LATEST NEWS

Monday, December 5th 2011.

d.a.w. DESIGN wishes you a Happy Christmas.

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Wednesday, October 26th 2011.

Perfect Photo Suite 6 is here, upgrade TODAY!.

Retouch portraits. Create and work with layered images. Add and customize photographic effects. Remove unwanted backgrounds. Resize images up to 1000%. Works directly with Lightroom, Aperture and Photoshop.

Don't forget to use this DDSN coupon code for a 15% discount on your order.

Wednesday, October 7th 2011.

Perfect Photo Suite 6 will be released at the end of October, 2011.

Tuesday, October 4th 2011.

Check Out Perfect layers 2 for Adobe Lightroom 2 or 3. Pre-order TODAY! for $69.95

Don't forget to use this DDSN coupon code for a 15% discount on your order.

Combine multiple images from Lightroom, Aperture, or any application, into a single, layered file. New! Crop Tool, Retouch Brush and File Browser. Adjust size, position & blending mode. Use layer masks and masking tools to blend multiple layers together. Add Color Fill Layers for photographic effects.

Tuesday, June 21st 2011.

In case you haven't heard, NAPP has a pretty sweet new referral program that's just launched. You earn rewards for each of the first five people you refer and then some serious stuff for 10, 15 and 20 referrals.

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Monday, May 2nd 2011.

Special Offer:

Perfect Photo Suite 5.5 from May 1 to May 15, 2011.

The Perfect Photo Suite 5.5 is seven products in one that will save you hours of time enhancing your photos. Get the Suite now for only $349.95 through May 15th. That's a $150 savings off the regular price.

Click on the Banner below to take you to the website

Monday, May 2nd 2011.

Check out TypeDNA

TypeDNA Font Manager is a scanner, which loads all of your typefaces from your system into the type manager; it also activates, deactivates, and allows you to compare type choices based upon harmony, contrast or similarity of the fonts. It's a stand–alone font management program that also works as a plug–in(Panels) within Adobe CS5 applications (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign).

students get a 50% discount off the standard retail price.

http://www.typedna.com/partner/DAWDesign/

Monday, April 4th 2011.

Alien Skin Image Doctor 2 Review is in the software review section

Monday, March 7th 2011.

Alien Skin Exposure 3 Review is in the software review section

Monday, February 21st 2011.

TypeDNA Font Manager Review is in the software review section

Wednesday, February 9th 2011.

onOne Perfect Photo Suite 5.5 Offer Limited Time

Anyone can get $100.00 off on Perfect Photo Suite 5.5 from the onOne website.

This offer will be available until February 16th 2011.

Use the onOne link at the bottom of this page.

Monday, February 7th 2011.

Alien Skin's Bokeh 2 Review is in the software review section

Friday, January 21st 2011.

Topaz DeJpeg 4 Review is in the software review section

Sunday, January 9th 2011.

Topaz ReMask 2 Review is in the software review section

Thursday, December 9th 2010.

Happy Holidays from d.a.w. DESIGN.

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Thursdays, December 2nd 2010.

onOne Software Announces Availability of Perfect Photo Suite 5.5 for Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Photoshop Lightroom and Apple Aperture. Download the press release as a pdf file here.

Friday, October 29th 2010.

Topaz Detail 2 Review is in the software review section

Friday, October 15th 2010.

Topaz Clean 3 Review is in the software review section

Thursday, September 23rd 2010.

The World's first Creative Font Manager TypeDNA Font Manager and Adobe CS Plug-ins (Mac & Windows) TypeDNA is a unique creative solution for managing and choosing fonts. You get two products in one download, a standalone Font Manager, and plug-ins that extend all it's features direct into Adobe Photoshop CS5, Illustrator CS5, and InDesign CS5, significantly enhancing font capabilities and complementing your design work. http://www.typedna.com/

Sunday, September 6th 2010.

Topaz Simplify 3 Review is in the software review section

Thursday, August 19th 2010.

Another book contribution,this time it's The Illustrator CS5 WOW! Book by Sharon Steuer. I was a tester for the book and one of the featured artist's in the gallery.

Sunday, August 8th 2010.

Topaz Adjust 4 Review is in the software review section

Wednesday, July 21st 2010.

Filter Forge 2.0 Review is in the software review section

Wednesday, June 2nd 2010.

Alien Skin's (Most Have) Blow Up 2 Review is in the software review section

Wednesday, April 14th 2010.

