The Registration color prints on every ink plate. In CMYK, that means anything with Registration applied to it prints in cyan, magenta, yellow, and black. The result is usually not a nice rich black but rather the color of old mud. That’s why the Registration swatch should be reserved for registration marks and other information or structures that need to print on all plates (usually in the slug area), such as the client name, job number, and other specific information. The easiest way to include that information on the film is to set it in the slug area, in the Registration color swatch.

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

1. Assess your entrepreneurial abilities. Learn the business side of design.
2. Assess your design skills. Acquire at least basic design skills and knowledge.
3. Develop a business plan. Plan your business and work your plan.
4. Choose a business structure. Assess the best business structure for your business.
5. Get the right software and hardware. Use the right tools for the job.
6. Set a price for your services. Calculate hourly and flat fee rates.
7. Choose a business name. Play creative name games.
8. Create a basic identity system. Make a good first impression.
9. Craft a contract. Never work without a contract.
10. Market yourself and your business. Get your name in front of potential clients.

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

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.

2. when you create the layout split it into 3 parts

- the frontpage of the brochure should be divided into: 97 mm/ 100mm/100mm.
- divide also the backpage into: 100 mm/ 100 mm/ 97 mm.
doing this you will create a brochure that will fold (the backpage and frontpage) perfectly together
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3. then you design your layout being carefull with the margins of the document (the elements of the layout have to be arranged within the margins limits)