April, 2002 | CreativePro Network

On the Move to InDesign: Wrapping Text

Text wrap is the setting that causes text to flow around another object. In InDesign you apply text wrap using the Text Wrap palette. Select the object you want to have text flow around, and choose Window> Text Wrap to open the palette. With no wrap applied, text flows behind the object (figure 1). Figure […]

The Nikon D1x: An Exceptional Digital Camera for Pros

Imagine a professional SLR (single lens reflex) digital camera that generates smooth, artifact-free color images, 11×16-inch prints (or larger at 240 ppi) and full-page or crossover color separations for magazines. It’s also affordable – at least for those serious about photography and digital cameras. I tested such a digital camera for a month, the Nikon […]

Hot Nikon D1x Accessories

Back in 1990, at the cusp of the digital imaging revolution, photographers labored under a false impression: “Digital imaging will set us free from planning complex film shoots and the backbreaking ordeal of toting so much equipment.” Well, the digital revolution is here; and as it turns out, there’s more stuff to spend money on, […]

Making a DVD Video Portfolio: Onscreen Menus

Until very recently, DVDs have had a certain aura of mystery about them – they were created for the big movie studios by high-end post-production facilities, professionally mastered and mass-duplicated. That’s still true for the DVDs you’re renting at Blockbuster, but DVD technology has trickled down to the desktop and the secret’s out: It’s not […]

New Dimensions: Two 3-D Modelers Open New Worlds

Three-dimensional modeling is unquestionably a niche market, but the work of talented 3D designers is evident in print, multimedia, games, and the Internet. Designing in 3D isn’t particularly esoteric or difficult to master, and once you’ve learned you can quickly produce unique and compelling graphics that would be difficult or impossible to simulate in programs […]

Under the Desktop: More Story than Storage

Out of sight, out of mind — that’s the usual attitude toward hard disk storage. Until something goes wrong. Then it’s “disarranging” time as described in the Stones’ classic, “19th Nervous Breakdown.” While content creators often focus on storage performance for functions such as Photoshop scratch disks and video streaming, the reliability of your hard […]

On the Move to InDesign: Suppress Printing!

In QuarkXPress 4, you can stop an object from printing by selecting it and then choosing Item> Modify. At the bottom of that dialog box you check the Suppress Printing option. InDesign 2 has a similar feature located in a different position. Let’s say you want to add notes to a document, but you don’t […]

The Art of Business: Mastering Meetings

They’re fun sometimes, even productive now and again, but group meetings can also be excruciating, demoralizing, and pointless. They’re particularly tough on creative professionals entering the client’s world without the benefit of having learned the subtle rules, faux pas, and internal politics that consume some offices. Plus, you’re going into the meeting alone or perhaps […]

Work That Text: The Power Behind Typographic Collages

Direct Impact The principal reason for the presence of copy in a piece of design work is to convey specific information to the viewer, whereas a text-free work that uses only images depends on the viewer to draw the correct conclusions. Text can have a positive aesthetic impact on a piece. And what’s more, by […]