Although its name clearly implies a close relationship with photography, Adobe Photoshop is widely used as an illustration and design tool. Photoshop has also excelled as a color separation tool for prepress and photochromy jobs. Cartoonists and Illustrators find the possibility of using pressure sensitive tablets with Photoshop a huge asset. Architects use Photoshop to embellish their perspective drawings. Industrial designers and 3d artists can correct and enhance their 3d rendering. Pixel perfect images are created by icon and web designers. This section is a guide to different art and design resources, such as books, software, fonts, clipart and tutorials to help you to build a creative way of thinking and working.
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Adobe InDesign CS2Category: Design and Illustration software When Adobe first introduced InDesign a few short years ago, analysts and professional designers expressed skepticism that the software would make any significant inroads into a market that had long been ruled by a few well-entrenched and respected programs. With Adobe InDesign CS2 for the Macintosh, the writing is now clearly on the wall. What was thought to be a pipe dream just yesterday--Adobe InDesign being considered as the standard software package for professional publishers and designers--is today on the verge of becoming a reality. Book, magazine and high-end publishers and designers of all types are making the switch to Adobe InDesign. A glance at the new features that InDesign CS2 brings to the table makes it easy to see why. Author: Adobe Systems | Visits: 690 |
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Dynamic Navigation MenuCategory: Design and Illustration software In this tutorial I will show you how to create a dynamic flash navigation menu using Actionscript and xml. The xml file controls the number of buttons, the title, and the url. Once the flash file is created you can update the menu just by editing the XML file in Adobe Flash. Author: Flash Framer | Visits: 688 |
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Adobe Illustrator CS2Category: Design and Illustration software Adobe Illustrator CS2 is the latest (April 2005) release of Adobe Illustrator, the industry-standard vector graphics software. Illustrator CS2 gives designers new creative freedom so they can realize ideas quickly and powerfully. Users can instantly convert bitmaps to vector artwork with Live Trace, paint intuitively with Live Paint and save time with the new context-sensitive Control Palette and optimized workspaces. Plus, tight integration with other software, both within the new Adobe Creative Suite 2 and with other applications, lets designers produce extraordinary graphics for print, video, the Web, and mobile devices. Author: Adobe Systems | Visits: 682 |
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Barcode Label Software for Package DesignCategory: Design and Illustration software IDAutomation Barcode Label Software is an easy to use WYSIWYG bar code label printing software application that prints barcodes, text and graphics on standard laser or inkjet printers, in addition to thermal barcode printers. Author: IDAutomation | Visits: 674 |
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Aviano fontCategory: Font foundries and collections In 2007, insigne released Aviano. Aviano's beautifully drawn extended letterforms were a hit with designers and quickly became insigne's most popular offering of early 2007. Now, insigne returns to the classical forms that were the inspiration for Aviano with a sans serif variant. Aviano Sans is wide and geometric, and is perfect for any job that calls for a chic and dignified sans serif. Author: MyFonts | Visits: 648 |
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Classic Graphic Design TheoryCategory: Design and imaging tutorials This section is for the person who is completely unfamiliar with design. It gives brief descriptions of the elements of design, such as line, shape, space, texture, value and color, as well as describing the principles of design which are movement, emphasis, balance and unity. These design principles have been used in the creation of fine art as well as commercial art. Author: Usask | Visits: 623 |
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Adobe Creative Suite Premium CS2Category: Design and Illustration software More than just an upgrade to the world's leading imaging, design, and print production software, Adobe's Creative Suite 2 will change the way you harness your creativity. Creative Suite 2 is a fully integrated design and workflow environment that is engineered to help creative professionals work faster, smarter and with better results. Robust new tools in Photoshop CS2, tighter integration between Photoshop CS2 and Illustrator CS2, new object styles in InDesign CS2, and the revolutionary streamlining and collaboration offered by Adobe Bridge make Creative Suite 2 Adobe's biggest release yet. Other top features include the ability to establish color settings across all the components of Adobe Creative Suite, access to robust help services, and easier control of, and access to, historical and alternate file versions. Author: Adobe Systems | Visits: 617 |
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Watercolor techniquesCategory: Painting and illustration techniques Description and examples of different watercolor techniques
Author: John Lovett | Visits: 586 |
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Rikki-tikki-tavi in pencil and Photoshop 5.5Category: Painting and illustration techniques Rikki-tikki-tavi is a short story by Rudyard Kipling. The story, and my illustration, were to be used by Holt, Rinehart and Winston in a text book for 6th grade students, used to teach reading skills.
Author: Michael Halbert | Visits: 581 |
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Universally CorruptCategory: Font foundries and collections Universally Corrupt is the perfect typeface to hide any words of truth by burying it in chaos. A must have typeface for any politician or corporate C.E.O! Author: MyFonts | Visits: 580 |
