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| 10 InDesign Favorites (40 minutes) Posted Jun 23, 2010 |
Photoshop - Quick & Easy Backgrounds (19:35) Posted Jun 21, 2010 |
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 Celebrate InDesign's tenth birthday with ten awesome tips from our
expert instructor
more detailsPrinting Tips, Type, Layout, Magazine Design, Pdfs, Software Tips, Adobe Creative Suite 5, Adobe Indesign, Frames |
 Simple techniques for creating memorable backgrounds in Photoshop
more detailsCreativity, Photoshop, Color, Software Tips, Adobe Creative Suite 5, Backgrounds, Brushes |
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| Going Beyond the Logo (40 minutes) Posted Jun 17, 2010 |
How to Set Up Files for Print (42:18) Posted Jun 15, 2010 |
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 Turn your client's logo into a powerful multimedia branding campaign
more detailsCreativity, Branding, Marketing, Promotion, Color, Logo Design, Printing Tips, Type, Layout, Web Design |
 Follow these time- and money-saving steps before sending files to the
printer
more detailsPhotoshop, Color, Printing Tips, Type, Layout, Pdfs, Software Tips, Adobe Creative Suite 4, Adobe Indesign |
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| Listening to Type (21:10) Posted Jun 10, 2010 |
14 Practical Strategies for Developing Creative Solutions (46:00) Posted Jun 9, 2010 |
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 Make your typography speak clearly and effectively to your audience
more detailsCreativity, Branding, Marketing, Promotion, Relationships, Case Studies, Client Relations, Type, Layout |
 Wow the client with unexpected design concepts
more detailsCreativity, Branding, Marketing, Promotion, Color, Case Studies, Printing Tips, Client Relations, Layout |
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| Photoshop: Working with Layer Styles (24:24) Posted Jun 4, 2010 |
Producing Promotional & Branding Materials: Brochures (01:05:43) Posted Jun 3, 2010 |
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 Time-saving Photoshop techniques using layer styles
more detailsCreativity, Photoshop, Type, Software Tips, Masks, Adobe Creative Suite 5 |
 Create professionally polished brochures in Adobe InDesign
more detailsBranding, Marketing, Promotion, Printing Tips, Layout, Software Tips, Adobe Creative Suite 4, Brochures, Adobe Indesign |
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| Illustrator CS5: Take Advantage of New Features (29:15) Posted May 27, 2010 |
Don't Waste My Time!: Designing for Short Attention Spans (23:41) Posted May 24, 2010 |
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 CS5's new features make working in Illustrator even easier
more detailsCreativity, Type, Software Tips, Illustrator, Guides, Adobe Creative Suite 5 |
 Make the most of the scant seconds you have to grab your audience
more detailsCreativity, Copywriting, Color, Printing Tips, Layout, Magazine Design, Web Design |
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| DIY Photoshop: Panels with Configurator (25:17) Posted May 19, 2010 |
Effective Self-Marketing With Online Portfolios (29:18) Posted May 18, 2010 |
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 Use Adobe's free Configurator plugin to make and run custom panels
more detailsPanels, Photoshop, Software Tips, Adobe Creative Suite 4, Adobe Creative Suite 5, Configurator |
 Marketing principles that will help you attract clients with your portfolio site
more detailsCreativity, Branding, Marketing, Promotion, Color, Client Relations, Business Issues, Web Design, Flash |
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| InDesign CS5: Interactivity (39:12) Posted May 11, 2010 |
Insurance Basics for Designers (25 minutes) Posted May 10, 2010 |
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 Add video and animation to your layouts without even opening Flash
more detailsPrinting Tips, Indesign, Layout, Magazine Design, Software Tips, Adobe Creative Suite 5 |
 A pathway to obtaining the insurance you need for your freelance practice or design firm
more detailsCareer, Freelancing, Client Relations, Business Issues, Insurance |
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| InDesign CS5: Production (33:11) Posted May 6, 2010 |
Photoshop: Fixing Perspective Issues (27:11) Posted May 4, 2010 |
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 Creating beautiful layouts is faster and easier with Adobe InDesign
CS5
more detailsPrinting Tips, Type, Indesign, Layout, Magazine Design, Software Tips, Adobe Creative Suite 5 |
 How to fix warped perspectives in Photoshop
more detailsPhotoshop, Stock Photography, Software Tips, Adobe Creative Suite 4 |
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| Logos and the Subliminal Eye (30:32) Posted Apr 30, 2010 |
Photoshop CS5: Take Advantage of New Features (30:57) Posted Apr 27, 2010 |
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 Understanding and achieving logos that affect the viewer on an subconscious level
