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Adobe does it. So does Wordtracker. And Keyword Spy and many, many other businesses. It comes in many different forms, but the basic premise is the same: You get a free trial period to sample a product or service, and upon expiry

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Seth Godin recently argued that blogs have eliminated the need for most business books. Whether you agree with Seth’s statements or not, you can’t dispute the fact that online communities have made it easier than ever to access and share

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We all have our favorite colors; and for graphic designers it can be challenging to leave personal penchants out of client designs. Many designers enlist the aid of online color scheme generators to spark inspiration.

Here’s my list of the top

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With the seemingly ever-changing software that graphic designer use, sometimes it’s hard to stay current. Every time Adobe or Quark come out with a new version we spend days playing hide and seek with menus and tools. We wonder where

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Ahh … the joys of open source. I mentioned a few open source design programs in a previous post. Here are a few more:

Blender β€” β€œ3-D modeling, animation, game development in a free open source content creation suite.” A whole lot

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Zip up!  This incredible image effect was created by the user meowza using the Aviary Phoenix Image Editor.

Zip up! This incredible image effect was created by the user meowza using the Aviary Phoenix Image Editor.

If you love to beta test, head over to Aviary and check out the new graphic design application suite in development. With names

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