Independent software developer, onOne Software, Inc. today announced the launch of their new company with the acquisition of several popular productivity enhancement products for Photoshop and QuarkXPress from Celartem, Inc. companies...

Tear a sheet of paper vertically, first, then horizontally. Which tear was straighter? This is a quick, simple test for grain direction, a paper property that indicates which way fibers lined up on the paper machine during manufacturing. The...

This is one usefull tool if you are into webdesign. Manytimes you want to se how the typeface you choose look on the web, with this tool you can see that instantly and all that with 3 clicks with mouse. The Typetester is an online application...

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...

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...

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...

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”...

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...

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...

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...