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A Multitude of Mockups
Creating realistic mockups can be a key step in the process of bringing a new design concept to life and getting it approved by a client. It can also help you spot the strengths and flaws in a design that might not be apparent when it’s only flat pixels in Illustrator or Photoshop. But creating […]
Continue readingWhat’s New in Adobe Illustrator CC
In my opinion, there are some pretty useful updates to Illustrator CC 17.1 (January 2014). We now can finally round the corners on our paths easily and even create custom panels for tools we use all the time. There are even enhancements to age-old features and tools like the Pencil and Pen tools, and how […]
Continue readingOriginal Pin: The Customizable Pinhole Camera Kit
Pinhole cameras are fun and fascinating tools (and toys) for anyone interested in photography. And Kickstarter has been the source of some fantastic new pinhole designs. Last year, we saw the awesome Pop-up Pinhole Project. And now comes Original Pin, the pinhole camera kit that’s also a 3D puzzle. source: kickstarter.com Backers of the project get […]
Continue readingUsing InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop Together: Moving Vectors
Vectors (aka paths) are very powerful items. Unlike pixel art that can look lousy when scaled beyond a certain point, vectors are mathematical objects that can be scaled up and down with no loss of information. Most designers use Illustrator to create their vector graphics. But there are vector tools in InDesign and Photoshop as […]
Continue reading3D Printing With Photoshop CC
Adobe has been building increasingly sophisticated 3D modeling tools into Photoshop, and this month’s release of Photoshop CC (14.2) offers the most powerful techniques yet. Now the program has been updated with the ability to generate reliable models suitable for 3D printing. And if you have a 3D printer connected to your computer, you can […]
Continue readingPodcast 206
• News- PePcon speakers and sessions posted, Anne-Marie at ADIM14, new lynda.com InDesign CC to EPUB title released
• All about the latest InDesign CC update (9.2)
• 3 New Things we each want to learn in 2014
• Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Autogrow
What is that Mysterious Space Character in InDesign?
Unicode lets you insert tens of thousands of different characters into your text, even including all kinds of crazy characters. But just because you can insert a character doesn’t mean that InDesign will know what it is or what to do with it. This became apparent a little while ago when someone sent me a […]
Continue readingTypeTalk: The Best of 2013
In the world of fonts, January is a month of lists. Whether they’re called Best of, Favorites, or Best Sellers, they all enable designers to see what’s new, what’s hot, and what’s trending. Some lists are from major font resellers whose libraries consist of not only their own designs, but also the work of numerous other foundries as […]
Continue readingApple App Store Submission Guide
Adobe has opened up the world of digital publishing by creating the Digital Publishing Suite of tools that work with InDesign, and including DPS tools and services in Creative Cloud. But the process of working with a client and successfully publishing a project to the Apple App Store involves many more details and hurdles even […]
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