Video – The Graphic Mac

Your logo design: “That’s a nut sack. No doubt. Nuts.”

James — Mon, 22 May 2017 14:58:13 +0000

Your logo design: "That's a nut sack. No doubt. Nuts"

Apple Park 1 Year Recap (Video)

James — Mon, 15 May 2017 15:00:51 +0000

Construction of the Apple Park in the last year. While so much has been done in the last year, it still appears that there’s a whole lot of work left.

Advice: When to use Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator or InDesign

James — Thu, 13 Apr 2017 15:00:42 +0000

I belong to a lot of design forums and Facebook Groups and the question I see more often than I care to think about is “which app should I use to do X?” Should I design a logo in Photoshop, build an ad in Illustrator or InDesign, etc.

If you’re new in the graphic design field, or just never used Adobe’s Creative Cloud applications, take a look at this 30-minute video from Adobe Evangelist Terry White.

There are always exceptions to every rule, but in general:

Photoshop is for photo editing.
Illustrator is for logo design & custom illustration.
All the pieces should be brought into InDesign for layout and export to Acrobat PDF files.

The ONLY design rule that (in my opinion) has absolutely no exception: Design your logo in Illustrator. You’ll thank me later.

Carpool Karaoke: The Series — official trailer

James — Mon, 13 Feb 2017 15:15:57 +0000

Based on the segment that has become a global, viral video sensation on The Late Late Show with James Corden, the new CARPOOL KARAOKE series features 16 celebrity pairings riding along in a car together as they sing tunes from their personal playlists and surprise fans who don’t expect to see big stars belting out tunes one lane over.

Season 1 guests include:
James Corden, Will Smith, Billy Eichner, Metallica, Alicia Keys, John Legend, Ariana Grande, Seth MacFarlane, Chelsea Handler, Blake Shelton, Michael Strahan, John Cena, Shaquille O’Neal, and many more.

Steve Jobs funniest moments during keynotes (video)

James — Thu, 09 Feb 2017 15:00:46 +0000

Some of Steve Jobs’ more light-hearted moments during keynotes.

Your logo is the work of Satan

James — Tue, 31 Jan 2017 16:00:44 +0000

I’m just completely at a loss for words. Well, actually… one word comes to mind. HORSESHIT!

Even if the makers of Monster Energy Drinks were satanic devil worshiping heathens, I doubt they would spend the time and money trying to hide that much devilishness in their logo/package design. Corporate greed would take over.

Fellow designers, this is the type of thing we’re constantly up against. So the next time your client asks you to make the logo “pop,” you can tell them that you’re afraid that details are the devils work. Or some such horseshit.

Video: Most Photoshop tutorials in a nutshell

James — Fri, 15 Jul 2016 15:06:53 +0000

This sums-up so many Photoshop tutorials I find nowadays.

How to add snow to your Photoshop image

James — Fri, 24 Jun 2016 15:00:58 +0000

Great little video tutorial on how to add some realistic fluffy snow to your Adobe Photoshop image.

Photoshop CC to add Content Aware Crop

James — Tue, 31 May 2016 13:12:14 +0000

By now you may have heard that Adobe plans to add a Content Aware Crop tool feature to Photoshop CC with the next update. You may be thinking that they already have that feature available, and you would be somewhat correct. You can already do what the video above shows manually, but the new tool will simplify the process.

How to backup your Text Substitution settings

James — Thu, 28 Apr 2016 16:00:01 +0000

It’s so simple that I can’t imagine anyone ever figuring it out on their own. Thanks to The Mac Observer for sharing this great tip.