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Vol. 5, No. 2
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New Images on Photos.com Almost 5,000 new photos have recently been added to the Photos.com collection. A series of these is devoted to the theme of winter fun, depicting individuals and families engaged in a wide variety of camping and outdoor activities. Up next is a large collection devoted to young people making and listening to music. And when they're not into music, they're into... well, all kinds of things, as shown in this generous batch of shots devoted to teenagers having a pretty good time. You'll also find hundreds of fresh shots of young children, including some great mother-and-child photos. Also notable is a group devoted to cars in all their aspects, from car wrecks to car washes to car repair. And while the housing market may not be what it once was, it's somehow reassuring to browse through the new collectiion of shots of contemporary loft and condo living spaces. Well, we can dream, can't we? Finally, we've added hundreds more medical photos, this time with an emphasis on people, both patients and personnel. Save 10% On a Photos.com Subscription Photos.com is the convenient way to download all the top-quality royalty-free, model-released photographs you need. For a limited time, Photos.com is offering newsletter readers a 1-year subscription for only $399.95. • More than 384,000 model-released, royalty-free photos • Fresh images every month. Three sizes at up to 6 x 8 inches, 300 dpi • Up to 750 downloads per month • Free professional image research This special rate is valid through February 25, 2009, and is only available via this exclusive promotion. The Fun Stuff  At left is one of the four latest wallpaper images, each of which is available in six resolutions. This one echoes how a lot of us feel these days. Onwards and upwards!The Blurb Recent Photos.com blog posts take a look at the Good 50x70 charitable poster initiative in Seven Charities, Seven Briefs and celebrate the relaunch of everyone's favorite Photoshop-based collaboration in Layer Tennis, Anyone? The Photos.com Challenge  In January we invited you to create an image using at least part of two of the supplied Photos.com images, but also with the requirement that part of your image make use of the effect shown in the Creating Digital Grids in Photoshop tutorial. Some ingenious entries resulted from this combination. Congratulations to January winners CesarJR, Dennis Windt, Jason, Mikel Martin, GMLehmann and Luc Desaulniers.
For February we've provided six cloud images, with the requirement to use at least part of two of them in a new creation. The creators of three of the winning images will receive three months of access to Photos.com, while three more will receive one month. The Photos.com Philter Phrenzy  For round 6 of the Philter Phrenzy we provided seven texture images from the CD accompanying Decay (Mark Batty Publisher). Congratulations to winners Nino Satria, Nancy Conley and Joe E, who receive 3 months of access to Photos.com, as well as copies of the book.
For round 7 of the Philter Phrenzy we've provided thirteen skeleton images from the CD accompanying the book How to Cheat in Photoshop CS4 (Focal Press) by Steve Caplin. The challenge is to create a new image using at least part of one of them. The creators of the three winning images will receive three months of access to Photos.com, providing subscription download access to over 384,000 professional stock images, as well as a copy of the book. Jupiterimages Unlimited Jupiterimages Unlimited is the Ultimate Royalty-Free Image Solution By Subscription. For a low, fixed monthly cost, you'll have access to over 2.7 million images from 8 premium collections and 4 subscription services, alongside Stockxpert, a collection of more than 2 million value images created by a thriving global community of artists. We offer a variety of plans, files sizes and payment options. Reduce your costs and get great images conveniently all year by subscribing to Jupiterimages Unlimited. Explore Jupiterimages Unlimited > Designer Spotlight: Gus Proctor 
Roland Proctor, aka Gus, is in his fifth year as a Photos.com subscriber. Gus has worked on a variety of daily regional newspapers as a graphic artist, producing information graphics since 1989 and is currently working on The Courier and Advertiser based in Dundee, Scotland, as a graphic artist/designer. How does he do it? "Working to tight, daily deadlines, I sometimes wonder how I manage to put together the finished article, but I do. Inspiration is all around, but the photograph usually speaks volumes. I always look for picture power!" The image at left, the cover of a 12-page Christmas television and radio guide, is a good example of this, making effective use of two Photos.com images of ball and star ornaments. View Gus Proctor's Designer Spotlight >
