DTG Magazine Editor's Column for April 2007

DT&G Newsletter for April

Welcome new subscribers & Friends

Before getting into this month's content, I wanted to send a special welcome to all those who have subscribed or become active in the Design Center.

April TABLE OF CONTENTS

April: Designing Women & COLOR
Selecting a Color Palette
Do colors influence web site visitors?
Editor's Choice: The Practical Guide to Information Design
Designing Women: Veerle Pieters
Photoshop: Carved in Wood
Photoshop: Changing Colors
Photoshop: Clipping Path makes a Hole in the Doughnut
Photoshop: Saving an old, faded photo
April Onslaught of Adobe CS3 Products
Business: Becoming a Publicity Designer
Mailbag: OpenType Demystified
Color It! 4.5 for Max OS X
Mailbag: Gorgeous Photography from National Geographic
Website of the month: Silja Goetz Illustration
Mailbag: Quiz and Stump the Chump
Mailbag: Printed DTG issues
Mailbag: Getting Started in Graphic Design
Are you smarter than a 5th Grader ...
& ELSE...

April: Designing Women & COLOR

April continues our "Designing Women" series, and the topic is "COLOR" -- Designing Women Ronnie Lipton, Leatrice Eiseman, and Adriana Iordan -- all leading experts in the design field -- bring references, articles, tutorials and lots to learn about graphic design and color!

Selecting a Color Palette

It's not hard to persuade a designer that color matters. But persuading Fortune 500 companies? You might be surprised. Color consultant and Designing Woman Leatrice Eiseman has carved out a major career in helping companies "make correct choices in colors that sell." ... Expert Advice from a Color Consultant

Do colors influence web site visitors?

Designing Woman Adriana Iordan from Avangate B.V. joins us to share professional insight into choosing colors for your web site -- including the meanings of color, societal impact, rules to follow and how color influences web site visitors!

Editor's Choice: The Practical Guide to Information Design

This is the definitive, behind-the-scenes guide to mastering information design -- helping graphic designers make the transition into information design for the knowledge age. Another milestone book from Designing Woman Ronnie Lipton... The Practical Guide to Information Design

Designing Women: Veerle Pieters

Veerle Pieters, a graphic designer and web designer living in Belgium, caught our attention with her fresh Illustrator design portfolio, and her lively blog featuring many great articles and tutorials... Veerle Pieters

Photoshop: Carved in Wood

A reader wrote in with a client who wants his web site menu buttons to be on a tree -- looking hand-carved. So, this tutorial gives you nice sign boards with the type routed in to nail to the tree. Carved in Wood

Photoshop: Changing Colors

We get quite a few requests for this kind of technique for people colorizing houses, cars, people's clothing, and from time to time a boat or two. In this tutorial, we must change the color of a boat, then apply lettering to the side to show the client the finished lettering job.

Photoshop: Clipping Path makes a Hole in the Doughnut

More frequently asked questions: "...if I were creating a clipping path of a donut, how would I put a path around the outside and the inside of a donut?" In this tutorial, we using image clipping paths to create a hole where the background shows through!

Photoshop: Saving an old, faded photo

Photoshop 911 question: "... I've read plenty of tutorials on how to repair dents and scratches with the clone/stamp tool, but haven't found anything to help with the color problems" In this tutorial, we bring this old photo back to life with a lot of adjustment layers

April Onslaught of Adobe CS3 Products

In case you didn't see the live web-cast demonstrations of the new Adobe product line -- here are all the detailed releases: Adobe Delivers Two Editions of Photoshop CS3 along with a powerful InDesign CS3 Release and an entire new Creative Suite 3 Product Line, including Creative Suite 3 Design Premium products, Creative Suite 3 Web Premium, Creative Suite 3 Production Premium. They're posted with an overview in the Adobe Directory.

