[App of the Week] Floonr
31.03.2011, 8:50Flying message in a bottle
Just imagine you put a message in a bottle, put it on a balloon and let it drift wherever the winds may take it. That’s more or less what Floonr allows you to do – digitally. It’s the commenting feature, which really makes this app a lot of fun. When you launch the app you see a map and most likely a colourful assortment of balloons. Tap any of them to see how far they travelled already. First time I used it I already had one from Kuwait with more than 11.000 km on my radar. Quite impressive!
60 InDesign Tips to get your projects done
29.03.2011, 8:59Workshops and tutorials
Adobe’s InDesign is a very sophisticated application for typesetting and layout. Publishers, printers, freelance graphic designers and agencies all work with the software. Desktop publishing requires a great deal of skill and knowledge. Good tutorials about specific issues can be extremely helpful to overcome problems. For you we collected 60 of the best InDesign tutorials, which help you achieving goals within deadlines and even faster.
[App of the Week] Articles
24.03.2011, 10:17Mobile Wikipedia for sore eyes
Our current app of the week is for all of those who don’t like the mobile version of Wikipedia. As so often in the Appstore you’ll find a plethora of free and paid apps aimed at the popular online encyclopaedia. It’s only that some of them even make the experience worse. Articles in turn really makes it a welcome sight for sore eyes.
Impressive brushes for Adobe Photoshop
22.03.2011, 8:43Useful brush sets for designers
You can never have enough textures, fonts or brushes available for your design work. For each of your project you likely need a completely different style. With this collection we give you a few dozen new brush collections to be prepared for all tasks.
The great print24 Twitter Easter Sweepstakes
21.03.2011, 12:02Win print credit for print24 each week until Easter!
It’s the first day of spring and Easter is approaching in bunny leaps. We sweeten up your waiting time with a weekly chance to win 50 bucks print credit for print24.com.
[App of the Week] Textvision Lite!
17.03.2011, 9:53Helps you to avoid fountains
Well, how often have you stumbled or ran into something! while hacking some text in your mobile device? Touchscreen displays are nice, fancy and allow for a lot. Blind typing, however, became something of an art with their introduction.
[Tutorial] Simulate analogue images with Photoshop
15.03.2011, 9:44Like fresh from the Polaroid cam
When you hear Polaroid you quite likely think about instant cameras and their typical sheet films. Photographic processing took up to 4 minutes. We rather invest this time in a little bit of creative work.
[App of the Week] SoundHound Music Search
10.03.2011, 8:44Shazam with voice and lyrics
You hear that nice song and wonder who the heck is singing it? This permanently happens to almost everyone who owns a radio. Of course, there’s an app for that. And not just one. While Shazam is by far the most popular of that bunch it isn’t necessarily the best. So I went out looking for one. After testing several music identification apps I grew quite fond of SoundHound. Here is why.
[Tutorial] Wooden Text with Photoshop
08.03.2011, 15:15Cut from supreme wood
Flyers come alive through theme based content. The first few seconds decide if a flyer is successful. The viewer’s interest must be aroused on first glance. There’s many ways to achieve this. Eyecatching headlines are one. During the next few weeks we show you some examples and how to create theme based lettering to attract the eye of the beholder. We start with a nice wooden lettering.
[App of the Week] Pulse News Reader
03.03.2011, 10:51Prettiest news in town
Consuming news is probably one of the most important pastimes on the internet – besides harassing others with your daily activities and watching cute kitten videos. Accordingly there are news apps aplenty. AppStore HQ currently lists 8349 for the iPhone alone. Let us introduce you to Pulse News Reader Mini – probably the most appealing way to aggregate multiple news feeds on your iPhone.