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Premiere issue topics include:
Exclusive:
Advantages of EPS layered artwork
Exclusive Video Player Movies:
Simple Blend/Mask using Adobe Illustrator¿
3D Rendering using Adobe Dimensions¬
Simple Animation using Macromedia Director¿
Techniques Video Player:
Manipulating TIFF and EPS artwork
Color Seperations
Gamma Monitor Calibration
Classroom Project:
Basic Newsletter Design
Software Overview Movies:
Photoshop¿
Dodge & Burn
Variations
Paths
Source Art included with this issue:
Toys.EPS - Layered EPS illustration of 14 different children's toys
3D Top.Dimensions
3D Top.EPS
Idea Source Episode 2 topics included:
Exclusive:
On the surface
Backgrounds and Textures (Getting more out of your clipart)
Exclusive Video Player Movies:
Chrome Effects
Postscript patterns
Texturizer Filter
Rasterizing EPS files
Techniques Video Player Movies:
Posterizing
Simulated Woodgrain
Soft shadow text box
Classroom Project:
Discovering the potential of background elements (The frame selector)
Software Overview Movies:
Pagemaker 5.0 flop and rotate
Quark Xpress 3.2 rotate and flop
Source Art included with issue 2:
Office Chair - Dimensions
Office Chair.EPS
Office Chair.PICT
Quilt.PICT
Communications - Dimensions (satelite)
Space Scene.TIF
Space Scene.PICT
Robot Woman.PICT
Idea Source Episode 3 topics included:
Exclusive:
Lettering and Type Effects
Exclusive Video Player Movies:
Chrome Lettering
Neon Lettering
Woodgrain Lettering
Drop Caps
Lettermarks
Techniques Video Player Movies:
Font to outline conversion
Simple animation
Software Overview Movies:
Pagemaker 5.0 flop and rotate
Quark Xpress 3.2 rotate and flop
Adobe Illustrator 5.0
Type on a path
Type around a circle
Type with a blend
Source Art included with issue 3:
Cave wall.PICT
Digital ╥E╙ Drop Cap.PICT
Woodgrain Lettering.PICT
Cave Painting.PICT
Merle╒s gone to pieces.PICT
Neon Lettering.PICT
Idea Source Episode 4 topics included:
Exclusive:
Cool Filtered
Exploring plug-in filter effects
Exclusive Video Player Movies:
Glowing Edges Filter
Mosaic Filter
NoiseWind Filter
Watercolor Filter
Techniques Video Player Movies:
GlassLens
Sharpen
Software Overview Movies:
Pagemaker 5.0 flop and rotate
Quark Xpress 3.2 rotate and flop
Adobe Illustrator 5.0
Type on a path
Type around a circle
Type with a blend
Free Distort
Select Same
Unite
Source Art included with issue 4:
The Factory.PICT & TIF
Overlay.PICT
Cool Rays.PICT
Cool Shades.3D
Crank.3D
Amber Waves.PICT
Idea Source Episode 5 topics included:
Exclusive:
Transformations
Turning photographs into art
Exclusive Video Player Movies:
Colorize
Delete-Redraw
Line Art Conversion
PageMaker Image Control
Quark Image Control
Posterize
Techniques Video Player Movies:
Quark import
Rubberstamp tool
Software Overview Movies:
GlassLens
KPTSentousb
Sharpen
Source Art included with issue 5:
Leopard.PICT
Leopard.TIF
Leopard.EPS
Leopard (filtered).PICT
Woman.PICT
Balloon.PICT
Lighthouse.PICT
Lighthouse.EPS
Balloon.PICT
Idea Source Episode 6 topics included:
Exclusive:
Time Line
Using images from the past
Exclusive Video Player Movies:
Embossing
Type on a curve
Techniques Video Player Movies:
Film Flicker
Chemical Stain
Film Burn
Film Grain
Source Art included with issue 6:
Movie Poster.PICT
Roaring 20╒s.PICT
Roaring 20╒s.TIF
Classroom:
A Type History Lesson
Idea Source Episode 7 topics included:
Exclusive:
3D: An Indepth Report
Texture Mapping, Extrusion, Revolving
Exclusive Video Player Movies:
Texture Map
Revolve an EPS Cross-section
Extrusion
Techniques Video Player Movies:
Fast Extrusion
Glass Ball
Software Overview Movies:
MacroModel
Swivel 3D Professional
Dimensions
Source Art included with issue 7:
News Globe.PICT
News Globe.TIF
Bowling Ball.TIF
Pen - Dimensions
Pen.EPS
Flamingo.EPS
Flamingo Sign - Dimensions
Flamingo Sign.PICT
Idea Source Episode 8 topics included:
VIRTUAL GALLERY GRAND OPENING!
Source Art included with issue 8:
Virtual Gallery.TIF
Idea Source Episode 9 topics included:
Techniques Video Player Movies:
Gradient Tool
Feather Selection
Lighten & Darken Brushes
Using a Modeling Wizard
Making a 3D Knockout
Revolving an EPS cross-section
Setting Camera Angles
Creating an Animated Fly-by
Software Overview Movies:
Animorpher
Source Art included with issue 9:
3D Tools.RDD
3D Tools.TIF & PICT
Color Church.TIF
Virtual Gallery.TIF
Idea Source Episode 10 topics included:
Techniques Video Player Movies:
Negative Image
Composite Controls
Rubber Stamp
Industry Pros:
Creating a Marble Texture
Using LUMINOSITY mode
Source Art included with issue 10:
Electric Dreams Collage.TIF
Electric Dreams Collage.PICT
Electric Dreams Type.TIF
Electric Dreams Type.PICT
Idea Source Episode 11 topics included:
Techniques Video Player Movies:
"Yes" lettering extruded using Dimensions and the paste into functions of PhotoShop.
