Tag: GRAPHICDESIGN

One of the most time consuming activities in graphic and Web design is the picking of fonts. It's basically a crap shoot: there's no way to see what text will look like until after you've selected a font -- and when you have a list of 200 fonts to get through, the process can be painstakingly tiresome. That's where Wordmark.it comes in; it's a Web app that scans your computer for installed fonts, ...

Imagine you're working on a PSD file, you duplicate it and work further on it when creating a new version. And one day, you need a layer or effect that only exists in only one of these files -- among the heap of 2MB files that were hastily named 'Untitled1.psd, 'Untitled2.psd', 'Untitled2_a.psd'. And now you have to open every single file, wait for it to load, scroll through it, and then find the ...

Considering we're now at version 6 of Eye Candy, you'd be right in assuming that this is a very feature rich piece of software. Eye Candy is a set of Photoshop filters that are useful for graphic designers: logos, text, wallpapers -- that kind of thing. There are 30 filters in total, most of them very different to the default Photoshop filters, and they're all easily configurable. There are ...

COLOURlovers is a social networking site designed for people who work with and love color. The site monitors color trends and gives users a place to get their color on by comparing different color palettes with other users, commenting on palettes, and readings articles and interviews about color. The site is designed with creative professionals in mind who are working with color on a daily basis. ...

Microsoft is busy completing its first crack at knocking on Adobe's door by developing a suite of web and graphic design software called Expression Studio. The scheduled launch date is for the middle of 2007, and it will be selling for about $599 as a package. The software suite will include Expression Web, a revamped FrontPage, Expression Blend which is an interactive design tool previously ...