Features
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10 must-know tips to prepare images for the web
Making sure your work is prepared for online takes planning. Simon Prais gives a guide so you can avoid any pitfalls when preparing your images for the web.
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Custom web fonts - our guide to all the options
The notion of a tiny handful of ‘web safe’ fonts will soon be consigned to history. We check out all the ways you can be more creative with typefaces online.
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Search Resource Central
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Learn how to draw perfect figures
Draw perfect figures, no matter what your style – leading artists show Graeme Aymer how it’s done
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The ultimate guide to Colour
Bold and bright or muted and subtle, colour is key to design. Liz Farrelly speaks to the colour masters
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Digital SLRs that won't break the bank
We compare six recent digital SLRs for image and build quality, price and feature set to see which offers the best for the budget photographer.
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Creative Freedom: Courtney and Philip Mason from Studio Jellyfish
A Michigan-based pair of designers explain their fashion venture
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Welcome to the new wave of type-based art
It’s hard to miss the current vogue for illustration-based ads and other projects – but even more noticeable at the moment is a trend for putting text front and centre, integrating it into the very fabric of the image in detailed, elaborate artworks.
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How to: Convert AVCHD files for iMovie
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Grandchildren journeys into the world of knowledge
The indie animation house explains its surreal animated spot Eat Up Brain.
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Network-attached storage (NAS) drives
Need storage for your shared files? Cliff Joseph assesses what’s out there to suit your budget, technical ability and studio size
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Savvy studio network storage
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Tune into Last.fms newspaper
Music-streaming site Last.fm ventured into print to celebrate 2009's biggest hits.
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Discover new trends in character-based pattern design
A new book reveals a rising trend for animal-themed pattern design
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A reflection on 'photoshopping' on Photoshop's 20th birthday
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Discover the brand new retro
Learn how creatives are going back to basics, rediscovering the cult of Swiss school design, and remixing it with modern design trends and tools.
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When it's time to leave...
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Photoshop turns 20
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Draw some Cash
Making your own products takes energy, determination and talent – but it’s not hard to see why more and more creatives are taking up the challenge. The market for design-led products is booming, and the choice of objects you can create is bafflingly broad.