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fromZDNET
4 days ago
Apple

The Apple Pencil alternative I use daily is on sale for $28 - but not for long

Productivity
fromTechCrunch
1 day ago

Best iPad apps to boost productivity and make your life easier | TechCrunch

iPads have evolved into versatile productivity tools with numerous apps available to enhance organization and focus.
Apple
fromZDNET
4 days ago

The Apple Pencil alternative I use daily is on sale for $28 - but not for long

The ESR Geo Pencil offers great value for iPad users at a significantly lower price than the Apple Pencil models.
Graphic design
fromTechCrunch
1 week ago

These iPad apps will make you wish you had more free time | TechCrunch

iPad apps can significantly enhance creativity, offering tools for digital art and video editing.
Graphic design
fromThe Verge
9 hours ago

Really, you made this without AI? Prove it

Labeling human-made content is essential as AI-generated works proliferate, creating confusion and skepticism among audiences.
#apple
Apple
fromThe Verge
1 day ago

Apple's best product ever

Apple's 50th anniversary was marked by ranking its 50 best products based on over 1.6 million votes.
Apple
fromThe Verge
1 day ago

Apple's best product ever

Apple's 50th anniversary was marked by ranking its 50 best products based on over 1.6 million votes.
Tech industry
fromFortune
3 days ago

Do creators still need Adobe in the AI era? | Fortune

Adobe must adapt to AI rapidly while maintaining trust with enterprise customers reliant on its software.
#figma
UX design
fromMedium
2 days ago

Every designer on my team ships the same quality now

Figma's integration of AI agents blurs the line between AI-generated and human-designed outputs, raising questions about the value of design work.
UX design
fromMedium
2 days ago

Every designer on my team ships the same quality now

Figma's integration of AI agents blurs the line between AI-generated and human-designed outputs, raising questions about the value of design work.
Typography
fromFast Company
3 days ago

Meta's new AI tool turns anyone into a type designer

Meta's new AI tool simplifies font design, allowing users to customize text through prompts in its Edits app.
fromThe Verge
3 days ago

AI can push your Stream Deck buttons for you

"You still set up actions in Stream Deck app the same way you always have. MCP adds a new way to trigger them," Elgato said in its announcement.
Gadgets
Photography
fromTechRepublic
3 days ago

8 Gemini AI Prompts That Turn Ordinary Photos Into Professional Portraits

Google Gemini enables users to create professional-quality portraits with well-crafted prompts, eliminating the need for studios or photographers.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
4 days ago

Psychology suggests if you still write things down on paper instead of your phone you aren't resisting progress - you've found something that works and are practicing the increasingly rare skill of not replacing it simply because something newer arrived, and that skill, applied consistently, turns out to predict a surprising number of other things about how you make decisions - Silicon Canals

Handwriting enhances cognitive engagement and memory retention compared to typing, leading to better decision-making and creativity.
Roam Research
fromZDNET
5 days ago

My favorite smart notebook for to-do lists is currently on sale

The Boox Note Air 5C offers a paperlike writing experience with advanced features and a current discount during Amazon's Big Spring Sale.
Graphic design
fromFast Company
5 days ago

Adobe Illustrator just got the holy grail of illustration tools

Turntable in Adobe Illustrator uses generative AI to convert 2D vector illustrations into 3D objects, saving time for creators.
Digital life
fromDesign Milk
1 week ago

Apple Studio Display and the Future of Creative Workflows

The new Studio Display enhances creative exchange with advanced features, positioning screens as central to communication and user experience.
Typography
fromTheregister
4 days ago

Android keyboard ditches keys, predicts what you mean

TapType is an invisible Android keyboard designed for users who cannot see the screen, developed by Aaron Hewitt, who is blind.
#design-systems
UX design
fromMedium
3 days ago

Agentic AI, Design Systems & Figma: A Practical Guide.

Designers now have unprecedented creative control over components in design systems, enabling machines to utilize existing designs effectively.
UX design
fromDesign Systems Report 2026
3 days ago

Design Systems Report 2026 - brought to you by zeroheight

Design systems are transitioning from inflated expectations to disillusionment, facing challenges in adoption, resource allocation, and executive support.
UX design
fromMedium
3 days ago

Agentic AI, Design Systems & Figma: A Practical Guide.