Filter Forge Review is in the software review section

Friday, March 19th 2010.

Alien Skin's Exposure 2 Review is in the software review section

Tuesday, February 11th 2010.

Alien Skin Software Announces 20% Sale in February to Benefit Haiti.

Everything in the Alien Skin web store is 20% off through February 28th.

On top of previous donations, 10% of all profit in February will be donated to Haiti relief funds.

Monday, January 10th 2010.

Alien Skin's Eye Candy 6 Review is in the software review section.

Saturday, December 5th 2009.

d.a.w. DESIGN wishes you a Merry Christmas.

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Wednesday, December 2nd 2009.

Spyder3Elite from Datacolor, is a monitor calibration software/hardware sensor. Review is in the software review section.

Wednesday, August 5th 2009.

Autofx, Pixtivity 2 Pro Edition Review is in the software review section.

Sunday, July 26th 2009.

Complete Adobe Photoshop CS4 For Digital Photographers By Colin Smith and Tim Cooper Review is in the book review section.

Friday, July 24th 2009.

Autofx, Mystical Tint Tone and Color 2.0 Review is in the software review section.

Tuesday, July 21st 2009.

Autofx, Photo/Graphic Edge 7.0 Review is in the software review section.

Monday, July 6th 2009.

Alien Skin's Snap Art 2 Review is in the software review section.

Thursday, December 4th 2008.

d.a.w. DESIGN wishes you a Merry Christmas.

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Monday, December 2nd 2008.

I was apart of the Adobe Beta team,testing the new Adobe CS4 suite out. Here is my Article for Illustrator CS4 New features, that I did for photoshopcafe. LINK

Tuesday, October 14th 2008.

Review for Vertus Fluid Mask 3 in the Software Review Section

Monday, September 8th 2008.

Back from Photoshop World, Vegas 2008, not much photos to show you was busy working.
Photo’s Here.

Monday, December 9th 2007.

d.a.w. DESIGN wishes you a Merry Christmas.

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Monday, September 10th 2007.

Back from Photoshop World 2007 Vegas. It’s a Motown theme this year or should I say “Photown”.
Photo’s Here.

Thursday, July 26th 2007.

I had the pleasure of being the Technical Editor for the book...Digital Painting Fundamentals with Corel Painter X by Rhoda Grossman

Friday, June 8th 2007.

Three (3) Illustrator Tutorials. Downloadable zipped pdf files in the Tutorials section.

Friday, March 2nd 2007.

1967 Ford Mustang (100% Illustrator). Click link below for detail images. LINK

Friday, February 9th 2007.

New work up in the vector section of the portfolio called "Your late, times up!" said DEATH" Tarot Death Card.

Thursday, December 14th 2006.

d.a.w. DESIGN wishes you a Happy Christmas and a Merry New Year.

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Thursday, November 9th 2006.

Finaly added some old work from August, September and October 2005. Two golfing images called "In the rough" and "putting", these were done in Illustrator and Photoshop. The other two images "dreamcatcher" and "vinyl" are 100% Photoshop. Please check them out in the rastor section page 2 of my portfolio.

Sunday, September 10th, 2006.

Back from Photoshop World West 2006, Las Vegas. Caught up with Colin Smith again and met Matt and Philip from the cafe and many more people. Photo’s Here.

Friday, September 1st 2006.

Ladybird on a coke can is now in the Vector Section (page two). Done 100% in Adobe Illustrator.

Monday, July 10th 2006.

Appetite for Illustrator is now in the Vector Section (page two). I tryed to make it look like a Hard Rock Cafe T-Shirt Design. I did it 100% in Illustrator, then I throw it into Photoshop to make a composite image, showing you the details, the outline and the original design.

Monday, June 26th 2006.

Forbidden Planet. 100% lost in Illustrator is now in the Vector Section (page two).

Sunday, June 4th 2006.

New work called "Girl" 100% Illustrator is now in the Vector Section (page two).

Wednesday, May 17th 2006.

Dial M for Murder a Hitchcock poster done 100% in Illustrator in the Vector Section (page two).

Tuesday, April 4th 2006.

Added License Plate, Little Wizard and Stop Sign to the Portfolio. In the Vector Section (page two).

Sunday, March 26th 2006.

Offsetting Type a Basic Illustrator CS2 Tutorial,
by Kathryn Bernstien.

Tuesday, February 21st 2006.

