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Monthly Archives: September 2014

Designer Imagines Beer in Pantone Swatches

Spanish designer Txaber imagines a world where beer lovers choose their brew by Pantone color. Wrapping the suds in cans and bottles with nothing more than a field of color paired with the brew type and Pantone number, the designer lets the product inside speak for itself. The design features a striking contrast between the […]

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Tip of the Week: Color Shortcuts

This tip was sent to Tip of the Week email subscribers on September 18, 2014. Sign up now and every week you’ll get a new InDesign Tip of the Week and Keyboard Shortcut of the Week, along with roundups of new articles at InDesignSecrets and CreativePro, plus exclusive deals sent right to your Inbox! Just scroll all the […]

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Creating a Blend Mode Test Layer in Photoshop

Blending Modes use a top layer to change the appearance of the layer, or layers below. This image shows the results of adding a blue fill layer and a blending mode above the original image. Blending Mode Before and After It radically changes the appearance of the underlying photo without damaging the photo. You can […]

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The Apple Watch Effect

Unless you were trapped under a rock (or a pile of Android tablets) recently, you undoubtedly have heard about Apple’s new iWatch, er, Apple Watch. The glossy wearable gadget got more press attention than a Kardashian running for President. And whether you think the Apple Watch is a game-changing gizmo or a crazy contrivance, you had to have some […]

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InDesign Secrets Video: Converting Local Formatting to Styles

If somewhere on this Earth there existed a stone tablet on which were carved the Ten Commandments of InDesign, you can bet your bottom dollar that the words “Thou Shalt Not Commit Local Overrides” would be at the top of the list. Having a cleanly styled document has many benefits, regardless if your document is […]

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Free Webinars on Typography

I’m not a typophile. I don’t have an opinion on Frutiger vs. Helvetica vs. Clearview. I can put two typefaces together and see if they look pleasant, but it’s visual trial and error all the way. I’ve been wanting to rectify this deficiency in my design diet. I guess the typography gods must have been […]

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Big Problem with FindChangeByList (and an easy fix)

The FindChangeByList script is a marvel, and I’ve used it many times to clean up documents. For example, double-clicking this script in the Scripts panel will convert all your double-dashes to em dashes, remove multiple spaces in a row and spaces at the beginning of a paragraph, and more. I’ve recorded a movie about it […]

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