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  • Photoshop to Flash

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    Photoshop to Flash

    Paul Wyatt reveals how to transfer your artwork into Flash using the new PSD Importer to create movie clips, add instance names and ready your creations for animation and interactivity.
  • Collaborate!

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    Collaborate!

    Imagine life with no boss. Increasing numbers of graphic designers are dropping out of parent companies and setting up their own collectives. It's easier than ever, but do the late nights, low wages and ego battles mean it's a risk worth taking?
  • Anatomical perfection

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    Anatomical perfection

    3D World demonstrates how getting under the skin of an animal will help you to better express form and posture, and enable you to realise more accurate renders.
  • Symbol patterns

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    Symbol patterns

    Generate repeating patterns within finite regions, as defined by custom objects, to create innovative texture effects in your vector art. Derek Lea explains the techniques required to fashion this psychedelic masterpiece.
  • Watch the birdy

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    Watch the birdy

    Flight is an extremely complex thing to design, but you can start by thinking about how birds move and how to most effectively rig your model to approximate this kind of motion.
  • Q&A: Rob Cordiner

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    Q&A: Rob Cordiner

    The city of Hobart in the Australian state of Tasmania seems an unlikely place for a fertile creative design scene, but it's the spiritual home to designer and typographer Rob Cordiner and the Hellavate collective. So why have they moved to London?
  • 3D motion tracking

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    3D motion tracking

    Effective use of motion tracking can transform your live-action footage. Motion graphics pro JJ Johnstone reveals how to use motion tracking when undertaking complex 3D compositing in Cinema 4D and After Effects.
  • The third way: corporate design

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    The third way: corporate design

    When it comes to understanding corporate design, it's not just about rules and regulations. There's plenty of room for creativity when you're working for 'the man' and you can earn a tidy sum, too. Darren Smith delves into this essential area of design.
  • Make a political statement

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    Make a political statement

    Create striking imagery in the spirit of past and present propaganda art. Command attention with sharp edges, minimal detail, bold colours, and the misappropriation of familiar iconic details.
  • Going underground

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    Going underground

    The underground, counterculture graphics of the past four decades have remained a source of inspiration for those wishing to escape the mainstream, as Lawrence Zeegen discovers.
  • Sketch website concepts

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    Sketch website concepts

    In the first part of our series on interactive design, Danny Franzreb and Holger Grünwald from German design studio Taobot show how you can use Photoshop to visualise ideas and concepts from your sketches.
  • Create your own fanzine

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    Create your own fanzine

    Cut-and-paste, photocopiers, punk rock, drug culture, passion, independence and the DIY ethic; all the ingredients you need for a classic fanzine design. Go get your hands dirty.
  • Distorted type effects

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    Distorted type effects

    Organic digital effects are hugely popular at the moment, so it's a good time to dig out Illustrator's Distort tools and use them to add an unusual dimension to your work. Martin Fewell reveals how..
  • Profile: Hi-ReS!

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    Profile: Hi-ReS!

    The most successful projects are all about good timing, says Hi-ReS!'s Florian Schmitt. Sometimes it's better to be the tortoise than the hare. Graeme Aymer finds out more about the London studio challenging tradition.
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