Credentials are one thing—everyone on your shortlist has them—but the best way to get to gauge the depth of a consultant's knowledge and ability is, well, it's to hire him or her. The second best way is to read the consultant's published works. I've written two books all by my lonesome, co-authored two other books, and written somewhere north of 250 articles published in many of the most respected industry publications and Websites.
Illustrator Articles
Below are many of my recent articles from numerous publications
on the topic of Illustrator.
More than how many years (many) or clients (more than 100) I've served as a consultant and trainer, my books and articles are my real credentials.
Click on titles to read the articles in their original publications.
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Quark VS InDesign September 2008
As New York Fashion Week begins, Pantone once again releases the 10 hottest colors for the upcoming season. Download exclusive ready-to-use palettes of the Spring 2009 colors.
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Quark VS InDesign August 2008
Worldlabel.com has released autofillPDF-labels, a collection of templates for printing labels.
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Quark VS InDesign March 2008
Download exclusive ready-to-use palettes of the Fall 2008 colors as defined by Pantone.
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Quark VS InDesign December 2007
Quark Online Book Outlines How QuarkXPress 7 Can Be Integrated with Adobe Creative Suite 3 to Achieve Optimum Results
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Quark VS InDesign October 2007
Color measurement and management innovator acquires the color authority
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Quark VS InDesign October 2007
Illustrator (CS2 and CS3) has a text rendering engine nearly as advanced as InDesign’s...
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Quark VS InDesign August 2007
Despite the near impossibility of extracting embedded fonts from PDFs, some type foundries still prevent their fonts from being embedded in PDFs...
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Quark VS InDesign May 2007
Winners from three different countries take home US$7,000 in prizes for designing alterate Adobe Creative Suite 3 application icons.
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Quark VS InDesign May 2007
Download award-winning replacement icons for Adobe Creative Suite 3 and CS3 version applications.
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Quark VS InDesign March 2007
New editions of Creative Suite target print, web, video, and gotta-have-it-all designers.
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Quark VS InDesign March 2007
Designers create 3D with newly-shipping Creative3D; then post job to Creative Marketplace to get price & time quotes from lenticular printers
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Quark VS InDesign March 2007
Zevrix Solutions today announced the release of ArtOptimizer, a workflow automation solution for reducing the size of images linked to Adobe Illustrator document.
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Quark VS InDesign March 2007
Zevrix Solutions today announced the release of its new software Graphic Inspector, which provides extensive info about graphic files and helps locate potential problems according to user defined settings.
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Quark VS InDesign February 2007
Phoseon's water-cooled RX Starfire provides higher output and capacity for faster curing times, and is well suited for UV inkjet applications.
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Quark VS InDesign February 2007
Extensis improves Windows-based font management and adds compatibility for Windows Vista.
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Quark VS InDesign February 2007
Automatic PDF/A processing with pdfaPilot CLI The pdfaPilot of callas software, the innovative tool for thorough PDF/A verification, correction and conversion, will be offered as a command line module (CLI) from 01 March 2007. pdfaPilot comes in two different versions, one for pure validation and the other for validation as well as correction and conversion tasks. As a CLI module, pdfaPilot will allow an automatic PDF/A processing.
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Quark VS InDesign February 2007
The new pdfInspektor4 CLI—the command-line tool for automatic PDF processing in digital workflow systems—is not only fully compatible with Adobe Acrobat 8 now, but also contains a number of improvements which make it more effective, quicker and more reliable for the user to automatically process large amounts of incoming or existing PDF documents.
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Quark VS InDesign February 2007
Next-Generation Art Studio Delivers a Natural Painting & Illustration Experience Unmatched by Any Other Software
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Quark VS InDesign January 2007
AIIM to Facilitate ISO Standards Process for Leading Electronic Document Format
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Quark VS InDesign January 2007
Over 500,000 Beta Testers Help Shape New Digital Photography Software
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Quark VS InDesign January 2007
Designers to present their visions of Adobe Creative Suite 3 applications in competition for an extensive prize chest. All entries to be compiled into a free library of alternate CS3 icons.
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Quark VS InDesign January 2007
Extensis improves Windows-based font management and adds Microsoft Vista compatibility.
