CreativeTechs QuickTips #180 Week of December 31, 2007

Business Tip: Handy Calendar Templates for 2008.

2008CompactCalendar.gifHere we are on New Year’s Eve. In honor of this annual time of introspection and planning, we've collected links to a few clever calendar templates to help start your new year off right.

David Seah’s Compact Calendar

"The problem with traditional calendar design," says designer David Seah, "is that they chunk time in months, not continuous days." In answer to that problem Seah created a long, thin calendar (at right) that is perfect for project planning. Download as PDF or choose an editable Excel document.

David Seah’s Compact Calendar

Adam Sporka’s Thumb Calendar

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Here's an ingenious 2008 calendar shrunk to the size of a standard business card. Focus on the dates directly below each month’s header.

Adam Sporka’s Thumb Calendar

Basic InDesign Template

Finally, for a more traditional calendar (not shown), here is a clean InDesign template for you to create and customize your own 2008 calendars.

Basic InDesign Template

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Seattle Events: January 2008 Mini-Workshop Schedule.

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Our new 90-minute mini-workshop format appears to have been a hit last year. And as we usher in 2008, we're expanding the topics as well as setting aside each Thursday morning for an ongoing series of Photoshop CS3 training workshops. Check out the list for a couple free topics as well.

Wednesdays: Creative Mini-Workshops

Each Wednesday, we provide a new 90-minute workshop on a wide variety of topics drawn directly from our real world experience supporting hundreds of creative teams in the greater Seattle area:

Wed, Jan 9 — InDesign CS3/CS2: Master Pages.
Wed, Jan 16 — Acrobat: Preflighting PDFs for Printing.
Wed, Jan 24 — Adobe Bridge: Keywording Strategies.
Wed, Jan 31 — InDesign CS3/CS2: Style Sheets.

Photoshop Thursdays: Non-Destructive Retouching.

New for 2008: Every Thursday morning, Photoshop guru, Jason Hoppe, leads an ongoing series of classes teaching non-destructive retouching techniques in Adobe Photoshop CS3. Done properly, you protect your full image quality as you make edits, while retaining flexibility when clients come back with later change requests.

Thurs, Jan 10 — Photoshop: Non-Destructive Retouching. FREE!
Thurs, Jan 17 — Photoshop: Mastering Layers.
Thurs, Jan 24 — Photoshop: Mastering Selections.
Thurs, Jan 31 — Photoshop: Mastering Masks.
Thurs, Feb 7 — Photoshop: Color Correction.
Thurs, Feb 14 — Photoshop: Power Cloning Techniques.
Thurs, Feb 21 — Photoshop: Retouching Skin.
Thurs, Feb 28 — Photoshop: To Be Determined.
Thurs, Mar 6 — Photoshop: Fixing Digital Anomalies.

Also Available: Personalized & Group Training.

In addition to the morning 90-minute workshops, all Jason Hoppe’s workshops are available for individual one-on-one training, or personalized group training sessions. If you are interested, email us at training@creativetechs.com.

Keep updated with new details, check out our training website at:

creativetechs.com/miniworkshops

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