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Computer programmers do it, so why can’t everybody else? It’s called revision control, and if you are working on a long term project, collaborating with a production team or just like to keep track of your progress, learning to use one can be extremely beneficial. In this article I will focus our attention on an open ... read more
IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Colorado based Media Lab Inc. today announces SiteGrinder 3, its powerful, next generation Photoshop web site development platform. In addition to over 300 new features, Media Lab SiteGrinder 3 supports two new optional add-ons, Commerce and Control. Graphic designers, photographers, artists or anyone can easily transform their Photoshop designs into CSS and ... read more
There are many company names that become so common place in our language, that they eventually end up becoming verbs. After all who hasn’t Xeroxed their butt after they were caught Googling someone at the company Christmas party… anyone?? It is much rarer however, for a software application to reach this “verb” status. That is exactly ... read more
Computer programmers do it, so why can’t everybody else? It’s called revision control, and if you are working on a long term project, collaborating with a production team or just like to keep track of your progress, learning to use one can be extremely beneficial. In this article I will focus our attention on an open ... read more
If you have Adobe CS4 Production Premium, or Master Suite, you can use Adobe’s Dynamic Link feature to synchronize your workflow. In this short tutorial I will demonstrate this by creating a project in Premiere and sending a clip to After Effects.Open a new project in premiereHere I have created a new project in Adobe ... read more
Adobe’s After Effects CS4 is incredibly simple and powerful. Motion tracking can be used for a wide variety of purposes, but in this tutorial we will simply track the movement of a bird as he walks across the screen, and apply some text to follow him.Step 1 – Set up your clipFor this example I ... read more
This is soooo cool! Aperture 3 makes it really easy to edit together a quick multimedia production, ready for final editing in your favorite video editing suite. For this tutorial I will be using Adobe Premiere CS4, but Final Cut Pro, or another video editing application like After Effects could work as well.Create and Open ... read more
Now that I’ve had a chance to kick the tires with my trial copy of Aperture 3, I’m beginning to rethink my entire workflow. Aperture 3 isn’t just an update, it’s a game changer. With video and audio capability built right in, I am beginning to wonder if Apple finally answered all of my prayers!Setting ... read more
Making a lot of design comps in Illustrator, I find myself often creating mock-ups where I need an arrow to point out an important part of the design. This is achieved easily with the Line Segment Tool but the steps to add an arrowhead are a tad obtuse. Rather than being a toolbar option for ... read more
Anyone who has used Illustrator for a while is used to changing the size of the art board by going to the Document Settings under the File menu, but that’s not where Adobe Illustrator CS4 puts control of the artboard size. As a result, we’ve seen lots of people who wanted to change the size ... read more
If you have a long document that needs to be styled, entering keystroke style shortcuts can save you a lot of time. You will need a full keyboard (with "F" keys and a number pad) in order to take advantage of this InDesign feature and at least one style created in your document in order ... read more
Mike Pfaltzgraff is the genius at Trek Bicycles behind all of their graphics for team bikes. If you watched even a moment of the Tour de France over the last few years, you’ve seen his handiwork under people like Lance Armstrong. He’s a Mac-based designer and he’s a master of Creative Suite.Thanks to the ... read more
Last night I was out in Manhattan to see the 3D version of Avatar! The visual effects were amazing to say the least. Check out this video posted recently on the Adobe website showing how various CS apps were used in the making of this revolutionary film!read more
Illustrator doesn’t use the standard OS X spell-checking tools, so it won’t underline a misspelled word as you type it. That’s a good thing, as there are more cases in illustration where you don’t want to have red squiggles appear under your text than instances where you do. It’s easy to check sections of text ... read more
Join us for a Lightroom 3 webinar on December 17th. We'll talk about import and organization strategies and take questions. read more
Want to give your photos a dreamlike look? This is a quick and simple way to do this in Photoshop!Mac Create Premium Content AvailableMac Create Premium Members download the orginal Photoshop file for this tutorial here.Choose a photo.Duplicate the layer of the photo.Choose the Blur.Blur the duplicate layer by going to Filter/Blur/Guassian Blur.Choose the pixel ... read more
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