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Using Generative Expand - Photoshop

Whatever you may think about Artificial Intelligence and its growing place in…


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How to Find Tints and Blend Colours - Illustrator

Adobe Illustrator's Blend Tool is an extremely useful element of the software;…


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Graphic Design Magazines

With office work coming back into fashion, many of us must also endure the…


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A Colour Psychology Primer

There are few visual elements that can elicit a subliminal reaction more than…


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Generating QR Codes – InDesign

Quick Tricks are a series of blog posts shedding light on easily-missed…


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Using Mathematics in Adobe Software

Quick Tricks are a series of blog posts shedding light on easily-missed…


a vintage black and white photograph of a magician and his female assistant, who is surprised to have an have an egg in her mouth

Arranging Items in a Circle – Illustrator

Quick Tricks are a series of blog posts shedding light on easily-missed…


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Established tips for your logo design project

This is a companion post to an earlier effort 'Make a brilliant start to your…


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Experimenting with Photoshop Channels

Photoshop Channels are grayscale images that store different types of…