Graphic Design News & Articles

When Adobe released its Creativity Suite 4, it was designed to make it easier to design websites that combine different types of media. With the recent launch of Adobe’s Creativity Suite 5, the aim is to improve creative editorial workflows and analytics; while offering some cool new design, video and photography tools.

Let’s take a look, shall we?

Just when the rest of the world is shutting down its presses, axaio is updating MadeToPrint.

MadeToPrint is axaio's plug-in for InDesign and Xpress. It allows users to print to more than one source simultaneously. Now, it has been been updated for InDesign CS4, Adobe's most recent and major update. CS4 offers more complex solutions, as well as options for designers. With MadeToPrint's update, users can create high-volume PDFs, EPS and PS with more flexibility.

Are you a designer looking for clients? Or are you looking for a designer but don't know where to begin? Meet 99designs. 

99designs, one of the largest design competition marketplaces, has a platform that allows graphic designers and their clients to crowdsource. Lucky for you, they will be demonstrating the platform at the San Francisco New Tech Meetup, one of San Francisco's largest and longest running technology event and community group.

Xara Web Designer is new web page software that allows complete free-form, anything, anywhere web page design.  Without any HTML or JavaScript skills required, Xara Web Designer can create graphical webpages containing text, graphics, photos, widgets and Flash.

As you know, the art of graphic design takes investment in training, resources and software. Yet, in today's waning economy, companies are wanting ways to do more with less. Design often falls onto the plate of non-designers, like programmers or information architects in an effort to save money, but can suffer aesthetically, as a result.