The Articles panel is an incredible time-saver when creating EPUB files from many print documents.
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You’ve seen images that are made up of hundreds (or thousands) of smaller photos, right? Now there’s a new text version of the concept. Textify.it is a free web service and a $.99 app for iOS devices. For either version, you supply the imagery and tweak some settings, click a button, and bam! You have […]
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Being the boy in the family, it was my job to accompany Dad on the “manly” excursions such as those to the muffler shop or hardware store. One of my favorite trips in this category was to the local welder. In those days people didn’t throw things way when they broke—you made at least a […]
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Most graphic designers begin their careers with little or no training in the possibilities of paper folding. And yet, an unusual fold can make a print project a standout success. Remedy any holes in your education with the foldfactory’s Fold Picker, a 72-page booklet that resembles a Pantone fanbook. On one side of each page […]
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The Creative Group has updated its Hiring Index for Marketing and Advertising Professionals. It shows that 19 percent of the marketing and advertising executives surveyed plan to add full-time staff in the next three months. That’s a 10-point gain from the second-quarter survey. The index also reports that 87 percent of executives feel good about […]
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The two cameras Sony introduced recently are close in price: about $700 for the SLT-A35 and $650 for the NEX-C3. And they both have interchangeable lenses, though neither is a traditional SLR. But they should appeal to users with differing needs. Which would work best for you? Camera 1: The SLT-A35 The SLT-A35 (also known […]
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In Lightroom 3, Adobe has given us better options for assembling images for printing. In particular, the custom package layout style lets you organize one or more images in a layout that you can print or save to a file. You can also save your design as a template to use anytime. In this article, […]
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Two dozen amazing, interesting, and educational links about InDesign
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I don’t know what’s in the water in Buffalo, New York, but they sure do know their old-school type and printing there. Case in point: P22 Type Foundry, source for many historically inspired typefaces, is in Buffalo. Another example: The Western New York Book Arts Collaborative (WNYBAC) is a thriving letterpress printing and book arts […]
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