DTG News for June, 2011

01 Welcome JUNE * 02 CONGRATULATIONS DESIGN GRADUATES * 03 Design Graduates to share your experiences * 04 CHICAGO DESIGN WEEK * 05 Illustrator tutorial: combination lock * 06 Time to Consider Rebranding? * 07 June Brides meet Photoshop * 08 Life expectancy of a Photoshop site: * 09 Button Making Using Photoshop * 10 Creative Tidbits : Type, Art Nouveau * 11 Beware bogus offers for Adobe products * 12 Photoshop Noise Reduction * 13 Photoshop Forums : The Emergency Room * 14 PopChar shows your fonts right * 15 Review a web site: help them suck less * 16 &Else News, Views and Reviews * 17 Mailbag : The Day You Were Born * 18 Mailbag : Photoshop and ImageReady * 19 Mailbag : Sad note of regrets * 20 JUNE : surf, take photos, design cool stuff June 1, 2011

DTG News for May, 2011

This month's DTG features [] Color me happy: emotions behind your design [] Photoshopping in the Rain [] Photoshop (actions) Madness [] color from the experts [] APPS: Do you have an iPad? [] COLOR Apps for Graphic Designers [] Social Technologies [] Creative Tidbits: Art is where you find it [] Business Apps [] Marketing Updates [] Media Marking tips [] Design Graduation ... and more ... May 1, 2011

Entrepreneur's Start Up Checklist

Need a little boost in business? Start Up Checklist is a unique new business product providing expert help and advice on setting up a business, as well as selling goods and services to the US Government. The app offers all forms, spreadsheets, resources, tips and templates necessary for entrepreneurs to get started. So, get started already! April 27, 2011

Map out your way to success

Jury Shortki has created a rather remarkable application for those who may at times find themselves not knowing where to start and what steps to take in order to complete complex tasks effectively. iPhone and iPad users take note! April 26, 2011

Graphic (iPad apps) Design

Fred's favorite mobile apps for iPhone, iPadFollowing our previous series of mobile color apps, now we'll add in some unusual, vertical application apps just for spice. Some have very narrow, specific uses, like for NCS color, or theatrical gels. But isn't it nice to know you can do that? April 13, 2011

On-the-Fly iPhoto Photo Albums

More and more graphic designers are adopting the iPad as their go-to, mobile device. Now, Beanheads Consulting has released Sort Shots -- an iPad Edition -- the first and only iPad app to utilize EXIF/Metadata keywords/tags with Apple iPhoto and Aperture. April 11, 2011

Best Apps for Graphic Designers

A million palettes in your pocket is a big promise. But these apps can do that and quite a bit more. And, they're so cheap, you can check out several. How handy is it to have a color specifier to refer to while working -- without leaving the screen you're on? * myPANTONE? X-Ref * Grab the color you want * Palettes Pro Universal * Color Mood Designer * My (Your) Color Season ... and more April 6, 2011

COLOR! New era, new tools

Never before have designers had such a broad and exciting landscape of color palette tools. With mobile devices, iPads, iPhones and iPods, the designer can rule the color world for just a few dollars. Here are the top apps we found for your mobile device ... * myPANTONE makes it all accessible * colorSutra * Color Stream - palettes from scratch * Colormixer sketch pad for color * Cliqcliq Colors - color picker * Fonts And Colors Reference for designer's... and more! March 30, 2011

Connecting Your TV to the Internet

Do you want to stream movies or download music to your home TV? You'll have a lot of options to consider when choosing the right equipment for your family's needs (Apple TV, Google TV, and Roku to name a few). Here'ya go February 16, 2011

iPads and iPhones in the Enterprise

So you think business is still dominated by the almighty PC? Think again. iPads and all kinds of other devices are now being embraced by business at an amazing pace. . . here's what you need to know January 17, 2011