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How To Maximize ROI From Managed IT Support
Information technology (IT) support is one of the most outsourced business services in the sector. As it’s also often called, managed IT services are among the best investments an organization can make to stay competitive and maximize resources.
Without adequate IT support, entities might end up exposing their critical business information, often including data that have to do with their clients. Losing those to hackers and cybercriminals may result in costly settlement fees, loss of trust in your brand, and possible closure.
Besides preventing significant losses, robust IT s...
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Whats new in Adobe Illustrator CC 2019 release
Last week I wrote about the InDesign CC 2019 updates that were released for us all to download on the 15th of October, this week I'm going to concentrate on Adobe Illustrator CC 2019 and the new features that have been made available. Again I've had a good look at all the updates and I'm going to concentrate on what I think are the most useful.
Freeform Gradients
About a month ago I shared a video that Adobe teased us with showing a new way to apply our gradients, currently we only have linear and radial gradients in Adobe Illustrator and if we want to create anything more complex we n...
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Creative Studios become authorised Adobe Affiliates
Creative Studios have recently partnered up with Adobe to become authorised Adobe Affiliates, this means that we can pass on and keep you updated with any offers that Adobe have for new and existing customers.
If you are looking to start a new Adobe Creative Cloud subscription simply click on the relevant link below, you can have 7 days FREE trial of any software and then start your subscription once this trial period ends.
You will still be purchasing the subscription directly through Adobe but by using the links below it means we can keep you up to date with exclusive incentives such...
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When to use Adobe Photoshop Vs Adobe Illustrator Vs Adobe InDesign
A while back I wrote a blog post on the Difference between Adobe InDesign and Adobe Illustrator which proved to be very popular in-fact still one of my most visited blogs.
This however has thrown up more questions as I am very often asked when is the right time and place to use Adobe Illustrator Vs Adobe Photoshop Vs Adobe Indesign! So let me try to explain...
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How to crop an image in Adobe Illustrator
It used to be that if you wanted to use pixel based images in your Adobe Illustrator files you had o create clipping masks to crop them down to certain sizes. This is still true if you want to crop them to a specific shape in Adobe Illustrator e.g a circle or a triangle but if you want to crop the image as a square or a rectangle and permanently delete the rest of the image and not just hide it you can use the new widget controls to edit and only have visible the part of the image you require on your Adobe Illustrator Art board.
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Diffuse Gradients in Adobe Illustrator
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Adobe have given us a sneak peek at what they are calling Diffuse gradients. Ive not been able to have a go at it as it has not yet been added to the latest release of Adobe Illustrator CC and Adobe have not yet even told anyone when it will be released!
By looking at the video it looks very interesting, at first I was unsure what the benefits would be over using the gradient mesh tool i...
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Using the Adobe Illustrator Swatches Panel
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Adobe Illustrator Swatches Panel
Today I'm going to have a closer look at the Adobe Illustrator Swatches panel, we are going to load all the different type of Swatches and also create Swatches from scratch. We will start by looking at the basic solid Adobe Illustrator Swatches, loading in Pantone Swatches and CMYK Swatches then move on to lo...
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5 Benefits of Learning Adobe Illustrator
So last week I wrote about the benefits of learning Adobe InDesign, today I'm going to talk about Adobe Illustrator. Again this is probably a programme you have heard of but maybe unsure of its actual uses.
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Adobe Illustrator is used for creating a variety of graphics you can produce logos, detailed illustrations, leaflets, web page designs and many more. Unlike Adobe InDesign it is built more for creating graphics and artwork and doesn...
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Placing Adobe Illustrator files in to Adobe Photoshop
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Placing Adobe Illustrator files in to Adobe Photoshop
Following on from my blog post a few weeks back on using Adobe Photoshop with Adobe InDesign today I'm going to have a look at using Adobe Illustrator with Adobe Photoshop effectively.
There are two ways these file types can be integrated with each other, we can convert the vector Adobe Illustrator file in to a p...
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