Originating from Ireland, Liam McDonnell is a technologist and designer living and working in Massachusetts. He’s currently the UX and Creative Manager for Pixartprinting, a Boston-based online printer that caters specifically to creative professionals. McDonnell has over 16 years of industry experience, including work with multi-national organizations and smaller boutique design studios. He has completed … Read more →
Well, here’s a twist! A printer actually schooling a designer! Marina Poropat Joyce has been marketing, graphic designing, publishing and printing her entire life. She fell in love with design and printing early on, and she founded one of the first design-to-print companies in Los Angeles, California. Her company, INTAGLIO, was ranked as one of … Read more →
Quark has announced a new software bundle that will save designers $590 when upgrading to QuarkXPress 2017. The new bundle offer allows users with any version of QuarkXPress – even versions 3 through 10, 2015 and 2016 – to receive callas pdfToolbox, the most powerful PDF application on the market (worth $590) free when they … Read more →
With a major new release of Creative Cloud expected later this year, Adobe has revealed a new and improved version of Illustrator’s Curvature Tool for Photoshop CC, which is designed to make drawing much easier. A short video posted on Adobe’s official YouTube channel (https://www.dpreview.com/videos/0897886632/sneak-peek-adobe-is-developing-a-curvature-pen-tool-for-photoshop-cc) shows the new Curvature Pen tool in action. The pen … Read more →
A unique book collaboration on a huge scale scale is underway with 14 celebrated and award-winning international writers and creative talents. The Xerox-led project titled Set The Page Free will feature a new book with chapters by each of the contributors – including a poem and a song – that together tell the ultimate story … Read more →
Quark Software has announced that a collection of new digital publishing features and enhancements have been added to App Studio. App Studio is the digital publishing solution that allows users to create branded content apps using QuarkXPress, InDesign, HTML5 and XML. Individuals and creative agencies through to large organizations and publishers use App Studio to … Read more →
IkeGPS (Broomfield, CO) has been partnering with with SA International since the Spring. Its Flexi software is sign design software used by more the 100,000 end users. The partnership and integration allows Spike to offer a more complete solution to its customers with respect to sign design, and further its presence in the sign and … Read more →
ViewSonic, a leading global provider of visual-solution products, has unveiled its VP2785-4K – a 27-inch 4K Ultra-High-Definition (UHD – 3,840 x 2,160 pixels) monitor that “delivers precise and consistent colour representation and performance to ensure incredible image quality,” said the company. Built for colour-critical applications, the ViewSonic VP2785-4K ensures vibrant and intense colour reproduction, “making … Read more →
Quark Software has announced significant new updates to its content automation platform. The new release, the second major update in 2017, adds major enhancements to content management and web-based content review, including the ability to assemble and manage PowerPoint slides at a component level. Quark’s content automation platform enables designers, business users and editorial teams … Read more →
BenQ America (Costa Mesa, CA) an international provider of visual display solutions, has unveiled its professional, factory-calibrated PD Series Design Monitor by releasing the new PD2500Q display. Ideal for graphic design, photography, CAD/CAM, animation and video post-production professionals, the new colour monitor is the first in the series that will be individually calibrated by factory … Read more →
Designers Insights (Val-des-Monts, Quebec) has released the second edition in its helpful book series titled How to Succeed as a Graphic Designer 2. Here, Founder and Creative Director Mario Godbout (RGD, TDC), a graphic designer for over 25 years, discusses his new publication, what it reveals and what designers will learn. “Let me start by … Read more →
By Mark Lewiecki, Senior Product Manager, Adobe In the near future, the International Organization for standards will publish ISO 32000-2, the first major revision of the PDF specification since 2008, when Adobe officially released the open standard to the world. ISO Technical Committee 171 has been working on the upgrade for over 8 years, and … Read more →