Portfoliobox (Stockholm, Sweden), an innovative website development platform that helps photographers, illustrators, designers and other creatives make unique portfolios, has grown to become one of the most popular online website builders in the marketplace since it was launched in 2012. The company’s goal is to develop the best Content Management System (CMS) in the world … Read more →
Santa Cruz Software (Santa Cruz, California), a global leader in software development for cross-media content publishing, recently showcased its LinkrUI and Dynamic Templates support for Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) at the Adobe Summit, The Digital Experience Conference, that began online March 31. LinkrUI synchronizes Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign digital assets for design teams with their … Read more →
As “a service to the industry in this time of global need,” Color-Logic (West Chester, Ohio) is offering free print-ready Color-Logic metallic files to anyone wishing to print Thank You or Thinking of You cards, or Coronavirus Safety Posters. “Because print is such a powerful communication tool, we are providing print-ready Color-Logic metallic files that … Read more →
Neenah (Alpharetta, Georgia) has introduced Neenah Imagemax Signage, a new, breakthrough 100% paper-based wide-format product. This latest addition to Neenah’s wide range of environmental products is FSC, Green-e, and SmartWay certified to meet the growing demand for a sustainable alternative to traditional styrene products. It’s basically a smooth-coated substrate designed to produce “remarkable printing … Read more →
The INX International Ink Company (Schaumburg, Illinois) has announced that entries are now being accepted for its inaugural Colored by INX Can Design Contest. A market leader in metal-decorating inks and colour management technologies, INX is making the contest available only to users of its INX 2-Piece Metal Color Catalogue and its corresponding digital colour … Read more →
Idealliance, known for creating worldwide print standards and specifications such as GRACoL, SWOP and G7, has released an Expanded Color Gamut (ECG) Characterization Target for use in characterizing and calibrating multi-colour print processes. The ECG Characterization Target was created by a sub-committee within the Idealliance Print Properties and Colorimetric Council as a part of the … Read more →
Callas software, a market leader in automated PDF quality control and archival solutions, has released “a milestone update” of its pdfToolbox product line – pdfToolbox 11. “This year, it’s all about improvements to automated workflows and making PDF files production-ready,” the company pointed out. The new version introduces significant additions for the sign and display … Read more →
Set up Adobe’s colour management settings to ensure you have the most accurate and predictable output online As of 2019, all the Internet browsers on the Mac support Version 2 ICC profiles. On Windows, it’s still a mixed bag. Firefox handles images with an embedded profile, but all untagged images are rendered to the full … Read more →
Design Leadership Summit is a place for folks who are leading and managing design teams Design Leadership Summit being held Monday, November 4th, Tuesday, November 5th, and November 6th in Toronto, will feature relevant and thought-provoking content for Product Designers, UX Designers, UX Researchers, Service Designers, and Visual Designers. The venue – the Isabel … Read more →
Here, James Ontra, Co-Founder and CEO of Shufflrr, reveals some key presentation management strategies that can make a designer’s life much easier and more rewarding. Along with his sister, Shufflrr’s Co-Founder AlexAnndra, they wrote “Presentation Management: The New Strategy for Enterprise Content” – a guide that helps large organizations take a holistic approach to presentations … Read more →
The Printing Industries of America (PIA) has launched its much-anticipated Print Production for Designers course online in its iLearning Center. “Great print design is a combination of visual appeal and technical precision,” said presenter Joe Marin, PIA Vice President of Education & Training. “Print Production for Designers reveals the lifecycle of a printed job and … Read more →
An idea is born, and the journey of a pixel begins. A single pixel will take on many forms until it finds its final resting place. Let’s follow this pixel throughout its remarkable journey and watch the colour transformations it takes along its way. Our pixel emerges from a dream as light is captured onto … Read more →