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The Web Designer’s Idea DesignCast Series

Presented by: Patrick McNeil, Designer, Web Developer and Best-Selling Author of the Groundbreaking The Web Designer’s Idea Book.

The web is the most rapidly changing design medium a creative professional can hope to work in. Styles come and go as quickly as you can imagine and new development techniques are always emerging. Web design can be challenging, but also energizing. It is essential that all designers interested in this medium understand the basic principles and thought processes required to design within this dynamic environment.
Presented by: Patrick McNeil, Designer, Web Developer and Best-Selling Author of the Groundbreaking The Web Designer’s Idea Book.
The web is the most rapidly changing design medium a creative professional can hope to work in. Styles come and go as quickly as you can imagine and new development techniques are always emerging. Web design can be challenging, but also energizing. It is essential that all designers interested in this medium understand the basic principles and thought processes required to design within this dynamic environment.
In this series Patrick McNeil takes you on a personal tour through the world of web design — design inspiration, the 6 basic principles of web design and how technology trends will change the way you think about web design.

Sessions Include:

Thursday, September 23rd – How to Use Inspiration 
• Learn how inspiration can be used to build beautiful websites
• Hear examples of how specific websites have used inspiration to influence the design of their sites

Thursday, September 30th – The 6 Principles of Effective Web Design 
• Learn 6 effective design principles that will immediately improve the design of your site
• See examples of successful websites and how they have applied these 6 design principles

Thursday, October 14th – Current Trends in Web Design 
• Learn how trends in technology are creating a new world of web design
• Equip yourself with the knowledge you need to stay ahead of these changes and continue to create beautiful and effective web sites

BONUS: When you purchase all three DesignCasts, you will receive an EXTRA 20% discount on top of the current 34% instore discount on Patrick’s bestselling books, The Web Designer’s Idea Book & The Web Designer’s Idea Book Volume 2! Just use promo code WDDC10 at the checkout!

Time: 4:00 P.M. EST

Cost: $99 for all three, or $69 each series Patrick McNeil takes you on a personal tour through the world of web design — design inspiration, the 6 basic principles of web design and how technology trends will change the way you think about web design.

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Event Logistics

• Starts: Oct 4, 2009 08:30
• Ends: Oct 7, 2009 18:00
• Timezone: (GMT-8) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
• Location: Los Angeles, CA
• Geography: North America
• Info/Registration: CLICK HERE

Event Description

MAX 2009 is an extraordinary opportunity to learn new skills, explore emerging technologies, and connect with thousands of other industry leaders, Adobe products users, and Adobe teams. Read the rest of this entry »

Corel Corporation, a leading global software provider, is pleased to announce that at the Focus on Imaging show, it will be offering visitors 20% off three of its multiple-award-winning image editing and creativity products: Corel® Paint Shop Pro® Photo X2, Corel® VideoStudio® 11.5 Plus and Corel® Painter X™. And while stocks last, anyone who orders a copy of Corel Painter X will receive a FREE Pantone huey stick.

Corel® Paint Shop Pro® Photo X2is the easiest way to get professional-looking photos fast. At the show offer price of just £63 (SRP £79), visitors can get their hands on this simple-to-use, yet sophisticated, photo editing tool. With everything from automatic photo fixes to precision editing tools, Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 gives you full-power image manipulation at an unrivalled price.

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 PaperSpecs today announced a free webinar, sponsored by Neenah Paper, to re-introduce letterpress printing to a new generation of commercial and corporate designers, as well as print buyers. Due to its unique look and feel, Letterpress Printing is making a resurgence in demand. The one-hour webinar, titled “Impressed with Letterpress,” will explain and demonstrate how this methodical process can offer clients a renascence image. The webinar will begin on Tuesday, February 26th at 2:00 EST/11:00 PST. To attend the FREE webinar, prospective attendees can register at www.paperspecs.com/webinar/letterpress.htm.

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Four conferences hosted concurrently at GOA Miami

    NEW YORK, Jan. 29 /PRNewswire/ — MOGO Media, the premier conference and training provider for creative professionals working with Adobe(R) software, today announced its initial conference schedule for 2008, which
kicks off in February. For the first time, the InDesign Conference, the Pixel Conference, the Vector Conference, and the Conference for Adobe Acrobat will be co-located with the Graphics of the Americas (GOA) 2008 conference and exhibition in Miami Beach from February 26- March 1.

    “Hosting four conferences in one location provides a unique opportunity to the creative community to learn how to maximize their workflow with Adobe products. Whether they are new users, or veterans looking for tips and tricks, attendees will leave with a set of skills that they will be able to immediately implement to improve their creative work,” said Barry Anderson, co-founder of MOGO Media.

