October 4, 2011 | Volume 12 Issue 40




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Editor's Corner

SuperStock Takes a Shot at New Logo

I feel for companies in the creative industries. When they change their visual identities, their customers are more apt to notice--and more likely to set the bar high.

Stock photo agency SuperStock recently hired Design Army to completely redesign its logo.

Old logo:

Two versions of the new logo:

Does the redesign appeal to you? Share your opinions on Twitter or Facebook.

Terri Stone - Editor in Chief

Features

Free for All: Oodles of Photoshop Effects Brushes

Enliven your Photoshop images with close to 2,000 effects brushes. Pariah S. Burke made sure that they're all free for commercial and personal use.

Related Reading: How about some typographic Photoshop brushes?

Scanning Around With Gene: Let's Have a Tupperware Party!

When you combine the convenience of modern plastics with the excitement of in-home party sales, you have the winning formula that is Tupperware. Gene Gable has found some real doozies this time!

Related Reading: While Tupperware parties live on, another type of sales technique from the past has disappeared.

Type Effects: The Ins and Outs of Inlines and Outlines

Adding rules to normally invisible character outlines can add novel--and historical--effects to your type. James Felici explains how to create them in InDesign, QuarkXPress, and Illustrator.

Related Reading: More type fun that is grounded in tradition.

InDesign Efficiency: Keep Your Hand on the Keyboard

InDesign's Quick Apply is an amazing yet underused feature that greatly improves your efficiency and is even better than keyboard shortcuts, since you only have to remember one key combination. David Blatner shows you how it works.

Related Reading: David tells you how to slim down your InDesign files.

News From The Past Week

>> Adobe Dramatically Drops Price of iPad Publishing
>> One Thousand-Plus Vintage Camera Effects in One Photoshop Plug-In
>> Webinar Series Tackles Business Concerns of Creative Pros
>> Typographic Rugs Are Real Treasures
>> New Wacom Tablets Start at $79

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		When holiday decor goes too far.

Wacky Web Site of the Week

There's a theater. There are silhouettes. The results might be masterpieces. Tip o' the hat to Mike Rankin for the discovery.

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

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