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Microsoft Expression software

Saturday, March 18th, 2006
Acrylic
Microsoft announced new graphic design programs: Acrylic Graphic Designer, Sparkle Interactive Designer, and finally Quartz Web Designer. They have been trying to integrate simple user interfaces but still effective tools. A new markup language is declared: XAML, that comes from XML. XAML will be used for Windows Presentation Foundation, this language can describe vector, bitmap, 3d, and such environments, and it make a great effort to replace Macromedia Flash. Support for XML is added too, and ...
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Student Contest

Saturday, March 18th, 2006
Student Contest
Mech.Kuleuven.be is organising student contest in category of "Sustainable future". Students from around the world can apply, and it welcomes all creative entries that can combine high-quality design and goal of sustainable need-fulfilment. Priority is assigned to environmental, economical and social benefits... Total prize is about 6000 Euro.
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Standard Envelope Styles

Saturday, March 18th, 2006
Envelopes
Envelopes come in many sizes and shapes. You can't know them all, and this brief info will provide you info that you need just to pick a right one for your designs. On this list you will find the most common styles. Read More.
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White space in graphic design

Saturday, March 18th, 2006
White Space
What is white space? It's the space between visual elements and it's an integral part of the message. It tells you whre one section ends an begins another. Whitespace is the part of the design that "isn't" there. And it's just important as the elements that are there. Read more.
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Scale-Up your images

Saturday, March 18th, 2006
Genuine Fractals
When scaling an image to a higher resolution, regardless of the method used to increase the resolution, new pixels are created. You have several choices for increasing the size of an image in Photoshop, but the most common method used is the Bicubic method. The Bicubic method samples one pixel and then looks at the surrounding pixels to determine the color value of the new pixels created. Bicubic produces smooth tonal gradations when ...
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Quark vs InDesign - The War

Saturday, March 18th, 2006
Quark vs. Indesign
After 15 years of history in Desktop publishing bussiness there was really only one serious war between giants in DTP bussiness: Quark vs. InDesign (Adobe). At the webpage quarkvsindesign.com you can read all about this historical war, as they say: "After two years, Quark VS InDesign.com is still the world's leading authority for news and opinion on the war between the desktop publishing giants." Stay on the track with latest news, ...
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QuarkXPress 7 at the end of year?

Saturday, March 18th, 2006
Quark 7?
Quark Inc.'s XPress series is set to release version 7 at the end of this year or very early in the next. Probably this is because they are feeling the influence from Adobe's InDesign, and it's revamping it's image an promising to implement changes demanded by it's many users. As Indesign has many new feauters we all hope to see them implemented in new Quark 7. The main new feature Quark is pushing ...
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Refill your printer cartridges

Saturday, March 18th, 2006
Refill Ink
Do you refill you printer cartridges? Or you just buy OEM version? Did you know that you could refill your cartridges with lowcost ink or toner? Many people are using this cheap solutions for their printers. If you want to save some money you could try it yourself. Just a simple google search like "ink toner refill" will give you a hint on how much providers exist with lowcost inks and toner refill ...
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