Designers now have unprecedented creative control over components in design systems, enabling machines to utilize existing designs effectively.
UX design
fromDesign Systems Report 2026
3 days ago

Design Systems Report 2026 - brought to you by zeroheight

Design systems are transitioning from inflated expectations to disillusionment, facing challenges in adoption, resource allocation, and executive support.
Pets
fromThe New Yorker
2 weeks ago

Why Everyone Has a Doodle Now

Doodles originated in 1989 as hypoallergenic guide dogs and became popular as healthier alternatives to purebreds, combining desirable traits from multiple breeds while appealing to social media culture.
Graphic design
fromThe Verge
4 days ago

Like it or not, AI is part of art school curriculums

Generative AI poses a significant threat to creative professionals, impacting job prospects and sparking protests among students.
Typography
fromMass-driver
5 days ago

MD UI: a Typeface for Interfacing

Typefaces deserve careful design and consideration, balancing quality and legibility while acknowledging the challenges of achieving perfection.
Apple
fromThe Verge
6 days ago

The Macintosh changed computers forever

The Macintosh revolutionized computing despite initial shortcomings, and its iconic commercial significantly raised its profile and legacy.
Online learning
fromeLearning
2 weeks ago

Building Realistic Software Simulations with Enhanced Shapes in Adobe Captivate - eLearning

Adobe Captivate records software actions and converts them into interactive eLearning courses with three modes: Demo for viewing, Training for practicing, and Assessment for testing.
Web design
fromThe Verge
3 weeks ago

You can now ask Photoshop's AI assistant to edit images for you

Adobe launches agentic AI features across Creative Cloud apps, enabling users to edit images and documents through conversational chatbot interfaces in Photoshop, Acrobat, and Express, with integration into Microsoft Copilot and ChatGPT.
#design
UX design
fromMedium
3 days ago

Designers finally have a say in the product they design.

AI empowers designers by restoring their decision-making authority in the design process.
UX design
fromMedium
1 week ago

Sorry, designers, we don't decide the future of design

Designers do not shape their field; they respond to market-driven changes, especially with the rise of AI in design processes.
UX design
fromMedium
3 days ago

Designers finally have a say in the product they design.

AI empowers designers by restoring their decision-making authority in the design process.
UX design
fromMedium
1 week ago

Sorry, designers, we don't decide the future of design

Designers do not shape their field; they respond to market-driven changes, especially with the rise of AI in design processes.
Software development
fromMedium
3 weeks ago

The last interface

AI will make software development so inexpensive that SaaS companies risk self-destruction through commoditization, while simultaneously disrupting the complex user interfaces that knowledge workers depend on daily.
fromThe Verge
2 weeks ago

The Artist Pro 27 is XP-Pen's latest 4K flagship display tablet

The Artist Pro 27 is available starting today for $1,899.99, providing a 4K resolution display with a 120Hz refresh rate and extreme color accuracy, according to XP-Pen's webstore listing.
Graphic design
UX design
fromMedium
5 days ago

The ground is shaking: Why designers must flip the script on AI

AI tools extend cognitive capabilities but lack physical understanding, creating a disconnect in design processes.
#ai-image-generation
Graphic design
fromThe Verge
2 weeks ago

Adobe's AI image generator can now be trained on your own art

Adobe launches Firefly Custom Models in public beta, enabling creators to train AI image generators on their own assets to maintain consistent artistic styles and character designs across projects.
Graphic design
fromThe Verge
2 weeks ago

Adobe's AI image generator can now be trained on your own art

Adobe launches Firefly Custom Models in public beta, enabling creators to train AI image generators on their own assets to maintain consistent artistic styles and character designs across projects.
Apple
fromEngadget
3 weeks ago

The Morning After: The new iPad Air M4 is Apple's best overall tablet

Apple's M4 iPad Air offers powerful performance but retains the same display technology from 2020 and lacks Face ID, indicating stagnation in key features despite rapid chip upgrades.
Typography
fromFast Company
3 weeks ago

Claude can turn your handwriting into a font. Here's how

Claude AI can convert handwritten characters from scanned pages into installable TrueType fonts using Python tools, eliminating the need for specialized font creation software.
Apple
fromFast Company
3 weeks ago

Photoshop's new AI assistant makes it easer than ever to edit images

Adobe launches an AI assistant for Photoshop Web and Mobile that enables intuitive photo editing through prompts, voice commands, and touch navigation, with results integrable into full Adobe creative workflows.
fromItsnicethat
3 weeks ago

