January, 2018 | CreativePro Network

Create a Custom Toolbar in Illustrator

As someone who uses InDesign more than any other application, I am envious of Illustrator users from time to time, for some cool features that I wish would make their way into InDesign some day. For example, Illustrator users can create a custom toolbar, with the exact arrangement of tools they want. In fact, you […]

InDesign Poll Results: Custom Workspaces

In our own version of “Who Wore it Best?” the latest InDesign Secrets polled asked, “Which workspace do you use most often?” Do you like to dress up your InDesign panels? Do you go with something off-the-rack or custom-made? The majority of the respondents went with the latter, as nearly 60% said they create a […]

Publish Online Spotlight: Education Reform Initiative (ERG)

Editor’s Note: Publish Online offers InDesign users the simplest way to put their InDesign layouts on the web with full support for interactivity, while keeping their page designs intact. In the past, we’ve covered Publish Online with magazine articles like Diane Burns’ feature in issue #81, and a series of blog posts highlighting impressive work, called […]

Creating a Dynamic Autofit Effect for Image Grids With the Gap Tool

If you’re like many InDesign users, you might not use the Gap tool very much. But here’s one very fun, creative way to make use of it: creating dynamic Auto-fit effects for photo grids. You can make creative collages with interesting and unexpected looks very quickly this way. Placing your photos in a grid Load multiple […]

Working With Endnotes in InDesign

This article appeared in Issue 105 of InDesign Magazine. The Good, Bad, and Ugly of InDesign’s new Endnotes feature When footnotes were added to InDesign, back in 2005 (version CS2), I wrote about them for issue #5 of InDesign Magazine. So here we are, twelve years and exactly 100 issues of the magazine later… and the other […]

When Applying a Paragraph Style Has No Effect

Have you ever selected some text and then applied a paragraph style and nothing happens? Or some aspects of the text change, but the paragraph style was not fully applied? This is unfortunately a common problem in InDesign, but there’s usually a simple answer: character styles. If you click on a paragraph style and nothing […]

Creating Rounded Text in Illustrator

Rounded text is great for adding a soft, human look to text, and is a good solution if you want to create a logo for, say, a child’s toy or a chocolate bar. It’s also ideal for making neon-effect lettering, since that’s a material that cannot be created with sharp corners. But although there are […]