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Since 1993, DV (Digital Video) Magazine has served the information needs of professionals involved in the production, postproduction, and delivery of digital video. Written and produced by experts in the field, DV (Digital Video) provides objective, hard-hitting, and in-depth product information.

"В Before & After мы говорим,что хороший дизайн обладает тремя качествами - красотой,простотой и ясностью"

Компьютерным дизайном часто называют технологический процесс, т.е. совершение определенных действий в графических программах. Слова: «Я создал дизайн веб-страницы» — часто означают: « Я разместил картинки, набрал текст,расставил ссылки и написал HTML-код». Но это не дизайн,это разработка. Это имеет такое же отношение к дизайну,как электропроводка к архитектуре. Эта книга называется «Графический дизайн для
бизнеса». Дизайн здесь мы понимаем как средство деловой коммуникации. Вы создаете графический дизайн для бизнеса, чтобы донести сообщение,изложить идею или занять определенную позицию по какому-либо вопросу.

For many of us, this time of year is cold and rainy. Brad Sutton shows us how to take inspiration from the weather with a tutorial on creating reflective, rainy cityscapes on page 30. And if you want to populate those city streets with people, we present our complete guide to figure drawing on page 20 to get you started on the principles of anatomy and action. Many of these techniques were discovered by the Florentine Old Masters, and so on page 46 Joanna Michalak helps us to brush up our classical education and paint like one of the golden ages of art: the Italian Renaissance. On page 36, Anne Pogoda takes the mystery out of creating and applying your own patterns in Painter. Our Output tutorial this issue shows you how to create an Advent calendar, and you’ll find children’s illustrator Sue Woollatt’s delightful winter scene on the disc ready for printing.
Enjoy your painting!

Web Design Before & After Makeoversis written to enable you to make over your Web site. With this book, youget a chance to work with dozens of mini-projects that parallel the sorts of improvements you’ll encounteras you revamp and overhaul the design of your Web site. These challenges include such tasks as making your home page a compelling place that visitors will want to bookmark and return to often, placing great content on your pages without cramming it in, making your site easy and intuitive to navigate, and ensuring your pages load blazingly fast.

Paul Cezanne’s influence on modern art can’t be underestimated. Widely considered to be the link between Impressionism and Cubism, this 19th Century painter was among the first to popularise the idea that a painting is a work of art. This issue, Tim Shelbourne explores how Cezanne’s ideas and practises can help you to create a masterpiece of your own. Also this issue, Brad Sutton helps us to understand the idea of tonal values and the reasons for using them, and shows how this thankless toning task has been made easier and more fun in Painter. Reader Pat Brennan shares her texturing tips in our mixed media tutorial, and Wen-Xi Chen dives into the traditional art of watercolour landscapes. Our feature this month provides the solutions to 25 Painter problems, thanks to the input of three top digital artists (and a few well-placed words from yours truly!), while our Drawing 101 guide to real media helps you get to grips with the tricky, yet eminently stylish quirks of pen and ink.
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Practical Photoshop is the magazine that makes sensational images simple. Whether you're repairing a scan of an old family picture, having fun combining multiple images or applying artistic effects to a favourite photo, Practical Photoshop magazine's easy-to-follow tutorials.

There is something magical about really good macro and close-up im-ages. They provide a glimpse of a world few ever see and fewer still understand. When done well, these images put us in touch with the es-sence of being, like nothing else. They let us know we are not alone and that every living thing—no matter how small—is important. But let’s not kid ourselves. There is a reason these images only come from master pho-tographers, real artists with cameras. This type of work requires a high level of mechanical competency and unrestrained vision.

Creativity is flourishing in digital photography. New ideas are being touted,advanced techniques have emerged, and a youthful, ultramodern approach to message-building is being recognized. Photography as we know it is changing and nowhere is this revolution more pronounced than in the world of flash photography—particularly off-camera flash photography.

American PHOTO is the premier showcase for outstanding photography. A reflection of contemporary culture through the camera's lens, it inspires professionals and sophisticated amateurs alike with its coverage of art, fashion, journalism celebrity, sports, politics and advertising. American PHOTO is a stunning visual commentary on our world, featuring masters of photography among others.

