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Pantone Unleashes the Next Generation of Color - PANTONE PLUS
Published: 10/05/2010 | Viewed: 210
For nearly 50 years, the PANTONE® MATCHING SYSTEM® has been the worldwide color communication standard. As technology and working styles advance, Pantone continues to evolve its color tools and technology to reflect today's design and production w...
Adobe Introduces Creative Suite 4 Product Family
Published: 09/10/2008 12 PM | Viewed: 211
Radical Workflow Breakthroughs, New Levels of Flash Expressiveness and Integration Anchor Adobe’s Biggest Software Release. SAN JOSE, Calif. — Sept. 23, 2008 — Adobe Systems Incorporated today announced the Adobe® Creative Suite®...
Top 10 Tips - Designing the Right Logo
Published: 01/01/2007 12 PM | Viewed: 265
For small businesses, creating a logo is one of the most important stages of a company’s infancy. A professional image can take you a long way, distinguishing your company from the competition. Unfortunately, not everyone is a stellar graphics desig...
Free Graphic Design Software that Doesn't Hurt Your Wallet
Published: 01/01/2007 12 PM | Viewed: 350
While Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Dreamweaver are the unequivocal tools of choice for the professional designer, there are alternatives for those that don’t have a large software budget.
LG.Philips LCD Develops World's First Flexible Color A4-Size E-Paper
Published: 01/01/2007 12 PM | Viewed: 318
LG.Philips LCD, a leading innovator of thin-film transistor liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) technology, announced today that it developed the world’s first 14.1-inch flexible color E-paper display, equivalent in size to an A4 sheet of paper. This i...
Freelance Designers - Getting exposure on search engines
Published: 01/01/2007 12 PM | Viewed: 321
Adapted from The Freelance Designer’s Self-Marketing Handbook. Wouldn’t it be great if new clients contacted you? In the following article I’ll show you how to conquer the search engines so prospective clients can find you online.  ...
CorelDRAW.com Community Site Launched
Published: 01/01/2007 12 PM | Viewed: 247
Corel Corporation (NASDAQ:CREL; TSX:CRE) today announced that it has launched http://coreldraw.com/, a new online community for users of the CorelDRAW® family of products - including CorelDRAW Graphics Suite, Corel DESIGNER® Technical Suite and Co...
Total Training Announces Online Library
Published: 01/01/2007 12 PM | Viewed: 241
Total Training™, Inc., a pioneer in engaging and innovative video-based training, today announced the next step in its plans to offer a premium training experience to its customers by introducing Total Training Online™, a library of video tuto...
It's Official: Adobe to Discontinue FreeHand
Published: 01/01/2007 12 PM | Viewed: 279
Adobe will continue to sell and support FreeHand MX, while encouraging users to move to Illustrator. With almost four years since an upgrade, FreeHand has been looking more and more like a product on life support. And now the plug has been pulled.
Pantone Encourages Designers to Destroy Their Color Guides
Published: 01/01/2007 12 PM | Viewed: 332
The PANTONE Color Kill YouTube Video Contest underlines the finite lifetime of PANTONE FORMULA GUIDES.
Pantone Announces 56 New Colours
Published: 01/01/2007 12 PM | Viewed: 300
Pantone, Inc., the global authority on color and provider of professional color standards for the design industries, today began shipping Pantone Color Inspiration 2007, a limited edition guide of the latest trend colors, featuring 56 all-new spot colors ...
Mac|Life Honors Corel Painter X with Editors' Choice Award
Published: 01/01/2007 12 PM | Viewed: 238
Corel Corporation today announced that Corel® Painter(TM) X has been recognized with an Editors’ Choice Award from Mac|Life magazine (www.maclife.com). Mac|Life also gives the software its “Great” rating and states, “...Painter...
Is Microsoft's Silverlight the end for Flash?
Published: 01/01/2007 12 PM | Viewed: 271
Microsoft have announced a new web based interactive video format called Silverlight. Aimed at delivering rich interactive applications (RIA) for the web, Silverlight appears to be a part of Microsoft's increasing foray into the graphics market tradit...
Adobe Announces Creative Suite 3
Published: 01/01/2007 12 PM | Viewed: 274
Adobe have finally completed the unification of both its own and Macromedia's graphics software product line, with the announcement of the latest range of Creative Suite software bundles, Adobe CS3.