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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In excerpts from Why Fonts Matter by Sarah Hyndman, this article explains the psychological effects of fonts on the reader, for the purpose of helping you use type more effectively.
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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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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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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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Solve this InDesign mystery for a chance at winning a great prize.
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The new Sony RX100 V is the latest release in the Sony RX100 point-and-shoot series of cameras. While in NYC I purchased this camera from B&H Photo Video and immediately started shooting photos and videos with it. I have to say I was impressed with the results, coming from shooting with larger cameras such as […]
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New InDesign users are often confused by the term stroke. When we talk about a stroke in the Adobe applications, we’re referring to a a visible line applied to the shape of an object. It can be a circle, square, star, line, or any custom shape really. Many users want to refer to a stroke as […]
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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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