Designing for the Film Industry: Interview With Go Media’s Jeff Finley

‘Weapons of Mass Creation’ Art Campaign Kick-Off Party

The ‘Weapons of Mass Creation’ Art Campaign Kick-Off Party Saturday, September 19th, 2009 • Go Media Studios, Cleveland Ohio We invited top artists, illustrators, print designers, and web designers from all over the country to come to our studio in Cleveland…

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Blank Canvas: What’s Your Digital Design Setup?

We’re starting a new feature on the Go Media ‘Zine to give our readers a chance to voice their thoughts and opinions. We’re naming it “Blank Canvas”. And if you readers have any topics you’d like to see covered, please…

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Wacom Bamboo Touch Revealed Early

Seems Wacom has a new product to be released, and the beans were spilled early by retailer Best Buy, who put the product out on the shelves before the official release date. In fact Wacom has no information on their…

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Quick Global Swatches In Adobe Illustrator

Global swatches in Adobe Illustrator: they’re awesome. If you’re not aware of the power that is a global swatch, they are special color swatches that are applied like regular swatches, but when the swatch is changed, all vector objects using…

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Erika Simmons: Ghost In The Machine

Erika Simmons’ ‘Ghost in the Machine’ series is an imaginative approach to image creation/illustration. The concept of incorporating elements of the subject matter as the medium is a great example of thinking outside the box. The use of the cassette…

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Paparazzi!: Full Web Page Screenshots Utility (OS X)

Paparazzi! is a handy little niche utility for Mac OS X that creates screenshots of full webpages. Add a URL (or choose from a list of recently visited sites) and Paparazzi! brings up the page in a mini-browser. Save the…

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Go Media’s Jeff Finley: Interview at VectorTuts

Text Tool Tips

So you’re a keyboard shortcut junkie, working on a design. You need to add text. You select the Text tool in Photoshop, Illustrator or InDesign and add your text. But how does one jump to other tools—permanently or temporarily—while having…

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PhotoKeys for iPhone

PhotoKeys for iPhone [iTunes App Store link] is an interesting app. In short, it turns your iPhone into a small touch screen to access the Photoshop tool palette—Move, Marquee, Lasso, Magic Wand and so on—as well as other common functions…

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Arsenal: T-Shirt Templates, Vol. 2

This second volume of the Go Media Arsenal T-Shirt Templates comes in response to popular demand and features natural, hand-created drop shadows & HDR photography for smoother shading layers. Files are in PSD format w/ layers and masks, pixel dimensions are…

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Lineform 1.5.1 (Mac Vector Graphics Software) Released + Discount Code

Freeverse has just released Lineform 1.5.1. Lineform is a low-cost vector graphics software program for the Mac, for those designers out there on a budget. Here’s the new stuff: Fixed Undo to include function names Fixed text fill editing bug…

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Win A Free License For Photoshop Brush Management App Brush Pilot!

Go Media is proud to offer up 3 licenses for the awesome new Photoshop brush manager for OS X, Brush Pilot. Download the demo, give it a whirl and let us know in the comments what your favorite Brush Pilot…

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Brush Pilot: Quickly Browse Your Photoshop Brushes

For all you brush junkies out there: Brush Pilot is a brand-new piece of Mac OS X software for previewing Adobe® Photoshop® and Adobe Photoshop Elements Brushes (.abr), Brush Pilot allows you to instantly preview your brushes without having to load them into Photoshop.

Create A Photoshop Tool Preset for Custom Text

I tag all my artwork posted online with a minimum of my website URL, and usually with copyright info. I wanted to set up an easy way to add this in Photoshop to each image without having to go to…

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Quick Tip: The Adobe Exchange

Here’s a quick tip for all you Adobe software users out there: The Adobe Exchange. What is it? The Adobe Exchange (which seems to have recently been renamed to the Adobe Marketplace & Exchange) is a community resource to share…

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10 Great Time-Saving Mac Utilities For Graphic Artists

Need more time in your design day? Put that Mac you bought to good use and let it do the work for you. This post covers some time-saving productivity/utility software gems for graphic designers, illustrators and any other creatives using Mac OS X, including some great plugins and utilities for Adobe Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator.

Create A Vector Art Twitter Bird Character Icon In Adobe Illustrator

In-depth Adobe Illustrator tutorial detailing the process of creating an original cartoon-style Twitter bird character vector illustration. From sketch to vector, this tutorial will not only walk you through the steps, but also offer tips on optimal methods for creating your vector art with maximum editability and flexibility.