Black & White Photography techniques: 6 key tips for improving your monochrome shots
For better black-&-white photos, follow these techniques both for when you’re shooting and editing in Photoshop or Lightroom.
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How Lightroom works: Where are my photos and how do I back up?
Lesa Snider reveals just where your images are and how to back up everything in Photoshop Lightroom.
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Thomas Knoll: 4 things I've learned from developing the original Photoshop
Find out what advice Thomas Knoll has for creatives that he gained developing Adobe Photoshop 25 years ago.
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Adobe's future plans for Creative Cloud: new ways to sell your work and maybe different subscription bundles
Adobe VP Mala Sharma tells us you'll be able to sell through Creative Cloud as well as buy - and there might be different levels of subscription on the cards too.
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February 2015 visual trends: 5 things you must see this month
Here are the five things you must see this month: including two exhibitions, an indie comic app, a local art mag and 80,000 free videos and photos.
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Best Photoshop Tutorials 2014: 10 inspiring step-by-step guides to creating amazing art, illustrations and graphics in Photoshop
The 10 most popular Photoshop tutorials from 2014 by leading illustrators, designers and photographers.
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60 best Photoshop tutorials
Discover our 60 best Photoshop tutorials and learn new creative skills for illustration, graphics and photography.
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December 2014 visual trends: 5 things you must see this month
Short on time and in need of inspiration? Here are the five things you need to see this month: including a film about illustrator Thomas Burden, exhibitions, shops and a painful typeface.
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This Apple Newton MessagePad box is the epitome of 80s packaging design
Today, every one of Apple's products comes in a clean white box. It was not always thus; here's the box one of my Newton MessagePads came in.
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November 2014 visual trends: 5 things you must see this month
Short on time and in need of inspiration? Here are the five things you need to see this month: including a beautiful free app, two wonderful exhibitions, a stunning music video and an innovative way to put art on clothing.
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3 character archetypes you should be using to create better visual stories in your work
Stories are meant to teach, entertain and connect us, and one essential part of human storytelling – the archetype – is experiencing a revival in digital imagery. Learn what the three main archetypes are and how to incorporate them into your work.
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Super-sensory photos: how to use images to be engaging on even the smallest of screens
As we continue to integrate digital screens into our lives, images are becoming smaller and we’re facing an increasing demand for engaging, sensorial imagery that draws the viewer into the screen.
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Halloween Photoshop tutorials: 13 projects revealed for horrifying art, designs and type
These Halloween-themed Photoshop tutorials let you create a range of horror-themed designs and artworks from the restrained and uncanny to the over-the-top and fun.
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What makes a great creative image?
Art directors discuss the impact of the world's most powerful imagery – and how you can use them to best effect.
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Show Your Creativity week 3: exploring creativity with the Wacom Cintiq Companion
Read about our contestants' latest experiences with the Cintiq Companion and get an update on their projects
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The creative graduate's guide to success
Anna Richardson-Taylor asks some of the questions graduates will be facing along their initial career steps, and gets expert advice from creative industry veterans to help them answer them – and hopefully secure a glittering career.
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Win a Wacom Cintiq Companion
Get a chance to create using a Wacom Cintiq Companion for a month – and maybe even forever!
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Low-light photo tips: 8 ways to improve your live photography
Learn how to get the best results when shooting in low-light
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Top 10 creative tech of 2013
We chart the most important technologies of 2013 – and review the best software, hardware and apps of the year.
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2014 creative trends: what will be the biggest influences and new tech in the year ahead
Leading designers, illustrators and creative directors tell us what from the world around us is going to have the biggest impact on their work in 2014.