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The National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP) is proud to announce that its annual east coast Photoshop® World Conference & Expo <http://www.photoshopworld.com> – held at the Orange County Convention Center from April 2-4 – will feature more than 100 class sessions that will enhance the knowledge and capabilities of Photoshop users and creative professionals of all skill levels. Classes focus on graphic design, digital photography, Adobe® web applications, motion and video graphics, scripting, and much more.

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Hello CreativeBLVD Users, 

Your colleagues and friends have been raving about the Members Only area in PaperSpecs – how easy it is to order swatchbooks, to access information on over 4,200 papers in our paper database.

But you have always been a bit skeptical. You want to know what’s behind all this hype, and here is your chance.

We are opening our virtual doors for a live tour, an “Open House” so to speak, on Thursday, December 6th at 11:00 a.m. PT.

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PAPERSPECS ANNOUNCES FREE WEBINAR TO AID GREEN DESIGNERS AND PRINT BUYERS TO APPLY SUSTAINABILITY
 
News Highlights
•       The webinar, titled “Sustainability – Hands On,” will be conducted on December 13th at 2:00 pm EST/11:00 am PST;
•       Guest speaker Brian Dougherty is a respected leader in green design and a founding partner at Celery Design Collaborative in Berkeley, California;
•       The webinar will be sponsored by Finch Paper who earlier this month announced a report detailing their own sustainability program;
•       To attend the FREE webinar, prospective attendees can register at www.paperspecs.com/webinar/handson.htm. For more information about PaperSpecs or to sign up for their free newsletter, go to www.paperspecs.com.
 
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DENVER – Quark will host its final Quark Symposium – a day of free training for QuarkXPress customers – in Chicago on Tuesday, October 30. Featuring sessions for designers, production managers, and output providers, QuarkXPress experts will lead in-depth sessions covering design best practices, typography, color management, and more. Attendees will have the opportunity to experience QuarkXPress 7 and other complementary products including Quark Interactive Designer in an onsite computer lab.

In addition to QuarkXPress 7 experts, tech support and sales team members, several Quark partners will be on site as Symposium series sponsors:

Premium Sponsor: Microsoft

Gold Sponsors:
# Pantone
# Extensis
# Markzware
# Enfocus
# Photos.com
# Mac Life Magazine
# Design Edge Canada
# Design Tools Monthly

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Save the date!
Mark your calendars now for the 9th annual color management conference. This is the conference for beginners and experts alike bringing together the who’s who of the color management industry.

For years, the PIA/GATF Color Management Conference has provided attendees the best advice on how to select the right technology and learn best practices they can take back to the plant—and put to work for their company immediately.

The 2007 conference is packed with the advice from industry experts, a vast array of technology to review and try for yourself, and a plethora of practitioners and experts who will be on hand to help you better understand the intricacies of color management. Plus you will have the opportunity to check out the latest developments that make color management work for you.

Past attendees have reaped the benefits of this powerful asset—color management. And now you can, too!

September 27 – November 29, 2007 – CS3: The Creative License eSeminar Series for Video Professionals

October 2 – November 27, 2007 – CS3: The Creative License eSeminar Series for Web Professionals

October 2 – November 27, 2007 – CS3: The Creative License eSeminar Series for Digital Imaging

October 3 – November 28, 2007 – CS3: The Creative License eSeminar Series for Creative Professionals

October 4 – November 29, 2007 – Adobe Momentum in Print eSeminar Series

January 14 – 18, 2007 – Macworld Conference – San Francisco

February 16 – 23, 2008 – Photoshop Fling 5 – Eastern Carribbean

February 26 – March 1, 2008 – The InDesign Conference – Miami

May 18 – 21, 2008 – HOW Design Conference – Boston

OCTOBER – 2007

September 30 – October 3, 2007 – Adobe MAX 2007 – North America, Chicago

October 8-11, 2007 – Best in the SW: Flash Animation & Motion Graphics Conference – Albuquerque

October 11-14, 2007 - AIGA Design Conference 2007 – Denver

October 15 – 20, 2007 – The Creative Suite Conference – Chicago

October 18-20, 2007 – PhotoPlus Expo 2007 – NYC

October 22-23, 2007 – FITC Hollywood 2007: The Rich Media Entertainment Festival – Hollywood

October 22 – 25, 2007 – Voices That Matter: Web Design Conference – San Francisco

