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The big news is that we've been given the go-ahead to join Tech Times and Tribune as a weekly newsletter, thanks largely to your ongoing and enthusiastic support. So, this week has been another busy one at DesignFestival. Tara Hornor dug up 16 great creepy vector packs you'll want to look at if your clients have you producing designs for Halloween, and we looked at 20 logos that use animals. Brian Suda - one of the web's great thinkers - gave us some great advice on enhancing your user targeting for the mobile web, which some of you may be thinking about with the recent launch of the iPhone 4S. And finally, we took a look at some incredible new technology from Adobe that de-blurs images as if by magic. There's no indication from the company as to when end-users will be able to use it, but we can pretty safely assume that it is coming in a future version of Photoshop. That's all from me! Until next edition, have a great week! Joel Falconer
Editor
SitePoint Design View
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16 Awesome Vector Packs for Creepy Halloween Illustrations It's that time of year when all the creepy-crawly and scary graphics start digging themselves out of their shallow graves! This collection of vectors are perfect for designing your creepy project. We've pulled together trees, splatters, bugs, and even skeletons. All are free to use and we even have the download links right here; just be sure to check out the owners' terms of use. Enjoy! Creepy Trees 
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Adobe Previews Deblurring Technology Adobe has unveiled a mind-blowing technology at MAX 2011: a feature that de-blurs photographs, whether they've been taken by a shaky hand or are for some reason too soft, and restores them into sharp, clear images. The demo that excited the audience the most was the restoration of blurry text on a poster into crisp, easily readable type. The technology shown is a "sneak" and Adobe says that there's no guarantee that a sneak will make its way into the next version of Photoshop or even the subsequent versions, but it is hard to see them leaving it out — that feature alone would probably move a tonne of product (and, being Photoshop, a tonne of torrents, too). You can check out video of the demo in the YouTube clip below — which, ironically, could use some deblurring technology itself. 
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Enhance User Targeting for the Mobile Web The goal for any web site should be to know your customers in order to deliver to them the most appropriate content. This goal is even more important with mobile sites — not only do you need to know your customers, but you need to know what they are likely to be doing on your mobile site, as well as where they'll be when they're doing it. Traditional web site customers are most likely sitting at a desk facing a large monitor that has a decent resolution. Visitors who are browsing your mobile site are unlikely to be in the same circumstances — they might be waiting in line, riding on the train or the bus, running to the departure gate, or lost in an unfamiliar town late at night and trying to get somewhere. 
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That's all for this issue -- thanks for reading! I'll see you next week. Joel Falconer
design@sitepoint.com
Editor, SitePoint Design View
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