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Adobe Illustrator/Expert Profile
Expertise
We are Adobe Certified and an Adobe partner. We can answer questions about prepress preflighting and data conversion for desktop publishing with Adobe Illustrator CS3 up to the current version.
Experience in the area
Over 20 years in the printing, publishing and graphic arts industries. As a developer, we have developed training programs and tutorials for users, educational markets and industry consultants.
Organizations
PIA, PIASC, PIASD, NAPL, GATF, IPA, IPMA, NPES, CIP4, AIGA, IDUG, PINC, AGDA, IAPHC, Association of Graphic Artists, Adobe Software Users, Advertising and Marketing Professionals of North America, Print Production Professionals, Graphic Arts Technologists, Printing & Graphic Arts Professionals, Partnership in Print Production, Graphic Prepress, numerous printing-publishing-graphic design groups and communities
Publications
Just a snapshot of numerous, worldwide publications: Graphic Design, Macworld, American Printer, Printing Impressions, Artes Graficas, Digital Output, Step by Step Design, HOW, FOLIO, Output, Big Picture, Electronic Publishing, Printing Executive, Print Professional, GDUSA, Print, Executive Publisher, InDesign, DTP...
Education/Credentials
We have several degrees from universities and technical schools, plus many industry certifications. We are members of numerous industry associations. We have won several coveted industry awards and have become a worldwide industry leader.
Awards and Honors
Inc. Top 500 List, MacUser Editor's Choice, International Digital Imaging Association, Hot Product Electronic Publishing, Image Reports Angel Award, Macworld World Class, Publish Impact, Softpedia Certified 100% Clean, Executive Outlook Graph Expo Worth-A-Look, Printing Industries Association Inc. of Southern California Pioneer of the Year, Macworld 4-Mouse Product Rating, GATF InterTech, AeA High-Tech, Desktop Publishers Journal 4-Star Rating, Electronic Publishing Top Ten Lead-Generating Ads, and many more
Past/Present Clients
Time, McGraw Hill, Random House, Harper Collins, Apple, Alphagraphics, Sir Speedy, PIP Printing, and many, many more
Average Ratings
Recent Answers from Markzware
2012-05-02 Trouble with Arrow Keys (Ai CS5):
Dear marina, Try resetting all preferences to default settings. Resetting preferences can be helpful if you are having problems with the application. Please do one of the following: Press and hold
2012-04-25 Illustrator brushes issue:
Dear Tom, Please try the following (which depends on the version of Adobe Illustrator you are using): - Open the infected file in illustrator - Save a copy of the file as a PDF menu: file -> save
2012-04-24 Illustrator brushes issue:
Dear Tom, If you are using Adobe Illustrator CS5.5, then the following steps should work: STEP 1: We're using the Graphic Styles palette as an example, for clean up first, but you should follow
2012-04-20 Trouble with Arrow Keys (Ai CS5):
Dear Marina, Do you have access to a second keyboard you could switch with your current one just to make sure it is not a hardware-issue? Sincerely, Markzware
2012-04-15 Opening old Illustrator 8 files with CS5:
Dear Jan, No, you don't need a utility to open older illustrator EPS or .ai files in Adobe Illustrator CS5. You open Illustrator 8 files via File>Open. You may also want to change the "enable:" from
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