Business: Becoming a Publicity Designer

Shaun Crowley has brought a whole series best-practice tutorials for all freelance artists. This month Shaun focuses on freelance designers who specialize in marketing materials. They are in high demand, and can just about write their own ticket if they know How To Be A Publicity Designer

Mailbag: OpenType Demystified

Our good friend and typography goddess Ilene Strizver wrote in to say she has posted a six page feature that explains OpenType. Find out why it's is becoming the font format of choice for type-savvy designers everywhere. Download the PDF: OpenType Demystified

Color It! 4.5 for Max OS X

Wow! A name from the past arrived in my mailbox today, Wayne Davis! We haven't heard from Wayne since Y2K, but he's been busy. His firm, Digimagearts has completely overhauled a program called "Color IT" -- many of you may remember ColorIT! as the very cool Photoshop surrogate from the 1990s. It's back, and greatly enhanced. Check it out at: www.digimagearts.com

Mailbag: Gorgeous Photography from National Geographic

My industry insider Karen Thomas posted me last week, and I just had to pass along to you -- the gorgeous new photo library featuring National Geographic Photos. From animals to underwater to storms and nature, now you can share some of the finest photography in the world...

Website of the month: Silja Goetz Illustration

for a fresh burst of some very sparkling graphics visit the web site of Silja Goetz. She's a freelance illustrator from Madrid/ Spain (born in Regensburg/ Germany) and comunication design graphic designer for Allegra Magazine in Hamburg. Nice stuff. For a slideshow see: www.siljagoetz.com/01new/visor.htm or visit Silja at www.siljagoetz.com

Mailbag: Quiz and Stump the Chump

Last month's mailbag "stump the chump" for Illustrator tips for doing match forumlas was a bust. We got about 60 responses, none of which actually answered the question. Sorry.
Additionally, if you've taken our "Design Quiz" expecting to get a test score we're sorry but the CGI broke, and trashed more than a thousand tests. We still can't get it to work -- however, for the MAY issue, we'll have the quizzes back up, complete with scoring. Stand by.

Mailbag: Printed DTG issues

Too many people each month request a "print" sample or issue of DTG. Once again, remember that we stopped printing and PDF editions of DTG back in the mid 1990s. It's all web based now.

Mailbag: Getting Started in Graphic Design

Last month's letter from a reader just starting out in the field of freelance graphic design prompted a topic in the Design Cafe. We're inviting some of you old veterans of the industry to come in and share some of your wisdom to help these young up-and-coming designers get off on the right foot. Post at:www.dtg-forums.com

Are you smarter than a 5th Grader ...

No, it's not Jeff Foxworthy's new TV show... but it may as well be. If you read some of this month's comments from readers you see a few snags: some of the web owners aren't too happy with their Web Site Critiques

& ELSE...

This month's &Else includes: I-SPY Prevention Act of 2007 * Print with any printer in the world * Travel and PHOTOGRAPHY Off the Charts * PitStop with Adobe Acrobat 8 support * New Life for Old Photos and a half dozen more! &Else!

In this month's Loading Dock download section, you'll find a ton of new clip art samples, and a collection of all-time favorite Photoshop PDF tutorials you simply download. You know where to look!

As we head toward spring, and summer, those graduates will be pouring out of school and hitting the streets for jobs. Congratulations on a great job in your education -- now we'll be looking forward to seeing the great work you do in the future.

And, once again you've already wasted a perfectly good hour reading the DTG newsletter. Hopefully all is not wasted and you've gained at least one helpful tidbit of info

Thanks for reading...

Editor / Publisher, DT&G Magazine

Parting words for April...

"It's not getting what you want...
it's wanting what you got!
- Sheryl Crow

PS: if you've made it this far, the Loading Dock address for April will be changed to "color". Just add the word "color" after the last slash in www.graphic-design.com/

WHO IS Fred Showker?

