Research suggests efficiency may be worth as much as the cool features.
by Jeremy Schultz
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.
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."
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.
CS4 Design Standard includes four applications: Adobe InDesign CS4 Adobe Illustrator CS4 Adobe Photoshop CS4 Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro Since Acrobat 9 isn’t new, I’ll concentrate on the first three programs in this first look. (...)
Adobe Announces Creative Suite 4
Today, Adobe Systems announced Creative Suite 4 (CS4).
300+ Free Halloween Fonts
In honor of this month’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. (...)
New Spring 2009 Colors Debut; Download Exclusive Swatches Palette
As New York Fashion Week begins, Pantone once again releases the 10 hottest colors for the upcoming season. Download exclusive ready-to-use palettes of the Spring 2009 colors.
REVIEW: Serif Jumps The Pond With Four Creative Pro Apps
Serif releases four applications in the US, delivering solutions for page layout, graphics, photo editing and webpage creation.
An interesting new link has shown up on the Adobe Systems Web site.
New Designorati.com policy is fair warning to public relations firms too ignorant, lazy, or greedy to do their jobs.
Worldlabel.com has released autofillPDF-labels, a collection of templates for printing labels.
REVIEW: Acrobat 9 Pro Extended And The Power of Flash
I'm reviewing Acrobat 9 Pro Extended, the most advanced member of the Acrobat 9 family. This application takes the new integration of PDF and Flash to a new level and gives you two applications in one with Adobe Presenter 7.
Acrobat 9 Pro: The Designorati Review
Acrobat 9 Pro is alive and in the wild. Is the update worth your interest? With new features for presentation, production, and aggregation, it may well be.
BOOK REVIEW: The Designer’s Apprentice Deconstructs Automation
Scripting and automation is perceived as one of the most complex and difficult things to do in the world of desktop publishing and design, but Rick Ralston's book does a very good job of breaking the process down and putting the pieces together in an easy-to-follow format.
Ji Yong Park's book serves as a basic primer on graphic design, typography and some web design.
INTERVIEW: Jim Petersen, Adobe Branding Director, Speaks About Acrobat 9 Design
After years of the "running man," Acrobat's branding has experienced major shifts with every new version since 2004/2005. I talked with the man in charge of Adobe brand strategy to learn what it means.
QuarkXPress 8 Is Coming
Here comes QuarkXPress version 8! It's not released yet, but the word is out that it's coming and it's going to be much improved.
Which Acrobat 9 To Buy?
The move to Acrobat 9 means that some products are being discontinued and others are being added. Here's the breakdown of what you'll receive.