Killer CreativePro.com Design Contest!
While we have weekly contests on CreativePro.com, they're random drawings -- if you enter and are lucky, you get the prize. If you don't or aren't, you have to wait for the next contest.

But this week marks the start of a very different kind of contest -- the Designer's Dream Giveaway. To enter, you submit projects that you've created using a PANTONE product. The creator of the most successful design will win an awesome package of Pantone tools: ColorMunki Design, GoeBridge, and the PANTONE Reference Library, which includes Formula Guides (coated, uncoated, matte), Color Bridge (coated, uncoated), Metallic Formula Guide (coated), Pastel Formula Guide (coated, uncoated), Tints four–guide set, 4–color process guides (coated, uncoated), and the Solid Chips three–book set.

You only have between now and June 15 to submit your work, so gather your project files and enter the Designer's Dream Giveaway soon!

The Colorful Art Of Camera Tossing
You have to be brave to try the art of camera tossing, but if you’re a good catch, the results are worth it. Check out the unusual photos David Sommers collected for this article.

TypeTalk: Are Free Fonts Worth the Price?
Some free typefaces are pirated from legitimate fonts. Others are not stolen but are poorly designed. Here's how to find the ones that both look good and are legitimate.

Scanning Around with Gene: Add Inches to Your Manhood!
No, it's not what you think. Rather, the 6'5" Gene Gable has scanned ads for elevator shoes from the 1940s and '50s.

Related Reading: This vintage Gene column is also aimed at the manly set.

A Love Letter to Letters
Patrick Devine went to an amazing science museum, but before he could get to the living roof or the albino reptile, a typeface made him forget everything else (including his two kids). What do you think the show-stopping typeface turns out to be?

Related Reading: Another font tale.

Create Powerful Backgrounds in Photoshop
The wrong background doesn't have to ruin an otherwise fine photo. Let Chad Neuman show you how to remove the original background and create a new one that looks like it came out of a photographer's studio.

Boring, pre-tutorial background:

Related Reading: For those times when you need really complex masks, try the Viveza plug-in.

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Canto Cumulus 8 Now Shipping

Free Version of PhotoTools 2

Adobe Flash Catalyst Beta Now Available

CreativePro.com Poll: Where do you work from?

Visit this photo booth from the comfort of your office chair.

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