Looking Sharp  

How to get the most out of the Photoshop sharpening controls - complete with show-and-tell examples.

Blatner, David and Steve Roth. Adobe Magazine (1995). Design>Graphic Design>Image Editing>Adobe Photoshop

New Uses for Old Clipping Paths

No one enjoys drawing clipping paths (or, if they do, they rarely admit it in public). The transparency features in Adobe® InDesign® spare you the headaches of drawing clipping paths because the program honors background transparency in Adobe Photoshop® files. However, there are still times when a clipping path comes in handy, so don’t throw the Bézier out with the bathwater.

Blatner, David. Adobe (2004). Design>Document Design>Software>Adobe InDesign

Smart Curves  

SVG is fun, sophisticated, and full of possibilities - and one day it'll change the way we view the Web.

Blatner, David. Adobe Magazine (1999). Design>Graphic Design>Standards>SVG