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Shellie is a recognized specialist in many phases of the printing and publishing industry. During her 20 years in the biz, she has done everything from traditional paste-up and film stripping to high-end computer-to-plate workflows. Her specialties lie within creative application training, print production, color management, and typography. Shellie has her own consulting company, Ducktype Digital (www.ducktype.com) and produces a weekly creative news Videocast for CreativePro.com that's called Get Creative. She is also a relentless, always suffering, never-stop-believing, die-hard Cubs Fan (heaven help her).

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Get Creative Video: News for the Week of September 29, 2008

Blog: Written by Shellie Hall on September 29, 2008

Big software news from big players!

Get Creative Video: News for the Week of September 22, 2008

Blog: Written by Shellie Hall on September 22, 2008

Photoshop news, and type for tarts.

Get Creative Video: News for the Week of September 15, 2008

Blog: Written by Shellie Hall on September 15, 2008

Create floating drop shadows, collaborate easily, mine the past, and design for iPhones.

Get Creative Video: News for the Week of September 8, 2008

Blog: Written by Shellie Hall on September 8, 2008

Extract complex shapes in Photoshop, hear Adobe and Quark news, get cash for your castoffs.

Get Creative Video: News for the Week of September 1, 2008

Blog: Written by Shellie Hall on August 31, 2008

Save dollars when switching software, round corners quickly, and catch a photographic revolution at its beginning.

Get Creative Video: News for the week of August 25th, 2008

Blog: Written by Shellie Hall on August 24, 2008

Apply Photoshop filters to grayscale images, get your color freak on, ID fonts, and use your iPhone no matter what.

Get Creative Video: News for the week of August 18th, 2008

Blog: Written by Shellie Hall on August 17, 2008

Recreate the Olympic Rings in Adobe Illustrator, see the best -- and worst -- of past Olympic logos, and find winning inspiration from several sources.

Get Creative Video: News for the Week of August 11, 2008

Blog: Written by Shellie Hall on August 10, 2008

Get free cheat sheets, a place in the Hall of Fame, and easier file sending. Plus, capture a Web sit in Acrobat.

Get Creative Video: News for the Week of August 4, 2008

Blog: Written by Shellie Hall on August 3, 2008

Add keywords in Adobe Bridge, share files across systems and computers, publish iWeb sites easily, and play with color.

Get Creative Video: News for the Week of July 28, 2008

Blog: Written by Shellie Hall on July 27, 2008

Resources for InDesign users, Photoshop lovers, photo shooters, and PDF editors.

Get Creative Video: News for the Week of July 21, 2008.

Blog: Written by Shellie Hall on July 20, 2008

Cool iPhone app for creative pros, and several ways to manage your time.

Get Creative Video: News for the Week of July 14, 2008

Blog: Written by Shellie Hall on July 13, 2008

Sponsored by iStockPhoto. This week's Get Creative video includes a quick how-to, and information on upcoming events, cool Web sites, and more (video below). Master in a Minute Use Adobe Bridge to automate actions in CS3 applications. News

Get Creative Video: News for the Week of June 30, 2008

Blog: Written by Shellie Hall on June 29, 2008

Don't wander the Internet endlessly in search of good podcasts and blogs. Shellie shares a few of her favorites.

Get Creative Video: News for the Week of June 23, 2008

Blog: Written by Shellie Hall on June 22, 2008

Batch-apply Photoshop Actions; weekly podcast from Bert Monroy; free software audit tools; it's raining word clouds.

Get Creative Video: News for the Week of June 16, 2008

Blog: Written by Shellie Hall on June 15, 2008

This week is a bargain-lover's dream! Watch free Adobe how-to videos, attend a free Quark tour, and send large files for free.

Get Creative Video: News for the Week of June 9, 2008

Blog: Written by Shellie Hall on June 8, 2008

Manipulate Photoshop's drop shadows without monkeying with numbers in the Effects dialog box. Then learn about more new software and a magazine that's just smashing.

Get Creative Video: News for the Week of June 2, 2008

Blog: Written by Shellie Hall on June 1, 2008

Learn about new software from Quark and Adobe, a handy agenda tracker, and find out how to nest styles in InDesign.

Get Creative Video: News for the Week of May 26, 2008

Blog: Written by Shellie Hall on May 26, 2008

Merge individual shots into a panorama, get a free book on Photoshop for the Web, laugh at some bad retouching, and more!

Get Creative Video: News for the Week of May 19, 2008

Blog: Written by Shellie Hall on May 18, 2008

Conduct free online surveys with Google Docs, free cross-platform video conferencing with ooVoo, and take quick screengrabs on a Mac or PC.

Get Creative Video: News for the Week of May 12, 2008

Blog: Written by Shellie Hall on May 11, 2008

PDF slicing and dicing; easy Web analytics; and free publications on type and paper.