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News roundup: Trek artists muse Apple design, Illustrator CS5 patched, Apple urged to pay dividends, free apps and more

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Aug 16th, 2010)

Each week is busy and with summer winding down and several of us on vacation, we can't hit it all at once. So here's a little roundup of what happened over the past few days. Ars Technica has a lovely chat with some designers from Star Trek: The Next Generation, the show where you may recall ...

Macworld 2010: TypeDNA

by Brett Terpstra (Feb 13th, 2010)

On the last day of Macworld, I caught up with the guys from TypeDNA to take a look at what I soon realized was going to be a revolutionary bit of software magic for designers of any ilk. TypeDNA is a series of plugins for Adobe CS4 applications (Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator) which makes finding ...

Adobe CS4 offers overall improvements, higher upgrade pricing

by Christina Warren (Sep 23rd, 2008)

As Robert reported earlier this month, Adobe officially announced Creative Suite 4 via a streaming webcast earlier this morning. Adobe CS4, which is scheduled to ship sometime in October, is being touted as "Adobe's biggest software release to date." While I was watching the webcast for our sister ...

TUAW Faceoff: Low-cost vector design apps

by Robert Palmer (May 13th, 2008)

While I'm not a hard-core professional illustrator or cartoonist, I do use vector design tools almost every day. Designing logos, playing with type, and creating quick layouts are things every vector design tool should do well. Adobe Illustrator CS3, of course, is the 800-pound gorilla in this ...

Freehand dead, discount crossgrade to Lineform

by Mat Lu (May 22nd, 2007)

Rumors of Freehand's demise have been raised and squashed before, but now it's official. Gruber points to this notice that Adobe has canned further development Freehand in favor of Illustrator. Adobe is offering some discounts on Illustrator for registered owners of Freehand, as well as some ...

Lineform 1.3 Updated with PDF Support

by Mat Lu (Feb 24th, 2007)

We've mentioned Lineform a couple of times, but the newly released version 1.3 of Freeverse's Illustrator alternative vector illustration program adds a significant new feature: PDF import and editing. You can now directly import a PDF into Lineform, resize it, and mark it up with the standard ...

Inkscape - Open Source Vector Graphics Editor

by Damien Barrett (Jul 2nd, 2006)

Everyone knows about GIMP, the open source graphics editor that competes with Photoshop for editing bitmap images, or images with "pixels in a bitmap." But what if you need a free program that can work with vector-based images, such as those that Adobe Illustrator builds? Inkscape is an open ...

Adobe to drop GoLive, Freehand

by David Chartier (May 31st, 2006)

The Mac Observer is reporting that Adobe announced at Adobe Live that the company is giving the axe to GoLive and Freehand for CS3, due out spring of 2007. Before the Adobe-Macromedia merger, GoLive was Adobe's Dreamweaver (and a far superior product, might I add), and Freehand was Macromedia's ...

Make a request for Adobe CS3

by Dave Caolo (Mar 28th, 2006)

We're sure you've heard the news by now: No universal version of the Adobe pro apps until 2007. The good news is that Adobe is currently taking your suggestions for the upcoming Creative Suite 3. You've got the ear of one of the world's software giants, so speak up. [Via creativebits] ...

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