Archive for May, 2010

    

Design Color Tip – Palette Generator

Wednesday, May 26th, 2010

Automatic Color Generator for Designers

I ran across this useful tool a while back and I thought I would share it with my followers. Every now and then creating a nice color palette can be a difficult, for me it was always coming up with more feminine palettes. Even after having several classes in color theory under your belt it can still be a challenge at times. The site (run by Adobe) gives you HSV, RGB, CMYK, LAB and HEX breakdowns of each color. It is a very handy tool for any designer! Check it out HERE and play with it yourself. Being able to specify the color rules to follow is a nice treat as well, analogous, monochromatic, complementary, etc… There is also a section that includes themes, a community, and some beta features I have yet to try. I have posted a couple of screen shots for a quick look. I hope you enjoy using it as much as I do!

Christopher Robinson
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Digital Copier Dangers

Thursday, May 20th, 2010

Personal and Corporate Security Risk from Digital Copiers

Most people have no idea how much of a security risk digital copiers are to personal data. CBS News recently produced a report (seen below) going into detail on the dangers of digital copiers and your personal information. It seems many companies don’t pull or demagnetize the hard drives before they sell them (or trade them in) as we do on our digital machines here at PGprint.com. The average criminal can download free forensic software program off the web and pull thousands of images off these these copiers. The amazing thing it that most people are unaware of the fact that hard drives store all the images scanned in. Hopefully as this becomes more common knowledge other companies will start to address these issues like we have by removing or demagnetizing the drives. Check out the video below.

Christopher Robinson
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Copy Machines, a Security Risk?
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Bookmark Design for Printing

Wednesday, May 19th, 2010

Design bookmarks for online printing.

This is a brief video tutorial on print bookmark design by PG print. Bookmark printing can be created in Adobe InDesign, this tutorial is on how to set up and design a bookmark for printing. Our bookmark printing services will, in conjunction with this video tutorial, provide you with a huge head start on the setup process.

Bookmark Design for Printing
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Christopher Robinson

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Another 4th Generation iPhone Spotted in the Wild

Wednesday, May 12th, 2010

iPhone 4G Leaked, Apple lose its Head of Security or what?

The Vietnamese site Taoviet has snagged an honest to goodness 4th generation iPhone. From the images posted on their (and the engadget) website, this looks to be a later model prototype than the one leaked a few weeks ago. The folks at Taoviet also fully disassemble this little chunk of technology for our personal consumption showing the new apple A4 processor and the larger lithium ion battery. The XXXX on the back clearly shows it is still a prototype and not an actual production model and the only visible difference between this iPhone and the first leaked iPhone are the two missing screws on the bezel at the base of the phone.

Yet another iPhone 4G prototype

iPhone 4G breakdown

Tinhte.com - Trên tay phiên bản thử nghiệm iPhone 4G
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For more pictures and more information check out Engadget’s website.

Christopher Robinson
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4G iPhone Update: Features and More

Wednesday, May 5th, 2010

Apple’s lost 4G iPhone backstory and features… maybe.

Steve Wozniak "the Woz" Apple co-founder pokes fun at the Apple Developer who "lost" the prototype.

Gizmodo’s acquisition of the 4G iphone is an interesting story, in a nutshell and Apple Developer on his 27th birthday obviously had too many german beers at The Gourmet Haus Staudt. He promptly left the prototype iPhone (disguised as a 3G) on his stool as he left… so the story goes. The big question for me, did Apple really allow this to happen or do you think it might be a VERY clever marketing ploy? I know if I was in charge of marketing I would certainly orchestrate something along these lines if possible. Think of all the free advertising and hype that would build up in the two to three months prior to release. Then again Apple loves to “surprise” so it may have just been an honest “oops!”

Apple should be announcing the new iPhone, OS4 and most likely the verizon version of the iPhone this June at Apple’s WWDC (world wide developer conference). Can’t wait to see if all the rumors will be true.

A list of new possible features includes (some verified in OS4 upcoming release):

Unified Mailbox (all email accounts in one “folder”).

Application folders for organizing your apps by type or whatever.

New background (wallpaper) options.

A new, sleeker body design (4G).

OLED screen?

Multi-Tasking. You can use multiple functions at once).

iChat camera (on the front for video chat!).

32G (basic) and 64G of memory. That is a big chunk of memory!.

Removable Battery (wow! really?).

Hi Def Camera and Camcorder.

Hi Def audio.

Messaging light.

True GPS built in? I hope so.

The Gizmodo guys seem pretty confident and have a little different take on the “whats included”, check out the full post here.

Christopher Robinson
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One Million iPad Sales in Less than a Month

Tuesday, May 4th, 2010

iPad sales over 1 million!

Apple has outdone itself with 1,000,000 iPad Sales in 28 days.

Steve Jobs may have been correct, people seem to have takes the “magical” slate to heart. Apple has sold its 1,000,000th iPad as of last friday beating the original iPhone sales time to the same mark by 46 days. Yes, it took the original iPhone 74 days to reach the 1,000,000 sold mark. Sales have been so well that they are struggling to keep up with demand. So many people really thought it would be a flop, why? I am not sure… Seems to me the iPad has a specific market and Job’s did an awesome job sliding it into that market. I can’t wait until the magazines I currently read are available at the iBook store, or through digital subscription of some sort, I might just bite the bullet and get one myself!

Over 1.5 million eBooks have been purchased from the iBookstore  as well as 12 million apps through Apples App Store. Huge numbers for a “flop”, wouldn’t you agree?  Time will tell how this little device might change the way we live, I think it will be a change for the better. Not only Greener by eliminating paper used printing magazines, but also think of the waste in printing and then trashing same said magazines and the carbon used to print, ship and recycle at a later date.

Christopher Robinson

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PGprint Ad Campaign Goes Live Today

Monday, May 3rd, 2010

PG Print’s new ad campaign will go live today.

Around Atlanta digital billboards will go live with our new Ad campaign. A series of Three amusing billboards along with a more reserved corporate layout. So if you are in Atlanta keep your eyes open traveling on Interstate 75 and also around Buckhead. Here is a sneak preview…

Click. Print. Ship. Save!

Frustrated by your current printer?

Current printer not a good fit?

Think twice before going paperless.

We hope you enjoy them and get a chuckle as you sit in Atlanta’s horrible rush hour traffic… do you still call it rush hour when it lasts three hours?

Christopher Robinson
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