August, 2014 | CreativePro Network

Story Versioning in InCopy

InCopy is a powerful edition to any workflow where collaboration between editors, copyeditors, and designers is required. The efficiency that InCopy provides is an improvement to any workflow. One of the questions that seems to pop up on a regular basis from InCopy users who have been using the workflow for a period of time […]

Tip of the Week: Super Fast Style Editing

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Why Fixed-Layout EPUB From InDesign is a Big Deal for Designers

by Gerald Schmidt From a very early glimpse (just a table with a few splashes of color) at the start of 2014, to the big unveiling earlier this summer at PePcon and the Creative Cloud launch, the new fixed-layout EPUB export feature has been, for me, the year’s main event in the InDesign world. Selecting Export […]

Big Sale on Illustrator Plug-ins

Astute Graphics, makers of an amazingly powerful (and fun) set of plug-ins for Illustrator is having a 50% off Summer Fest Sale, from now through September 10, 2014. Both new and existing customers can take advantage of the sale to purchaase new plug-ins or upgrades. To get an idea of what you can do with […]

The InDesign Conference Returns to Seattle

There are two kinds of people in the world: those who love delving into history and those who prefer to focus on the present and future. (Of course, I don’t really believe that there are only two kinds of people, but it is such a convenient saying.) My problem is that I am forever wanting […]

Photoshop Blur Gallery: Spin Blur

Learn a non-destructive, highly controllable way to apply selective blurs to images.

Find and Fix Missing Fonts in PDFs

One of the benefits of working with PDFs is that the fonts are part of the package so there aren’t any font issues, right? OK, I can hear you rolling your eyes from here. We all know that fonts are one of the biggest headaches when working with PDFs, mostly due to creators not properly […]

InDesign Secrets Video: Unexpected Uses For Quick Apply

Any time someone asks me what’s my favorite InDesign feature, I tell them without a doubt, it’s Quick Apply. It makes the job of applying styles to a large amount of text so much faster and easier, I can’t imagine going without it. Geeks be warned: the instant gratification you get with Quick Apply is […]