The highlights include InDesign’s new Live Preflight tool that allows designers to catch production errors while they work; the new Content-Aware Scaling tool in Photoshop that automatically recomposes an image as it is resized, preserving important areas of an a photo as it adapts to new dimensions; and Illustrator now allows you to have up […]
View PostToronto – Canada’s consumer magazine association is urging ad agencies to adopt monitor-based soft proofing as the new standard for approving advertising materials, citing efficiency, predictability, consistency and accountability as reasons. “It is hard to predict the tipping point of conversion from hard to soft proofs but large Canadian publishers and printers are already making […]
View PostTORONTO—Gary Campbell has moved over to the digital side at St. Joseph Media. Campbell, who has worked as Quill & Quire’s art director for the last five years and oversaw a redesign of that magazine in 2006, is now the senior web producer for the company’s urban group, which consists of Toronto Life, Ottawa Magazine, […]
View PostOTTAWA — The new national Do Not Call registry takes effect Sept. 30, placing restrictions on telemarketing. That means marketers may have to look to other outlets for reaching target audiences, and that could be a business opportunity for graphic designers as companies turn to traditional direct mail and e-mail marketing as alternatives. Beginning Sept. […]
View PostTORONTO—Nyman Ink had a busy summer. The eight-person design studio won a handful of design awards including an Apex award for the annual report it designed for law firm Blaney McMurtry; a Magnum Opus award for Best Use of Illustration for its work on the Ontario Association of Social Workers’ 2008 Conference website; and two […]
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