Part 1 of the Controlling Chaos With Metadata series dealt with metadata that is automatically generated on file creation, such as camera data or linked files, and adding metadata, such as copyright, directly in the Metadata panel or by using Metadata Templates. Keywords are a subset of metadata that are so vital, Adobe Bridge ships with a […]
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Everyone loves a good pattern, and we’re no exception here. We’ve offered free vector patterns, tutorials on easy pattern creation in Illustrator, and more. But if you really love working with patterns and use them often, you can’t beat the creative options and time-saving features you get from a dedicated tool like Artlandia SymmetryWorks. The newly […]
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How this for a worst case scenario: you work for a publisher and need a PDF of a backlist title. The original files have gone corrupt or missing. Nobody’s got time to redo a whole book. Luckily, with a scanner, a razor blade, and some tricks in Adobe Bridge, Photoshop and InDesign you can have […]
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The world is filled with sources of color inspiration, but how do you capture and use them? A smartphone’s camera offers take-it-anywhere convenience. A calibrated scanner offers you accuracy. Wouldn’t it be cool if you could combine the two? An ideal solution would be a tiny scanner that you could carry around in your pocket, […]
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Speaking Photoshop This article is an excerpt from Speaking Photoshop CS6 by Dave Bate. You can also download this excerpt as a PDF. Content Aware Scale Photoshop’s Content Aware Scale makes it possible for you to scale an image disproportionately without distorting the main subject. How could Photoshop possibly know which pixels represent the main subject and which […]
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Recently, I wrote about a great source of free content, The Public Domain Review, where you can download free images, text, audio, and video for your projects. Here’s another nifty site where you can find public domain artwork in high resolution raster and vector format: OldBookIllustrations.com offers galleries of images in several categories that you […]
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I’m not sure which is more amazing, that Anne-Marie and I just finished our 200th podcast or that this is Articles list number 111! Even more wonderful is that as I look over “the back issues” I see that the old lists and podcasts are almost entirely still relevant today! Digital Stuff Are you creating […]
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I wrote an article a while back about how to change the color of a character style back to “ignore” so that the character style would no longer apply a color. It’s not obvious how to do that! Anyway, Susan wrote in a comment there: What I need is a character style that tints all colors […]
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Many creatives are doodlers, filling idle time by letting their random thoughts flow through a pen or pencil. But one Emerson College student’s ornate doodles are going viral, garnering international attention, and landing her a job, because she does them on her thigh instead of paper. Take this one of Walter White from the TV […]
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