http://blogs.graphicdesignforum.com/ 2013-05-16T12:28:54-05:002013-04-24T04:55:40-05:002013-04-22T04:30:19-05:002013-03-29T09:44:07-05:002013-02-21T04:07:13-05:002013-02-18T09:58:44-05:002013-02-02T08:35:59-05:002012-11-15T09:52:25-05:002012-11-08T04:34:35-05:002012-11-02T10:59:13-05:002012-10-24T04:14:08-05:002012-10-10T07:32:29-05:002012-10-07T11:04:59-05:002012-09-26T05:36:50-05:002012-09-18T05:39:11-05:00 http://blog.graphicdesignforum.com/chrisd/2013/05/life-liberty-an.html So you thought you'd always be a member in good standing of the Photoshop Club, simply by upgrading every second or third version? With the recent announcement of mandatory Creative Cloud subscriptions to Photoshop and the other applications that... Photography chrisd 2013-05-16T12:28:54-05:00 http://blog.graphicdesignforum.com/chrisd/2013/04/the-apple-iphon.html Apple's transition to a post-Jobs era has to date been a difficult one, marked by a slowing of innovation, a tanking stock price and this week's recent quarterly report marked by the firm's first drop in profits in a... Corporate chrisd 2013-04-24T04:55:40-05:00 http://blog.graphicdesignforum.com/chrisd/2013/04/why-dont-we-all.html After all, designers and developers spend most of their time creating the experiences made possible by Adobe tools, which has been the case for a very long time. On a shelf a few feet away from me sits a... Corporate chrisd 2013-04-22T04:30:19-05:00 http://blog.graphicdesignforum.com/chrisd/2013/03/attack-of-the-g.html Well, in this case just one, but I'm sure more are on the way. The use of our little flying "friends" to promote goods and services became instantly clear when light-emitting drones were summoned to perform at last year's Cannes... Corporate chrisd 2013-03-29T09:44:07-05:00 http://blog.graphicdesignforum.com/chrisd/2013/02/im-buying-an-ht.html I'll admit I'm not a very intense phone user. So until this morning my aging HTC Desire was everything I needed in a smartphone. Or so I thought. It worked reliably, felt good in the hand, had a simple... Other chrisd 2013-02-21T04:07:13-05:00 http://blog.graphicdesignforum.com/chrisd/2013/02/the-darwinian-e.html Now well into its third decade of existence, Photoshop does indeed seem to incarnate Darwin's theory of evolutionary adaptation by natural selection, as put forward in On the Origin of the Species. And while Photoshop's rise to dominence has been... chrisd 2013-02-18T09:58:44-05:00 http://blog.graphicdesignforum.com/chrisd/2013/02/paperman-when-c.html The days are long over when Disney rested on its animation laurels and for some years now it has been successful in releasing a stream of movies that for the most part have been well received at the box office.... Animation chrisd 2013-02-02T08:35:59-05:00 http://blog.graphicdesignforum.com/chrisd/2012/11/adobe-2012-desi.html Adobe recently announced the winners of its 12th annual Adobe Design Achievement Awards (ADAA) during a ceremony held at the DesignThinkers 2012 conference in Toronto, Ontario. The event honored students and educators whose winning projects were selected from 41... Other chrisd 2012-11-15T09:52:25-05:00 http://blog.graphicdesignforum.com/chrisd/2012/11/adobes-change-t.html Beyond simply developing tools that enable people to harness their creativity to communicate across print and digital media, Adobe has a long track record of championing the value of creativity itself. So it's no surprise that this week the... Interactive chrisd 2012-11-08T04:34:35-05:00 http://blog.graphicdesignforum.com/chrisd/2012/11/the-2012-animag.html The animago awards have been spotlighting great work in the digital media production and visualisation domains since 1997. The 2012 awards were revealed last week, chosen from a field of 950 entries submitted from more than 50 countries. I've... Graphics chrisd 2012-11-02T10:59:13-05:00 http://blog.graphicdesignforum.com/chrisd/2012/10/drawing-with-th.html One tends to think of Apple devices as being the only ones suitable for drawing, but even a humble Android phone can get the job done, it would seem. The clip above is a speed drawing of a character... Art chrisd 2012-10-24T04:14:08-05:00 http://blog.graphicdesignforum.com/chrisd/2012/10/discovering-art.html The first time you visit the Art.sy site you might think that you've stumbled onto a modest labor of love, created by those with a passion for art. In this you'd be only half right, since it turns out... Art chrisd 2012-10-10T07:32:29-05:00 http://blog.graphicdesignforum.com/chrisd/2012/10/the-watery-worl.html Art chrisd 2012-10-07T11:04:59-05:00 http://blog.graphicdesignforum.com/chrisd/2012/09/adobe-returns-t.html Decades ago, Adobe was a champion of the use of professional-quality digital fonts, not only by creating its own library but by playing a key role in the development of font formats and fully supporting OpenType within its Creative... Type chrisd 2012-09-26T05:36:50-05:00 http://blog.graphicdesignforum.com/chrisd/2012/09/a-colorful-glim.html There's something undeniably compelling about the first works created in any medium, which in the domain of film go back to the turn of the 20th century. In this category I'd include the animations of Émile Cohl and the... Photography chrisd 2012-09-18T05:39:11-05:00