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From Paper to PDF: Vectorizing Hand-Drawn Artwork with Photoshop and Illustrator

I have a close friend, Mike Manoogian, who is a brilliant lettering and logo design artist. Every so often, we get to collaborate on a book cover or an identity program, and have way too much fun. Despite our similar tastes and sensibilities, we live in separate design worlds: I’m the computer-savvy Photoshop, InDesign and […]

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Can You Read Me Now? Testing the Limits of Readability in Design

I’ve long been obsessed with how things work. Sometimes I think maybe designers are secretly engineers who don’t like math. Maybe you can relate? Like so many of my peers, I was inspired by designers like Paul Rand, Saul Bass, or David Carson. As I mature in my experience as a creative I realize that […]

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Exporting from InDesign to HTML5: Amazing Free Script

Oh, if I only had a dollar for each time someone asked me: How do I export my InDesign document as HTML, keeping the page geometry (how the page looks), animations, interactive features, and everything! Well, you asked for it, you got it… and you’re gonna’ like it! First, some background… The Problem InDesign offers […]

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Beware of this Publish Online Analytics Limitation

Editor’s note: This shortcoming was fixed in InDesign CC 2018 version 13.1 I’m a big fan of InDesign’s Publish Online feature. But if you create multiple Publish Online documents, particularly for multiple clients, there is one big limitation to the analytics feature that you should be aware of. When you choose File > Publish Online Dashboard, you are […]

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Free Lynda.com Video: Up and Running With Astute Graphics for Illustrator

Adobe Illustrator will soon be celebrating its 30th birthday, an amazing accomplishment for any piece of software. With all those years and versions, you might think there were no more features to add outside of bells and whistles. I’ve been using Illustrator since version 4.0 (and spent plenty of time with the late great FreeHand), so thought I’d seen everything that could be […]

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