March, 2012 | CreativePro Network

Podcast 169

• Interview with Keith Gilbert, InDesign trainer and consultant
• Changing Document size: Not as straightforward as you think
• Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Scissors Tool

Add Custom Text at the Beginning of Each Line

When you need to add text to the beginning of each line automatically, this trick can really come in handy!

"The History of Graphic Design" Comes to iPad

The definitive textbook for the study of graphic design has long been The History of Graphic Design by the late Philip B. Meggs. First published in 1983, the book was “the first time the words ‘History’ and ‘Graphic Design’ were used together in a book title,” wrote Steven Heller, perhaps America’s most prolific chronicler of […]

Free For All: Photo and Font Resources, plus Pinterest

Cupcake Ipsum No one in our business doesn’t know — and isn’t at least mildly bored with — the placeholder text Lorem Ipsum. The design helper is ideally suited for its purpose of substituting for live text yet is so nonsensical that it forces clients to focus on how the text is formatted rather than […]

Video Tutorial: Drop Caps from A to Z

The two Drop Cap settings in the Control panel are just the beginning of the story. Watch this video to make your Drop Caps do all sorts of tricks!

This Week in InDesign Articles, Number 86

Marching forth into awesome InDesign links, articles, videos, and tutorials! You gotta’ check this out!

How to become an Adobe Certified Expert (ACE)

Keith, who has taken many more Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) exams than he cares to remember, shares some tips on the ACE process.

Companies Ready to Hire Creative Pros

The job market for creative professionals in marketing and advertising in the second quarter of this year shows some signs of life, according to a study by the Creative Group. Of the marketing and advertising executives polled who are responsible for hiring in those markets, 13 percent say that they plan to add full-time staff […]