For many of us, the nights are drawing in and the weather’s getting colder. Take some inspiration from the changing seasons with our Art Study on p52, in which Cat Bounds explores the rich palettes and textures of autumn leaves. Elsewhere, Zhu Hai Bo creates an unexpected image in the style of artist Chiang Yee, bringing together an icon of the English landscape and the deft, subtle touches of Chinese ink painting on p58. By contrast on p38, reader Judy Misquitta shows us how to liven up Painter’s pastel brushes with an explosion of kaleidoscopic colour. Meanwhile, Tim Shelbourne has handled our Paint Like tutorial this issue, exploring the painting techniques developed by one of the world’s greatest and most inluential artists: Pablo Picasso. Whatever brushes you use there’s something for everyone in our Drawing 101 guide to acrylics (p66) and in our massive ten page feature on customisation, in which Jeff Johnson shows us some of the best brushes to
use and adapt when creating landscapes (p20).
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How To Draw Cars Fast and Easy is a 134 page car drawing guide in downloadable e-book format, jam-packed from cover to cover with all the tips and techniques previously known by only a small handful of professional designers. This program contains all the information you’ll ever need to draw perfect looking cars quickly and easily that will amaze your friends.

his book defines the core elements of self-promotion and portfolio creation and provides the insights graphic designers need to showcase their work in unique and creative ways. Case studies demonstrate the different techniques designers use to create successful portfolios for different audiences and measure the results of those efforts. The book also details how often portfolios should be updated and distributed and determine workable budgets to produce a great portfolio.

In this book for designers, developers, and product managers, expert developer and user interface designer Lukas Mathis explains how to make usability the cornerstone of every point in your design process, walking you through the necessary steps to plan the design for an application or website, test it, and get usage data after the design is complete. He shows you how to focus your design process on the most important thing: helping people get things done, easily and efficiently.

This is officially my first month at the helm of the magazine, so what better way to introduce myself to
you than with a paint-packed issue brimming with creative inspiration? On page 20, artist and photographer Susi Lawson brings you the ultimate guide to painting a beautiful portrait, and you’ll find her accompanying video tutorial on our disc, too. Tim Shelbourne goes in-depth on one of Corel Painter’s most popular tools, the Sargent brush, on page 30, and on page 38 Brad Sutton shows us how to bring landscapes to life with his tutorial on adding people to a scene.

Short animation projects are ambitious and time-consuming, but with a good plan and toolset, they can be hugely rewarding. Blender expert Roland Hess will get you up to speed on animated short fundamentals, including writing, storyboarding, blocking, and character creation. This follow-up of Blender Foundations will introduce the more advanced functionalities of Blender, such as the Library and Linking system, physics simulators, the integrated compositor, and the Sequence Editor. If that wasn’t enough, this tutorial-based book will also have you create a short animation from scratch, making you a master of the Blender toolkit in no time.

This book is a hands-on guide to the entire process of making logos and fonts and even icons, all of which, essentially, start with the ability to draw letterforms. The intent of the book, in fact, is to enable the user to end reliance on "OPF" (other people's fonts) and learn to draw your own custom logos, fonts and lettering! There are many books on the market that simply display collections of logos and fonts, and that give the history of logos and fonts. But Logo, Font & Lettering Bible is unique in that it teaches you how to create logos and fonts from scratch using traditional tools as well as the computer programs Adobe Illustrator and Fontographer (plus a bit about FontLab).

"I’m betting you’ll be as glad as I am to have this on your shelf!"–Nick Bradbury, creator of HomeSite and TopStyle When it comes to great Web sites, looks really ARE everything…
When you design a page for print, you control the size of the paper and the placement of the elements. But on the Web, the size, resolution, fonts, and even the layout of your page can vary with the browser and the system used to view your site. In this lavishly illustrated guide, Web designer Wendy Peck shares the secrets the professionals use to resolve those problems and create eye-catching Web typography that looks as good when viewed with Explorer 4 on a vintage PC as with Netscape 7 on a flat-screen iMac.

Scott Kelby, Editor and Publisher of Photoshop User magazine—and the best-selling Photoshop author in the world today—once again takes this book to a whole new level as he uncovers more of the latest, most important, and most useful Adobe Photoshop CS6 techniques for digital photographers.

"Photoshop Creative" magazine is a great source of tips, tricks & tutorials that helps you stay creative with working in Adobe's Photoshop.