Graphic Design/Software
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Are there any quick edits I can apply to my clients’ photos to make them better for sublimating?
Keeping your subject in focus while blurring the background can help bring the person visually into the foreground of the…
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What are Macros, and how can they help with repetitive engraving jobs?
If you are extremely computer savvy, you could go and create your own Macros. Macros are little sub-programs that operate…
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Education
Experiential Graphic Design
Show, don’t tell. Writers often swear by that dictum. Readers need to feel like they’re experiencing a story, rather than…
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Education
Tap into the Mind-Reading Powers of CorelDRAW: Live Sketch
Live Sketch focuses on the need to either use multiple lines to work out a shape or a continuous line…
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Adjust Image Color in Photoshop Before Sublimating
Adjusting image color can be done in a few different ways. Try desaturating the area around the subject just slightly.…
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Education
Using Photoshop for a Wraparound Van Wrap
Wraps veteran Grant Dorsey of Aurora Graphics in Eldorado, Kansas, discusses how to use Photoshop to extend a wrap from…
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Font Choice ‘Dos’ for Awards
Typically, serif fonts are used for large bodies of text as the serif guides our eyes and makes words easy…
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Adjusting a Selected Color on a Graphic
There are some quick ways to do a basic color correction of a selected color throughout your design in Photoshop…
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Go with What They Know: Font selection
As a designer, you may think you’re making a creative choice, when in reality, the answer can easily be defined…
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What is the difference between CMYK and RGB color mode?
The colors you see on your screen never exactly match the colors in your prints. This is because the colors…
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What design strategies can my shop employ to make one-of-a-kind awards for each client?
Great design and layout might make an award unique; however, the ultimate service is to make any product truly identifiable…
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Education
Create a Gradient Effect in Photoshop
In Photoshop, open your color image file and the Layers window palette. With the open file, you can find this…
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Virtual Awards: Use CorelDRAW to Develop Samples
Start by constructing as much of the shape of the award as possible, to actual size, by utilizing the dimensions…
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Education
Turn Down the Volume of Your Fonts
Be careful not to use too many different fonts in the same design. It looks amateurish and can actually wear…
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Cerebral Signage: Applying Design Thinking to Signs, Part Four
Design thought is the blending of intelligence and imagination with creativity. Smart design wrapped around intellectual data and concepts can…
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Cerebral Signage: Applying Design Thinking to Signs
Design thought is the blending of intelligence and imagination with creativity. Smart design wrapped around intellectual data and concepts can…