Graphics.com Network Highlights News • Protest Graffiti Mexico: Oaxaca, Fontcase 1.0 released for Mac OS X font management, Kinnetic FX for CorelDRAW and PHOTO-PAINT, and the Voices That Matter: Web Design Conference. • Italic weights added to the Blender font family, updated Duplica for attribute copying in QuarkXPress, and February releases from Fonts.com. • Speakers and content set for F5 festival, Picturehouse announces 2009 event schedule and An Event Apart 2009 conferences finalized. > More graphics news  Freebies: RealWorld Paint.COM and ChocoFlopRealWorld Paint.COM is the unlikely name of a free Windows image-editing application. While providing reasonable functionality, since it supports most Photoshop-compatible plugins you can take advantage of the many good free plugins to extend its capabilities. ChocoFlop (okay, that's also a weird name) is a pure Mac image editor, with a surprisingly broad range of functionality, including non-destructive editing, a wide selection of filters and plugins, rich text layers and even support for Photoshop files. Graphics and Design Articles  Avoiding White Outlines in PhotoshopSteve Caplin shows how to quickly save objects with clean-edged selections.  Replacing a Sky in PhotoshopMark Galer and Philip Andrews show how a sky can be adapted to fit the landscape so the montage is not immediately obvious.  Successful Freelancing: Creating "Brand You"Miles Burke points out that as a freelancer, your business and personal brands are often intertwined. > More graphics articles 
Create Animated Charts in Keynote
Create 3D animated charts with growing bars and such in Keynote with a few simple steps. 
A Quintessentially Talented Typographic QuartetHere are four young designers who have created some exceptional typefaces. 
Get Your ClicksTo succeed in online marketing, you have to work fast and understand what works almost intuitively.  LiquidTreat: Hand-Drawn Map AssociationGoogle maps may keep you from getting lost and confused, but these always accessible, highly accurate directions can also suck a little adventure from your journey. The Hand-Drawn Map Association reminds us that geography has as much to do with the human experience as finding a destination. The group's online collection includes fantasy locations, personal notes and incoherent squiggles. And they're looking to expand the arsenal: Submit your own sketches or direction-giving attempts by April 30 for the chance to be included in the group's upcoming book for Princeton Architectural Press. GraphicDesignForum BlogsEighty Years of WondermentWhen Crowdsourcing Goes Bad: The Google Favicon FiascoThe Screen of Memory: Terence Davies' Of Time and the CityTheCreativeForumLiquidTreat
New on Graphics.com/Learning Good Advice for Bad Times, the latest tutorial from acclaimed author and educator Shel Perkins, offers firm managers and self-employed designers six smart strategies for surviving, and maybe even thriving, during difficult economic times. Shel's hints will help you turn crisis into opportunity and make your design practice more competitive in the marketplace. Photoshop's Data Sets feature can save you hours of tedious work by automatically inserting sets of variables into a design template, and exporting each variation as a separate file. In Automate Designs Using Photoshop Data Sets, Helen Bradley demonstrates how to apply data sets from start to finish, providing options that will work for almost any design project. Jupiterimages Stock Content Sites • Find stock photos on Jupiterimages.com, Comstock Images, Photos.com, Thinkstock Images, Creatas Images, PictureQuest, Goodshoot, liquidlibrary, Brand X Pictures, FoodPix, Botanica, Nonstock, Stockxpert and Jupiterimages Unlimited • Find broadcast quality clips on Thinkstock Footage & Creatas Images • Find clipart on Clipart.com and ClipartConnection.com • Find Flash imagery on Bigshot Media • Find music loops on BBM.net, Crank City Music, RoyaltyFreeMusic.com and eStockMusic.com • Find illustrations on Liquidlibrary.com • Find PowerPoint templates and animations on Animation Factory Contact Information Have a comment or question about the newsletter? Please contact: editor@jupiterimages.com
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