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What’s happening
at Fred Showker's Design & Publishing Center for the
month of February?
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Special Notices from
Fred:
Designing
Women
March and April issues of DTG Magazine feature "Designing Women" -
If you're a woman in the design field, you can get your folio displayed in the
Design & Publishing Center and presented to potentially hundreds of thousands
of readers.
If you're a "Designing Woman," DTG magazine wants to hear from you!
March: Selling With Design
When designers design, they're usually designing for a purpose. (Or, should be!)
Most of the time that purpose is to sell something or to persuade someone to
do something. Selling is the designer's challenge – now share your tips,
tricks and experiences.
Selling With Design ...
- Designing to sell on eBay;
- Tips for designing headlines;
- Designing Yellow Pages Ads;
- Direct mail; Using Color to Sell ..
- Or any of your favorite promotions and sales events.
To be a winner you'll need to post your punchlist on our
Prize
Registration Page. |
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Now
online at The Design & Publishing Center:
Love, Art, History
This month we have a little something for everyone. From our Photoshop Elements
tutorial to some new news items, to my annual Valentine's surf, we'll help ward
off the winter doldrums. You really want to read the newsletter because in addition
to some interesting news items, we've even got some humor. After the 14th, we'll
open our Black History Month piece and share some of the most important visual
artists of our times.
Did
you plan your 'Design' year?
During January, we asked DTG readers to write in and share their "design" planning
for the year. From Updating Web Sites, to a Photographic Journey our readers
are moving forward. There are some fun ones this month, Be sure to read the entry
from Mark and check out the sound clips from the Violet Crown Radio Players in
Mark's post! See them all in the Creative Networking Center.
Surfing
for Valentine's
Come along and see some cool things you can see and do for Valentine's – neat
crafts, art, and idea starters. You'll also see some not-so-cool places and more
in Fred's annual Surf For Valentine's.
Changing
Colors in Photoshop Elements
People write in wanting to know how to change the color of everything from their
cloths to their cars to their houses. Here, we'll show you how to change the
color of any object you find, simply by using the Photoshop Elements "Replace
Color" command.
Is
your graphic designer costing you money?
The pitfalls of using an inexperienced graphic designer can have financial and
emotional consequences. Designers must understand what
software program to use for the task at hand. Special guest designer Gary Reichel,
experienced pre-press designer shares his experiences with Design Tools.
Communication
Design Principles
Someone requested that we publish an article on design principles. But you really
can't portray the scope of the topic in a single article
– at least one that people would read on the internet. The best advice
is to pick up this month's Editor's Choice; Jorge Frascara's Communication Design
Principles, Methods, and Practices.
Photography
101
Nature photographer Kelly Paal gives sage advice for those wishing to jump into
photography ... film photography that is! If you've never
realized the thrill of capturing the image on film, perhaps you should. Follow
along as our guest author clues you in ... in the PhotoGraphic department.
Real
Estate Web Site Done Well
It's a pleasure to run across and nicely designed web site. This month we visit
one that is done quite well, so all you realtors and real estate sites – if
you want to see a real estate site done right take a look at the DC Living Real
Estate Portal Critique.
Designer & Photographer
sites
About a third of all sites requesting a review are design or photography sites.
They almost always share some common characteristics that may not be to their
best interest. In this student design site we point out some serious considerations
for improving the Abyss Arts Design Studio Critique.
New
Year (Financial) Resolutions
To a Better Financial Future ... Rusbiz.com's Nowshade Kabir says: "This
is a good time to set yearly goals and make resolutions – on making money!" Follow
along as he gives you some tips on Financial Resolutions.
Reader
Web Sites for Review
This month we have a selection of sites to review from business to personal.
Yes, we have yet another stock photography site as well as several photography
portfolio sites. (One critiqued by WDR!). We also have a new search site, a couple
of clothing sites and a stationery wholesaler in the UK. For leisure we have
the Himalayas expedition site and one devoted completely to sharks. To round
things out we have a Chilean student blog, an Italian architect and a professional
bookkeeper.
So go out there and critique some sites. They all need your help so get going.
Mail
Bag: LightMachine Photo Plug-Ins
Harald Heim sent me a flash on the new Photo retouching plug-in that combines
shadow/highlight, virtual lighting and color-based
correction tools for performing sophisticated corrections without the need for
time-consuming selections and layer stacks. It lets you selectively correct photos
taken under bad light conditions or with inadequate camera settings and achieve
results that rival photos taken under the best circumstances.
Fred Showker, Editor / Publisher, DT&G Magazine
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