Clip art creativity: add pizzazz to your publications with the latest in ready-made images
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Graphic designers are employing quality, easy-to-use electronic clip art in a variety of imaginative ways. Several examples show how designers are using various paint, drawing, desktop publishing and image processing tools with clip art to achieve their creative goals. Bryan W. Mattimore of Mattimore Communications (Stamford, CT) images cartoon-figure clip art from T/Maker's ClickArt Publications for business seminar advertisements, T/Maker's Click Art Business Images Abstract Logos 1 package to design conference center logos and T/Maker's ClickArt EPS Animals and Nature package to create puzzle prototypes. John Odam of John Odam Designs (Del Mar, CA) customizes clip art from Dynamic Graphics's (Peoria, IL) Ideas and Images to convey technical information in a psychology textbook. Jason Bray of Procomm Enterprises magazine (San Anselmo, CA) uses clip art from 3-G Graphics Inc's Business 1 for repeated images against a magazine cover background. Creating a promotional program, corporate identity package and newsletters are also discussed.
Publication Name: Publish
Subject: Publishing industry
ISSN: 0897-6007
Year: 1991
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The digital designer
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The use of desktop publishing at Skolos, Wedell and Raynor (SWR) and Polaroid's Corporate Design Worldwide Dept are examined and recommendations for improvement are made. Both companies use desktop publishing for design development and both could benefit from additional training. Polaroid, a large corporate environment, should cluster and integrate their computers into one area to facilitate designers sharing knowledge and ideas. A trainer who understands design and computers is essential. Hiring a freelance designer to maintain the regular workload while the training takes place is a good idea. SWR needs a photographic input system and, rather than buying an expensive scanner, could do well with a video camera and image digitizer. Color systems would benefit both companies as would a removable hard disk to store the large graphics files. Networking, literally, with designers already experienced with desktop publishing is also helpful.
Publication Name: Publish
Subject: Publishing industry
ISSN: 0897-6007
Year: 1989
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Ambassador of aesthetics
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Max Kisman, a Dutch graphic designer, created the first desktop-published postage stamps using a Commodore Amiga and Electronic Arts' Deluxe Paint. Kisman is the art director of an Amsterdam communication technologies magazine called Language Technology; he produces a continuing series of posters on his desktop system for an Amsterdam rock-and-roll palace. Kisman's approach to desktop publishing design and how he was introduced to desktop publishing technologies are described.
Publication Name: Publish
Subject: Publishing industry
ISSN: 0897-6007
Year: 1988
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