De Bilt, Utrecht (PRWEB) June 17, 2009 — High-Logic B.V., a leader in providing font editing software, today announces FontCreator 6, the world’s most popular font editor. This version delivers powerful tools such as direct import of both raster and vector based images. With FontCreator 6, font designers can create and modify high quality TrueType and OpenType fonts faster than ever.
Custom Fonts for Business People and Hobbyists
With FontCreator, users can tailor customized fonts to meet their needs. It’s easy to add new characters to an existing font. Users can design custom bullet points, or include a company logo and other artwork in day-to-day memos, letters, and flyers. Once converted to a fully scalable font, the characters can be typed using any text editor, word processor, spreadsheet, or presentation program.
Font Editing Powerhouse Gets Better
New features in this font editor include the ability to directly import vector-based images such as AI, EPS, and PDF; support for copying and pasting from Adobe Illustrator; and improved cubic to quadratic Bézier curve conversion.
Pro Version for Typographers and Graphic Designers
The Professional Edition of FontCreator contains features that will benefit typographers, graphic designers, font foundries, and power-users. It can create hundreds of additional characters in seconds, transform an entire set of characters into something as simple as a bold, italic, hollow, or condensed font. It can also add diacritical marks to characters, and perform automatic kerning. The Professional Edition also offers a real-time validation feature that detects and fixes easily overlooked design mistakes.
Platform and Price
FontCreator 6 runs under Windows Vista/XP/2003/2000/NT4/Me/98/95, costs $199(US) for a single-user license of the Professional Edition, and may be ordered securely online (http://www.high-logic.com/register.html) from http://www.high-logic.com/register.html. The Home Edition costs $79. A free trial version (http://www.high-logic.com/download.html) of FontCreator 6 is available from http://www.high-logic.com/download.html.
For additional information contact Erwin Denissen at erwin.denissen(at)high-logic.com or visit http://www.high-logic.com/fontcreator.html.
High-Logic B.V. is a privately-held firm, headquartered in De Bilt, The Netherlands. Since 1997, High-Logic has been providing font editing and font management software to business and home users. The company’s flagship product is FontCreator, the world’s most popular font editor. In addition to FontCreator, the company also offers MainType, a powerful and intuitive font manager and Scanahand, a font generator that turns a handwriting into a font within a couple of minutes.
London, UK and Stockholm, Sweden (PRWEB) June 9, 2009 — Yooba Ltd today announced the full commercial availability of its revolutionary online Flash creation and management system, Yooba.
Yooba is a content management system (CMS) specially designed for Flash website content creation. As with CMSs for static content, Yooba puts full creative power over Flash, right down to the object level — but without the need for programming skills — into the hands of editors and others responsible for site content origination and maintenance. As Yooba behaves just like a conventional CMS, therefore, it is particularly intuitive and easy to use.
All work in Yooba is carried out via the user’s web browser, so no software installation is required. As the editing environment — Yooba Studio provides the same features and functionality of costly industry-standard professional packages, it delivers substantial operational savings — a considerable benefit when communications budgets are under pressure, but businesses still need to maintain their communication channels.
As a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) application, there are no licensing issues with Yooba and users are always working with the latest version. The SaaS structure also gives full scalability on pricing, to suit anyone from individual professionals to enterprise companies.
Once content is created, Yooba makes the efficient management of the Flash elements straightforward, which simplifies the scheduling and publication of created and edited material. This is carried out through Yooba’s graphical admin dashboard, which gives users total control of Flash objects within a website at a glance, making it easy to update and change them as frequently as information and sales campaigns require.
David Nordin, Yooba’s Managing Director, commented, “We want to enable creation of Flash-elements to complement the static content; to visualize and enhance information. With Yooba Studio, our users can still focus on what they do best, be they designers, agencies or editors. Thanks to Yooba, they can now get their work to the web in entirely new ways. We’re bringing technology and creativity together, but with the emphasis on business values. We want to make it possible to have an increased presence and interactivity on the Internet, and with Yooba you really do get more bang for your buck.”
Cyber-Duck, a multiple award winning interactive media agency today announced that is has won the prestigious, international Horizon Interactive Award 2009, for the third consecutive year.
London (PRWeb UK) May 21, 2009 — Cyber-Duck, a multiple award winning interactive media agency today announced that is has won the prestigious, international Horizon Interactive Award 2009, for the third consecutive year.
The Horizon Interactive Awards recognise outstanding achievement and excellence in media production, honouring the media projects that demonstrate the highest level of international talent.
