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Targeting Hue/Saturation Adjustments in Photoshop

Almost every image editing program has a basic hue/saturation dialog box with intuitive sliders for basic color correction, including Photoshop. For those new to image editing, Photoshop’s Hue/Saturation is easy to grasp; one slider changes the color, another slider affects the saturation, and a third makes the color lighter or darker. But newcomers also quickly […]

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9 Great Places to Sell Your Templates and Themes

If you’re into making templates and themes—for documents, websites, presentations, or social media—you might wonder where to sell them. Whether you’re hoping to make a little extra cash with ideas that didn’t make the client cut, or you’re designing with the purpose of selling the end product, check out the list below to find a […]

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This Week in InDesign Articles, Number 119

The full moon has me howling… about InDesign! And even an eclipse can’t stop you from reading these articles and watching these videos: The InDesign CC Recertification exam is now live Watch Terry White’s video 5 Hidden Gems in Adobe InDesign CC Can you convert a PDF to an editable InDesign file? Sure! But you will almost always […]

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Know Your Photoshop Distortion Tools

Adobe Photoshop comes with more tools for adding or correcting distortions than you may realize, especially if you’re new to Photoshop. This set of tools has grown steadily over the history of Photoshop, so let’s walk through them to understand why each is a useful part of your Photoshop toolkit. Rectilinear distortion tools The Edit […]

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Spacefish, the World’s First Flexible Flashgun

The Spacefish is an appropriately weird name for a weird-looking new product, now being funded on Kickstarter. This gizmo that looks like something from a sci-fi movie is actually the world’s first flexible flash gun. Its bendable neck allows photographers to easily direct and control light. And you can reserve your own Spacefish now for a pledge […]

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The CreativePro Weekly Top 10, vol. 10

1. Ever struggle to recolor artwork in Illustrator? Designer Keri Labuski did, so she reached out to the members of the Illustrator LinkedIn group for help. And Mordy Golding replied with a fantastic video showing how to use the Recolor Artwork feature to achieve the desired results. Check it out below or at Mordy’s Real World […]

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InDesign and the Trumatch System

When people think about color swatch libraries, they almost always think about Pantone, but Pantone isn’t the only library out there and there may be good reasons you should consider others. For example… Trumatch! Background First, it’s critical that you understand that most color swatch libraries are for spot colors — that is, colors that […]

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