10. Selectively Adjust Color in Photoshop
In this tutorial, Chad Neuman demonstrates techniques that change the hue of only part of an image and without obscuring details underneath the new color.

www.creativepro.com/article/selectively-adjust-color-photoshop

9. 10 Quick Macro Shooting Tips
Mason Resnick proves that once you eliminate the variables, you’ll end up with nothing but great macro shots.

www.creativepro.com/article/10-quick-macro-shooting-tips

8. First Look: QuarkXPress 8.0
Gene Gable tried out the QuarkXPress 8.0 beta and concluded that it’s the makeover designers have been waiting for.

www.creativepro.com/article/first-look-quarkxpress-80

7. A Monstrous Photoshop Technique
Russell Brown never follows the rules, but he always has more fun. Ride along as he takes images to the creative edge!

www.creativepro.com/article/a-monstrous-photoshop-technique

6. Get Dynamic in Photoshop
HDR is one of the hottest trends in photography. Colin Smith explains how to shoot, merge, and tone-map photos to extend the dynamic range and produce painted-looking results.

http://www.creativepro.com/article/get-dynamic-photoshop

5. Turn Color Photos into Duotones in Photoshop
You can transform one photograph into a wide variety of duotones to use in print or on the Web. Chad Neuman shows you how.

www.creativepro.com/article/turn-color-photos-duotones-photoshop

4. Design Successful Logos
Chad Neuman interviews three experts on what goes into designing a logo, including typeface choices, inspiration, and overall branding messages.

www.creativepro.com/article/design-successful-logos

3. Review: Adobe Photoshop CS4
Ben Long’s review is thorough. In it, he’ll introduce you to some improvements and additions that will make you smile. Others will make your jaw drop in awe.

www.creativepro.com/article/review-adobe-photoshop-cs4

2. Ten Free Online Tools Every Designer Should Know
Pariah Burke ten free resources that help you manage your business, store files, find stock images that aren’t copyrighted, explore color, and more.

www.creativepro.com/article/ten-free-online-tools-every-designer-should-know

And now, the most-visited article on Creativepro.com in 2008…

1. HerGeekness Says: Convert Custom Letterhead to Microsoft Word Templates
Is your client insisting on a Word version of your letterhead design? Follow conversion guidelines from Anne-Marie “HerGeekness” Concepcion to cut down on your pain and maximize your profit.

www.creativepro.com/article/hergeekness-says-convert-custom-letterhead-microsoft-word-templates

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Wolda announces the ‘08 winners: 192 logos selected from almost 1100 entries submitted from 43 different countries around the world. The overall winner of Wolda ‘08 is the “One Degree” logo from Landor Associates (Australia), designed for News Limited by Jason Little, Tim Warren, Steve Clarke and Mike Staniford.

And from Romania the winner is “Education International”, logo from Logo Orange Design Group, designed by Mihai Licanescu, Emilia Breban.

See all the talented winners around the world.

Congratulation to all!

Adobe has officially announced Creative Suite 4. Here are first-hand impressions of three of the new versions.

I can’t wait to try it.

For begining take a look at some of the new InDesign CS4 features:

1. The ability to add effects to an object’s stroke, fill and/or content
2. Support for Photoshop 3D artwork
3. Support for Illustrator CS4 artboards
4. Edit With menu item lets you specify the application to edit graphics with
5. Relink To Folder lets you relink multiple items in a different folder
6. Conditional Text panel to show/hide text and create versions of documents
7. Smart Text Reflow can add pages dynamically to a layout when text is reflowed
8. Use Data Merge to output directly to PDF without an intermediary InDesign file
9. New InDesign Markup Language (IDML) lets XML applications create InDesign layouts without InDesign

You need some charts that are not so doll like excel charts? This is your answer: google charts.

It’s not so complicated as it seems. After a while you get the hang of it. You just have to be carefull at the symbols and letters that you have to introduce after each formula. Here is an example: example. And this is the rezult:

You can generate tones of charts:

1. Line charts
2. Sparklines
3. Bar charts
4. Pie charts
5. Venn diagrams
6. Scatter plots
7. Radar charts
8. Maps
9. Google-o-meter

I hope you can use this and like it as much as I do.

Today I received a link from a good friend of mine: truisme.

It’s a very usefull site with a lot of interesting books available for free dowload.

Books like: The Fundamentals of Creative Design, The Complete Guide to Digital Graphic Design - Bob Gordon, Black and White in Photoshop CS3 and Photoshop Lightroom - Focal Press

so… read, read and read again!

Every once in a while you see a website that inspires you. That is what happened when I visited Kashiwa Sato’s site.

Born in Tokyo in 1965, Kashiwa Sato studied graphic design at the Tama Art University.

After a period working for Hakuhodo, he started his own business, establishing his creative studio “Samurai” in 2000. Sato’s creative work is characterized by its powerful visual inventiveness and spans a wide range of genres and media. As such, it has received critical praise and accolades from individuals and organizations in an array of industries including design, advertising and art direction.

His major accomplishments include TV commercials for the Honda StepWGN, TBC and Parco Grand Bazaar, artwork for musicians such as Smap and Mr. Children, product development and advertising for Kirin Beer (Gokunama, Namakuro) and Kirin Beverage (Kirin Lemon), branding and interior design for TSUTAYA TOKYO ROPPONGI, and renewal projects for kindergartens and Meiji Gakuin University.

In his most recent endeavor, he was responsible for the product design and advertising campaign for the NTT DoCoMo “FOMA N702iD.” He has won numerous prizes, including the Tokyo ADC Grand Prix, Tokyo TDC Gold Prize, etc.

You get inspired too?

I never have been interested about the news, from my country or another, but today I received this drawings on my e-mail I read on the internet and began to realize what it’s happening in Tibet. And about the continuous war between China and Tibet. I am against violence, and this drawings are saying more than words.

I don’t know who made this drawings, so if anybody knows, tell us about it.

The Eulda winners in 2007 for the best logo are all over Europe.
For Romania the winner is x3 studio from Timisoara.

Who knows, maybe this year we could be the winners too register

Photoshop Express, the long-awaited free online image editor from Photoshop maker Adobe, was released.

If i was to present it, i would say it is like Ennio Morricone says: it has good points, bad points, and… ugly points.

the good: the attractive interface of photoshop express; useful retouching tools and well-done interface for using them; most operations relatively fast.
the bad: Photoshop Express doesn’t support photos from 12-megapixel or higher cameras; some unnattractive Terms of Service; no filtering or keywording; no printing options.
the ugly: weeeeeellll the ugly….is on vacation

so here’s webee’s conclusion: “me like” Photoshop Express and for some people who’s computer do not support Adobe Photoshop, it can be very usefull on fast photos editing shared online with friends and family.

and now, let’s hear from the one and only Ennio Morricone:
[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKlxyoPNaFI&feature=related[/video]

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Hey there..Long time, no talk. I was realy busy, still am but i wanted to show you what i’ve been doing. I started working on a blog for the firm i’m working and i want your advice and feedback…it’s in romanian but i hope this will not stop you to take a look.

We’ve started a visibility campain and for this i’ve made a poster/banner…The firm is making a catalog with the local firms/ name of business and info about their location and contact. With this poster we have also a Radio Campain with the same idea.

The slogan is translated: Don’t buy a ticket! (written on the exterior side of a bus) Search on the Business Index The shortest way from office to office.