Archive for January, 2008

Printing Term: AQ Coating

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008

I had a fellow designer ask me today what AQ coating meant, coming from a prepress person. This is an abbreviation for the words Aqueous Coating. This is a special coating that is applied to the paper to help with color brilliance and durability. It is a nontoxic finish but it tends not to be […]

New Book Series by Against The Clock

Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008

According to a press release over on Creativepro.com the publisher Against The Clock has launched a new series of educational books dealing with Adobe’s Creative Suite. Specifically dealing with InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Dreamweaver and Flash. The website states, The Professional Portfolio Series allows readers to…
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