Cyber-Duck was awarded the Bronze award in the ‘Company Identity and Self-promotion’ category after judges were impressed by the company’s new AJAX-driven website (http://www.cyber-duck.co.uk) that combines user-orientated design and quirky, vibrant flash animations with clear and concise messages.
The 8th annual Horizon awards, held in the US, received over 2000 entries from 32 countries around the world and nearly all 50 of the US States. An international panel of independent judges included top industry professionals from diverse multi-media, graphic design and marketing backgrounds. They evaluated the entries on the basis of those that presented the best blend of artistry and functionality.
This is the third consecutive year in which Cyber-Duck has won this prestigious accolade. Cyber-Duck first won the Bronze Horizon Interactive award in the ‘Company Identity and Self-promotion’ category back in 2007. In 2008 Cyber-Duck won another Bronze Horizon Interactive Award for its design and development of the Greenworks website (part of the Saint Gobain group) at www.greenworks-energy.co.uk.
Matt Gibson, Head of Production at Cyber-Duck commented, “We are delighted that our creativity has again been recognised by the Horizon Interactive Awards. The Cyber-Duck team is dedicated to consistently maintaining high standards throughout the years and this is the third year in which our efforts have been rewarded by this prestigious accolade. We aim to bring even more to the judging table next year”.
About Cyber-Duck
Cyber-Duck is an award-winning interactive media agency. The company was established in 2001, to fill a gap in the digital agency market, bridging the divide between ‘geeky’ driven web development, usability specialists and agencies offering results based marketing and artistic creativity. By offering all four disciplines under one roof the company has set itself apart from traditional agencies, with innovative user centered creative solutions utilising the latest technological advances.
Cyber-Duck’s ethos is that every interaction should have a meaningful purpose, enticing users to act: buying a product, signing up to a newsletter or distributing a video to their contacts. This delivers tangible results for clients, placing them one step ahead of their competition.
Combined, Cyber-Duck’s ethos and breadth of expertise has resulted in the company being repeatedly recognised as a leader in the digital industry field, winning some of the industry’s most prestigious awards. Last year alone Cyber-Duck won awards at the Horizon Interactive Awards, the Communicator Awards, the W3 Awards, the Europrix Top Talent Awards and the Construction Marketing Awards.
The company’s clients span a wide range of sectors, including household names such as Mastercard and Intel as well as celebrities like Anton Kreil, star of the BBC’s programme ‘Million Dollar Trader’ and Gilev Showband where Alexandra Burke was employed before winning the X-Factor in 2008.
www.cyber-duck.co.uk
Chicago, IL (PRWEB) May 18, 2009 — Deckpeck (http://www.deckpeck.com) is a unique web service that allows freelance artists and designers the ability to create micro-stores and sell their designs on a variety of products including custom t-shirts, longboards, skateboards, snowboards, messenger bags, custom wheels and art. All orders are printed on demand and a royalty, defined by the user, is paid out on each product sold.
Deckpeck handles all sales from the site including printing, payment processing, shipping, and customer service, so designers can focus on what they do best - designing. All designers have to do is upload their designs and choose which products they’d like to offer their artwork for. Users have their own unique URLs that act as mini-stores in which they can customize the look and feel of the store, even to match their artwork.
In addition, freelance designers can come to the site to have their designs printed for themselves. With the unique custom product builder, anyone, with or without art skills, can easily create their own unique products.
Deckpeck also provides a built-in marketing platform for artists looking to drive traffic to their stores, making advertising easy for designers; with or without a marketing background.
Deckpeck is currently looking for new custom skateboard designers, as well as custom t-shirt designers, and custom snowboard designers. Starting an online store takes about 5 minutes to set up, without any e-commerce hassles and is completely free to designers.
With over 1,000 custom skateboards ready to be purchased, and over 1,000 other products including custom snowboards, longboards, wheels and messenger bags to purchase, Deckpeck is quickly becoming a major player in the e-commerce and freelance design world.
For more information about starting a free online e-commerce store, purchasing their products, or becoming an exclusive deckpeck freelance designer, contact Parker or visit them online at www.deckpeck.com.
About Deckpeck: Deckpeck is an on-demand printing website that allows artists to sell their designs on a variety of products. In addition, individuals can have one-off products printed with no minimums.
Natural Environmental Systems, a distributor on pond supplies and other natural/ organic products, is now selling a variety of windmills for both aesthetic and functional purposes. The functionality of the units are as aeration windmills for ponds and lakes, however they do offer decorative windmills for back yards and gardens. The noteworthiness of this item and company is that they windmills can be customized through powder coating, so customers are no longer limited to just a galvanized steel option. Any part of the windmill from the tower to the blades can be powder coated any color the customer wants, all they really need to do is provide the company with the color or specifically the PMS color code and then specify which color goes where on the windmill. Currently the colors are limited to only two per unit. For an additional level of customized design, the tail fin on the units can be pseonalized to inlcude a company name, logo or anything else that will fit in the space an identifies the windmill with the customer.
