W4D Blogger (Web4Design)

Web4Design has introduced a novel solution to colour matching with the introduction of ColourMatcher. This innovative and easy to use solution allows you to print out a colour book from your own printer, in turn allowing you to create palettes which can then be used in Photoshop and Illustrator. This simple but effective solution takes the guess work out of colour matching and allows you to review your palettes on a seasonal basis.

For more information visit www.colourmatcher.com or contact Web4Design

Many people go to their wardrobe each day without a second thought as to the time and effort which goes into making a garment. The process of designing can be timely and quite consuming, in particular the amount of paper which is used in communicating design and pattern information to their factories.

Some of these matters can now be addressed by using an industry leading application like Adobes Creative Suite 3 in conjunction with the focused and tailor-made training from W4D. Quite simply by using the PDF publishing facility in CS3 you can save a large amount of paper, which can only be a good thing! 

WHAT IS THE DESIGNER FORUM?

The Designer Forum is a membership based support organisation for fashion & textiles that works UK-wide across all spectrums of the industry including high street retailers, designer & brand labels, manufacturers, individual designers & freelancers and academia.

WHAT SERVICES DO THE DESIGNER FORUM OFFER?

The Designer Forum provides a comprehensive range of support services all at discounted rates for its members.

TRENDS:Offering the UK’s most comprehensive Trend Library with access to leading trend prediction publications.

ADVICE & SUPPORT Delivering a wide range of advice & support within the areas of careers, recruitment, business start-up plus company growth & development.

EDUCATION:Assisting academia by providing an advisory & industry liaison point, the Designer Forum runs a comprehensive programme of support from bespoke projects, industry competitions, guest lecturing & specialist modules through to educational resources & materials.

Visit : http://www.emtex.org.uk/df/designerforum.asp

Well done Peter for passing your motorbike test.

Congratulations……

We are pleased to announce the unveiling of our new site.

Please let us know your thoughts as ALL feedback is welcome.

The “57″ on the Heinz ketchup bottle represents the number of pickle types the company once had.

Strange but true!

The Zpen by Dane-Elec is a revolutionary device that brings note-taking to a whole new level. Ideal for use in classrooms, meetings, at work, while traveling and on the go, the Zpen will change the way you write forever.

The combination of the Zpen and its companion receiver lets you write on any kind of paper and download your handwritten notes or sketches onto your PC, Mac or Linux and view them on screen. Then you can convert your handwritten notes in digital format for use with your standard applications. On a PC, Note Search allows you to easily locate keywords within your handwritten notes.

In addition, the Zpen has a 1GB capacity and can be used as a standard USB flash drive to store your videos, music, pictures and files.

Features:

• Write with the pen, on any kind of paper (with the receiver on top of your page)
• Download your handwritten notes on your PC, Mac or Linux and view them on screen
• Find keywords back on your handwritten notes
• Convert your handwritten notes in digital text, to use it on your standard word processing

Dane Elec Zpen Best price - £77.98 (inc. del) (As from the Gadget Show Website)

It may be useful to learn that both Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign shortcut keys are available by visiting the link below

http://www.web4design.co.uk/downloads/adobe/adobekeys.zip

Congratulations to Peter Moseley for passing his CBT in July 2008.

Well done from the Whole Web4Design Team

Supplier of design solutions Web4design UK has developed a designer’s delight! They have introduced to their portfolio the simple to use RGB CMYK colour palette manager called Colourmatcher.com.

It appears to be a simple and easy to use solution allowing its users to print of a comprehensive 36 page colourbook, containing some 9000+ colour chips. With colour looking different from application to application the good thing with Colourmatcher is it allows you to print the colourbook directly to your printer.  Colours and palettes can then be viewed, named and imported directly into both Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator.  I found that it took a lot of the guess work out of matching colours from screen to printer.

Go see for yourself. There’s currently a free limited functionality version available allowing subscribers to print off 3 samples pages. Visit www.colourmatcher.com