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Creating a Hot Metal Effect in Fireworks

This effect is easy to recreate and results in a sophisticated looking graphic. It works best with slim, square sans serif fonts, like Ray Larabie’s Neuropol, against a medium to dark background color….

CMX Masterpiece Photo Collection 24: Autumn Leaves

This is my favorite time of year to take road trips. My most recent trip was to North Carolina to see the autumn foliage, with the purpose of capturing the scenery with my trusty camera. I think you’ll agree that Mother Nature produces some of her most glorious colors in the fall!

This collection includes ten high resolution images that you can process for web or for print….

"Love Letter" to Your Clients

One of the hardest things to do is to communicate to clients, or potential clientsm in the face of insane requests, non-payment, mistakes or making sure routine requests are documented, as well as bill collection letters. Here are some starting points to work from for your letters….

The Review Series Part 1: Adobe Muse

Welcome to the CommunityMX Review Series! With so many new applications and services coming from Adobe (and others!) these days, it seems like a good idea to examine and evaluate them to see which are the keepers and which are the ones best left alone. In this first installment of the series, we’re going to investigate Adobe Muse, a new web design application that targets the designer rather than the coder. In this review, I first will take you on a whirlwind tour of how the application works, and then I will give you my thoughts on its value….

Exporting Image Portfolios from Adobe Bridge to the iPad

Tablet devices are becoming more and more common in the professional, educational and consumer worlds. In fact, at MAX 2011 it was even mentioned that tablet devices will likely supersede desktop computers within the next few years. With increasingly powerful tablets coming into the market, tied in with cloud-based services, this forecast doesn’t surprise me.

The fact that Adobe announced at MAX 2011, the release of 6 new and or improved Touch apps, also sends a clear message that these devices are being taken seriously by the industry.

Whether you are a professional artist or photographer, or a student learning the craft, or just someone who wants to share their great photos with others on your shiny new tablet, this article may come in handy. We’re going to see how you can add image portfolios to your iPad, using Adobe Bridge CS5, the new Bridge Export panel, and iTunes. …

CMX Masterpiece Photo Collection 23: New York City 2

We’re back with Part Two of the New York City CMX Masterpiece Photo Collection. Times Square, Manhattan, the US Open, taxies, cathedrals, window dressing, and more will give you inspiration for your next project. This collection includes thirteen high resolution images that you can process for print or web….

Adobe Education Exchange

If you’re an educator, you need to check out the Adobe Education exchange at http://edexchange.adobe.com/pages/home. There are over 32,000 members and almost 2,500 free resources, with more being added all the time. Whether your subject is chemistry or art, there is a lesson plan or tutorial to help you bring the best to your students. You can access the Exchange for free by using your Adobe ID.

Right now the Adobe Education Excha……

New! JumpStart Catalog

You’ve been asking, and now it’s here – a section of the site dedicated to JumpStarts. You can find the link in the main menu at the top of any CMX page, or click it here now: http://www.communitymx.com/jumpstart_8.cfm

You’ll find a list of every CMX JumpStart, along with an image of its home page, a description of its features, and links to its package as well as introductory article. We hope this makes it much easier to find the ……

CMX Launches New Site!

If you haven’t already, head over to Community MX and look at our gorgeous new face! Of course, our look is more than skin deep. Here are just a few of the exciting changes that go along with the new design.

  • New Pricing: If you ever hesitated to join CMX because of the price, you’ll be delighted to see that you can now get the student discount of $9.99 a month all year, every year. Why? Because we’re all students in this ever changing business.
  • Graded Tutorials: If you ev……
  • CMX Masterpiece Photo Collection 22: New York City

    Hard as it is to believe, the tenth anniversary of the September 11 attacks is upon us. To pay tribute to that tragic event in American history, we are releasing two collections of photographs of New York City. In this first of the two, we offer twelve high resolution images of Rockefeller Center, Times Square, and Manhattan that you can use in your web or print projects….

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