September, 2008 | CreativePro Network

Split Up Data Merged PDF Files into Smaller Files

Splitting up a PDF file into “every N pages” is easy with one of these cool utilities!

iTravelstock Launches

Art Life Images releases its first major stock image collection since launching online in 2007. The iTravelstock collection addresses a growing trend of requests for “active travel” imagery, focusing on the features and characteristics of a location, but also including enthusiast activities that make the location a destination. Chris DeLellis founder of Art Life Media, […]

Stock Artists Alliance Issues Orphan Works Alert

The Stock Artists Alliance learned recently about an aggressive last-minute push by Congress to pass Orphan Works legislation. The Senate was “hot lining” the Orphan Works Bill (S2913) for a vote, and the House was expected to follow suit. We’ve now learned that the Senate bill was passed. We must immediately turn our attention to […]

Get a Peek at Xerox's Erasable Paper at WIRED NextFest

Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX) is unveiling its erasable paper to the public for the first time at WIRED NextFest, a showcase of global innovations that are transforming the world. The experimental paper can be printed on again and again, reducing paper use in the office and cutting back waste. Other breakthroughs in the Xerox display […]

Be a Hound for Baskerville

UKType and the Baskerville Project are searching high and low, near and far, across oceans and around the globe, and even surfing the information superhighway for examples of John Baskerville’s most elegant and sublime typeface. These images of Baskerville will be included in the closing scenes of the short animated film, Baskerville. Join the hunt […]

Making InDesign Buttons with Hyperlinks

Creating interactive PDFs in InDesign with buttons and hyperlinks can be confusing. Here, David explains the basics of attaching hyperlinks to buttons.

Get Creative Video: News for the Week of September 29, 2008

Sponsored by iStockPhoto. Master in a Minute Apply custom drop shadow to multiple items simultaneously in Adobe InDesign. News Now that the big Adobe CS4 product announcements are out, our friends at <https://www.lynda.com target=new> Lynda.com have launched “CS4 University,” which includes more than 30 different CS4 training tutorials totaling more 100 hours of new […]

Tug and Twirl Text in Illustrator

There are thousands of wonderful typefaces, but sometimes nothing is just right. You don’t have to settle for someone else’s vision — instead, modify letters in Adobe Illustrator to create exactly what you want. When you outline text, Illustrator converts each letter to an object with paths and points, which you can select and adjust. […]

First Digital Photography Metadata Specification

Industry-leading companies announced the Metadata Working Group, an organization formed in 2007 dedicated to solving key interoperability issues that make finding, organizing and searching for digital photos a challenge. Today, the Metadata Working Group has also introduced its first specification, which provides guidelines designed to increase interoperability and preservation of metadata in digital photographs. “Lack […]