May, 2018 | CreativePro Network

Compositing a Scene into a Head in Photoshop

However much you may toy with people’s expressions using the Liquify filter, it can be hard to express visually what someone’s thinking about. So here’s a different approach: depict their thoughts with an image inside (and perhaps outside) their head. Step 1: Start with a head Profiles work best with this technique, as we’re going […]

Tip of the Week: Targeting Table Borders and Strokes

How to target table strokes to change their formatting using the table stroke proxy in InDesign’s Control panel.

A Solution for Packaging Files With Missing Plug-ins

Recently, I worked on a project where I had to package over 100 InDesign files from different vendors. Unfortunately, when I opened the first file, I got a missing plug-in error. Since InDesign won’t create a package of a file with missing plug-ins, I had to fix this problem right away. And getting the plug-in was not an option. I was […]

Designing Business Cards, Part 2

This article is the second in a series in which I’ll use business cards to show how features in photographs can cue design decisions that more powerfully combine image with text. Don’t miss part 1. Example #2: The meditation center In this example, the business wants to convey a feeling of relaxation and calm. This […]

Drag and Drop Graphics into CC Libraries

You can drag and drop AI, PNG, BMP, PSD, SVG, GIF, JPG, JPEG, TIF, TIFF, and PDF files directly into a Creative Cloud library from the Mac Finder or Windows File Explorer.

Ten Essential Books on Typography & Design

Ilene Strizver shares her must-have list of books to inspire and inform you on all things type-related.

Children’s Books by Well-known Designers

Graphic design can be a serious business. But sometimes a creative professional will break from their usual kind of work and have some fun with children’s books. Below you will find a collection of this kind of creative diversion by well-known designers. Some wrote, some illustrated, and some designed them – but all seemed to […]

Tip of the Week: Using SVG Images in InDesign

How to use SVG images in InDesign with some help from Adobe Illustrator, including how to avoid getting low-res raster graphics and pasting errors.

Using Lightroom Profiles

The latest updates to Lightroom CC (1.3), Lightroom Classic CC (7.3), and Adobe Camera Raw (ACR, 10.3) add profiles, an updated way to define colors in your photos. Profiles resemble presets in that you can apply a pre-made visual style, such as a monochrome look, but they work at a more fundamental level. In fact, […]