The Transformation of the Batman Logo

Batman is one of everyone’s favorite super heroes from comic books, cartoons, and the big screen. Just as his custom, Batmobile, and villains have changed over the course of various remakes, so has his logo. As designers, we always stress the importance of a recognizable brand and logo. It is interesting that as you watch the…

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Documentary on the Lost Art of Building Advertising

As new technologies emerge, older advertising methods begin to become obsolete. Direct mailing and print advertising has lost ground to email marketing and online advertising. In the print industry, traditional hand painted advertisements as seen in this documentary Up There, have been taken over by vinyl graphics that can easily be produced and implemented at…

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CPD Launches New Website

June 8, 2010 – San Diego, CA – Crown Point Design (CPD) is happy to announce the launch of their new website – www.crownpointdesigns.com. The design is intended to provide information on our services including website design, internet marketing, corporate branding, web hosting, logo design, SEO, email marketing, and more. An extensive client portfolio showcases…

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3 Important Questions Before Designing A Website

There are many things to think about before designing a new website. This short video by CPD Designer, Scott Farquharson, addresses three main areas that need to be defined before diving into the design process. Answering these three topics will make the design process a lot easier when it comes to design, navigation, page layout,…

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Adobe CS5 For Website Designers

Today was the release of the highly anticipated Creative Suite 5 by Adobe Systems. Adobe has provided a lot of great tutorials outlining the changes that are included in the new release. Below is a video tutorial that talks about some of the changes for Web Premium. The changes that I am very excited about…

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CPD Product Review: SnagIt

Design application SnagIt is a great video capturing application that can be used for graphic and web designers. The tool has a lot of functionality and is very user friendly. Goto TechSmith.com to download a free trial and use it yourself!

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PhotoShop CS5 Sneak Peak

A sneak peak at Adobe’s signature product PhotoShop CS5 shows that the product has once again gone to a new level of providing productivity features that make design and photo editing easy and fast. The product is reported to be released on Monday, April 12, 2010. A full feature set of updates has not been…

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CPD Product Review: Color Cop

Have you been stuck in the situation of trying to determine what the exact RGB or PMS color of an image is? Website designers and graphic designers know the importance of color when it comes to branded images such as logos. It is important to stay consistent. Color Cop is a program that runs from…

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CPD Vector Art Examples

Here are some free vector art samples either created by us or collected from different places around the web. Feel free to comment more in. CPD Vector Art Pack 1

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