- MissionStream: Getting ready for the Holidays http://wp.me/psAE0-aw December 8, 2010
- MissionStream: The Gallery has been updated on our blog! Check out the old one here: http://wp.me/psAE0-8H And the new one here:http://wp.me/PsAE0-n. May 5, 2010
- MissionStream: Fonts that save you money? I don't believe it! Educate yourself, it's mission stream 101: http://tinyurl.com/yy9tfvy April 9, 2010
- MissionStream: And in other news, Mission Stream has been taken over by exploding pens. March 4, 2010
Money Saving Fonts
Published April 9, 2010 | 
Fonts. We all use them. While others may be content to stick with the Arial, Times New Roman, and Helveticas of the world, (the default fonts for Windows, Adobe, and Mac OS, respectively) some of us would rather stay up… Continue reading
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digital printing, economy, efficiency, environment, fonts, savvy | 
Leave a commentThe ePallete And You
Published February 21, 2010 | Pallets aren’t just for painters anymore.
Ric here with a quick tip for any designer type out there or really anyone using an art program to create coloured documents. If you’ve decided on a colour scheme (if you haven’t, consider… Continue reading
Posted in Design Corner, digital printing, Photoshop Tips | colour, Design, graphics, photoshop, tips | Leave a commentSHHH….don’t tell this to another printer!!!
Published January 27, 2010 | Need another reason to deal with us instead of the other guys?
We prefer to receive X1A PDF files when jobs are supplied to us. This way we know that all graphics and fonts will be included (and embedded) and… Continue reading
Photoshop tip of the week: Shortcuts
Published October 27, 2009 | When designing, anything that can help make the process easier and faster is always good. That’s where shortcuts come in, as they cut down the design time.
Aside from Adobe Photoshop, this can be used with InDesign and Illustrator as… Continue reading
Photoshop Tips of the Week: Colour Picker
Published September 3, 2009 | When selecting a colour to use with the Colour Picker, there’s a little help area on the side, that’s usually overlooked. Beside the box that shows what colour you chose, are two small icons. They don’t show up for every… Continue reading
The White Box…
Published September 1, 2009 | We’ve had various issues with client files not printing properly over the last few months. We kept getting a white box under some objects that had an effect, such as a drop shadow or outer glow, applied in InDesign and… Continue reading
Photoshop Tips of the Week: Changing Colour
Published August 25, 2009 | When designing, choosing colour is important. Make sure you know which colour settings you’re working under, and that it’s the right one for the printer. To check in Photoshop which setting you have, Select Image->Mode, and wherever the checkmark is,… Continue reading
Posted in Design Corner, Photoshop Tips | CMYK, colour, convert, gamut, photoshop, RGB, spectrum | Leave a commentIt’s always something…
Published August 24, 2009 | You learn something new every day. After working at Mission Stream for a year and a half, I’m still finding glitches in the programs we work with and new fixes to get around them.
When I started working at Mission… Continue reading
Printing Basics – RGB vs CMYK
Published August 10, 2009 | Computer monitors and other light emitting screens display colour as Red, Green, and Blue. Printed colours are produced using Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black. Read more to find out why! Continue reading
Posted in Design Corner, digital printing | CMYK, colour, Design, digital printing, graphics, photoshop, RGB | 1 CommentPhotoshop Tips of the Week:Dust & Scratches
Published August 10, 2009 | If you have an old photograph in Photoshop, and you want to get rid of some of the dust and other minor things in it, without having to do too much, here’s a simple and quick way.
Go under Filters->Noise->… Continue reading
Posted in Design Corner, Photoshop Tips | dust, filters, noise, old photos, photoshop, scratches | Leave a comment