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Free QuarkXPress 8 Training DVD with subscription to Design Tools Monthly

For a limited time, new subscribers to Design Tools Monthly can use this link to receive a free copy of “QuarkXPress 8 Essential Training“, written and presented by Jay Nelson (that’s me). This DVD from Lynda.com contains more than 8 hours of video-based training, and includes the exercise files used in the videos! This is [...]

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Print Your Own Decals

You can now use your inkjet printer to print your own old-fashioned decals — the kind you soak and slide off their paper backing onto your car window or model airplane. Check out www.decalpaper.com. If you’re a fan of this kind of decal, have a look at Sjef van Eijk’s excellent website: www.members.multimania.nl/motelfan/ addthis_url = [...]

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3M Visual Attention Service Determines Impact of Design

3M Visual Attention Service (VAS) is an online service that allows designers and advertisers to analyze web and print designs for maximum impact. We all know that we only have a few seconds to grab a reader’s attention, but just how is that accomplished? VAS attempts to refine that process by analyzing everything from color [...]

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Inspiring Letterheads at Letterheady.com

Sometimes inspiration for a new design can come from the past. A collection of interesting letterheads that might serve as that inspiration lives at Letterheady.com. The site — which bills itself as “an online homage to offline correspondence” — displays reader-submitted examples of letterheads. Whereas Letterheady’s sister site “Letters of Note” deals with the content [...]

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