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Editor's Corner: Looking Ahead to Next Year's Bottom Line

If you owed the government a lot of money on April 15, the past week had you either burying your head in the sand of denial, or determined to put your business in order. And if you didn't owe money, I'll bet you wouldn't turn down ways to make a bigger profit in 2008.

No matter where you fall in this continuum, we've collected a boat-load of resources to help you overcome business-related challenges. You may want to start off with our practical action plan for the next 12 months. Or perhaps you need to know how to collect a long-overdue payment ASAP. How about negotiating cheaper vendor fees so you can lower your bids without losing money?

For more on these and 16 other gems of wisdom, go to "Improving Your Bottom Line." That's also the place to post your requests for any business-related topic you'd like us to cover in the future.


Terri Stone - Editor in Chief

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Text Fonts versus Display Fonts

Ilene Strizver shows you the difference between text and display fonts, and explains which ones to use where.

Related Reading: Think outside the font box.

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CreativePro Book of the Week


Things I Have Learned in My Life So Far, by Stefan Sagmeister

Scanning Around with Gene: When Families Licked Together

Do you recall when pasting trading stamps into redemption books was as important a family activity as watching Ed Sullivan or playing a rousing game of Clue? Gene Gable remembers.

Related Reading: Here's an equally nostalgic look at a very different kind of stamp.

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The Tricky Side of Photo Model Releases

You may think that model releases aren't necessary for photos used in editorial contexts, but the truth is actually much more complex. Read this and you'll know how to stay on the right side of privacy laws and contracts.

Related Reading: Watermarking is another way to protect images you own.

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CreativePro Training Resources


Photoshop CS3 Online Training!

Get Creative Video: News for the Week of April 21, 2008

Shellie Hall lets you in on communicating between a Mac and a PC, making a custom Google search engine, and quickly inserting and styling footnotes in InDesign.

Related Reading: Looking for more InDesign info?

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CreativePro Trade Publications


Free Subscription to Big Picture Magazine!
Digital printing of visual communications.

Quick Layer Blends in Photoshop

In this video, Russell Brown demonstrates how to use Photoshop CS3's Auto-Blend feature to combine multiple photos. The resulting image not only merges the two sources, but blends their texture and shading like magic.

Related Reading: Do you know all of Photoshop CS3's new features?

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CreativePro Stock Photography Search


All of your favorite agencies in one place. Start your search here!

News from the Past Week

Free Pinhole Cameras from Corbis
http://www.creativepro.com/article/free-pinhole-cameras-corbis

GridIron Flow Showcased at NAB on Mac OS X and Windows
http://www.creativepro.com/article/gridiron-flow-showcased

Image Source Stock Photography Now Available to Online Publishers Through PicScout's Picapp.com
http://www.creativepro.com/article/image-source-stock-photography-now-available

Practice Sustainability and Receive High-Quality Printing at PrintingForLess.com
http://www.creativepro.com/article/practice-sustainability-printingforlesscom

New Version of Camtasia Studio
http://www.creativepro.com/article/new-version-camtasia-studio

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CreativePro Creative Diversion


The Jakks EyeClops Bionic Eye magnifier is way more fun than any run-of-the-mill loupe.

Wacky Web Site of the Week

Flowers2Mail: I wouldn't exactly recommend this as a substitute for the real thing on a major occasion, but it's a fun site nonetheless.

http://www.creativepro.com/article/creativeprose-wacky-web-site-week-archive

April 22, 2008
Volume 9 Issue 17
Editor's Corner:
Looking Ahead to Next Year's Bottom Line
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Text Fonts versus Display Fonts
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Scanning Around with Gene: When Families Licked Together
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The Tricky Side of Photo Model Releases
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Get Creative Video for the Week of April 22
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Quick Layer Blends in Photoshop
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News from the Past Week

Buy or upgrade to QuarkXPress 7 and receive 20% off of QuarkXPress 7 training courses!
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The Art Institute of Pittsburgh Online Division
Learn from the leader in online creative arts education. 14 programs available.
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InDesign Conference Toronto, April 29 & 30. Save $75 off any show pass!
Andromeda: ReArranger InDesign Plug-In
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There's Still Time to Register for [FPO] Master Classes!
May 8-9, 2008 Silver Spring, Maryland
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Free Print Samples
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Free Two Year Subscription to InDesign Magazine!
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