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February 8, 2010

Looking back at 20 years of Adobe Photoshop

via macworld.com

My longtime friend and editor at CreativePro.com, Pam Pfiffner, takes a walk down memory lane of how Photoshop came to be and how it has been used through the years. Here's to another 20 years and looking forward to what the future versions of Photoshop may bring.

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January 17, 2010

What’s Next in Web Design?

Simplicity

Most of us will agree that today’s web sites are still way too difficult use. They are overcrowded with irrelevant information and confusing functionality. If you open a contemporary news site you get bombarded with features and advertisement. Many web sites want to do too much, too quickly.

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January 15, 2010

The Idea Killers

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(via http://twitter.com/_Everaldo/status/7802143095)

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September 30, 2009

Daring Fireball Linked List: Bento 3

Daring Fireball Linked List: Bento 3. "It occurs to me that Bento is a great example of the sort of thing I wish Adobe would do." (Via Daring Fireball.)

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September 30, 2009

A big-assed post about Fireworks

A big-assed post about Fireworks. An excellent post by Jon Hicks about his love/hate relationship with Fireworks. (Via Hicks Design.)

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April 23, 2009

Not PSD's biggest fan

Not PSD's biggest fan. (Via Digg.com.)

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February 16, 2009

Macworld posts a profile on Version Cue CS4

Not so much a review but a quick overview of Version Cue CS4. The profile simply runs down what has changed (simpler dialogs) and what hasn't (management controls). You can read the Version Cue CS4 profile by Galen Gruman here: Profile: Version Cue CS4 | Macworld.

I used to be a proponent for Version Cue but I've had nothing but trouble with it since I upgraded to it at our workplace last December. I find I have to reinstall Adobe Drive every couple of weeks to get Version Cue CS4 to behave properly with my Mac.

After a couple of weeks, Adobe Drive and Bridge will no longer connect to the server. Now I have a new problem where it won't see into nested folders within projects. This just isn't worth it when you're dealing with mission critical work.

Last week I started asking around to see if we can just run a simple SVN server to remove the need to rely on Version Cue. Since relying on Version Cue isn't possible. Regrettably, I suggest others do the same. It really seems like Adobe has completely messed up Version Cue in this release. They should've just dropped it before CS4 instead of pretending to continue to support it. I wouldn't be surprised to learn when CS5 is released that they have discontinued support for Version Cue and suggest that people consider using their own SVN solution.

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January 1, 2009

The Casualties of CS3: GoLive

Here's a post I started about the sad end of GoLive now that Macromedia had been absorbed into Adobe. So while cleaning up the blog for the new year I found this old draft lingering around. I thought you all might be interested and could share your thoughts on how you feel about Dreamweaver CS4. I cut my teeth in web development on GoLive so it was disappointing to me that Dreamweaver and GoLive didn't come together more holistically. I still feel GoLive's UI, site management, and drag-drop feature set has always been better than Dreamweaver. Where as Dreamweaver really excelled at responsive code writing and better live preview support. GoLive's Smart Objects (where the term originated with) was by far more seamless than even the new feature in Dreamweaver CS4 that behaves very similar to Smart Objects. But don't get me wrong, I used Dreamweaver for about four years before I turned to just using a straight-up code editor. So I know Dreamweaver. But my heart will always go out to GoLive and its cleaner user experience.

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November 12, 2008

The "Creative Pause"

Cameron Moll has an interesting post about what may be an ideal model for "creative pause": the shower. I do find that my best ideas come to me when I'm in the shower, walking to the bathroom at work, walking to work, or other times when I'm unconsciously switching myself off for a few minutes and allowing my thoughts to wander. This is also a great thing to do when you're feeling blocked creatively whether it is with visual design, user experience design, or technical design problems. Take a breather and let yourself hit the pause button on your mind for a minute or two. (Via Authentic Boredom.)

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October 21, 2008

Adobe XD Team discusses Photoshop to Fireworks

Jon Wallace explains why you should give Fireworks another look for creating digital design elements. If you thought it was just for slicing up graphics for the Web, you'd be surprised at what it can really do. And you may find yourself moving from Photoshop to Fireworks more often then you are now. (Via INSPIRE.)

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