Links to Prepress Design Blogs

Prepress is an area that is constantly changing - new versions of software are released on a regular basis and new tools are becoming available. So how can you keep up with it all? Below are links to some prepress and graphic design blogs that can provide suggestions and new software analysis:

Real World Illustrator http://rwillustrator.blogspot.com/

This blog is focused on Adobe Illustrator. Author is Mordy Golding, product manager for Adobe Illustrator 10 and Illustrator CS. The emphasis on the blog is on practical tips and advise that can help you get the most out of Adobe Illustrator.

InDesign Secrets http://www.indesignsecrets.com/

InDesign Secrets bills itself as "the independent resource for all things InDesign". It is co-hosted by David Blanter, author of InDesign CS/CS2 Breakthroughs and other books, and Anne-Marie Concepcion, the owner of a design studio in Chicago.

Creative Guy http://www.jdempsey.com/

The Creative Guy is a blog by James Dempsey, a designer who has worked in the print business for more than 20 years. This blog's mission is to "provide tips, tricks and intelligent discussions about all things graphic for beginner and intermediate designers".

The Graphic Design Forum Blogs http://blogs.graphicdesignforum.com/

The Graphic Design Forum (GDF) is an online gathering place for thousands of graphic designers. The GDF Blogs are really one blog with 10 different authors. The emphasis is on design not technical.

Rotometrics

800 Howerton Ln.

Eureka, MO 63025

Tel 636.587.3600

Fax 636.587.3701

sales@rotometric.com

www.rotometrics.com

TLMI

40 Shuman Blvd., Suite 295

Naperville, IL 60563

Tel 630.357.9222

Fax 630.357.0192

www.tlmi.com

AMAGIC Foils
7152 Patterson Drive

Garden Grove, CA 92841

Tel 714.897.3978

Fax 714.897.3979

coldfoil@amagicfoils.com

www.gocold.com

Conversource

1510 Page Industrial Blvd.

St. Louis, MO 63132

Tel 314.824.0001

sales@conversource.com

www.conversource.com

Flexographic Trade School

3536 Center Circle

Fort Mill, SC 29715

Tel 803.802.5211

Fax 803.802.5228

www.weareflexo.com

FPPA

2105 Laurel Bush Rd., Suite 200

Bel Air, MD 21015

Tel 443.640.1045

Fax 443.640.1031

fppa@ksgroup.com

www.fppa.net

FFTA

900 Marconi Ave.

Ronkonkoma, NY 11779

Tel 631.737.6020

Fax 631.737.6813

memberinfo@flexography.org

www.flexography.org

Pitman

720 Union Blvd.

Totowa, NJ 07512-2207

Tel 973.812.0400