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Changes in the Undo string
One of the more controversial changes in ID CS3 has to do with how the Undo commands are recorded. In previous versions of InDesign a change in the Preview mode or Show/Hide Guides was not added to the Undo string. In CS3 that behavior is changed. If you switch from Normal to Preview mode, that […]
Continue readingPictures of ADIM X
Thanks to photographer Gary Young for these images. Nina Scerbo and her feathered friend. Tammy Aramian had a fine costume. Abbas Rizvi was an ADIM X speaker. Me in a coat that says, “Dolly Rogers’ Discount Software. Prices Slashed.” I was a software pirate. Russell Brown. Also Russell Brown. Russell Brown again.
Continue readingGreen at Work: Tips From Xerox to Reduce, Recycle and Recharge in the Office
Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX) knows a thing or two about offices. The company has provided technology for 48 years that helps office workers get work done faster and simpler. Today Xerox also helps workplaces reduce their dependency on paper by encouraging the use of more digital systems and document management services. The benefit is a […]
Continue readingGet Your Art Travel Itinerary Ready! AmericanStyle Readers Reveal the Nation's Favorite Arts Destinations
Art lovers across the country will be planning their summer art travel itineraries this week as AmericanStyle magazine releases the results of its 10th annual Top 25 Arts Destinations readers’ poll. For the fourth consecutive year, New York City has taken the top spot in the Big Cities category. Since the poll’s inception, New York […]
Continue readingAdobe to Open Source Flex
Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq: ADBE) today announced plans to release source code for Adobe® Flex™ as open source. This initiative will let developers worldwide participate in the growth of the industry’s most advanced framework for building cross-operating system rich Internet applications (RIAs) for the Web and enabling new Apollo applications for the desktop. The open […]
Continue readingIdée's Recognition–based Image Tracking Service Monitors 20 Million Images
As the tide of digital production and electronic distribution has grown in today’s media and entertainment industry, Idée Inc., a visual search and image recognition company, has been quietly watching over the collections of some of the world’s biggest image license holders. Today Idée monitors more than 20 million client images using its recognition-based image […]
Continue readingBuild a Tilt-Shift Camera Lens for Peanuts
Tutorial compliments of “Make:” magazine. One of the fancier lenses in the world of SLR and digital SLR (DSLR) photography is the tilt-shift lens. You might not know what these lenses look like, but you probably have seen their effects. Architectural photographers use tilt-shift lenses to eliminate the perspective distortions that sometimes give buildings the […]
Continue readingCreating See-Through Text
Our colleague and contributor Pariah Burke came up with this fun trick (works in CS2 and CS3) for making transparent text in the article he and Anne-Marie wrote in the last issue of InDesign Magazine. First, make a sandwich: Background image in back, then a frame with a fill of some color (such as Paper), […]
Continue readingHiring Managers Share Top 12 Wackiest Resume Blunders in New CareerBuilder.com Survey
You’ve used all your creative juices to build a résumé that stands out in the crowd – but have you gone overboard? Hiring managers and human resource professionals nationwide shared the most unusual résumé blunders they came across in a recent CareerBuilder.com survey: Candidate included that he spent summers on his family’s yacht in Grand […]
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