July, 2016 | CreativePro Network

InFocus: July 2016

In excerpts from Why Fonts Matter by Sarah Hyndman, this article explains the psychological effects of fonts on the reader, for the purpose of helping you use type more effectively.

Make Videos Anywhere, Anytime With Adobe Premiere Clip

Video editing and production is a part of my everyday life as a content creator on YouTube. While traveling or when I need to share something in social media with my audience, I put away my camera gear and laptop and then default to the simplest tool I have. My smartphones. Producing and editing video […]

This Month in InDesign Articles, July 2016

This Month in InDesign Articles presents news, tutorials, tips, and more from around the Web for InDesign users.

The Hidden Impact of Phone Conversion Tracking on Print Ads

Article presented by GotPrint.com Shopping behaviors have evolved significantly in the past few years. There are many offline and online touch points average consumers interact with before making a buying decision. If your business requires any type of interaction with a sales representative or you invest in offline ads, phone conversion tracking should be on […]

Free Lynda.com Video: Photoshop Creative Cloud Updates

One of the touted benefits of Adobe’s Creative Cloud was that we’d get smaller batches of new features more often than in the past. Not does this get those features in your hands faster, it also means there’s less you have to learn each time. So why doesn’t it feel any easier to keep up with all the […]

Chartwell Typeface: Update

In 2011, Mike Rankin featured the story of the Chartwell typeface. It is a collection of fonts that can display various graphs in one of seven ways thanks to clever use of ligatures: Pie charts Line graphs (with fills) Vertical bars Horizontal bars Rose charts Ring charts Radar charts Since then, the Chartwell typeface has […]

Tip of the Week: Creating Color Groups From Selected Items

With this InDesign tip you can quickly create new color groups in the Swatches panel from the colors used in selected items in your layout.

Using Illustrator’s Live Paint Selection Tool

If you’re an Illustrator user, you are probably familiar with the Live Paint tool (and if you aren’t, you owe it to yourself to become acquainted with it). Although that tool is a powerful ally for adding color to Illustrator objects, I find its less popular sibling to be even more beneficial. I’m talking about the […]

All Your Creative Cloud Assets in One Place

Creative Cloud Libraries and the Creative Cloud in general offer real interconnectivity among the Adobe apps, no matter where you choose to work. And while they provide a convenient place to store and re-use assets, each app interacts with libraries and the Creative Cloud slightly differently. With so many pieces of the puzzle, having one […]