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Why Is InDesign Soooo Slow?
Experiencing a slow-down in InDesign? Here are seven reasons it might be happening!
Continue readingSave Smart Phone Photos from Disaster
For anyone who’s nervous about losing photos from a smart phone — and who isn’t — the folks at Dropbox have a new solution: automatic upload of your images into your Dropbox folder. Dropbox, if you’re not familiar with it, is an online storage locker for your files. You sign up for an account (free […]
Continue readingD.I.Y. DTP: Analog Drill Bits and Digital Color Chips
I make my living teaching people about color management. I use a variety of tools including spectrophotometers, colorimeters, inkjet printers, and various computer programs to build color profiles. I often use these in conjunction with large printing presses. These are my day-to-day tools, and I’m very comfortable with them. With these color management tools I […]
Continue readingThis Week in InDesign Articles, Number 85
What are you waiting for? Check out these brilliant InDesign scripts, articles, videos, and tips!
Continue readingIs Samsung Aiming for Wacom?
Samsung introduced a new tablet computer that not only competes with the iPad but also Wacom tablets, news reports say. Shown publicly at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 is an iPad-sized device that comes with a bevy of graphics tools and a pressure-sensitive stylus, something the iPad currently does not […]
Continue readingPodcast 167
ITUNES RSS FEED DOWNLOAD Listen in your browser: InDesignSecrets-167.mp3 (15.9 MB, 28:51 minutes) See the Show Notes for links mentioned in this episode. Or view the transcript of this podcast. Upcoming InDesign Events and Deadlines March 2: Early bird ends for Print + ePublishing Conference (May 14-16, San Francisco) March 3: Creating Digital Publications with […]
Continue readingInDesign How-to: Balance Columns with Vertical Justification
It’s not unusual for a layout to specify that all pages should start and end on common baselines. It’s standard practice in books and most magazines. InDesign’s not perfect at it, but using the following techniques you can do a pretty good job of it. The main problem with evenly filling columns of text are […]
Continue readingNo Interest in Pinterest? Block Pinning on your Site
There’s a lot of buzz about the social networking site Pinterest, a virtual corkboard on which people post pictures of things they find interesting or inspirational, from pretty-as-a-picture wedding dresses to Yosemite-at-dusk photos. Come across an image you like? “Pin it” on Pinterest and people who follow you can comment on your picks, repost your […]
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