At this point in time customer orders must be placed over the phone, but some standard powder coat color designs are available on the website. To learn more visit the Windmill Kits section of the companies website.
Burbank, CA (PRWEB) May 5, 2009 — Be a part of the only dedicated Expo for Animation Talent in the USA–located in the #1 market, Burbank California, this event fills a substantial void by providing highly focused conference programming, workshops, presentations and networking opportunities designed to connect animation artists, studio executives and industry leaders both locally and internationally.
Launched in 2004, The Creative Talent Network (CTN) is a virtual community of animation artists from some of the highest grossing films in the history of animation who come together once a year to showcase their work and connect with other creatives. As the leaders of this community, their mission is to empower the talent and engage with studios and educators. Making meaningful connections that promote talent into positions within the animation, games and surrounding industries is at the heart of what they do.
“Great ideas and meaningful connections are not going to happen in pre-planned meetings as often as they do in the hallways and casual gatherings of creative and talented people!” says Tina Price, founder of CTN and award winning animator, industry pioneer and 24 year former animation professional with the Walt Disney Animation Studios. The CTN Animation Expo is a unique event that brings these creative talents together by providing a collaborative arena in the heart of the animation market to promote employment, education and industry growth — and have some FUN doing it!
Event includes: Artist panels / interviews Special exhibits and demonstrations 2D and 3D demonstrations Speed Talent Recruiting Mixers (have 100 conversations in one weekend) Privileged access Networking Parties Leaders of the Industry Discussions One on One Personal Critiques
“Jobs come and go and projects fail or flourish but the one thing that remains constant is the talent is still talented,” said Tina Price, the Owner of The Creative Talent Network.
Important Links: Online Event Registration: http://www.regonline.com/ctnanimationexpo2009 The CTN Animation Expo Event Site: http://www.ctnanimationexpo.com Online Hotel Reservations: http://www.ctnanimationexpo.com/about/travel-housing/ While You’re Here: http://www.ctnanimationexpo.com/about/burbank/
CTN Animation Expo (CTN-X) Nov 20-22, 2009 Burbank Convention Center 2500 Hollywood Way Burbank, CA 1-800-604-2238 (USA Toll Free) 1-818-667-3224 (USA Local)
CTN is a self funded community with the support of it’s sponsors and professional members. All profits return to the community in the form of upgraded service, educational programs, promotional tools, inspiring workshops and networking opportunities. CTN events help talented artists connect, get jobs and reach their goals both locally and internationally each and every year with a portion of the proceeds going towards the CTN Scholarship Fund.
San Diego, CA (PRWEB) May 7, 2009 — SmartDraw.com, maker of SmartDraw, the software that helps you work smarter by communicating visually, today announced that Paul Stannard, founder and CEO of SmartDraw.com, is a finalist for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of The Year® 2009 Award in the San Diego program. According to Ernst & Young LLP, the awards program recognizes entrepreneurs who demonstrate extraordinary success in the areas of innovation, financial performance and personal commitment to their businesses and communities. Stannard was selected as a finalist from hundreds of nominations by a panel of independent judges. Award winners will be announced at a special gala event on June 3, 2009 at the Hyatt La Jolla Regency.
“When I created SmartDraw.com 15 years ago, I wanted to create a software program that would empower any business person to communicate any idea visually,” said Stannard. “Today, more than 15 million downloads later, we’ve created a new era in visual communications. It has been a wonderful journey for me so far, and I’m honored to be recognized.”
SmartDraw helps businesses increase their bottom line by improving communication, refining operations, completing projects on time, and successfully implementing their plans. Whether it’s a flowchart to explain a business process, a Gantt chart to show a project schedule or an organizational chart, SmartDraw is unique because it draws more than 40 different types of visuals for you, including timelines, maps, charts, decision trees and floor plans, resulting in presentation-quality visuals in just minutes. The company’s customers include more than half of the members of the Fortune 500, more than 1,400 health systems, 2,000 K-12 schools and universities, and thousands of law firms, police departments and private enterprises of all sizes.
The Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of The Year awards program celebrates its 23rd anniversary this year. The program has expanded to recognize business leaders in over 135 cities in 50 countries throughout the world.
Regional award winners are eligible for consideration for the Ernst & Young LLP Entrepreneur of The Year national program. Award winners in several national categories, as well as the overall national Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of The Year award winner, will be announced at the annual awards gala in Palm Springs, California on November 14, 2009. The awards are the culminating event of the Ernst & Young Strategic Growth Forum, the nation’s most prestigious gathering of high-growth, market-leading companies.
