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Interested in grabbing some free high-quality icons for use in Photoshop? Check out BlendMe.in, an extension that adds a panel to Photoshop CS6 and CC where you can search or browse collections of high-quality icons and then drag and drop them into your work as Smart Objects. Thanks, John Nack
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There has been some debate about whether, now that InDesign CC has been released, there would be any more updates to InDesign CS6. InDesign CS6 is still available for purchase with a perpetual license, and it can be downloaded if you have a subscription to the Adobe Creative Cloud. Today, September 30, 2013, the question […]
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Have you ever yearned to apply multiple strokes to on object in InDesign? Have you wanted more flexibility with your strokes than just a stroke and a gap color? For years now, I have wanted InDesign to be able to have the equivalent of the Illustrator’s Appearance panel, where I can apply multiple strokes and […]
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“Elemental Photo Manipulations” is a four-part series highlighting tutorials and inspirational amazing artwork combining photography with Photoshop in surreal, mind-bending, and sometimes startling ways. In this second installment in the series marvel at the way artists have bent the very Earth—dirt, stone, metal, and even the flora—to their whims. Don’t miss “Part 1: Fire,” and […]
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As anyone who has ever pointed a camera at a group of people posing for a photo can tell you, it’s really hard to find the exact moment when everyone is smiling and not blinking. You can of course take multiple shots to increase your odds of success. Or you can cheat by using Photoshop […]
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Pros: Offers users the ability to find, buy, and embed missing fonts; much easier editing of page items Cons: Pricey for an average designer Rating: 9/10 PitStop Pro 12 is a significant upgrade to this all-purpose (and all-powerful!) tool for preflighting and editing PDF files. It operates as a plug-in to Adobe Acrobat Standard or Pro, version […]
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No matter how you pronounce them, animated GIFs, with their brevity, humor, and visual inventiveness have certainly found their place in Web culture. We’ve come a long way from rippling flags and dancing babies. Nowdays GIFs can be quite artful, and they can be used as teaching tools as well. Case in point: the site […]
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Earlier this week I posted a story about the Nix color sampler, a crazy cool tool in the making that’s essentially a calibrated scanner in your pocket for grabbing inspirational colors wherever you find them. But it’s one thing to have the tools to work with colors, it’s another thing to have a game plan […]
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