July, 2011 | CreativePro Network

Download Dozens of Free InDesign Templates

Beginning with InDesign CS5, Adobe didn’t package templates along with the application software. InDesignSecrets (co-founded by David Blatner and Anne-Marie Concepcion) has remedied that situation by hosting dozens of the templates on a special section of the InDesignSecrets website. Here’s a taste of the types of templates available to you: Books Brochures Business Cards Catalogs […]

For Better Photos, Learn How to Recognize Good Light

A few years ago, I went to an exhibit of Impressionist paintings at the Palace of the Legion of Honor in San Francisco. At one point, I rounded a corner into another gallery room. Just by chance, the room cleared out as I entered, and I found myself at the perfect distance for viewing Monet’s […]

New Mac OS, Lion, Causes Problems with Many Adobe Apps

On July 20, 2011, Apple let Lion out of its cage. While this software, also known as Mac OS X 10.7, may be just a cub, it’s already biting many Adobe applications. Adobe has noted the current known issues in a tech note. There are problems that are specific to certain apps, including Acrobat, Dreamweaver, […]

This Week in InDesign Articles, Number 62

From EPUB to Lion, from DPS to CS5, we have (links to) it all!

Major Update to Photo App for the iPhone

The image editor Adobe Photoshop costs $699.00. The image editor FX Photo Studio costs $1.99. (That’s one dollar and ninety-nine cents.) I’m not saying that FX Photo Studio, which runs on the iPhone, is anywhere near as powerful as Photoshop, but it’s pretty cool nonetheless, especially for something that costs less than a small latte. […]

FontAgent Pro Updates for Creative Suite 5.5, QuarkXPress 9, and Lion

FontAgent Pro, a font manager from Insider Software, runs on both Windows and Macintosh. But version 4.2, released yesterday, is a Mac-only update that coincides with the new Mac OS X 10.7 (commonly known as “Lion”). FontAgent Pro 4.2 supports Lion and also comes with auto-activation plug-ins for Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 and 5.5.1, and […]

Turn Photos into Art with Snap Art 3

Alien Skin‘s Snap Art is a plug-in for Photoshop, Lightroom, and Photoshop Elements that lets you apply art effects (including watercolor, oil paint, charcoal, pencil, and the new crayon) to photographs. Version 3 is now available, and it has several significant changes. First, Alien Skin has revamped Snap Art’s interface so that you access all […]