June, 2017 | CreativePro Network

How to Save the Planet with InDesign

InDesign’s dark user interface has created a lot of controversy since its appearance in InDesign CC, version 9.0. Some people love it, some people hate it. At any rate, you can control the brightness of the interface in Preference > Interface: When I was talking to an Adobe engineer one day, he claimed that the dark […]

CreativePro Tip of the Week: Using the HUD (Heads-Up-Display) Color Picker in Photoshop

This CreativePro Tip of the Week on using the HUD (Heads Up Display) Color Picker the Photoshop interface was sent to CreativeProse email subscribers on June 21, 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 […]

3 Ways to Change the Default Font in InDesign (Don’t Edit [Basic Paragraph]!)

What should you do if you want to change the default font in InDesign? In just a minute I’ll tell you three ways, from easy to overkill, but first I want to make sure you don’t fall into the trap of changing the settings of the default paragraph style [Basic Paragraph]. It is not a good idea, and […]

Free Lynda.com Video – InDesign: Color

New video course shows how to master Adobe’s Publish Online service.

Free Lynda.com Video: Social Media for Graphic Designers

It’stime for another great free video from Lynda.com! This time it’s from Von Glitschka’s course on Social Media for Graphic Designers. Here’s the official course description: Discover how to facilitate your creative communication with the aid of the top social media platforms. In this course, Von Glitschka breaks down how to use key features on […]

InDesign’s Super Strokes

Jeff Witchel shows how to unlock the power of custom stroke styles. If your inner designer has ever wanted to spice up an otherwise fairly staid project—or if you hanker for the extravagant creative possibilities for line styling in Illustrator—you may sometimes wish you had a little more creative leeway with stroke styling in InDesign. […]

All About Titling Fonts

When looking for just the right display typeface, have you considered a titling font? If not, you are missing out on an entire category of possibilities. Titling fonts are typefaces designed specifically for headline or display usage. They are usually all caps, but some can contain lowercase, and even small caps! Titling fonts differ from […]

Tip of the Week: Quick and Easy Photo FX

This InDesign tip how to create quick and easy photo FX was sent to Tip of the Week email subscribers on June 15, 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 […]