Posted by: zisealh
in Apple Updates on Feb 12, 2010
Apple ipad Tablet
Entry-level price of $US499 ($560).
- Scaled up iphone without the phone.
- New step in the evolution of portable digital devices.
- The best way to experience the web, email, photos, and video.
FEATURES
Heres some of the things people are saying about the iPad:
THUMBS UP
- Great-looking device
- Large Multi touch screen
- Portrait or Landscape
- Thin and Light 9.7 inches
- Excellent Colour and contrast
- Easy to carry
- High Resolution
- 3G
- 10 hours battery life
- Wireless
- Bluetooth wireless headphone jack
- Powerful built-in speaker
- Speedy Apple A4 processor
- Books, videogames, movies, maps, newspapers and television shows will be distributed through the iPad
- i Book - Great way to read and buy books
- Spotlight search
- 140,000 apps at your fingertips
THUMBS DOWN
- Virtual Keyboard is awkward to type on
- No multitasking
- No USB Port
- No Adobe Flash
- No camera or iChat capabilities
- No HDMI port
- 4:3 aspect ratio only
- Dependant on adapters
For more info visit apple website - http://www.apple.com/ipad
Posted by: Zise01
in Zise Blog on Feb 1, 2010
Over the past few months we have been developing a new website for Paul Arnold which showcases his photography and framing options.
This website allows you to select various framing options including sizes, frames, frame colours and matt-boards. The terrific thing about this site is you can see all these changes in 'live' preview, therefore you can see what your buying before you purchase.
Paul Arnold also sells limited edition prints which gives a selection of limited editions frames.
The next time you are thinking of Jazzing up your office, reception or lobby why not consider a true piece of the Territory.
Oh you should also know that the frames are made right here in the NT.
Why not check out the new site now at:
www.paularnold.com.au
Posted by: Zise01
in Zise Blog on Jan 18, 2010
Hi All,
Happy New Year to you all and best wishes for a fabulous 2010!
Some of you may have noticed that we haven't posted on our blog for quite sometime.. our apologies for the delay but we are back on board and looking forward to a fantastic year.
Here's an update of whats been happening over the last few months - apart from working hard :)
Welcome Amelia - our new staff member!
Amelia is a creative and talented designer who has been working in the industry for more than 3 years. Amelia is energetic, professional and a dedicated designer with a passion for advertising and media.
We welcome Amelia on board and hope she enjoys the her new role at Zise.
Renovating Zise
Over the last few months we have been busy renovating our design firm and getting messy with paint! We have had some fantastic feedback on the new look and are very proud of the outcomes.
Zise has a Print Room!
Over the last month we have established a print room so that clients can order their printing on-site with their designs.
We are fully equipped with 2 Large Format Printers and a Brand New - Top of the Range Digital Printer that offers Folding, Booklet Making, Business Cards, Postcards and much much more.
We can also print of various paper stocks and thicknesses.
Have a look at our digital printing page... click here
Upgrading our Website
During this busy time, we have also been updating our website as it needed an overhaul.. our content pages have been reformatted and we will be making slight changes over the next few weeks.
Posted by: Zise01
in Zise Blog on Dec 7, 2009
Over the last few months Zise has had the wonderful opportunity to train the ladies at Bima Wear how to Digitise and Design their screen prints on the computer.
Over a total of five weeks the ladies have been learning and practicing using a Digital Camera, Adobe Illustrator and Wacom Tablets. Using these tools and software, the ladies have created new designs for their screen prints and have also fixed up and re-digitised all of their older prints from the last 40 years.
In total the women would have designed well over 100 new designs and re-digitised and fixed more than 50 old screens. This is an incredible accomplishment!
It was a very exciting development and we thoroughly enjoyed our time at Bima Wear. We have made life-long friends and wish the Bima Wear Women the best of luck in the future and look forward to our next visit!
The Bima Wear Women - Unfortunately three of the women are missing in this photo.
Here is an example of one of the pieces that was completed using Adobe Illustrator and Wacom Tablet
And Another one!
An example of a re-digitised screen. A photo was taken of the original screen and then digitised with Adobe Illustrator and Wacom Tablets.
Posted by: Zise01
in Zise Blog on Nov 25, 2009
Sorry for the vast distances between posts... As promised here are some more handy tips for typography and some links to find out more!
