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  • OpenType: the fusion of design and technology

    OpenType technology has revolutionised the way designers work with type. Nick Cooke explains how to get maximum benefit from OpenType and enrich your creative output.

  • Designing food packaging

    Food packages come in all shapes, sizes and materials, but the design principles remain the same whatever the product. Peskimo shows you how to liven up any label.

  • Mastering InDesign preferences

    InDesign is not just a tremendously powerful layout package, it's also hugely customisable. Susannah Hall explains how to change the default settings to suit you.

  • Getting printed all over

    Kevin Tallon shows you how to develop a print for fabric -from the research stage through layered file to the fabric mock-up.

  • Make a flip book

    It can be hard to stand out from the crowd. Imagine how many animators send production companies their showreels every week. Peskimo outline an approach to self-promotion that really gets back to basics.

  • 10 minute tutorial: Type within type

    When you convert type to outlines in it creates a frame that can contain a picture or be used as a text frame that you can then fill with type.

  • The art of screen printing

    Designer Sleeba brings his expertise in music poster design to and shows you how to create a limited-edition silkscreen.

  • Defringing hair

    Selecting fine strands of hair is one of the trickiest jobs - and it's so hard to find bald models! Here Justin Maller shows you some clever techniques for making accurate selections of complex subjects.

  • Business cards with a difference

    Create a lasting impression in the minds of potential clients by handing out business cards with a difference. A-Side Studio shows you how.

  • Real-world effects

    Peskimo reveals how to put your vector creations out into the real world, using and to combine the illustrations in your head with the realism of the world outside your front door.
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