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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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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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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Whenever I explain the concept of InCopy to new users, I’m often asked if InCopy replaces Microsoft Word in an InCopy Workflow. Truth be told, I often hear people describe InCopy as a replacement for Word. InCopy can in fact be a replacement for Word in some workflows but it can also be used as […]
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Editor’s Note: Don’t miss the earlier articles in the Photoshop Blur Gallery series: Spin Blur and Path Blur. The tilt-shift effect is a visual style which simulates two photographic techniques: rotating a lens relative to the image plane, and shifting it parallel to that plane. Hard to achieve in camera, tilt-shift is one of the batch of […]
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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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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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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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