"AirShow" Demo featuring airbrushing and the rubber stamp tool of PhotoShop.
Motion Cliptures (NEW SECTION !!)
"Celebrate 40 Years" demo featuring animation techniques using Adobe Illustrator as
well as Photoshop and MacroMedia Director.
Source Art included with issue 11:
"Airshow" Demo
"YES" Demo
"Celebrate" Demo
Idea Source Episode 12 topics included:
Techniques Video Player Movies:
"Pie Chart" adding color to provide contrasts between sections of the pie, cutting the chart using Adobe Illustrator¿
pathfinder filters and using Photoshop to make a soft shadow behind the art.
"Illuminating a Logo" videos include ways to edit gradients, design patterns and colorize a logo or corporate identity.
Motion Cliptures
"Illuminating a Logo" example is taken a step further by taking it into a series of visuals for a slide presentation. You╒ll
see some examples that will help you to add punch to your own slide show projects!
Source Art included with issue 12:
"ThinkTank Business Card" Demo
"EPS Pie Chart" Demo
"Drop Shadow" image (linked to the EPS Pie Chart)
Idea Source Episode 13 topics included:
This issue was the first of our all new interface re-design. We simplified the interaction, condensed the tutorials into smaller categories and reduced the overall size of the screen, allowing the user to have access to the desktop at any time.
The Gallery was filled with images reflecting the Halloween theme, using artwork from all three CD-ROM subscriptions.
The Explorer contained a farm image that was broken up into 4 seperate non literal designs.
The FX dept. had tutorials including :
The Castle - Colorizing a TIFF in Freehand.
The Worms Texture
The Halloween satin stitched lettering
The Cat - 3D extrusion
The Magic room had tutorials including :
Animating the trick or treaters
The ink properties selection.
Idea Source Episode 14 topics included:
This issue was centered around a political satire. Consintrating on our politicaly based clipart, however we showed a few images that were not directly related to any political theme and created a presidential feel.
The Gallery was filled with images reflecting the political theme as well as some non-literal usages of similar artwork, used from all three CD-ROM subscriptions.
The Explorer contained an image of the Capital building in Washinton DC that was broken up into 4 seperate political designs for books covers and movie release posters.
The FX dept. had tutorials including :
3D Hardwear T-Shirt Design
Colorization with Illustrator blends
Altering TIFFs in PageMaker
Image compositing in Painter 2.0
The Magic room had tutorials including :
Industry Pros with Rick Barry
Rick showed his techniques of creating the face of
the Statue of Liberty using intense blending in
Illustrator.
Idea Source Episode 15 topics included:
This issue took a less than serious look at Christmas by concentrating on our retail clipart, however we showed a few ideas that were not directly related to any Christmas theme.
The Gallery was filled with images reflecting a retail Christmas theme as well as some non-literal usages of similar artwork, used from all three CD-ROM subscriptions.
The Explorer contained an image of Santa Clause and his reindeer that was broken up into 4 seperate designs for a wine list, a school open house, a news magazine cover and movie release poster.
The FX dept. had tutorials including :
FreeHand Clipping Paths
FreeHand Paste Inside
KPT Bryce Rendering
Colorizing in Quark XPress
The Magic room had tutorials including :
Digital Video Blue Screening Techniques
Based on customer response, the Gallery is now cumulative and will continue to grow from month to month, keeping your favorite source for design ideas just a mouse click away.
Idea Source Episode 16 topics included:
This issue took a twisted look at the whole alien abduction thing. We wanted to show the diversity of using clipart to create some strange and even "out of the world" advertising messages.
The Gallery was filled with images reflecting an alien or mystic theme as well as some non-literal usages of similar artwork used from all three CD-ROM subscriptions.
The Explorer contained a photo of wooded snow scene that was broken up into 4 seperate designs using the textures in the trees to create some unusual design ideas.
The FX dept. had tutorials including :
The Layers feature of Photoshop 3
Creating an movable wooded drawing figure
Color illustration with Freehand
Photoshops new lighting effects filters
The Magic room had tutorials including :
The new lighting filters of Photoshop 3
taught by industry professional Bert Monroy,
the co-author of the Photoshop handbook.
Idea Source Episode 17
This issue took a plunge head first into the world of creative clip art usages.
The Gallery was filled with design ideas from some of our top in-house illustrators as well as some non-literal usages of similar artwork used from all three CD-ROM subscriptions.
The Explorer contained an Aztec graphic that was seperated into 4 individual demos for a parfum spray, an ankle tattoo, a department store and a communications firm.
The FX dept. had tutorials including :
Creating an embossed overlay in Photoshop
A perspective staircase in Illustrator
A Prepress Look Inside Krista's Brain
The Magic room had tutorials including :
A 3D Animated Sissors Demo In Strata Pro
for a political election ad.
Idea Source Episode 18
This issue was dedicated to the techniques of creating 3D forms and animations using standard clip art.
The Gallery was filled with design ideas from some of our top in-house illustrators as well as some non-literal usages of similar artwork used from all three CD-ROM subscriptions.
The Explorer was our newest piece of online hardware, the "Filter Game". This new DataPad helps you to become familiar with the effects that filters can have on EPS shapes and images.
The FX dept. had tutorials including :
An "Anti-Crime" Commercial Animation.
The "Academy Like" Glenda Awards Animation.
Animating EPS contours for a fittness ad.
Using pivot points to animate in Illustrator.
The Magic room featured a commercial for the latest and greatest EPS filter set for Adobe Illustrator, called the BeInfinite Filters.
