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Photoshop The rich, the powerful and the plain vain have been commemorating their initials in elaborate monograms for centuries. In Creating Monogram Letters in
Photoshop, Steve Caplin provides some pointers for the subtle process of intertwining letters.
Photoshop Martin Evening shows how to tap the power of the star feature of Photoshop CS4 (which is also the most controversial) in Content-Aware Scaling in Photoshop
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Design Challenges and Galleries
The Liquidlibrary Identity Challenge Some great
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The STEP Design 100 Readers Choice Award The sage judges of this year's STEP Design 100 picked approximately 300 runners-up to compete for the coveted Readers Choice prize. Your votes will determine which designs will be included in the
famous Design 100 issue of STEP in spring 2009, so you're invited to browse the gallery of great designs and cast your vote now on Graphics.com.
The Photos.com Challenge In November, participants were given the challenge to use at least part of any one of the seven images of doors from the Photos.com collection as elements in an original work. Congratulations to November winners Mellowdesign, Digitalpharaoh, Beachbum, CesarJR, Nanznee and Artvertising.
For December we're celebrating the upcoming 5th anniversary of the Challenge by requesting new creations using at least three of any of the hundreds of images provided for earlier Challenges. The creators of
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The Dynamic Graphics+Create 2009 Makeovers contest is now open. Enter now and be included in the June/July Makeovers issue, the most sought-after issue of the year, available May 2009.
Dynamic Graphics magazine presents design ideas for the real world for creative professionals. Dynamic Graphics not only explores the latest work from top designers like Modern Dog, And Partners NY, Ph.D, and Michael Osborne Design, we take you behind the designs and show how to
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STEP inside design What Women Want Brands from every sector need to meet the needs, wants and desires of women. So, what do women want? And, are we really giving them what they want? Design Industry News That Matters Willoughby Design Group's innovation lab; backpacks and messenger bags designed by graffiti artists; design activism at Project M; and more. Dynamic Graphics+Create Trouble-Free Color Palettes: Psychedelic Reverie, Muse, Trance, Dream LiquidTreat:Wood, Paper, Checkmark Everyone loves FSC certification... well, everyone who knows what it means. The folks over at Design 21 believe more people
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