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  217 readersMatthew Inman is a designer and illustrator who is popular amongst internet geeks and dinosaurs. His work can be found on his website, The Oatmeal. Extract concerning Adobe Fireworks: "I use Adobe Fireworks to draw the comics. It’s intended for web design, but it’s also a very capable vector editing tool and it works beautifully

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  Whats Better For Designing A Website, Photoshop Or Fireworks?

  134 readersThis week a contentious and highly debatable question was asked on Answers and, as expected, we received a lot of great answers favorable for both sides. We felt it was such a good question that we are opening it up to our trusty Design Reviver readers to hopefully settle the issue. So, here goes… What’s Better

• Adobe ROME

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• Katrin Eismann — The Photoshop Diva

  473 readersThis audio interview is with Katrin Eismann – an internationally recognized artist, author, and educator. She’s been involved with digital imaging tools since 1989. She regularly teaches creatives about the latest tools and techniques of digital imaging and the impact they have on creative professionals. She’s author of several books on digital imaging such as The Creative

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  Digital Artist desktop

  109 readersWe wanted to share this great image with you, as featured in issue 3 of Digital Artist magazine. This title is perfect for anyone who loves digital art, as it covers all types of styles in addition to the software used to create it. Photoshop obviously features heavily but you can also learn about Corel

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