About SmartDraw.com SmartDraw.com is the creator of SmartDraw, software that helps you work smarter by communicating visually. Because people are six times more likely to retain and understand information presented to them visually, SmartDraw helps businesses increase their bottom line by improving communication, refining operations, completing projects on time, and successfully implementing their plans. Whether it’s a flowchart to explain a business process, a Gantt chart to show a project schedule or an organizational chart, SmartDraw is unique because it draws more than 40 different types of visuals for you, including timelines, maps, charts, decision trees and floor plans, resulting in presentation-quality visuals in just minutes. The company’s customers include more than half of the members of the Fortune 500, 1,400 health systems, 2,000 K-12 schools and universities, and thousands of law firms, police departments and private enterprises of all sizes. In fact, SmartDraw is downloaded more than 3 million times each year. Founded in 1994, SmartDraw.com is a privately-held, San Diego, CA-based company and is part of the Working Smarter Network. For more information or to download a free trial version, please visit www.smartdraw.com.
About Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur Of The Year® Awards Program Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur Of The Year® Award is the world’s most prestigious business award for entrepreneurs. The award makes a difference through the way it encourages entrepreneurial activity among those with potential and recognizes the contribution of people who inspire others with their vision, leadership and achievement. As the first and only truly global award of its kind, the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® award celebrates those who are building and leading successful, growing and dynamic businesses, recognizing them through regional, national and global awards programs in more than 135 cities in 50 countries.
Winter Park, FL (PRWEB) April 30, 2009 — The Orlando Magic (www.orlandomagic.com) and Full Sail University (www.fullsail.edu) announced the winning teams of a re-branding design contest exclusive to Full Sail students, to develop a new and creative graphics package to be featured at the games throughout the season. Two teams of students were selected for their motion graphics work, which was unveiled last week during the NBA playoffs at the Amway Arena.
The Orlando Magic accepted proposals from Full Sail University student teams representing degree programs including: Digital Arts & Design (http://www.fullsail.edu/digital-arts/overview.html), Computer Animation (http://www.fullsail.edu/computer-animation/overview.html), Graphic Design (http://www.fullsail.edu/graphic-design/overview.html), and Entertainment Business (http://www.fullsail.edu/entertainment-business-bachelors/overview.html). Students competed to create the text and graphics for the offense and defense, as well as general noise prompts, to play on the Jumbotron to energize fans at the Orlando Magic home games.
The winning teams are comprised of six students including: Dustin Bankord, Juan Colon, Tyler Joynt, Ron Monahan, Jose Ramirez and Jared Sanders. “Each student that entered the contest was able to further their academic reach with real world experience in the industry - this time working with a national brand,” said Pete Bandstra, Program Director of Computer Animation and Game Art. “The partnership they have created with the Orlando Magic has added significant professional credits for their portfolios before graduation.”
Bill Galbreath, Program Director of Arts and Design, further added, “We are extremely proud of both teams and the great work they put together for the Orlando Magic. It was an incredible opportunity for our students to showcase their skills and talent in support of our home team.”
About Full Sail University:
Since 1979, Full Sail University, located outside of Orlando, FL, has been an innovative educational leader for those pursuing careers in the entertainment industry. With over 31,000 alumni, graduate credits include work on OSCAR®, Emmy® and GRAMMY®-winning projects, best-selling video games, and the #1 grossing U.S. concert tours. Full Sail’s 190-acre campus and online education platform proudly welcomes over 7,000 students from 50 states and 65 countries.
Full Sail currently offers a total of 20 degree programs including: Associate of Science Degrees offered in Graphic Design, Recording Arts and Show Production & Touring; Bachelor of Science Degrees offered in Computer Animation, Digital Arts & Design, Entertainment Business, Film, Game Art, Game Development, Internet Marketing, Music Business and Web Design & Development; and Master of Science Degrees in Education Media Design & Technology, Game Design, Entertainment Business, and Internet Marketing; and a Master of Fine Art in Media Design.
Full Sail was most recently named the 2008 “School/College of the Year” by the Florida Association of Postsecondary Schools and Colleges. The university has also been previously named: The Harvard of Game Schools by Tips & Tricks Magazine; one of the top three New Media Schools by Shift Magazine (alongside the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and New York University); one of the Top Five Game Degree Programs in the world by Electronic Gaming Monthly; one of the Best Music Programs in the country by Rolling Stone Magazine; one of the Best Music Business Departments in the Schools That Rock: The Rolling Stone College Guide; and one of the Best Film Programs in the country by UNleashed Magazine.
