Glenn wrote: I usually compose a booklet as single pages and then do the imposition just before making the plates. I have noticed that drop shadows created in InDesign do not rotate when the page is rotated 180º. I have to manually change the X & Y settings to negative. Although this isn’t a major […]
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Terre Dunivant wrote: What is that icon/shortcut next to Type > Insert Break Characters >Column Break? (also Frame Break, Page Break…) Great question, Terre. These symbols on the Macintosh aren’t always obvious. However, InDesign for Windows spells it out clearly: That’s the NumEnter key (Enter on the numeric keypad). So, for example, to type a […]
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Inventive is looking for beta testers for the upcoming iClip 4. This new version is a major upgrade and features an all-new, stylish UI and much better performance. Anyone interested in beta testing iClip 4 can sign-up at https://inventive.us/iClip4/ iClip is a popular, award-winning multiple clipboard and scrapbook application with over 15,000 registered users worldwide. […]
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TemplateZone.com released a new version of its OfficeReady Business Plans software today, providing entrepreneurs with the tools they need to create a business plan quickly and easily. "I know how difficult it can be to write an effective business plan," said Jim Kinlan, president of TemplateZone.com. "Time is critical when you’re trying to get a […]
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Intelli Innovations, Inc. is pleased to release Barcode Producer 3.8, delivering QuarkXPress 7.0 (final release) support to the industry-leading barcode generation software suite for Mac OS X. “Barcode Producer is built with today’s designer in mind,” said Travis J. Hicks, Lead Project Engineer. “We’ve kept up on QuarkXPress 7.0 revisions during Quark’s development process to […]
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Filter Forge, Inc., a newcomer to the Photoshop plugin market, today released a public beta version of Filter Forge, a high-end plugin for Adobe Photoshop allowing computer artists to build their own filters — seamless textures, visual effects, distortions, patterns, backgrounds and more. The key features of Filter Forge include a visual filter editor and […]
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While the world may feel unpredictable and ever-changing, there have always been a few things you could count on to remain the same: the Cubs lose, your computer will be obsolete six months after you buy it, and camera makers write lousy software. Well, Cub fans, there’s hope! Because with the announcement of Nikon Capture […]
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• Industry mover/shaker Pamela Pfiffner shares her take on the Conference
• Hear Sandee Cohen and Kacey Crouch, two Conference speakers and all-around InDesign gurus, reveal their InDesign tips
Sandee “vector babe” Cohen mentioned this in our latest podcast, but I figured I’d better write it up here: If you have type layers (or other vector layers) in Photoshop and you want to maintain those mathematically pure vector lines while bringing the image into InDesign, you should save the Photoshop file as a PDF […]
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