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   DealBITS Drawing: Win a Copy of Art Text 2.4.2

   Adam C. Engst

   I'm always impressed when I see what real graphic designers can do with
   Photoshop to create fancy logos and graphical effects. But for those of
   who lack those graphical skills, turning out a quick logo or other
   graphics for a community Web site, full-color postcard, or Keynote
   presentation may be far more easily done in BeLight Software's [1]Art
   Text 2. That's because Art Text is designed to let you place text and
   graphics on a canvas and then style them in a variety of ways that
   would be extremely difficult otherwise. For instance, you can skew and
   warp text and graphics, apply textures and materials, and use layers to
   enable objects to interact with one another. Art Text comes with
   libraries of vector icons, shapes, textures, materials, and fonts (in
   the $10 Extras Pack), so you can get started quickly.

   While writing up this DealBITS drawing, I decided to recreate the
   design of one of my favorite Apple t-shirts from Macworld Expo in New
   York, which replaces the heart in the classic 'I NY' design with an
   Apple logo. To spiff it up a bit, I made the text and graphic look like
   they were made of glass, and warped the text a bit. I won't pretend
   it's a work of art, but it was fun and easy. To see what other kinds of
   things are possible with Art Text, check out [2]BeLight's sample page.

   [3]Image

   So if you want to win one of five copies of Art Text 2.4.2, which
   normally lists for $39.95, [4]enter at the DealBITS page before 5
   November 2012. All information gathered is covered by our comprehensive
   [5]privacy policy.

References

   1. http://www.belightsoft.com/products/arttext/overview.php
   2. http://www.belightsoft.com/products/arttext/samples.php
   3. http://tidbits.com/resources/2012-10/I_Apple_NY.jpg
   4. http://tidbits.com/dealbits
   5. http://tidbits.com/about/privacy.html

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