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DrawScribe preview DrawScribe preview

News doesn’t get much bigger for us. We are really excited to preview our all-new plugin DrawScribe for Adobe Illustrator in full for the first time! As each major plugin takes a long time to develop, polish and test, this…

Quark Takes Design and Marketing to the Cloud Quark Takes Design and Marketing to the Cloud

Quark Brand Manager increases efficiency and reduces overhead with Web-based design templates and software solutions.read more…

Big news: Improved licensing system, installers and license policy Big news: Improved licensing system, installers and license policy

Since the launch of Phantasm CS v2 last year, Astute Graphics adopted a commercial licensing system to protect its products, including the very popular VectorScribe plug-in. Since then, we have come to recognise that the security measures excessively hindered genuine…

VectorScribe and Phantasm CS now available for 14 day full trial VectorScribe and Phantasm CS now available for 14 day full trial

Like the idea of the acclaimed VectorScribe and Phantasm CS plugins for Adobe Illustrator? Read their web pages and seen the movies? Now you want to give then a full test? Then this is a good day for you… Astute…

Astute Graphics license key reminder system now available Astute Graphics license key reminder system now available

If you have lost or not received your Astute Graphics product license key, a new service allows you to automatically request the information be sent direct to your inbox. Please visit www.astutegraphics.com/licensing/license_key_reminder.html The confirmation email provides details of all purchases…

Scanning Around With Gene: The Stylish Covers of Fortune Scanning Around With Gene: The Stylish Covers of Fortune

From its inception in 1930, Henry Luce wanted Fortune magazine to be "as beautiful a magazine as exists in the United States." From the covers alone, you can see that he achieved his goal.read more…

Scanning Around With Gene: The Stylish Covers of Fortune Scanning Around With Gene: The Stylish Covers of Fortune

From its inception in 1930, Henry Luce wanted Fortune magazine to be "as beautiful a magazine as exists in the United States." From the covers alone, you can see that he achieved his goal.read more…

Linotype Film Premieres in NY, Travels to Other Screens Linotype Film Premieres in NY, Travels to Other Screens

This type-centric documentary comes to San Francisco on February 21 and Seattle on March 7.read more…

How to Create Watercolor Background using Phantasm CS and Adobe Illustrator How to Create Watercolor Background using Phantasm CS and Adobe Illustrator

In this tutorial I’ll show you how to create a vector Watercolor Background in an interesting way. You do not have to get yourself dirty with paint and waste expensive paper. It turns out that all you need is right…

Important Phantasm CS availability announcement Important Phantasm CS availability announcement

Update 17.02.2012 We have now completed the updating process and Phantasm CS is once more available for purchase. Click here to place your order… From the 16 February 2012, Phantasm CS may only be available to pre-order for what is…

Last-Second Valentine Gifts Last-Second Valentine Gifts

Creative professionals are often expected to come up with thoughtful, unusual, handmade, heartfelt gifts for their valentines. Hopefully you've been too busy with work for all that. These last-second gifts may save your reputation.read more…

Construct a Color Wheel in Photoshop Construct a Color Wheel in Photoshop

The color wheel is a simple yet powerful tool for understanding how colors work and how colors relate to each other. It can also be a gorgeous graphic you can use in print and Web design projects.read more…

Scanning Around With Gene: Best in the West Graphics, 1970 Scanning Around With Gene: Best in the West Graphics, 1970

When advertising people judge their own, the results are always interesting. The 27th Annual Portfolio of the Art Directors Club of Los Angeles, published in 1970, revealed four trends of the time.read more…

How to Apply a Duotone Effect to Vector Artwork Using Adobe Illustrator and Phantasm CS How to Apply a Duotone Effect to Vector Artwork Using Adobe Illustrator and Phantasm CS

With the help of Phantasm CS, you can apply a Duotone Effect or Filter to both vector artwork and embedded images directly in Adobe Illustrator. It is the equivalent function of Photoshop’s Duotone tool, even with the ability to directly…

Cutting-Edge Conference for Print and Digital Publishing Cutting-Edge Conference for Print and Digital Publishing

Whether you're looking for the latest tips on publishing to tablets and ebooks, want details on the upcoming Adobe Creative Suite 6, or just need tips to optimize your print workflow, PEPCON is the place. The conference takes place in…

AutoFit Images in InDesign CS5 AutoFit Images in InDesign CS5

Learn how to use the new autofit options in InDesign CS5 when scaling and sizing frames and picture content.…

Quality In Print has moved Quality In Print has moved

Over the past few weeks I've migrated all the Quality In Print postings to a new blog "The Print Guide" in order to better organize and present the content. So there'll be no new posts made here. Instead, new posts…

Vector Drawing with a Graphic Tablet (Part 2 – Coloring) Vector Drawing with a Graphic Tablet (Part 2 – Coloring)

There are several ways to color vector images. Here I will describe the most common of them and the tools that are used in this process. All these methods are used by professional illustrators. What are their differences and advantages?…

Vector Drawing with a Graphic Tablet (Part 1 – Path Creation) Vector Drawing with a Graphic Tablet (Part 1 – Path Creation)

Drawing with a Graphic Tablet, typically a Wacom device, allows the vector artist a bunch of advantages such as acceleration of the illustrative creation process; Ease of drawing as compared to drawing with a mouse, the correlation between the line…

Best of the Blogs: Old School and New Skills Best of the Blogs: Old School and New Skills

Don't have time to keep up with design and photography blogs? Keep calm and read on. In this blog round-up you'll find the most popular fonts of 2011, an amazing type book from 1912, a Herb Lubalin video from the…

How to Create a Gift Card and Prepare Artwork for Printing Using Adobe Illustrator and Phantasm CS How to Create a Gift Card and Prepare Artwork for Printing Using Adobe Illustrator and Phantasm CS

This tutorial covers the issues concerning the creation and pre-press workflow of a vector file. When creating an artwork that you are going to print, you should take into consideration the design’s technical factors. Phantasm CS allows you to quickly…

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