Nikon Photo Contest 2010
July 5, 2010 at 11:57 am | Posted in On the web | 1 CommentTags: 33rd Nikon Photo Contest, 53 prizes awarded, Emerging Talent Award, international photo contest
The 33rd Nikon Photo Contest International, sponsored by Nikon, is an international photo contest designed to provide an opportunity for photographers of all skill levels around the world to communicate and contribute to photographic culture. In recent years, the contest has been held every other year.
Since it was first held in 1969, this contest has steadily gained popularity with photographers from around the world with more than 320,000 photographers submitting over 1,310,000 photos. More than 18,000 photographers from 153 countries submitted over 51,000 photos for the 2008-2009 contest. These numbers represent records for the largest number of entries by the most applicants from the most countries ever, making the Nikon Photo Contest International a truly international event. Continue Reading Nikon Photo Contest 2010…
Font Licensing
July 5, 2010 at 10:17 am | Posted in Desktop Publishing, Fonts, My perspective | Leave a commentTags: buy a font, Font Licensing, font purchased, legal right
When you buy a font, you may install the font on all your workstations. You do not have to buy a licensee per computer, like other graphics software.
When you buy a font, you buy the right to use that font to create a printed product. This means that it is perfectly legal to supply a font to anyone involved in the process of designing with, printing, or reproducing the font, like freelance designers, service bureaus, or print shops.
It is also legal to hold client fonts, but don’t use them for any other work but Continue Reading Font Licensing…
Backup your projects
July 2, 2010 at 7:41 pm | Posted in Desktop Publishing, Tutorials, Work | Leave a commentTags: backing up your work, Backup, copies, disks, external hard drive, removable disk, restore files
Bad things happen. Murphy law says that your computer will crash just when you need it most.
A hard drive failure, you deleted accidentally a project folder or reformatted the entire drive, deleting everything. It’s impossible to plan all disasters, but by backing up your work, you can keep your data safe. When something does occur, you’re able to restore your files and keep working.
Backup refers to routinely updated copies of your most commonly used files. Your type library and image libraries should already exist on an external hard drive, and your applications and operating system can be restored from the original hard. Continue Reading Backup your projects…
When to use Vectors
July 2, 2010 at 2:26 pm | Posted in Desktop Publishing, On the web, Vectors | Leave a commentTags: FreeHand, Illustrator, PostScript, Stylized type, trace images, tracing, use vectors, vector art
The more you use a program like Illustrator or FreeHand, the better you’ll understand the type of artwork for which they’re best suited. Them an excellent choice for:
• Logos. Often-used graphics such as corporate and credit card logos need to be portable, easily edited, and consistent—all of which PostScript artwork provides.
• Stylized type. The points and paths used in vector-based artwork are virtually identical to the shapes used to create the characters of your favorite typefaces. This makes Illustrator and FreeHand the perfect tools for editing and enhancing customized type. Continue Reading When to use Vectors…
Planning Print Projects
June 29, 2010 at 9:25 am | Posted in Desktop Publishing, On the web, printing, Printing specs, Tutorials | Leave a commentTags: budget planning, planning projects, prepress, printing costs
Every printed project is a combination of budget, time and quality. Working through each one of these items ensures that your printed result meets the best quality/time/money ratio.
When you start planning you have to first determine the job requirements. Remember that EVERYTHING costs something and no one likes to be surprised by the final cost of a project.
Budget is by far the strongest influence on design and production. As much as everyone would like four-color logos, brochures, and catalogs, it is just too expensive for most projects. Therefore, you must keep the project parameters within the limits of what you are able to spend. Continue Reading Planning Print Projects…
File Naming Conventions
June 28, 2010 at 4:17 pm | Posted in Desktop Publishing, On the web, Tutorials | 2 CommentsTags: file extensions, File Naming, Naming Conventions, naming projects
As you already read in my previous post, I’m preaching about working organized. I do believe that working like this saves you a lot of time and in the world we are living in I don’t think there is time to waste.
File Naming is another thing that can help you save time. If your files are called ‘brochure_good_final’ then you have to read this post.
Take the time and develop a consistent system for naming your files. Doing so will allow you to identify your files more readily, and you’ll find it much easier Continue Reading File Naming Conventions…
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