September, 2010 | CreativePro Network

This Week in InDesign Articles, Number 40

More articles, more tips, more videos, more InDesign goodness!

Scanning Around With Gene: The Art of Inadequate Gift Giving

I grew up in a house with lots of magazines and liquor. My father was a buyer for a small chain of supermarkets and those were two of his departments. So we ended up with many free samples, which included complementary magazine subscriptions and an assortment of alcohol. One of my favorite magazines was Family […]

Three New Lumix Lenses Include One for 3D

Press Release Panasonic announced three new interchangeable lenses for its LUMIX G Series of cameras, including the world’s first interchangeable 3D lens, the H-FT012. The lenses, all based on the Micro Four Thirds System standard, are compact while featuring high optical performance and are compatible with Panasonic’s LUMIX DSLMicro cameras, such as the newly announced […]

Panasonic's LUMIX GH2 Shoots Stills & HD Video; Compatible with 3D Lens

Press Release Panasonic announced the LUMIX DMC-GH2, a hybrid touch-control camera featuring full High Definition (HD) video recording and compatibility with the world’s first(1) interchangeable 3D lens. The LUMIX GH2 elevates the company’s revolutionary LUMIX G Series, its line of Digital Single Lens Micro (DSLM) cameras that deliver professional-level features and performance in a compact […]

New Neenah Website Debuts Impressive Technology for Designers

Press Release Neenah has launched a totally redesigned and retooled website, neenahpaper.com. Designed to engage today’s Neenah customer in ways no other industry site can, it is a significant feat for a paper company and a unique investment into creative tools that marry paper and technology. “We’ve made a significant investment in studying what today’s […]

What Designers do for Fun: InDesign Music Videos

A rap song about InDesign and professional typography — yes, that’s what I said — is just the right pick-me-up for hard-working designers.

Inheriting style settings

A seemingly small, yet incredibly powerful feature, that InDesign contains is the ability to base Styles (Table, Cell, Object, Paragraph, Character) on existing Styles. You can even base Master Pages on other Master Pages? The reason that I personally like this feature so much, is that it allows you to re-use existing publication templates and very quickly alter the designs.

Updated Free Live Preflight Profiles for CS4 and CS5

The free preflight profiles available from VIGC have been improved and expanded.

New Plug-In Lets You Search Getty Images Inside Photoshop

Press Release Getty Images, Inc., has released its LiveComp plug-in for Adobe Photoshop that enables designers and creatives to search and import creative content from Getty Images directly into Photoshop. Rather than having to leave the application, locate and download an image from the Getty Images site and then upload into Photoshop, LiveComp lets you […]