For more information about Full Sail, please visit www.fullsail.edu.
Oak Park, IL (PRWEB) 28, April, 2009 — ConceptFeedback.com (http://www.conceptfeedback.com), a free design review community expected to launch next month, is now offering pre-registration to marketers, designers and developers. Once live, the website will offer a dedicated community to share and review marketing concepts. Reviews will provide quick and actionable insight from qualified peer professionals, aimed at improving post-launch results.
“Most small business marketers and freelancers lack the budget and resources it requires to obtain useful feedback on marketing concepts,” says Andrew Follett, CEO and founder of Concept Feedback, LLC. “A third-party point of view can be critical to launching a website, advertising campaign, or concept, that is clear, concise and effective.” ConceptFeedback.com seeks to bridge this gap by introducing an interactive community for sharing and reviewing marketing concepts.
Registered users at ConceptFeedback.com will have the ability to post marketing concepts for free, while retaining full rights. Concepts may include, but are not limited to, websites, logos, newsletters, landing pages, advertisements and videos. The community of professionals can then offer constructive feedback on each concept using a proprietary feedback tool. Feedback is automatically collected and archived for the user to help improve the concept and get better results.
Leveraging the power and knowledge of crowds, ConceptFeedback.com will provide users with valuable and unique insight, unavailable anywhere else. Within the first year, Concept Feedback is seeking to enlist over 10,000 active users worldwide, creating a vibrant and effective community of like-minded professionals. In addition to a distinctive professional network, registered users will have the capability to post concepts privately, for secure review by clients, co-workers, and friends.
For additional information on the news that is the subject of this release, contact Andrew Follett. To learn more, or to register free online, visit ConceptFeedback.com (http://www.conceptfeedback.com).
About Concept Feedback, LLC:
Concept Feedback, LLC was founded by small business marketer Andrew Follett in partnership with Chicago-based web development company DevBridge, Inc.
Contact:
Andrew Follett, President and CEO
Concept Feedback, LLC
651-245-7178
ConceptFeedback.com (http://www.conceptfeedback.com)
Tampa, FL (PRWEB) April 22, 2009 — Calling all aspiring designers! Invitation Consultants.com, the online destination for party and wedding invitations and social stationery, is inviting up-and-coming designers to create a specialty invitation design for the website, through the company’s first-ever invitation design contest. The company is seeking individuals nationwide to enter original works for a chance to win cash prizes up to $1,000, and have the piece featured and sold on the company website.
“An artist lives in each of us and we want to evoke the nation’s artistic abilities by hosting this contest,” said Olivier De Meulder, Vice President of Invitation Consultants, Inc. “It is our belief that having a multitude of fresh, stylish and original designs is important to meet the demands of our consumers and what better way to find great ideas than through new talent.”
Designs will be reviewed and judged on four areas: originality, creativity and use of both color and space. The contest is open to any designer young or old, entry level or skilled. Entrants may also choose what style of design they want to submit, as Invitation Consultants offers everything from birthday and wedding invitations, to fun and quirky pet announcements. Artists can showcase their own area of expertise and design in a distinctive invitation, based on what truly interests them.
“We are excited to provide unknown creatives the opportunity to have one of their original designs showcased for thousands to see and purchase, said Allison De Meulder, CEO Invitation Consultants, Inc. “This opportunity could truly launch someone’s design career, while giving them a unique platform to be recognized.”
Alongside Invitation Consultants, a diverse judging panel will select the winning designs. The judges are: Margaret Wong, Co-Founder of Project Wedding, Jennifer Sbranti, Founder of Hostess with the Mostess, Vicki Phipps, Director of Program Planning for HGTV, and Meredith Garcia, Co-Founder of TheFashionList.com.
The contest runs Monday, April 20 through Monday, July 20. The winners will be announced on Monday, August 3 on the website. The chosen winners will receive cash prizes, including $1,000 for first prize, $500 for 2nd prize and $250 for 3rd prize, and their designs available for purchase on the Invitation Consultants website.
More information about the contest, rules and regulations, and how to submit designs, can be found at: http://www.InvitationConsultants.com/designcontest.aspx
About Invitation Consultants, Inc.
Invitation Consultants is a full service, online invitation company based in Tampa, FL, that assists customers in selecting, ordering and personalizing invitations, special occasion announcements and stationery for every style and event. The company was founded in 1999 by Allison De Meulder. Currently, Invitation Consultants offers consumers 9,000 products. To learn more about Invitation Consultants and its offerings, please visit InvitationConsultants.com (http://www.InvitationConsultants.com).