How Procreate Dreams 2 is making animated storytelling more expressive than ever

Each layered element is independent, all housed within one object on your timeline. Multiple elements can be combined into a Flipbook by using the multi-select function. This allows for users to shift, organise, and retime frames.
Graphic design
Graphic design
fromThe Verge
3 weeks ago

Canva's new editing tool adds layers to AI-generated designs

Canva's Magic Layers tool converts flat images and AI-generated visuals into fully editable, layered designs with individually selectable components.
fromEngadget
1 month ago

ASUS ProArt GoPro Edition PX13 review: An incredible if pricy Windows creator laptop

With its ProArt lineup, ASUS has commendably addressed a glaring hole in the PC market by targeting video editors and other creative pros. Its latest model even uses a popular camera marque in its name: the ProArt GoPro Edition PX13. It's a true co-branding exercise, with GoPro-like styling, a dedicated GoPro hotkey, mil-spec durability for extreme outdoor users and 12 months of GoPro's Cloud Plus Premium.
Gadgets
Graphic design
fromTechCrunch
3 weeks ago

Adobe is debuting an AI assistant for Photoshop | TechCrunch

Adobe launches AI assistant for Photoshop in beta across web and mobile, enabling object removal, color changes, and lighting adjustments through natural language prompts, while expanding Firefly with generative editing tools.
Apple
fromPocket-lint
1 month ago

Your iPad can multitask like a Mac - here's how

iPadOS 26's Stage Manager with Windowed Apps enables Mac-like multitasking, allowing iPad users to resize and rearrange multiple windows simultaneously for professional productivity workflows.
#ai-assisted-design
UX design
fromNeil Patel
1 month ago

How to Use AI for Graphic Design

AI accelerates design workflows through integrated tools that enhance ideation and iteration while requiring human judgment for brand strategy and final decisions.
fromMedium
2 months ago
UX design

Designers as orchestrators, uncertain AI, designing with Cursor, how UX impacts P&L

AI in 2025 eliminated the barrier between design intent and implementation, enabling designers to translate concepts into working software and shifting roles toward agent orchestration.
UX design
fromNeil Patel
1 month ago

How to Use AI for Graphic Design

AI accelerates design workflows through integrated tools that enhance ideation and iteration while requiring human judgment for brand strategy and final decisions.
fromMedium
2 months ago
UX design

Designers as orchestrators, uncertain AI, designing with Cursor, how UX impacts P&L

Photography
fromdesignyoutrust.com
1 month ago

Incredible Behindthescenes Reels Where A Loose Doodle Evolves Into A Polished Illustration Packed With Personality And Story

A diverse collection of contemporary visual art, advertising, and inventive photography highlights creative reinterpretations, surreal manipulations, and socially aware installations across global artists and campaigns.
Artificial intelligence
fromEngadget
2 months ago

You can now create AI-generated coloring books in Microsoft Paint

Microsoft Paint can now generate AI-powered coloring-book pages from text prompts and includes Copilot+ exclusivity plus improved GPT-integrated writing and summary tools.
Web development
fromMedium
2 months ago

How the tools we use change the products we design

Design tools shape and constrain web design practices by influencing what designers create and how they create it.
#macbook-pro
Artificial intelligence
fromZDNET
1 month ago

Turn your doodles into video clips in minutes with this new AI tool - here's how

Runway's Motion Sketch creates short videos from doodles layered on images, producing impressive results with careful user guidance and requiring a paid Standard account.
Mobile UX
fromGSMArena.com
1 month ago

2026 foldables tipped to feature next-gen stylus support

Honor Magic V6 and Oppo Find N6 will support multispectral styli with extra sensors for improved accuracy, pressure sensitivity, hover detection, lower latency, and AI.
#adobe-animate
Gadgets
fromWIRED
1 month ago

Wacom's MovinkPad 11 Is a Portable, Affordable Drawing Tablet

The Wacom MovinkPad 11 is a portable Android drawing tablet offering best-in-class pen experience, good battery life, and fewer distractions than an iPad.
#figma-make
Graphic design
fromMedium
1 month ago

On craft and connivence

Relying on reused, trendy design assets can deliver quick results but leaves work vulnerable when clients demand original, high-stakes creativity.
fromEngadget
2 months ago