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Quark VS InDesign January 2007
Tuesday Apple announced its iPhone iPod / cellular phone hybrid, but Cisco, owner of the iPhone trademark, alleges Apple didn't have the right do so, and has filed an injunction seeking to bar the Cupertino-based iPod innovator to cease calling its yet to be released device the iPhone.
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Quark VS InDesign January 2007
Data collected in Extensis booth (#826) shows nearly half of visitors feel that technology companies should offer more stable products and that a majority of attendees are holding off on technology purchases for CS3 availability.
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Quark VS InDesign January 2007
Apple today introduced iPhone, combining three products--a revolutionary mobile phone, a widescreen iPod with touch controls, and a breakthrough Internet communications device with desktop-class email, web browsing, searching and maps--into one small and lightweight handheld device.
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Quark VS InDesign January 2007
Companies to Enable Delivery of Flash Video For Media And Entertainment Companies
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Quark VS InDesign January 2007
The Align palette has an array of buttons to align and distribute a group of objects...
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Quark VS InDesign January 2007
Quick recaps of interesting news bites you might have missed over the holiday week.
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Quark VS InDesign January 2007
Matthew Thompson to Head Adobe's Global Sales Organization
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Quark VS InDesign December 2006
PRESS RELEASE
Birningham, Alabama, U.S.A...
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Quark VS InDesign December 2006
Latest version makes cost-effective electronic ad layout even easier.
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Quark VS InDesign December 2006
The past nine months have seen an unprecedented level of disclosure from Adobe Systems, Inc. first with committing to a firm release date, sneaking a look at InDesign CS3, and today with the announcement of Photoshop CS3 as a public beta--the first in Adobe's history.
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Quark VS InDesign December 2006
According to a Reuters news bulletin published moments ago, Adobe CEO Bruce Chizen refined his March 2006 promise to ship Creative Suite 3 in the 2nd Quarter of 2007...
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Quark VS InDesign November 2006
I’m often asked: What’s the difference between Join and Average?
To set the stage, Join and Average commands are on the Object > Path menu...
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Quark VS InDesign November 2006
pdfColorConvert, pdfCorrect, and pdfLayerMaker - well-known and established PDF tools by callas software for professional colour conversion, the correction of typical sources of printing errors, the creation of layers, and the optimization of PDF files - are now available for Adobe Acrobat Standard and Professional Version 8.
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Quark VS InDesign November 2006
PRESS RELEASE
CUPERTINO, California—November 8, 2006—Apple® today unveiled its new line of MacBook™ consumer notebooks that now include Intel Core 2 Duo processors...
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Quark VS InDesign November 2006
Everyone knows that the Eyedropper Tool picks up or samples color, but did you also know it will apply color...
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Quark VS InDesign November 2006
Premier Global Student Competition Recognizes the Best Student Work in Design, Film and Interactive Content for the Web; Expands to Include 30 Countries
PRESS RELEASE
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Nov...
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Quark VS InDesign October 2006
Masking—selecting parts of an image to isolate changes—is a constant part of any Photoshop work...
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Quark VS InDesign October 2006
Photoshop pros differ in their choice of thumbnail size on the Layers, Paths, and Channels palettes. Some usually run with small thumbnails, some with none, others with medium or large...
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Quark VS InDesign October 2006
PRESS RELEASE
Future Adobe Products Set to Gain from Integration of Award-Winning Video Technologies
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Oct...
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Quark VS InDesign October 2006
Want to quickly copy an appearance, no matter how complicated, from one object to others?
Select the source object, the one with the appearance you want to share with the rest...
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Quark VS InDesign October 2006
PRESS RELEASE
Enfocus, an Artwork Systems brand, is readying its Adobe Acrobat 8 compatible versions of its full product line, including the industry’s most popular PDF plug-in, PitStop Professional...
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Quark VS InDesign October 2006
Changing the document size in Illustrator via File > Document Setup does not update the rulers to accommodate the new document size...
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Quark VS InDesign September 2006
Monday was a busy day for Adobe with announcements of new products, upgrades, and even potentially catastrophic security holes in PDF.
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Quark VS InDesign September 2006
PRESS RELEASE
Product Line Goes Beyond Simple PDF Creation and Frees Knowledge Workers to Communicate and Collaborate with Confidence
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Sept...
