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AI for Good—Make Decent Alt Text Fast

Apr 6, 2026

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6 min read

AI for Good—Make Decent Alt Text Fast

It is a good thing that accessibility is increasingly important to creatives. Apps like InDesign can generate alt text automatically but not particularly well. We've got ideas.

Steve Laskevitch
Steve Laskevitch
It's Cold Outside. Let's Make Stuff!

Nov 18, 2025

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4 min read

It's Cold Outside. Let's Make Stuff!

Between Luminous Works and our friends and partners, there are so many ways to create and get inspired.

Steve Laskevitch
Steve Laskevitch
Online with an In-Person Vibe

Nov 20, 2024

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4 min read

Online with an In-Person Vibe

We're going online and closing our Seattle classroom

Steve Laskevitch
Steve Laskevitch
Canva buys Affinity [UPDATED]

Mar 26, 2024

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3 min read

Canva buys Affinity [UPDATED]

A powerful, subscription-free Adobe alternative is about to change

Steve Laskevitch
Steve Laskevitch
The Report is back...in a new home

Feb 22, 2024

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3 min read

The Report is back...in a new home

We've said goodbye to Substack and hello to beehiiv

Steve Laskevitch
Steve Laskevitch
Remembering Photoshop Heroes

Mar 6, 2023

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3 min read

Remembering Photoshop Heroes

with gratitude

The Power and Practicality of Personal Projects

Jan 18, 2023

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7 min read

The Power and Practicality of Personal Projects

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

Grokking Gradients

Jan 4, 2023

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9 min read

Grokking Gradients

Achieve consistent and predictable gradations in all the software you use

Steve Laskevitch
Steve Laskevitch
Colorful Confusion in Graphic Arts

Dec 15, 2022

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8 min read

Colorful Confusion in Graphic Arts

With few exceptions, your assets should not be in CMYK—even for print

Steve Laskevitch
Steve Laskevitch
Markdown to InDesign, Simplified

Dec 6, 2022

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7 min read

Markdown to InDesign, Simplified

The path from Word or Google Docs to InDesign is often fraught. Markdown offers writers and InDesigners a smoother path. Our new script makes it lightning fast.

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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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