Introducing CS4 Illustrator

For those of you that didn't read my blog about the Adobe Creative Suite at Cal State Los Angeles a few months back... I basically talked about how the computer labs in the Fine Art building were still using Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign CS1. During the first day of the Fall Quarter it was good to see that new computers and the updated software jumping from CS1 to CS3.

Technology changes quickly, Adobe will release a new version of the Creative Suites 4 (CS4) that will hit stores during October. Illustrator CS4 will feature a new art board which has the ability to create a document with up to 100 separate art boards. Each art board can have a different orientation, size and can be exported to its own file.The multi-artboard options will allow you to create many different comps that can be taken into other Adobe applications like Photoshop and InDesign.

It will also feature a Blob brush tool, instead of painting with a regular brush stroke it will have the capability to paint with the blog brushes which give you a filled, compound path. Another feature is the transparency in gradients with on-object controls and it will also include new tabs in order to work with multiple applications in a single window.

Hopefully, they can offer an easier way to work with In Design...In Design will have a new Live PreFlight tool.

Adobe is currently offering pre-orders for $1,799 and upgrades for $599. Professor Jimmy Moss can I borrow $599???

President Abraham Lincoln's penny gets a makeover

The U.S mint unveiled four new designs for the 1-cent coin (penny), Yesterday September 22nd during a ceremony at the Abraham Lincoln Memorial. It will commemorate the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birthday and the 100th anniversary of Lincoln appearing on the penny. The first penny is scheduled to go into circulation on Feb 12, 2009. The penny hasn't changed since 1959. The classic mugshot of the 16th U.S president will remain on the heads side of the coin, but the Lincoln Memorial will be replaced on the other side by four new images which include a log cabin, a Young Lincoln taking a break, Lincoln as a Young Lawyer and a half-completed Capitol dome. The copper will also be replace, by high quality steel.

Do we really need a new penny????

Gas signs in Los Angeles

It's sad to see that unemployment rate is increasing, America's economy going down the toilet, and Gasoline prices sky high. As they say another day another dollar...The price of gasoline has been slimming down my pockets for at least two years now. The national average price of gas this week is $3.67 a gallon, five years ago the average price of gas was $1.53 a gallon. When the gas price reached $3.00 a gallon I told myself "Get used to it", but when it passed $4.50 a gallon it was like a slap in the face. Oil prices will continue to go up...At what price will Americans stop pumping gas??? At least we don't have to pay $10.48 for a gallon of gas like people in Norway...

It's good to see people like the ones below, advertising the truth about oil companies...