more detailsCreativity, Branding, Marketing, Promotion, Logo Design, Client Relations, Type |
 Brand-new additions to your Photoshop arsenal
more detailsCreativity, Photoshop, Type, Software Tips, Masks, Adobe Creative Suite 5 |
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| What Does It Take to be an Art Director (52:27) Posted Apr 23, 2010 |
Dreamweaver CS5 New Features Tour! (38:26) Posted Apr 20, 2010 |
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 A guide for aspiring art directors, and those who have art direction
thrust upon them
more detailsCreativity, Branding, Marketing, Promotion, Client Relations, Type, Business Issues, Layout, Image Selection, Stock Photography |
 Exciting changes and upgrades are afoot in Adobe's web design app
more detailsDigital Media & Tech, Blogging, Dreamweaver, Web Design, Software Tips, Adobe Creative Suite 5 |
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| Photoshop: Sharpening Techniques (21:27) Posted Apr 16, 2010 |
More SPRY: SPRY & XML Data Regions (41:32) Posted Apr 13, 2010 |
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 There's more than one way to sharpen an image in Photoshop
more detailsPhotoshop, Image Selection, Stock Photography, Software Tips, Masks, Adobe Creative Suite 4 |
 Create a dynamic web page using externally edited XML
more detailsDesign & Photo, Dreamweaver, Web Design, Software Tips, Adobe Creative Suite 4 |
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| Eat Color: Using Color on the Web (26:39) Posted Apr 9, 2010 |
Photoshop: HDR on a Shoestring (16:04) Posted Apr 6, 2010 |
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 Explore five ways to view and use color on the web
more detailsCreativity, Branding, Marketing, Promotion, Color, Web Design |
 Generate HDR images from a single exposure
more detailsPhotoshop, Image Selection, Stock Photography, Software Tips, Adobe Creative Suite 4, Bridge, Photomatix Pro, Lightroom |
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| The Why Factor: Teasing Out Constructive Critiques (34:50) Posted Apr 2, 2010 |
Creative Problem Solving (49:56) Posted Mar 31, 2010 |
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 Here's how to get the constructive feedback you need to
move a project forward
more detailsCreativity, Color, Collateral, Type, Layout, Magazine Design, Clientrelations |
 Examine the thought processes involved in truly creative branding.
more detailsCreativity, Branding, Marketing, Promotion, Color, Logo Design, Case Studies, Printing Tips, Type |
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| Quick Type 101 (25 minutes) Posted Mar 30, 2010 |
How to Build a Logo - Type, Image, and Space (27:32) Posted Mar 29, 2010 |
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 Which fonts work well in print, and which are best for the web? How many fonts do you need on a page? Our typography expert gives you the basics of font choice.
more detailsTypography, Web Design, Fonts, Print Design |
 Parsons professor Alex W. White closes his four-part series on logo
design by examining how the three main components of a mark-type, image, and
space--can interact successfully.
more detailsDesign & Photo, Creativity, Branding, Marketing, Promotion, Relationships, Logo Design, Case Studies, Type |
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| Designing Animated Banner Ads (29:07) Posted Mar 24, 2010 |
Illustrator Time-Savers: Adding Depth in Illustrator (27:41) Posted Mar 23, 2010 |
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 A step-by-step guide to building eye-grabbing banner ads in
ImageReady and Flash
more detailsBranding, Marketing, Promotion, Web Design, Software Tips, Flash, Imageready |
 Learn basic-to-advanced Illustrator techniques you can use to add the
illusion of depth to your images
more detailsDigital Media & Tech, Color, Software Tips, Adobe Creative Suite 4, Illustrator |
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| Wordpress Theme Customization with Dreamweaver, Part One (32:37) Posted Mar 18, 2010 |
Photoshop: Creative Adjustments in Camera RAW (22:42) Posted Mar 17, 2010 |
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 Here's how to get started with making changes to Wordpress themes
more detailsNew Media, Blogging, Dreamweaver, Web Design, Adobe Creative Suite 4 |
 Apply crucial fixes to images right in Camera
Raw
more detailsColor, Software Tips, Adobe Creative Suite 4 |
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| Color and Design: Finding the Perfect Harmony (29:57) Posted Mar 12, 2010 |
Working with Images: Design for Non-Designers (21 minutes) Posted Mar 4, 2010 |
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 Uncover the secrets of assembling harmonious color schemes for your
logo, print materials, or website
more detailsCreativity, Color, Logo Design, Collateral, Web Design |
 So you don't know a dpi from a jpg? This tutorial will teach you everything you need to know about how to acquire, prepare and resize images for the web and for print.
