August, 2011 | CreativePro Network

License Plate FX

Learn how to build a cool custom license plate with InDesign FX and pick up some key tips to use with all FX as you go.

Download Free Facebook Security Guide

Facebook can be confusing, and no aspect of it is more challenging than account security. Whether it’s your personal or business account or your clients’, failure to protect those accounts can have serious consequences. Facebook recently published a guide that addresses this concern. Although the 14-page PDF is aimed at “young adults, parents, and educators”, […]

The Right Way to Vertically Distribute Text Frames

There’s a subtle secret to making InDesign correctly even out the vertical spacing between chunks of text.

Uncover the Hidden Powers of InDesign's Effects Panel

Excerpted from InDesign FX on lynda.com. Using just InDesign—not Photoshop, not Illustrator—you can create amazing visual effects. But to enjoy the application’s full power, you need to know your way around InDesign’s Effects panel. For example, were you aware that InDesign has the same 16 blending modes as Illustrator? Did you realize you can apply […]

Is Photovine Good for Creative Pros?

Photovine is a new app for iPhones, iPod touches, and iPads running iOS 4.2 or later. This free app is meant to encourage interaction via images. The “vine” in the app’s name refers to a collection of images based on one theme; for example, “view outside my window” or “happiness”. Once you’ve downloaded the free […]

This Week in InDesign Articles, Number 65

An August avalance of blogs posts, articles, links, and videos

What’s the use for Horizontal and Vertical Scale on text

Turns out those fields for adjusting text’s Horizontal and Vertical Scale can actually come in quite handy!

Scanning Around With Gene: Having Fun With Donuts

The first thing you have to decide when writing about donuts is how to spell the word: donuts, doughnuts, do-nuts, dough-nuts… I’ve decided on “donuts” mostly because it’s shorter and easier to type. And though today’s artwork is from a 1946 booklet from the Doughnut Corporation of America, they also use “donut” as the generic […]

Pantone Handing Out Money

Pantone has initiated a product trade-in program called Chip In. To participate, you must be a registered owner of one or more of the following: the company’s Fashion + Home Color System, Pantone Plus Series, Starter Guide, or Capsure. To get the rebate, you must send Pantone outdated versions of any of the above guides, […]