesign
Have you tried InDesign's Pathfinder Commands? Some people think they're too basic, others consider them too
sophisticated. But once you read this fun tutorial by Diane Burns, you'll turn to the Pathfinder Commands to
create impressive — yet simple — effects. This article also includes a special discount on InDesign Magazine subscriptions.
http://www.creativepro.com/story/howto/25719.html
More artistic InDesign techniques:
http://www.creativepro.com/story/feature/25462.html
News from the Past Week
YouSendIt announces Adobe Photoshop plug-in for Mac platform
http://www.creativepro.com/story/news/26294.html
Quark releases QuarkXPress XTensions through Quark Labs
http://www.creativepro.com/story/news/26290.html
Free Image Editor Image Tricks gets new filters
http://www.creativepro.com/story/news/26299.html
xTrain.com presents The Russell Brown Show
http://www.creativepro.com/story/news/26278.html
onOne Software announces acquisition of Liquid Resize technology
http://www.creativepro.com/story/news/26291.html
Wacky Web Site of the Week
Money Faces: I always have to share unique origami creations
http://www.creativepro.com/story/feature/23661.html
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