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Quark VS InDesign September 2006
PRESS RELEASE
Adobe Creative Suite 2.3 Adds Essential Tools for Creating, Collaborating and Controlling Output of PDF Files; Now Ships with Dreamweaver 8
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Sept...
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Quark VS InDesign September 2006
PRESS RELEASE
New Hosted Service and On-Premise Solution Offers “Always-On” Personal Meeting Rooms
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Sept...
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Quark VS InDesign September 2006
British security researcher has discovered, proven, and published ways to use legitimate features of PDF files to deliver malicious code payloads and even search and retrieve data from any connected data source on a target computer.
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Quark VS InDesign September 2006
PRESS RELEASE
Free Seminar Series Coming to Washington, D.C...
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Quark VS InDesign May 2006
Recently, Quark VS InDesign.com reader Woz mentioned his concern over the Adobe-Macromedia merger because of an editorial he found on the blog Daring Fireball...
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Quark VS InDesign April 2006
Acquisition Further Extends 3D Visualization and Collaboration Technology and Expertise for Manufacturing Industry
PRESS RELEASE
SAN JOSE, Calif...
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Quark VS InDesign April 2006
Apple: Jump. Apple Fans: Anything for you, Steve! Who do you want us to land on...
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Quark VS InDesign January 2006
Popping up on blogs and message boards is the postulation of the theory that Adobe and other software vendors have already had plenty of time to recompile their applications to Intel-Macs and are choosing to drag their feet...
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Quark VS InDesign December 2005
Win one of five signed copies of Pariah S. Burke’s acclaimed project-based book Adobe Illustrator CS2 @work in Creativepro.com’s weekly giveaway...
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Quark VS InDesign December 2005
Our friends over at CreativePro.com are giving away a copy of InDesign CS2 this week in their weekly giveaway. Already got InDesign CS2...
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Quark VS InDesign December 2005
Latest news about the acquisition from around the world.
Links open in new windows...
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Quark VS InDesign December 2005
Tomorrow, smoothest software company acquisition in recent memory to close.
Following Friday’s confirmation of regulatory approval in all necessary jurisdictions, Adobe Systems, Inc...
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Quark VS InDesign November 2005
In one of the year’s most focussed and informative software industry interviews, Silicon.com’s Tony Hallet talks Apple, Microsoft, and China with Adobe CEO Bruce Chizen...
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Quark VS InDesign October 2005
U.S. Department of Justice gives the all clear to Adobe-Macromedia merger.
DOJ stamp of approval leaves few obstacles to merger...
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Quark VS InDesign September 2005
New skills-based portal focuses on premier intelligent documents platform...
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Quark VS InDesign September 2005
Press Release
Designorati is building a 360-degree view of the creative world while revolutionizing the blogging revolution.
PORTLAND, Ore.—22 Sept., 2005—Designorati...
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Quark VS InDesign September 2005
Day-Long Conference Focuses on Enhancing Publishing and Creative Workflows; Expo Showcases Industry Leaders and the Latest Publishing Tools and Technologies
Press Release
SAN JOSE, Calif...
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Quark VS InDesign July 2005
In a recent interview with Investors Business Daily, Stephen Elop, CEO of Macromedia, expressed confident optimism about the Adobe-Macromedia merger, the DOJ investigation, and customer reactions...
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Quark VS InDesign July 2005
Will XPress 7.0 be the upgrade that puts Quark back on top? CreativePro.com's Gene Gable spent two days at Quark's Denver headquarters to find out and emerged with a cautiously optimistic exclusive report that delves deeper into what Quark has let out of the bag so far--and hints at a few things they haven't.
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Quark VS InDesign July 2005
As Adobe and Macromedia await word of DOJ rulings on the impending merger and what will become of the companies' competitive products, both move forward with stockholder votes. But if applications--DreamWeaver, GoLive, FreeHand, FireWorks, or Homesite--have to sell, who is likely to buy?
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Quark VS InDesign July 2005
Over at CreativePro.com, the current weekly contest prize is a copy of Adobe CreativeSuite 2 Premium Edition...
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Quark VS InDesign June 2005
Adobe shareholder claims announcement to buy Macromedia breached fiduciary duty to shareholders.
