January, 2012 | CreativePro Network

Get Your Old Scripts Running Again with “MakeItRun”

A new, free script from Automatication (Martinho da Gloria) lets you run orphaned older Javascripts in the current version of InDesign

Have Fun, Win an iPad

I don’t know of anyone who always has fun at work. There will inevitably be bits you don’t like: paperwork, the commute, something like that. But since you’re a creative person, you’ve probably found ways to bring the fun even when it’s in short supply naturally. Now it’s time to share your strategies and, potentially, […]

Type Is Everywhere

For typophiles, just walking down a city street can be a source of joy and despair. We can find beautiful typography everywhere, but often, it’s on old signs, buildings, or storefronts that are about to make way for something new and, often, generically dull. “Vernacular Typography” is a Kickstarter project from Molly Woodward, a Brooklyn […]

Make Text Look Like Chrome

Excerpted from InDesign FX on lynda.com. A highly reflective chrome effect may look like it was tricky to create, but in reality, all you need is a simple gradient fill, using as few as three color stops to create a convincing chrome effect in InDesign. The key is to create a point somewhere in the […]

Podcast 165

• Interview with Chris Kitchener, InDesign Senior Product Manager
• Quizzler! Code Breaker!

Is Apple's eBook Tool Right for Graphic Designers?

While it’s true that more print books than electronic books were sold last year, eBooks are still big business, and a potential income source for graphic designers. That’s one reason why Apple’s new software, called iBooks Author, is worthy of your attention. Like most Apple programs, iBooks Author is meant to be easy to use, […]

Scanning Around With Gene: More on Children’s Safety

Last week, I looked at illustrations from a booklet on bicycle safety published in the early 1940s by the Police Safety Council. Because the booklet was intended to change behavior by frightening the readers, most of the kids in those drawings ended up badly hurt, crippled for life, or worse, very dead. This week is […]

Releasing Inlines

How to move an inline graphic out of the text flow.

This Dress Code Will Inspire You

Andre Andreev and Dan Covert are the principles of Dress Code, a New York design agency. They began the company five years ago to “create work that wasn’t defined by a certain style or limited to any particular medium”, and their subsequent projects certainly have been eclectic: motion graphics for MTV; a printed book for […]