more detailsOnline Media, Digital Media, Images |
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| Information Overload: Organizing Website Content (27:00) Posted Mar 2, 2010 |
Photoshop: Creative Fixes with Dodge, Burn, and Masks (18:40) Posted Feb 24, 2010 |
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 Having lots of content on your website is a good thing, but how can
all that information be organized effectively?
more detailsCreativity, Branding, Marketing, Promotion, Color, Layout, Web Design, Next-Generation Journalist |
 These Photoshop techniques use dodging, burning, and masks together
to make images pop
more detailsPhotoshop, Color, Stock Photography, Software Tips, Masks, Adobe Creative Suite 4 |
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| Editing Flash without Flash (39:33) Posted Feb 22, 2010 |
The Art of the Business Card (34:19) Posted Feb 18, 2010 |
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 Learn how to create and update websites without setting foot in
Flash.
more detailsPhotoshop, Indesign, Layout, Magazine Design, Stock Photography, Web Design, Software Tips, Adobe Creative Suite 4, Flash, Bridge |
 Strong, innovative design is the key to making your business card
stand out from the pack.
more detailsCreativity, Branding, Marketing, Promotion, Color, Printing Tips, Type, Layout |
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| DIY Photo Frames (21:27) Posted Feb 12, 2010 |
Constructing CSS-Based Combination Layouts (43:06) Posted Feb 9, 2010 |
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 Nothing becomes a photo like a simple, edgy, or elegant frame
more detailsPhotoshop, Stock Photography, Software Tips, Masks, Adobe Creative Suite 4 |
 Learn an intuitive method for creating web layouts incorporating both
rigid and liquid elements in Dreamweaver
more detailsDreamweaver, Layout, Web Design, Software Tips, Adobe Creative Suite 4 |
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| Down 'n' Dirty, Quick and Easy Websites (56:31) Posted Feb 4, 2010 |
Blog Smarter with Angela Riechers (12 minutes) Posted Feb 3, 2010 |
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 No code? No problem! Here's a start-to-finish, step-by-step workflow
for quickly making stripped-down yet aesthetically pleasing websites.
more detailsDreamweaver, Photoshop, Type, Layout, Web Design, Software Tips, Adobe Creative Suite 4, Illustrator |
 Our expert instructor shares her blog's backstory and offers ways to blog smarter.
more detailsDesign & Photo, Blogging, Direct Access |
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| History Lessons: Design in Times Square (41:25) Posted Feb 2, 2010 |
5 Makeover Web Strategies (25:09) Posted Jan 29, 2010 |
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 Even at the size of a Times Square digital billboard, certain
fundamental rules of design still apply.
more detailsCreativity, Branding, Marketing, Promotion, New Media, Color |
 It's easy to know when a website needs a redesign, but knowing just
what to do with an outdated site is a lot more difficult.
more detailsCreativity, Branding, Marketing, Promotion, Color, Logo Design, Client Relations, Type, Web Design |
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| Tips on Blog Design with Angela Riechers (11 minutes) Posted Jan 27, 2010 |
Making the Most of It: Designing Well Despite Deprivation (36:51) Posted Jan 26, 2010 |
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 Designer and instructor Angela Riechers gives advice on creating and maintaining an eye-pleasing blog, based on her personal blogging experiences.
more detailsDesign & Photo, Blogging, Direct Access |
 These smart design strategies will help you maintain your sanity and
your standards when you're resource-strapped on a project.
more detailsType, Business Issues, Indesign, Layout, Image Selection, Magazine Design, Stock Photography |
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| Photoshop: Hold Your Own Photo (14:11) Posted Jan 22, 2010 |
Photoshop: From Ho-hum to Wow! (26:09) Posted Jan 21, 2010 |
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 Polaroid nostalgia is in full swing, and this photo-collage technique
in Photoshop makes use of the instant-film craze.
more detailsPhotoshop, Image Selection, Stock Photography, Software Tips, Masks, Adobe Creative Suite 4 |
 You can use Photoshop to bring out the magic of photos that are
muddy, soft, or blandly composed
more detailsPhotoshop, Color, Image Selection, Software Tips, Adobe Creative Suite 4, Stockphotography |
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| Design Police Report: 5 Web Design Crimes (27:30) Posted Jan 12, 2010 |
Gender Benders: Busting Design Cliches (36:45) Posted Jan 8, 2010 |
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 These websites are guilty of heinous design felonies that alienate users.
more detailsCreativity, Branding, Marketing, Promotion, Copywriting, Type, Pdfs, Web Design |
 Aim for a gender-specific audience without falling back on cliched visual language.
more detailsCreativity, Branding, Marketing, Promotion, Copywriting, Color, Type, Image Selection, Magazine Design, Stock Photography |
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