The graphic design and website design blog of Phases Design Studio in Denver, CO

Have you ever had trouble with transparent images in Photoshop? Every wondered just what those little black and white squares were? Read on to find the answers to your questions.

Microsoft, Verizon Wireless, New Horizons Learning Centers, and CMIT Solutions of Denver are joining together for the first ever COlorado Technology Maker. They will be offering a grand prize of over $50,000 dollars in technological goodies for your business.

Our latest eCommerce site launched Thursday. Read about the new brand, and the new site!

So you just bought a fancy $500 digital camera. After gleefully taking enough pictures to fill up your memory card, you upload them to your computer. Now, of course, you want to take a look at your photographs. But guess what? You computer won’t open the files! They’re all .CR2’s – whatever that means.
The Problem
.CR2’s [...]

One of the beauties of Adobe Illustrator is the power of vector art. Since vector art is resolution independent, art created in Illustrator can be re-sized for nearly any use without being concerned with the resolution (aka quality of the final reproduction). With the wide use of appearance effects and transparencies in Illustrator images, it [...]