The fourth version of d.a.w. DESIGN is up and running. This version of the site is CSS/XHTML Standards Compliment and is meant to load quickly for everyone. Tested and works fine in the following web browsers. Internet Explorer 6.0.2, Firefox 1.5.0.1, Netscape 8.1 and Opera 8.52

Wednesday, February 1st 2006.

Busy at the moment re-designing d.a.w. DESIGN. The site will be CSS/XHTML Standards Compliment, when finished.

Friday, January 20th 2006.

Added 3 book reviews, "How to WOW Photoshop CS2 for the Web", "How to do Everything with Photoshop CS2" and "Complete Photoshop CS2 for Digital Photographers" all books by Colin Smith.

Saturday, December 20th 2005.

Added Sherry London's Photoshop CS2 Gone Wild book to the review section.

Thursday, December 1st 2005.

d.a.w. DESIGN wishes you a Happy Christmas.

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Tuesday, September 27th 2005.

Alien Skin’s Eye Candy 5 Bundle. Review in the software review section. Reviewed by guest reviewer Jerry Lee.

Saturday, September 3rd, 2005.

2nd prize at the San Clemente Art Gallery Fall Judged Show for my image. "Sleeping Parrot"

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Sunday, July 23rd, 2005.

"Storm on the Pier" got an Honorable Mention at the paint San Clemente members judged show.

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Wednesday, May 18th, 2005.

1st prize at the San Clemente Art Gallery Summer Judged Show for my image

"Ballerina Feet"

Sunday, April 30th, 2005.

Added "Talache Energy Drink" to the vector section of the portfolio.

Sunday, April 10th, 2005.

Added "ipod shuffle" to the vector section of the portfolio.

Monday, April 4th, 2005.

Added "Darkness Falls" to the vector section of the portfolio.

Saturday, March 12th, 2005.

Just back from Photoshop World West 2005, Las Vegas. Caught up with Colin Smith again and meet some moderators and members from the cafe. Photo’s Here.

Saturday, March 5th, 2005.

Added "Colourized Lady" to the raster section and also added "party poster" which was done 100% in Illustrator. In the vector section of the portfolio.

Thursday, February 17th, 2005.

Added a section called "Photography" to the porfolio.

Sunday, February 6th, 2005.

Added "NBA Jersey"(100% Photoshop) to the portfolio in the raster section.

Tuesday, February1st, 2005.

Added "CanonSD10" to the vector section.

Thursday, January 27th, 2005.

Added "whats your flavour ipod" to the vector section.

Tuesday, January 25th, 2005.

Added "ipod" to the portfolio in the vector section.

Saturday, January 22nd, 2005.

Added a new image called "got milk?" to the portfolio, vector section.

Friday, January 21st, 2005.

I was a Finalist in the PhotoshopCAFE contest #5
Design a Movie Poster

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Software used: Adobe IllustratorCS and Adobe PhotoshopCS

Friday, January 7th, 2005.

Added more work to the portfolio, vector section and also a review on Colin Smiths new book. Photoshop and Dreamweaver Integration.

Saturday, December 4th, 2004.

By the Sea Embroidery Tutorial by Kathryn Bernstein. In the Tutorials section.

Wednesday, November 17th, 2004.

Making Stained Glass.
A technique by Liz Goldman, Maureen Rhowmine, and Beth Glos.

Tuesday, November 9th, 2004.

Added "Blue Print, Mecca and Shanea" in the portfolio, raster section.

Thursday, September 9th, 2004.

Added "Beer Party" in the portfolio, vector section.

Wednesday, August 18th, 2004.

Font Pro 2.1.1 Review in the software review section. Reviewed by guest reviewer Colin Smith from PhotoshopCAFE

Wednesday, August 11th, 2004.

Started adding reviews to the software review section.

Monday, August 9th, 2004.

Added Unique Designers Affiliate to the links section. Well worth a look.

Tuesday, August 3rd, 2004.

Added some book reviews to to the review section.

Thursday, July 22nd, 2004.

Added three tutorials to the tutorials section.

Wednesday, July 21st, 2004.

I’ve centered the entire page now, it was aligned left before and also changed the background colour from light grey to light blue.

Tuesday, July 20th, 2004.

Just added some more work to the portfolio section.

Still to add pages for the reviews section and the tutorials section.

All links are working fine.

Monday, July 19th, 2004.

Version three of d.a.w. design is launched.

Tested in the following browsers. Internet Explorer 6.0.2, Mozilla Firefox 0.9.2 and Netscape 7.1

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