Understanding The Basics
- The Type Size, also called the Cap Height, is the overall height of capital letters in the formation of words.
- The Ascender is the upward tail on letters like h, l, t, b, d, and k.
- The Descender is the downward tail for letters like g, q, and y.
- The Counter is the white space located inside letters like o and p.
- The X Height is the height of the letter, and does not include ascenders or descenders.
- Tracking (the horizontal space between each character)
- Leading (the space vertically between lines of text - name comes from the physical piece of lead that used to be used in mechanical printing process to separate lines of text)
- Kerning (the amount a character's horizontal space encroaches into it's neighbour.)
- Baselines are the boundary that the lowest part of the letter rests on.
Type Alignment
- Default writing techniques will use left alignment to create easy to read text for the reader. Casual letters, unpublished manuscripts, and basic paragraph styles tend to fall into this category.
- Center alignment is used to draw attention and is used a majority of the time for Headlines or Titles. Newspaper headers, book titles, and report titles are excellent examples of center alignment.
- Right Alignment is a clean crisp professional look and is used quite a bit for corporate business letters, return address labels, business cards and a variety of other applications where a formal style of alignment is needed.
- Justified alignment. This type of alignment creates perfect alignment on both the left and right margins without regard for the actual characters. This can lead to a condition called tracking, or the creation of “rivers” of white space throughout the text body. If this happens, reduce the tracking gradually to correct the illusion.
You can read more about the information above by visiting -
Posted by: Zise01
in Zise Blog on Oct 30, 2009
Hey Everyone,
Well we have finally managed to find a little time to post on our blog. Sorry for the delay and we will post part two of the Design Essentials Soon!
So what have we been doing lately? We have been very busy people designing all kinds of new and exciting things. We hope to post some of our new work to the blog soon :)
In the meantime, here is a look at the Danila Dilba Experience website.
Please click on the images to go to their live site.
Posted by: Zise01
in Graphic Design on Sep 25, 2009
Over the next little while we will be posting some information relating to Design Essentials. We hope you enjoy the postings.
Lets start by explaining typefaces.
Type is used for a variety of purposes and is basically surrounding us. There are plenty of ways typography is used, such as in books, posters, newsletters, cards and just about anything you could think about.
Typography not only helps the communication process but is also used for creative and artistic reasons. For instance, type can be very useful in attracting a viewer or consumer to your brand. There are a variety of options you must face when using typography and these will be explained in our later posts.
To start with, here is some information on typefaces. You will notice that the most common typefaces are Serif and Sans Serif.
Serif - This typeface has the little strokes on the ends of each letter. Serif is used most commonly in printed materials such as magazines, books etc.
Sans Serif - This sytle of typeface has clean ending and are typically used for headings, signage and other areas where you need high readability (print).
When using typefaces for the Web, you will notice that most of these are using the Sans Serif Typeface as it is easier to read on lower screen resolutions monitors.
Common Sans Serif typefaces are Arial, Verdana and Helvetica
Ornamental Typeface - These are usually used for decorative purposes and are not really suitable for body text.
Symbol Typeface - This is used for symbol purposes. An example of a symbol typeface is wingdings or Dingbats
Script Typeface - The usuage of this typeface is to simulate handwriting or calligraphy. This typeface is not usually used with body text as it becomes difficult to read.
Here are a couple more you can read about :)
Monospaced Typeface
Gaelic Typeface
Blackletter Typeface
Mimicry Typeface
Stay tuned for our next posting...
Posted by: Zise01
in Apple Updates on Sep 18, 2009
The new software update for the iphone has been released which gives some new features and also improves on some of the old features.
Here is a couple...
- Genius Recommendations for Apps
- Genius Mixes
- Download Ringtones Wirelessly
- Organise Apps in iTunes
- Improved Syncing
You can check out all the latest news by clicking here
Posted by: Zise01
in Zise Blog on Sep 8, 2009
A Visually Challenging Photographic and Graphic arts collaboration between Creative Light Studios and Zise.
"Second Skin"
Posted by: Zise01
in Zise Blog on Aug 27, 2009
360 degree Panoramas showcase your room, house, garden or just about anything as a 360 degree tour. You also have the option of panning up and down... allowing you the ability to dazzle people with your 360 degree tour.
Finlays 360 example
Buslink 360 example
We also offer the ability to stitch together your photos to create a normal panoramic image. Please enquire for further information.
