The Luminous Works Report
A newsletter in which we reflect on design, illustration, photography and other creative pursuits and the sometimes-challenging tools we use to do them.
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We're going online and closing our Seattle classroom
A powerful, subscription-free Adobe alternative is about to change
We've said goodbye to Substack and hello to beehiiv
with gratitude
Without deadlines or the need to please others, we can develop new skills and techniques that will serve when time is short and clients call
Achieve consistent and predictable gradations in all the software you use
With few exceptions, your assets should not be in CMYK—even for print
The path from Word or Google Docs to InDesign is often fraught. Markdown offers writers and InDesigners a smoother path.
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