Tag: Mac

I just had an unpleasant episode that really reminded me of the need to have some kind of encryption on your thumb drives.
I was leaving a friend’s house, got in my truck and drove home. I unloaded my pockets as usual and discovered–no thumb drive.
I did find the flash drive a few minutes later, by [...]

Monday I posted a list of web design-related cheat sheets, but I didn’t want to leave out all you graphic designers out there.
Here’s a list of 30 cheat sheets (most of them printable) for popular graphic design programs, as well as printable photography-related sheets to help when shooting photos.
These cheat sheets contain reference cards for [...]

Terragen 2 is a 3D rendering application (Windows XP/Vista and Mac OS X 10.4+) that renders amazingly photorealistic, film and broadcast-quality CG landscapes and environments.
Terragen 2 can create 3D renders of landscape, atmospherics (clouds and sky), lighting, plants and vegetation, as well as animations.
Terragen is not a new program, but has really come a long [...]

Yes, I know this week’s graphics post is of interest mostly to web designers and I’m posting it today (rather than Monday). But I can rationalize it because it still deals with the graphic design side of web design.
Ever had to make a form for a site mockup from scratch? It’s a pain and eats [...]

Here’s a list of 15 free or inexpensive programs / online services for freelancers.
The list is broken down into 5 main categories:

Backup and Syncing
Finances and Invoicing
Communication and Project Management
Programs and Working With Filetypes
Graphics Programs

Backup and Syncing
Freelancers many times need to be able to work in different locations and have access to their files wherever they [...]