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Illustrator’s Other Drawing Modes

If you use Photoshop, Illustrator, or InDesign, you ought to be familiar with both stacking order and layers. Generally speaking, layers let you segregate groups of content, while the stacking order refers to the order in which items are placed on a particular layer. Illustrator has a few additional options for working with the layering of objects […]

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Tip of the Week: The Easy Way to Print a Page Range

This InDesign tip on the easy way to print a page range in InDesign was sent to Tip of the Week email subscribers on January 19, 2017. Sign up now and every week you’ll get a new tip, keyboard shortcut, and roundups of new articles, plus exclusive deals sent right to your Inbox! Just scroll down to the bottom of this […]

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CreativePro Tip of the Week: Drawing Instant Abstract Art in Illustrator

This CreativePro Tip of the Week on creating instant abstract art in Illustrator was sent to CreativeProse email subscribers on January 18, 2017.  Sign up now and every week you’ll get a new tip, plus roundups of new articles, and exclusive deals sent right to your Inbox! Just scroll down to the bottom of this page, enter your email address, and click […]

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A Fix for the Dreaded Quick Apply Crash in CC 2017

In my long document production workflow, I use Quick Apply throughout the day. I use it to apply paragraph styles, character styles, and object styles, and to insert text variables, among other things. It saves me hours of time digging through style panels with hierarchical style groups. If you’re not familiar with Quick Apply, I suggest you […]

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Free Script to Add an Antique Edge to Photos

I recently stumbled across an interesting script that changes the border of a rectangle to simulate an old-fashioned photographic cutter. The trouble is, the script was on a difficult-to-access Russian web site, and had a Russian interface. I reached out to the author of the script, Boris Kascheew, and he kindly gave me permission to translate the […]

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