October 23-25, 2007 – EDUCAUSE 2007 – Seattle

Are you engaged in conversations with your customers? Are you leveraging those results to learn more about your customers? Are you optimizing your message and delivery in order to drive brand preference? These topics, along with other brand-building methods and digital media technologies and platforms will be discussed at ad:tech New York. From the high level overview keynotes to the performance focused workshops to the technologies showcased on the show floor – it’s all here, under one roof. ad:tech… the business of modern marketing.

ad:tech New York 2006 was a testament to the rapid growth of the digital marketing industry. With interactive marketing booming, the collaboration, knowledge sharing and networking opportunities at ad:tech New York were monumental. To make room for 70 additional exhibitors and more elbow room for all, ad:tech New York 2007 will have a staggered exhibition and conference. Now spanning 4 full days, 2 days to network on the expo hall floor and 2 ½ days of keynotes and sessions, ad:tech New York will maximize your investment.

Designer Solution Workshop Tour Takes off in SoHo:

The Apple SoHo store hosted the first stop on the CreativeBlvd Designer Solutions Workshop Tour. This event was geared towards designers that are building files for multi-channel publishing. The workshop featured several topics and presenters.

Shellie Hall, Editor-in-Chief at CreativeBlvd and owner of Ducktype Digital presented a session that focused on Tips for Smart Design Techniques.

Eric Berkow, Prepress Manager at BargainPrinting.com presented a session the coved Tips for working with your Printer.

Joseph Cartright, Photographer – www.cartright.com and Christopher M. Lynch, Photographer – www.instilledimages.com – presented a Color Workflow session that focused on Photography and getting good and consistent color.

A special thanks goes out to our sponsors of the event for the great prizes that we are able to give to our attendees: BargainPrinting.com, Pantone, Xrite, Jeff Gamet, Design-Tools Monthly, Markzware and Quark. Be sure to become a registered user at CreativeBlvd.com to be entered in our weekly drawings for some great prizes.
Here are some more photos from the event:

From Left: Alexandra Gebhardt from Inside Networks and Shellie Hall pick some lucky raffle tickets.
Two of our lucky winners of Quark Interactive Designer.
Chris Lynch and Joseph Cartright giving some helpful advice to one of the workshop attendees.
Eric Berkow show how Pantone products can help you get your color under control.

A special thanks goes out to all our attendees and to the Apple Store in SoHo for graciously hosting the event.

The “Markzware Machine” Sets Stage For Second Annual Appearance At Graph Expo and Converting Expo 2007!

SANTA ANA, California — September 4, 2007 — Markzware, the inventor and developer of modern preflighting, and creator of data extraction and conversion software, will be exhibiting its full line of software solutions at the upcoming Graph Expo & Converting Expo 2007 trade show and conference, September 9-12, 2007. Markzware’s exhibit will take place in Chicago’s McCormick Place South, Booth No. 5151.

As a result of the success of the Markzware Machine last year we have brought it back — promising to make Graph Expo 2007 even more exciting! Attendees can vie for a host of great prizes including free software from Markzware, Quark, Quite, Alien Skin, Wacom, Gradual, Insider, just to name a few.

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 PhotoShelter to Host First-Ever Industry Town Halls Discussing the Business of Photography in the Digital Era

“Photography 2.0” Speakers Include Over 30 Photographers and Buyers from the Front Lines of American Photography

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Photography industry leader PhotoShelter has teamed up with Hewlett-Packard, JPG Magazine, liveBooks, Samy’s Camera, X-Rite and others to produce “Photography 2.0,” the first-ever series of traveling photography town hall meetings designed to bring together active image buyers and photographers from all sides of the business to discuss the impact of the Internet on their industry. The series will commence in New York City on September 14, 2007, with subsequent events to be held in Atlanta, September 17; Chicago, September 19; Portland, OR, September 24; San Francisco, September 26; and the Los Angeles-area, September 28. Photographers of any experience level who are interested in the future of commercial photography are encouraged to attend.

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Saul Steinberg seemed to have a ‘thing’ for paper bags. The world-famous cartoonist for New Yorker Magazine created a number of artworks using paper bags. Sylvia Shor, the matriarch of the Duro Bag family, along with her daughter, Shelly, and granddaughter, Alana, were in attendance as the Cincinnati Art Museum debuted their newest exhibit featuring Saul Steinberg, in a private opening for members-only on July 20. Nearly 500 people turned out to view the “Illuminations” exhibit, which contains over 100 works by Steinberg, including several well-known pieces he created using paper bags. The three were greeted by the Cincinnati Art Museum’s new director Aaron Betsky, who was pleased to learn about the collaboration with a local company in such a unique way.

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