One of the things I pushed for when Creative Cloud was announced was the inclusion of InCopy. Besides being a great content editing companion program to InDesign it also has some features that even InDesign doesn’t have such as text macros and some editorial tools. My favorite and probably the most overlooked is the ability […]
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An object lesson in how to analyze patterns and recreate them in your favorite apps
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Adobe has announced several dates and locations for their upcoming Create Now tour across the US and Canada. At these events, you can meet Adobe experts, watch demos of the latest and greatest software and services, network with your fellow creatives, and get answers to your questions. Topics include: Keeping your creative world synced and […]
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Has your keyboard shortcut for aligning text to the left stopped working? If so, you’re not alone. A whole bunch of Macintosh Mountain Lion users have experienced the problem. Here’s how to fix it.
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Look, I love my kids, but I have to admit that I’m really looking forward to next week when they go back to school and we regain some normal sense of schedule and routine around here! Maybe then I’ll have a moment to sit and read up on all the cool InDesign stuff that’s going […]
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Got a smartphone or tablet? Like macro photography? Then you might want to check out the Micro Phone lens, a Kickstarter project by Seattle-based engineer Thomas Larson to develop a microscope lens that fits on mobile devices like iPhones and iPads. Photo of a penny taken with the Micro Phone lens The Micro Phone […]
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• Five Common (and easily-fixed) InDesign Gotchas!
• Jumping text, disappearing guides, copy/paste between versions, and more
• Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Comb
The latest episode of PBS Arts web video series Off Book is devoted to an exploration of the art of portrait photography. The video features an examination of the history of portraiture, tracing its roots all the way back to cave paintings and the art of the ancient Egyptians, Romans, and Greeks. There are also […]
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All of us, from photographers to production artists, from web designers to illustrators, have more files stored on our mega terabyte disks and servers than we can reasonably wade through when trying to retrieve that one specific file. Folders and file-naming conventions help us organize, but opening each folder, one level at a time, is […]
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