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Quark Launches YourOwnDesigner.com for Designers

Quark’s YourOwnDesigner.com is a free online database of graphic designers and agencies. Visitors can search based on type, location, style and specialty to find a designer that’s right for them. As Quark mentions: “It’s NOT AN AGENCY or a recruitment service and does not charge anyone for using the directory or the designer or agency [...]

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Rate Calculator

If you aren’t sure how much you should be charging as an hourly rate for freelance projects, check out the FreelanceSwitch Hourly Rate Calculator website. It includes interactive forms that help determine your business expenses, then asks how many days a year you work and what you want your annual profit to be. It then [...]

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QuarkXPress 8 Grid Adjustments Video

I ran into this free video by Marc Horne today, and wanted to share it with you. It shows how to use the new Grid features in QuarkXPress 8 to “design faster”. They’ve titled it “Quark 8 – Grid Adjustments“. While you’re there, have a look at the other QuarkXPress videos — there are quite [...]

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See Where Shadow Detail is Lost in Acrobat

Acrobat’s Output Preview dialog box lets you check the reproduction of shadow detail. Choose Advanced> Print Production> Output Preview and turn on the Total Area Coverage option. Now you can use the % field located to the right of the checkbox to select the total in percentage for the press and paper you’re printing on. [...]

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