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Editor's Choice: The Practical Guide to Information Design Designing Women: Veerle Pieters Photoshop: Carved in Wood Photoshop: Changing Colors Photoshop: Clipping Path makes a Hole in the Doughnut Photoshop: Saving an old, faded photo April Onslaught of Adobe CS3 Products Business: Becoming a Publicity Designer Mailbag: OpenType Demystified Color It! 4.5 for Max OS X Mailbag: Gorgeous Photography from National Geographic Website of the month: Silja Goetz Illustration Mailbag: Quiz and Stump the Chump Mailbag: Printed DTG issues Mailbag: Getting Started in Graphic Design Are you smarter than a 5th Grader ... & ELSE... April: Designing Women & COLOR April continues our "Designing Women" series, and the topic is "COLOR" -- Designing Women Ronnie Lipton, Leatrice Eiseman, and Adriana Iordan -- all leading experts in the design field -- bring references, articles, tutorials and lots to learn about graphic design and color! Selecting a Color Palette It's not hard to persuade a designer that color matters. But persuading Fortune 500 companies? You might be surprised. Color consultant and Designing Woman Leatrice Eiseman has carved out a major career in helping companies "make correct choices in colors that sell." ... Expert Advice from a Color Consultant Do colors influence web site visitors? Designing Woman Adriana Iordan from Avangate B.V. joins us to share professional insight into choosing colors for your web site -- including the meanings of color, societal impact, rules to follow and how color influences web site visitors! Editor's Choice: The Practical Guide to Information Design This is the definitive, behind-the-scenes guide to mastering information design -- helping graphic designers make the transition into information design for the knowledge age. Another milestone book from Designing Woman Ronnie Lipton... The Practical Guide to Information Design Designing Women: Veerle Pieters Veerle Pieters, a graphic designer and web designer living in Belgium, caught our attention with her fresh Illustrator design portfolio, and her lively blog featuring many great articles and tutorials... Veerle Pieters Photoshop: Carved in Wood A reader wrote in with a client who wants his web site menu buttons to be on a tree -- looking hand-carved. So, this tutorial gives you nice sign boards with the type routed in to nail to the tree. Carved in Wood Photoshop: Changing Colors We get quite a few requests for this kind of technique for people colorizing houses, cars, people's clothing, and from time to time a boat or two. In this tutorial, we must change the color of a boat, then apply lettering to the side to show the client the finished lettering job. Photoshop: Clipping Path makes a Hole in the Doughnut More frequently asked questions: "...if I were creating a clipping path of a donut, how would I put a path around the outside and the inside of a donut?" In this tutorial, we using image clipping paths to create a hole where the background shows through! Photoshop: Saving an old, faded photo Photoshop 911 question: "... I've read plenty of tutorials on how to repair dents and scratches with the clone/stamp tool, but haven't found anything to help with the color problems" In this tutorial, we bring this old photo back to life with a lot of adjustment layers April Onslaught of Adobe CS3 Products In case you didn't see the live web-cast demonstrations of the new Adobe product line -- here are all the detailed releases: Adobe Delivers Two Editions of Photoshop CS3 along with a powerful InDesign CS3 Release and an entire new Creative Suite 3 Product Line, including Creative Suite 3 Design Premium products, Creative Suite 3 Web Premium, Creative Suite 3 Production Premium. They're posted with an overview in the Adobe Directory. Business: Becoming a Publicity Designer Shaun Crowley has brought a whole series best-practice tutorials for all freelance artists. This month Shaun focuses on freelance designers who specialize in marketing materials. They are in high demand, and can just about write their own ticket if they know How To Be A Publicity Designer Mailbag: OpenType Demystified Our good friend and typography goddess Ilene Strizver wrote in to say she has posted a six page feature that explains OpenType. Find out why it's is becoming the font format of choice for type-savvy designers everywhere. Download the PDF: OpenType Demystified Color It! 4.5 for Max OS X Wow! A name from the past arrived in my mailbox today, Wayne Davis! We haven't heard from Wayne since Y2K, but he's been busy. His firm, Digimagearts has completely overhauled a program called "Color IT" -- many of you may remember ColorIT! as the very cool Photoshop surrogate from the 1990s. It's back, and