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      <description>These articles that had the largest increase in popularity over the last week</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:04:45 +0000</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Color Properties]]></title>
            <link>http://graphicdesign.about.com/od/colorbasics/ss/hsv_2.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The HSV color space is important to look at because it describes color based on three properties: Hue, Saturation and Value. As you edit these values, the full spectrum of colors can be created.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Paul Rand Profile]]></title>
            <link>http://graphicdesign.about.com/od/designerprofiles/a/paul_rand.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Paul Rand was one of the most famous and influential graphic designers in history. He is best known for his logo design and corporate branding, creating timeless icons such as the IBM and ABC television logos.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Notable Review]]></title>
            <link>http://graphicdesign.about.com/od/projectmanagementsoftware/fr/notableapp.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Notable is an excellent web-based application for providing and sharing feedback on website designs, code and content. Through a simple, clean interface, users can capture web pages, take notes on specific areas of the design or code, and collaborate with their team or clients.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Career Paths]]></title>
            <link>http://graphicdesign.about.com/od/education/tp/career_paths.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[There are many career paths to take within the field of graphic design. Graphic designers may choose to work as book designers, in web design, branding, illustration, logo design or often a combination of several fields.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[How To Design a Website]]></title>
            <link>http://graphicdesign.about.com/od/websitedesign/ss/website_7.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[When a web design mockup is ready, the pages need to be turned into actual web pages written in HTML and CSS.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Photoshop Save for Web Tool]]></title>
            <link>http://graphicdesign.about.com/od/howto/ss/save_for_web_4.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[As a graphic designer, you may often be asked to deliver web-ready images, such as photos for a web site or banner ads. The Photoshop &amp;#8220;Save for Web&amp;#8221; tool is a simple and easy way to prepare your JPEG files for the web, helping with the trade-off between file size and image quality.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Illustrator Type Tools]]></title>
            <link>http://graphicdesign.about.com/od/illustratortutorials/ss/ai_type_3.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[There are several tools for creating type, all found on the Illustrator toolbar, and each with a different function.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Website Navigation]]></title>
            <link>http://graphicdesign.about.com/od/effectivewebsites/tp/website_nav_types.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Navigation is a key element of any website. It&amp;#8217;s how the user gets from section to section, and to your content. Aside from creating something unique, there are several options for navigation in site design that are quite common, and for a good reason&amp;#8230; they help the user browse your site easily.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Working on a Retainer]]></title>
            <link>http://graphicdesign.about.com/od/freelancing/a/retainer.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[A retainer is a fee paid for a pre-determined amount of time or work. Most commonly, a percentage of a retainer is paid up-front for a specified number of hours or days of work within a time period.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[What the Font]]></title>
            <link>http://graphicdesign.about.com/od/typographyfonts/fr/what_the_font.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[What the Font is a great tool that can help identify fonts. Just upload an image or enter an image URL and let &quot;What the Font?!&quot; do the rest, telling you what font is being used.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Color Separation]]></title>
            <link>http://graphicdesign.about.com/od/printproductionglossary/g/separation.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Color separation is the process by which original artwork is separated into individual color components for printing. ]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Letter Anatomy]]></title>
            <link>http://graphicdesign.about.com/od/typographyfonts/tp/letter_anatomy.01.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[There is a standard set of terms to describe the parts of a character. These terms, and the parts of the letter they represent, are often referred to as &quot;letter anatomy&quot; or &quot;typeface anatomy.&quot; By breaking down letters into parts, a designer can better understand how type is created and altered and how to use it effectively.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Print vs Web Design]]></title>
            <link>http://graphicdesign.about.com/od/printvsweb/a/print_vs_web.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[An overview of the differences between designing for print and for the web, with a a focus on audience, layout, color, technology and careers.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Photoshop Crop Tool]]></title>
            <link>http://graphicdesign.about.com/od/howto/ss/photoshop_crop_6.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The Photoshop crop tool serves two main purposes. The first is to crop, which means to cut out an area of an image by selecting the area that you wish to keep. It is also handy for quickly resizing images. These functions can also be used at the same time to crop and resize a photo (or any type of image) at once.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Lipsum.com Text Generator]]></title>
            <link>http://graphicdesign.about.com/od/onlineresources/fr/lipsum.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Lipsum.com is an online resource that generates any requested length of Lorem Ipsum dummy text for graphic design projects.]]></description>
            <category>money</category>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Graphic Design Process]]></title>
            <link>http://graphicdesign.about.com/od/graphicdesignbasics/ss/process_5.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Before moving into the actual design of a project, it is helpful to create some simple sketches of the layout.]]></description>
            <category>money</category>
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            <title><![CDATA[Photoshop Clone Stamp Tool]]></title>
            <link>http://graphicdesign.about.com/od/howto/ss/clone_stamp_5.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Learn to use the clone stamp tool in Adobe Photoshop to retouch photos by copying one area of an image onto another area.]]></description>
            <category>money</category>
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            <title><![CDATA[Shapes]]></title>
            <link>http://graphicdesign.about.com/od/elementsofgooddesign/a/shapes.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Shapes are at the root of graphic design. They are figures and forms that make up logos, illustrations and countless other elements in all types of designs. Altering the size, form, angles, colors and other characteristics of the shapes in a design can significantly impact its message and success.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Questions for Clients]]></title>
            <link>http://graphicdesign.about.com/od/career/a/ask_clients.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[At the start of a project, it is important to know what to ask graphic design clients to gather as much information as possible. This will often occur before you have landed a job, as it is necessary to have this meeting to help determine the cost and timeframe of the project.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Free Fonts from Dafont.com]]></title>
            <link>http://graphicdesign.about.com/od/wheretoget/fr/dafont.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Dafont is a free font website, offering downloadable freeware, shareware, demo and public domain typefaces for windows and mac.]]></description>
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