Adobe Photoshop upgrades its Firefly-powered generative-AI editing tools

Adobe has improved the tools for Generative Fill, Generative Expand and Remove that are powered by its Firefly generative AI platform. Using these tools for image editing should now produce results in 2K resolution with fewer artifacts and increased detail all while delivering better matches for the provided prompts.
Photography
Apple
fromZDNET
1 month ago

Apple Pencil Pro vs ESR Geo Pencil: I tested both, here's what I recommend

Apple Pencil Pro delivers premium, advanced input and tactile features for M4/M5 iPads, while ESR Geo Pencil offers broader compatibility and lower cost for most iPads since 2018.
fromThe Verge
2 months ago

Microsoft Paint can now make AI coloring books

The latter feature is aptly called "Coloring book," and lets you make blank coloring templates in version 11.2512.191.0 of Paint based on a text prompt. Users can access this feature by selecting the Coloring book option from the Copilot menu in Paint, and then describing what the design should be, such as "a cute fluffy cat on a donut." Paint will then generate four results that Paint users can click to add to their canvas. From there, you can presumably use Paint itself to color the image, or print it out to use traditional art materials.
Gadgets
fromThe Verge
1 month ago

Vibe coding Nothing's apps is fun, until you try to make them useful

After a week vibe coding apps using Nothing's Essential Apps Builder, I'm conflicted. I buy into the smartphone maker's vision for software that adapts to you, not the other way around, but right now it doesn't deliver. It's hard to see how this goes from cool novelty to a reliable tool without serious refinement, and a level of consumer patience it may struggle to find.
Artificial intelligence
Gadgets
fromKotaku
2 months ago

This Apple Pencil Alternative Drops 43% to a New Record Low, Compatible With iPad Pro and iPad Mini - Kotaku

Jamjake Stylus Pen offers a 1.5mm tip, palm rejection, magnetic attachment, broad iPad compatibility, and a 43% Amazon discount lowering price to $17.
Gadgets
fromZDNET
2 months ago

ReMarkable Paper Pro vs. Kindle Scribe: I compared the two best E Ink tablets, and this one wins

Kindle Scribe Colorsoft and ReMarkable Paper Pro are premium color note-taking e-readers offering high-quality pen-to-paper experiences, color displays, and starting prices above $600.
#apple-creator-studio
Gadgets
from24/7 Wall St.
2 months ago

An AI Smart Pen from OpenAI Sounds Weird-Until You Consider These Use Cases

OpenAI is reportedly developing a Jony Ive–designed AI smartpen (codename Gumdrop) with microphone, camera, and handwriting-digitization features that could widen consumer appeal.
fromZDNET
1 month ago

My favorite iPad Air accessories should be on every power user's list (including this Pencil alternative)

I've had an 11-inch iPad Air M2 for almost two years now, and as ZDNET's deals and shopping editor, I'm always scouting for the best accessories worth investing in (and catching on sale). I've also had the chance to review plenty of gear, ranging from mobile and MagSafe accessories, iPad cases and gadgets, smart home and kitchen appliances, and more.
Gadgets
Apple
fromAresluna
2 months ago

How to shoot a screen using a board of keys - Unsung

Mac screenshot shortcuts originated from older shortcut assignments for floppy-ejecting, producing numbering quirks such as screenshots beginning at ⌘⇧3.
Graphic design
fromMedium
2 months ago

Nano Banana Pro for Graphic Designer

Nano Banana Pro excels at ideation, exploration, visual assets, and transformations for graphic design, delivering on-brand, stylistically consistent outputs when given clear constraints.
fromMedium
3 months ago

A Practical Prompting Guide for Figma Make

One skill separates good designers: the ability to clearly articulate their intention. No matter what tool you use, whether it's a traditional UI design tool like Figma or Sketch or AI tools like Figma Make, your ability to explain what you want to see accounts for 50% of your design success. The other 50% comes from your hard and soft skills. When it comes to AI-powered design, your ability to write decent prompts will have a direct impact on the quality of your design. In this guide, I want to share some specific tips and tricks that you can use for Figma Make to maximize the output.
UX design
UX design
fromMedium
2 months ago

What makes generated UI worth keeping?

Integrate brand, real data, and reusable design patterns into AI UI generation so outputs are production-ready and avoid being discarded after demos.
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