March, 2019 | CreativePro Network

Find and Remove Repeated Words Using GREP

This GREP query will do a much better job of tracking down repeated words than InDesign’s built in spell checking feature.

Eight Great Design and Type Books by Women

This article appeared in Issue 119 of InDesign Magazine. There’s always more to learn! Here’s a list of “required reading” by an amazing group of women authors.

Make a Time-Lapse Video from Multiple Photos in Photoshop

In this Three Minutes Max video, Colin Smith gives us a quick tip to create a time-lapse video from several photos in Photoshop. He demonstrates checking the images in Bridge, then simply creating an image sequence from the images. Colin goes on to demo adding an effect over the entire sequence at once. Three Minutes […]

What Kind of InDesign User Are You? (Quiz)

Answer the questions, tally your points, and discover your InDesign personality! A. What is your level of InDesign expertise? I know everything there is to know. I’m somewhere between “beginner” and “advanced”—it depends on the day. B. Do you wish you could be more efficient and productive in InDesign? No, thanks. I’m comfortable working at a plodding pace while my colleagues […]

InDesigner: BUST Magazine

Diane Burns shares the story of the first feminist-oriented lifestyle magazine.

Tip of the Week: Text Spacing Shortcuts

The next time you need to adjust text spacing on the fly in InDesign, try these shortcuts, which all use Option/Alt and arrow keys.

InDesign How-to Video: Create a Ghosted Background for Text

In this week’s InDesignSecrets video, Mike Rankin demonstrates how using a semi-transparent—or ghosted—frame makes it easier to read text on a photo.

The Exquisite Stylings of deVicq Design

Roberto de Vicq is an award-winning designer who is known for his stylish, sophisticated use of typography. It is not an overstatement to say his work is always exquisite and appropriate, sometimes in surprising, unexpected ways. His work, which includes that for restaurants, publications, logos, as well as hand lettering, is always a visual surprise. […]