Blog by Matt Maurer
For the majority of the past twenty years I have used Adobe apps every day. I am intimately familiar with them. I have also been using the Affinity suite for the last few years. I wanted to discuss the rising popularity of Adobe alternatives and what Serif specifically brings to the table. To start, people…
I have been a believer in the iPad from day one. When Steve Jobs unveiled the original iPad on stage in 2010, I immediately bought in to having a larger tablet device positioned somewhere between my iPhone and MacBook Pro. The original iPad of course left a lot to be desired, but the germ of…
As promised, Adobe has unleashed a preview of Project Comet, henceforth known as Adobe Experience Design (XD) CC. For now, the preview is OS X only, but a Windows 10 release is scheduled for the end of 2016. It’s easy to like what you see – Photoshop, Illustrator and Indesign can all be used for…
Apple has already shown off their new toys. Google was quick to follow. Microsoft went next. Now it’s Adobe’s turn, as Adobe MAX 2015 kicked off this week and brought with it a slew of product announcements and updates. Adam at FStoppers has written a much more detailed look into Adobe’s announcements, which is well worth…
If you are a Mac user then you have probably heard of Pixelmator. For those who haven’t, it’s a very capable image editor that compares well to Photoshop. Best of all, since it’s a Mac exclusive the app focuses on taking advantage of as many OS X technologies as possible. With that being said, it’s…
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8J9FnJDeAVA[/youtube] Here’s a cool tutorial on how to create some cool “Superhero” style text effects in Adobe Illustrator. With all the hype about superhero movies these days, this trick could be very useful for your projects. Enjoy!
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KS6mZaksmIs[/youtube] With the growing popularity of eBooks, today we’re presenting a link on how to create an iBook for the iPad using InDesign CS5. Going direct to consumers with eBooks is a great way to publish your work without the cost and need to get a publishing deal. In a future post we’ll look at…