In my studio, InDesign CS5 has proven to be a solid workhorse with no major drawbacks and several benefits. It's already become a tool for building multimedia I would normally do in Flash.
REVIEW: CorelDRAW X5 Adds Useful New Features
CorelDRAW X5 doesn't have the range of tools Photoshop and Illustrator might have, but it has some specific tools I don't see elsewhere and I am impressed by the strides made in web graphics and digital asset management.
Goodbye PMS, hello PANTONE PLUS
Pantone finally does what it could not do in 2007: announce an end to the PANTONE MATCHING SYSTEM® in favor of a new standard of color.
As a file conversion utility Fusion works well and it's a full-featured product for producing PDFs
Adobe eLearning Suite 2 Catapults Captivate 5 to Mac
Adobe Systems today announced the upcoming eLearning Suite 2 and Captivate 5, to ship in June 2010.
InDesign CS5 doesn't seem to have the quantity of new features that some other CS5 products have, but what it does have are immensely useful new features.
Company Marks 10-Year Milestone with Limited Edition Anniversary Book
99 Free Valentine’s Day Fonts
Designorati romanced every free font resource, sampled every heart-shaped box of chocolatey, type treats, and arranged this bouquet of 99 ways to type "I love you."
Devastating news for the design world: After 55 years in publication, I.D. Magazine, America’s foremost design publication, has folded. I.D. (...)
REVIEW: Maya Entertainment Creation Suite 2010 Is A Wonderful Package
The Autodesk Maya Entertainment Creation Suite, which bundles Autodesk Maya 2010 with Autodesk Mudbox 2010 and Autodesk MotionBuilder 2010 software, is a beautiful product combination from Autodesk—and one of its first.
The Only Way to Prevent Fragmentation–Before it Happens PRESS RELEASE BURBANK, CA, November 18, 2009 –Diskeeper Corporation launched today Diskeeper® 2010 performance software–the only product available today that actually prevents fragmentation before it happens. (...)
Video from the Sneak Peeks event at Adobe MAX in Los Angeles. Cutting-edge new technology from Adobe, perhaps coming to the next Creative Suite.
In addition to all the wonderful things in our lives to be thankful for this season—loved ones, health, happiness, and Designorati—we thought you might also like to give thanks for some free* Thansgiving fonts. (...)
300+ Free Halloween Fonts
In honor of this year’s annual fright night, Designorati scoured the globe, peeking into every dark corner, every creepy closet, and under the bed for free Halloween fonts–living or dead. (...)
An excellent resource for newcomers to the printing and design industries.
Serif announced today that PagePlus X4, the newest version of their page layout application, is now available. (...)
Adobe's Captivate, now in its fourth iteration, is a unique blend of CS4, PowerPoint, Flash and projects structured for electronic learning.
Adobe Technology Integrated into HP Print-on-Demand Platform
Adobe CS4 and ROI: Is Productivity The New Killer Feature?
Research suggests efficiency may be worth as much as the cool features.
Deke McClelland is in my opinion one of the best instructors out there for Photoshop and other creative applications. He might also be the funniest (sorry, Scott Kelby).
InDesign CS4 is one of the great upgrades to come out of the CS4 generation of applications, with a variety of new features—and one that's a real game-changer.
When Acrobat 9 was released last summer, Adobe also introduced the Acrobat.com Web site to facilitate sharing and communication.
Milestone Release Radically Improves Creative Workflow Efficiency; Redefines Collaboration Between Designers and Developers
The Hamburg-based developer showed its publishing platform K4 6.0, designed for Adobe CS4, at its 4th International User Conference. The first public presentation will take place at IFRA Expo in Amsterdam.
BOOK REVIEW: slide:ology Deconstructs The Presentation
Presentations are often bad, but do they have to be? Of course not—which is why this book was written.