If mobile phones are becoming mp3 players, THE mp3 player has become a mobile phone Let’s face it. Mobile phones have got little left of their “phone side...
Have you ever opened a magazine, read an article and wondered, “How did the designer think of THAT design element?” This is a question I have asked myself so many times that I lost count...
And how do you compensate for it...
The best way of “doing yourself” in I was peacefully surfing the internet, in a moment of cyber relaxation...
A scripting XTension for those sharing QuarkXPress files on a network Many QuarkXPress users, especially printers as they are most likely to move files through a network, will be familiar with this little but annoying problem...
Yes, even guides need to be straightened out from time to time… when you use QuarkXPress… From proud Italian compatriots (now don’t you say I am bias) here’s a little fix to a bug in QuarkXPress 7...
How many times have you ever wanted to get your friends’ or family members’ photo to look like a drawing...
Why are people still using EPS files for raster graphics? I have explained in an earlier article when one is to use EPS files and when he is to use TIFF...
To save on costs and speed up the printing process, books, flyers and so on are printed on parent sheets...
When you open a magazine you see all pages in order, from first to last. The pages that are next to each other are called spread, also known as “reader’s spread” in printing terms...
Customize your themes simply with a drag and drop Not long ago I discovered a very well thought out Wordpress theme, called Kiwi...
It’s so easy to just press that “b” We all know that DTP is done with WYSIWYG applications...
Earliest launch in the UK, followed by the US and the rest of Europe The final version of QuarkXPress 7 is ready. Everybody run...
A free Windows font management application FontHit Font Tools is a free application that allows anyone with a Windows platform to view, install, uninstall and print fonts...
Publish.com questions: “Who Will Support Your Graphics Software Running on Boot Camp...
Quark launched the second phase of its public beta program Quark released the first beta of their layout program at last Macworld’s conferene. The beta was to expier by the end of March...
Think with the final output while you design and you will save time at preflight stage If you have read last How-To on Designorati:Desktop Publishing you know what you are looking for when you want to prepare a file for printing on an offset press...
New Solution in Broadened Product Line Removes Technical Complexity of Barcode Creation and Preflighting Birmingham, UK (IPEX - Hall 6, Stand A20) – April 4-11, 2006 – As part of its strategy to offer more practical solutions that remove technical complexity from the life of creative professionals, Enfocus adds Instant Barcode to its ‘Instant’ product line...
Partnership with PerfectProof Brings Both a Certified PDF® and Certified Proofing Solution to Market Birmingham, UK (IPEX - Hall 6, Stand A20) – April 4-11, 2006 – Enfocus announces it has broadened the scope of its Technology Partner Program, originally established to allow other developers to integrate Enfocus’ PDF preflighting and editing technology into their own products...
Alwan CMYK Optimizer® to Plug Into PitStop Automate Creating Collaborative Solution for Automated PDF and Color Preflighting & Optimization PRESS RELEASE Birmingham, UK (IPEX - Hall 6, Stand A20) – April 4-11, 2006 – As part of its ongoing efforts to develop cost-effective tools for production automation and PDF quality management, Enfocus announces its technology partnership with France-based Alwan Color Expertise...
Next Generation PDF Quality Management and Production Automation Tools will be available May 1 PRESS RELEASE Birmingham, UK (IPEX - Hall 6, Stand A20) – April 4-11, 2006 – IPEX 2006 is the international launch platform for version 7 of Enfocus’ flagship product, PitStop Professional...
A showcase for designers, new and old, to help them have more presence in the creative world Recently I came across a site called Fakecircus...
Want a happy relationship with your printer? Follow the guidelines in the first of a series of articles about preflighting with InDesign...
This week featuring two freeware downloads: Ghotscript and the ReplaceInPlace Xtension fror QuarkXPress I am seeing scripts… err… ghosts...
Training for both designers and printers will be available at the Ipex exibition The release of QuarkXPress 7 is near—at the Ipex Exhibition in Birmingham, UK, Quark will demonstrate their latest and yet-to-release version of their layout program, and will offer training for both designers and printers...