Tag Archives: Blognosticator

Unwrapping the light fantastic

Posted on July 4, 2017 by Brian Lawler

Part 3 in a series on panoramic and slit-scan photography In my recent blogs I have discussed how a mechanical panoramic camera works, and how a photo-finish camera works. Today I would like to turn the tables, so to speak, … Continue reading →

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Take the Ten Fonts Survey

Posted on May 18, 2017 by Brian Lawler

Greetings, Blognosticator readers, I am launching a survey about popular type fonts. Here are the rules: You are stranded on a deserted island. You have with you a computer and the complete Adobe Creative Suite (not the Creative Cloud, as … Continue reading →

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Calibrating the iPhone with i1 Display Pro

Posted on November 15, 2015 by Brian Lawler

I see iPhones being used for all sorts of “professional” applications including video capture, and now that the phone sports a 12Mp camera, graphic arts quality photography. No excuses professional photography. Several years ago I was made aware of a … Continue reading →

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ePubs – under the hood

Posted on January 10, 2015 by Brian Lawler

I’ve been making ePubs for several years, and I have taught courses on ePubs at GraphExpo and at Cal Poly, where I am employed as a professor. For the first few years I was very grumpy about ePubs, as they … Continue reading →

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Upgrade adventures – a sleek new Mac Pro

Posted on December 14, 2014 by Brian Lawler

A few weeks ago I decided to take the plunge and get a new computer. I have been using an aluminum Mac Pro tower for many years (I have had two of them). The current machine has eight cores, and … Continue reading →

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100,000 Readers! Thank you

Posted on December 14, 2014 by Brian Lawler

It’s actually 101,759 readers. What started three and a half years ago on July 26, 2011 has now reached a major milestone in blogging for the graphic arts. The Blognosticator has reached and exceed the 100,000 reader mark. I started … Continue reading →

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Another Blognosticator milestone

Posted on October 9, 2014 by Brian Lawler

Greetings, dear readers, With your continued interest, The Blognosticator has now passed the 90,000 reader mark. The blog is read by more than 200 people every day, and it continues to grow at an impressive rate. So, please keep those cards … Continue reading →

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I can stop griping now – Adobe has finally fixed Photoshop!

Posted on July 17, 2014 by Brian Lawler

For eight years I have been complaining loudly (the blogger’s “pen” is mightier than the sword, but much slower) about the “feature” in Adobe Photoshop that causes your type to be erased – without an undo that will replace it … Continue reading →

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Vacation for the Blognosticator

Posted on September 2, 2013 by Brian Lawler

I finished ten weeks of teaching summer quarter on Wednesday, I turned in my grades on Thursday, and on Friday at the crack of dawn my wife and I headed up California’s Highway 101 to the Bay Area, and then … Continue reading →

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Mister master masker makes masking mission

Posted on July 28, 2013 by Brian Lawler

  I was visiting a friend’s airplane hangar recently when we were suddenly aware of a louder than normal plane approaching on the ramp. We looked outside and were treated to the arrival of a beautiful Waco biplane, possibly the … Continue reading →

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