greatly enhanced. Check it out at: www.digimagearts.com Mailbag: Gorgeous Photography from National Geographic My industry insider Karen Thomas posted me last week, and I just had to pass along to you -- the gorgeous new photo library featuring National Geographic Photos. From animals to underwater to storms and nature, now you can share some of the finest photography in the world... Website of the month: Silja Goetz Illustration for a fresh burst of some very sparkling graphics visit the web site of Silja Goetz. She's a freelance illustrator from Madrid/ Spain (born in Regensburg/ Germany) and comunication design graphic designer for Allegra Magazine in Hamburg. Nice stuff. For a slideshow see: www.siljagoetz.com/01new/visor.htm or visit Silja at www.siljagoetz.com Mailbag: Quiz and Stump the Chump Last month's mailbag "stump the chump" for Illustrator tips for doing match forumlas was a bust. We got about 60 responses, none of which actually answered the question. Sorry. Additionally, if you've taken our "Design Quiz" expecting to get a test score we're sorry but the CGI broke, and trashed more than a thousand tests. We still can't get it to work -- however, for the MAY issue, we'll have the quizzes back up, complete with scoring. Stand by. Mailbag: Printed DTG issues Too many people each month request a "print" sample or issue of DTG. Once again, remember that we stopped printing and PDF editions of DTG back in the mid 1990s. It's all web based now. Mailbag: Getting Started in Graphic Design Last month's letter from a reader just starting out in the field of freelance graphic design prompted a topic in the Design Cafe. We're inviting some of you old veterans of the industry to come in and share some of your wisdom to help these young up-and-coming designers get off on the right foot. Post at:www.dtg-forums.com Are you smarter than a 5th Grader ... No, it's not Jeff Foxworthy's new TV show... but it may as well be. If you read some of this month's comments from readers you see a few snags: some of the web owners aren't too happy with their Web Site Critiques & ELSE... This month's &Else includes: I-SPY Prevention Act of 2007 * Print with any printer in the world * Travel and PHOTOGRAPHY Off the Charts * PitStop with Adobe Acrobat 8 support * New Life for Old Photos and a half dozen more! &Else! In this month's Loading Dock download section, you'll find a ton of new clip art samples, and a collection of all-time favorite Photoshop PDF tutorials you simply download. You know where to look! As we head toward spring, and summer, those graduates will be pouring out of school and hitting the streets for jobs. Congratulations on a great job in your education -- now we'll be looking forward to seeing the great work you do in the future. And, once again you've already wasted a perfectly good hour reading the DTG newsletter. Hopefully all is not wasted and you've gained at least one helpful tidbit of info Thanks for reading... Editor / Publisher, DT&G Magazine Parting words for April... "It's not getting what you want... it's wanting what you got! - Sheryl Crow PS: if you've made it this far, the Loading Dock address for April will be changed to "color". Just add the word "color" after the last slash in www.graphic-design.com/ WHO IS Fred Showker? Advertising in the Design Center: When you advertise, your small contribution to the Design Center helps us continue the mission... and get's you lots and lots of traffic and visitors to your web site! Just ask us how. Participate in your Design Center Lots of fun and information for all... don't forget, any community is only as good as the participation of its members. We invite your tips, tricks, comments, suggestions and camaraderie. Ask for the DT&G Monthly email newsletter, and each month we'll send you a low-key text email with all the happenings in the Design Center along with regular columns like the Mail-Bag, Reader-Tips, and "Cool Sites" SUBSCRIBE to the Designers' CAFE email discussion list (listserv) and join the ongoing discussions about design and publishing	Good Guys: --------------- April is brought to you by the color "Blue" because this is Celebrate Diversity Month, and --------------- Did you know? April is Child Abuse Prevention Month and Jazz Appreciation Month... for a treat, just click here. Did you miss us * Last Month? Previously: Discuss it Remove Backgrounds Watermarks Image in Type Layer Masks Art to Print The Press Check Photoshop CS3 eBook mistakes Run-in Heads Seymour Chwast Patternmakers Summer Photography Selective Coloring --> Business: Getting Paid Freelancers Design Budget Computer Theft Bigger budget Stock Scams Spam Whitewash BlackBerry Spear Phishing Design Buddy! 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