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Podcast 201
ITUNES RSS FEED DOWNLOAD view the transcript of this podcast. A little bit of news: PePcon 2014 site is live! InDesign CS6.02 update 5 Word-to-InDesign “Nightmares” and how to solve them! Formatting, links, pictures, styles, oy! Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: InDesign 2.0 Compatibility News and special offers from our sponsors: >> Rorohiko brings the illusion of […]
Continue readingFree Icons for Photoshop With BlendMeIn
Interested in grabbing some free high-quality icons for use in Photoshop? Check out BlendMe.in, an extension that adds a panel to Photoshop CS6 and CC where you can search or browse collections of high-quality icons and then drag and drop them into your work as Smart Objects. Thanks, John Nack
Continue readingInDesign CS6 8.0.2 Bug Update Released
There has been some debate about whether, now that InDesign CC has been released, there would be any more updates to InDesign CS6. InDesign CS6 is still available for purchase with a perpetual license, and it can be downloaded if you have a subscription to the Adobe Creative Cloud. Today, September 30, 2013, the question […]
Continue readingThe Beauty of Stacked Strokes
Have you ever yearned to apply multiple strokes to on object in InDesign? Have you wanted more flexibility with your strokes than just a stroke and a gap color? For years now, I have wanted InDesign to be able to have the equivalent of the Illustrator’s Appearance panel, where I can apply multiple strokes and […]
Continue readingElemental Photo Manipulations, Part 2: Earth
“Elemental Photo Manipulations” is a four-part series highlighting tutorials and inspirational amazing artwork combining photography with Photoshop in surreal, mind-bending, and sometimes startling ways. In this second installment in the series marvel at the way artists have bent the very Earth—dirt, stone, metal, and even the flora—to their whims. Don’t miss “Part 1: Fire,” and […]
Continue readingAlways Get the Perfect Shot
As anyone who has ever pointed a camera at a group of people posing for a photo can tell you, it’s really hard to find the exact moment when everyone is smiling and not blinking. You can of course take multiple shots to increase your odds of success. Or you can cheat by using Photoshop […]
Continue readingPitStop Pro 12 Review
Pros: Offers users the ability to find, buy, and embed missing fonts; much easier editing of page items Cons: Pricey for an average designer Rating: 9/10 PitStop Pro 12 is a significant upgrade to this all-purpose (and all-powerful!) tool for preflighting and editing PDF files. It operates as a plug-in to Adobe Acrobat Standard or Pro, version […]
Continue readingTeaching Typography with Flickering Fonts
No matter how you pronounce them, animated GIFs, with their brevity, humor, and visual inventiveness have certainly found their place in Web culture. We’ve come a long way from rippling flags and dancing babies. Nowdays GIFs can be quite artful, and they can be used as teaching tools as well. Case in point: the site […]
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