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Saving Your Place using Position Markers
I was recently asked to provide follow-up InCopy training to a client that I had originally trained about a year ago. Although they had been using InCopy successfully since the original implementation, the idea was to provide them with tips to help them do their jobs more efficiently. I had planned on starting out by […]
Continue readingPodcast 217
ITUNES RSS FEED DOWNLOAD view the transcript of this podcast. In this episode: Top Posts of 2014: A look back Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Report Abuse Quizzler answer, and the winner! News and special offers from our sponsors: >> ID-Extras has a cool range of InDesign add-ons and scripts especially for book and other long-document publishing, many […]
Continue readingCreating Indented Cell Strokes
I was recently designing a few tables in InDesign and wanted to give certain cells the impression they were indented in the table. Giving text inside of cells an indent is very easy to do because you can even choose between paragraph level settings or the actual cell indent options. But that wasn’t enough, I […]
Continue readingClassic Concert Posters Reimagined
This article was originally published in InDesign Magazine #64 (August 2014). Subscribe now! Many a graphic designer’s introduction to the profession has been through the design of music flyers: advertising gigs for your own band or for your friends’ was a way to keep down costs, but more importantly to convey the band’s aesthetic beyond the music. Long […]
Continue readingInDesign Magazine Issue 69: Wireframing and Prototyping
We’re happy to announce that InDesign Magazine Issue 69 (January, 2015) is now available! This month’s theme is Workflow and Prototyping: how you can design interactive content for websites and apps. Here’s what the issue includes: Justin Putney explains how you can use InDesign to assist in the task of creating interactive content for websites and apps. Mike […]
Continue readingThis Week in InDesign Articles, Number 129
How can it be the end of December already?! The year rushed by, and there is still so much more to explore and learn. Well, let’s start the new year with a look at some recent articles and videos of interest to InDesign users: Did you know that InCopy has a Transpose characters feature? (Look […]
Continue readingGet Creative with This iOS 8 Keyboard
Why type your texts or use the same tired emoji icons in your emails when you could send a hand-drawn creation instead? The DrawType keyboard lets you do just that on your iPhone. New to iOS 8, custom keyboards let you choose how you input information into your mobile apps. With DrawType, you create a […]
Continue readingCan You Learn to Be Creative?
A few years back, I came across a question on the Graphic Design forum of the StackExchange network. StackExchange has its roots in the programming world, and this user was a programmer by profession. He asked a great question: “How do I learn to be creative?” He wanted to be able to design his own […]
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