Publish...
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Quark VS InDesign April 2005
Combined Company to Deliver Industry-Defining Technology Platform for Rich, Interactive Content
Press Release
Adobe to acquire arch rival and web developement software leader Macromedia
SAN JOSE, Calif...
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Quark VS InDesign April 2005
National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP) launches the Photoshop CS2 Learning Center—the most comprehensive look at Adobe Photoshop CS2 available anywhere
Cover of special all Photoshop CS2 edition of Photoshop User
Today NAPP announced the launch of the Photoshop CS2 Learning Center...
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Quark VS InDesign April 2005
Photoshop CS2 Complete Features Lists
Since this is Quark VS InDesign.com, we’re leaving the heavy Photoshop CS2 news to our sister sites, The Design Weblog and The (Unofficial) Photoshop Weblog...
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Quark VS InDesign April 2005
New Version Builds on Market Momentum with Expanded Creative Options, Improved Productivity, and Superior Integration for Wider Range of Workflow and Design Needs
Press Release
Adobe announces InDesign CS2
SAN JOSE, Calif...
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Quark VS InDesign April 2005
Designers to Rediscover the Power of Vector Graphics with Adobe Illustrator CS2 New Version Delivers Breakthrough Creative Tools Along with Advanced SVG-t Support for Developing Mobile Content
Press Release
Adobe announces Illustrator CS2
SAN JOSE, Calif...
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Quark VS InDesign April 2005
Adobe Pushes the Boundaries of Digital Photography and Imaging with Debut of Photoshop CS2 New Vanishing Point Feature, Dramatic Camera Raw Workflow Enhancements, Customizable Menus and Smart Objects Headline Milestone Photoshop Upgrade
Press Release
Adobe announces Photoshop CS2
SAN JOSE, Calif...
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Quark VS InDesign April 2005
Adobe Accelerates Print, Web and Mobile Publishing Workflows With Introduction of Adobe Creative Suite 2 Adobe’s Complete Design and Publishing Environment Integrates New Adobe Stock Photos Service, Introduces Adobe Bridge and Enhanced Version Cue CS2
Press Release
Adobe announces Creative Suite 2
SAN JOSE, Calif...
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Quark VS InDesign April 2005
Initial Pricing and Shipping Information
Creative Suite 2 Announced
Following the accidental early posting of the press release announcing Photoshop CS2, which hinted at coinciding announcements about new versions of Adobe’s InDesign, Illustrator, GoLive, InCopy, and the Creative Suite itself, Adobe officially announced the new versions at midnight Eastern Time...
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Quark VS InDesign March 2005
This past weekend someone at Adobe accidentally posted the press release announcing, and detailing the new features of, Photoshop CS2. The early posting did not go unnoticed...
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Quark VS InDesign February 2005
JPG isn’t cutting it any more, so what is a JPF file and how do you use it?
What is a .JPF file...
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Quark VS InDesign February 2005
New TWGA report: Printers not optimistic, book publishing down, stock photography purchase up, and U.S. graphic firms number 50,000...
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Quark VS InDesign January 2005
Shantanu Narayen, Adobe Systems, Inc...
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Quark VS InDesign January 2005
Adobe announced yesterday the immediate availability of Acrobat 7, including Standard, Professional, and the license-only Elements...
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Quark VS InDesign November 2004
Adobe Shares What Happens In Vegas With The World.—The Design Weblog—design.weblogsinc.com
Today Adobe announced Acrobat 7...
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Quark VS InDesign October 2004
Coinciding with Creo’s debut at Graph Expo 2004 of the Darwin Variable Information plug-in suite for InDesign CS, Adobe announced today the launch of the Adobe Variable Data Publishing (VDP) Resource Center, an educational resource for creative professionals, marketing departments and print service providers that aims to kick-start the adoption and implementation of VDP solutions...
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Quark VS InDesign October 2004
Any good graphic designer knows the new, hip graphic and industrial design colors are dictated by the fashion world. Last night the fashion world proclaimed the colors for Spring 2005...
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Quark VS InDesign April 2004
Variable Data Publishing (VDP) proof-of-concept puts a satellite photo of all 40,000 subscribers’ neighborhood on their individual copies of Reason magazine...
