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

Transparency and Photoshop

March 11th, 2010

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.

Colorado Technology Makeover

March 5th, 2010
Colorado Technology Makeover

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.

New eCommerce website design and brand launch!

February 26th, 2010
New eCommerce website design and brand launch!

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

.CR2, .CRW, or Just Plain Annoying

February 22nd, 2010
.CR2, .CRW, or Just Plain Annoying

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 [...]

Scaling an Image with Adobe Illustrator

February 16th, 2010
Scaling an Image with Adobe Illustrator

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 [...]