March, 2013 | CreativePro Network

Take Charge With Adobe Bridge

One of the most frustrating tasks any photographer, artist, or designer faces is trying to find files they know they have somewhere on their drive, but can’t remember where they put them, what they named them, or when they created them in the first place. Adobe Bridge is packed with features designed to help users […]

Unique Lettering Styles from Handmadefont

Struggling to find just the right font to make a striking title or drop cap for a project? Maybe what you need isn’t a font at all, but custom lettering from a source like handmadefont.com, where you can buy high-quality lettering in an incredible variety of shapes from cucumbers to concrete, flowers to fur, diamonds […]

Using Pattern Brushes in Illustrator

The following content is excerpted from The Adobe Illustrator CS6 WOW! Book by Sharon Steuer. Copyright © 2013. Used with permission of Pearson Education, Inc. and Peachpit Press. To create these stylized science-fiction robots, Raymond Larrett saved extensive tedious rendering by building the robot limbs using a custom pattern brush. Working this way allows him […]

File Packaging “Feature” Can Cause Problems in DPS Workflows

In the past I’ve had very little use for the package command in InDesign because for the most part all I ever sent anywhere was PDFs, but with Digital Publishing Suite, that’s changed…a lot. Why? Because now I’m working with clients that want and need the packaged InDesign files after all the work of adding […]

Get Credit (and Cash) for Your Online Photos with Imgembed

For a long time, designers and photographers have faced a dilemma when it comes to placing images online. You want your images to look their best, and you want them to get a lot of attention. But at the same time you also want to ensure you get credit for your creations and prevent any […]

LiveSurface brings design concepts to life

Here’s the scenario: you’ve come up with an idea for a new logo for a big client. You want to create some realistic imagery to help you and the client both visualize how that logo will look on anything from a bottle to a billboard to a bus. What do you do next? Grab some […]

Herb Lubalin and Expressive Typography

Herb Lubalin was the original editor and design director of U&LC — and a daring designer himself.

ColliderScribe: the smarter version of SmartGuides

If you’ve used Creative Suite apps like Photoshop, InDesign, or Illustrator, you’re probably familiar with SmartGuides, those temporary guides that appear when you manipulate objects. SmartGuides aim to help you by snapping objects into alignment as you move them. The only trouble is, sometimes SmartGuides don’t seem very smart, snapping objects into every possible alignment […]