Design
Jack Wallen: five affordable or free photo editing apps
Photoshop still is the best photo editing program, but the list of affordable apps continues to grow. Jack Wallen of the TechRepublic blog listed some of them. From GIMP (free) to PaintShop (65 Euro) and from Pixlr Editor (free with an account), Photo Editor (free Android version) and PicMonkey (online editor), he reviews them all.…
Lees meerQuarkXpress 2015, available from 28 April
Based on the top 10 of user requests Quark has adjusted their desktop publishing and design software QuarkXPress. Most important adjustments are support for PDF/X4 output, larger page sizes and a fixed layout option for interactive ebooks. QuarkXPress has become much faster due to the long expected 64 bit structure. Version 10 users can upgrade…
Lees meerXerox: printing with gold and silver toner
Xerox brings a metallic silver toner to market which enables the Xerox printers Colour 800i/1000i to print silver also at high speed. The metallic gold and silver toners which adhere to the Pantone specifications, can enhance prints. Because of the silver and gold toners the prints appear to have a metallic shine which has a…
Lees meerGolden colour edged Dutch dictionary
In honour of the 150th anniversary of Van Dale, the Van Dale pocket dictionaries Dutch, English, French and German have received a festive look. A golden colour edged celebratory limited edition will be available from today. The pictures show how the books have been produced. Publisher Jaap Parqui: “I didn´t know it, but colour edging…
Lees meerGrafische Groep Matthys wins Invercote Award 2015
The Grafische Groep Matthys (Turnhout, Belgium) recently won the international Invercote Award 2015 in the ´Best Design´ category for their exclusive luxury folding carton packaging for saffron. “This prize is a recognition for the special products made in Turnhout using the innovative in-line cold foil printing process.” Using this technique they make luxury graphics products for…
Lees meerThe road to Fame and Fortune: FESPA Awards 2015
The FESPA Awards can be the road to fame and fortune for any creative communicator. The Awards are open to anyone, you do not have to be a FESPA member and any application, digital, print, sign or hybrid can compete for this much desired prize. No less than 21 categories from Point of Sale to…
Lees meerApple Watch marketing trusts printed advertising
It is supposed to be the newest digital hype, the Apple Watch, but to start the hype Apple is using a trusted an proven medium, printed advertising. The company bought no less than 12 pages in the very big March edition of American Vogue. Apple hopes to make its Watch the ´must have´ luxury product…
Lees meerThomas Knoll: I never imagined that my digital darkroom would turn into a product such as Photoshop
19 February marked the 25th anniversary of Adobe´s Photoshop which turned the imaging world upside down. From that moment on high investment in tools as sold by Scitex and Crossfield were no longer necessary. With an Apple Macintosh any creative designer who wasn´t scared of the steep learning curve could use Photoshop to create the…
Lees meerPaper Link: Creative packing with inspiring paper uses
Paper Link by designer Sabine Lenz is a site with many inspiring uses for paper. One of the tools used by Sabine to inspire us is video. Her YouTube channel has many short videos such as “dVice4: From Sustenance to Sensation” in which she unwraps a package from Digital Color Concept which not only has…
Lees meerWild Format Guide #9: Sign Design Software
Standard software is available for wide format printing. But, software packages especially designed for wide format printing with more options are also available. Nessan Clearly lists them in the Wild Format Guide #9. Download the guide via the Blokboek.com downloads page.
Lees meerDutch designer wins biscuit tin design challenge
The winner of the international design challenge for Biscuiterie Jules Destrooper is Dutch designer Femke Veltkamp. Her winning design for a new biscuit tin will be taken into production this year and become available worldwide. Femke Veltkamp is a professional illustrator and lives in Utrecht. She combines drawings with digital design which gives the biscuit…
Lees meerDocker: building cloud apps for any OS
Building and distributing apps can be done in many ways, but if, like Yelp, Ebay and Spotify, you want an app which works with any system and is distributed via the cloud to registered users Docker is one of the best solutions. Docker apps do not need an operating system, are very compact and easy…
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