June, 2019 | CreativePro Network

InQuestion: Viewing Spot Colors and Blend Modes With Overprint Preview

This article appeared in Issue 112 of InDesign Magazine. Claudia McCue shows why you should be in the habit of checking your print layouts with Overprint Preview before output—especially if you work with spot colors and blending modes.

Techniques for Copying Pages between InDesign Documents, Part 1

Why might you want to combine pages or objects from one or more InDesign documents? Let me count the ways … To re-use unchanged pages from an old report into the new one To use a previous design’s elements as the template for a new layout To combine individual chapter INDDs into a single ‘book’ […]

Understanding the Pros & Cons of Digital Printing

Digital presses have revolutionized printing: they’re fast, flexible, and high quality. They’re ideal for short runs (say, 2,000-4,000 pieces), and some digital presses even have inline finishing (folding, stapling, trimming). If your project requires higher numbers of finished pieces, your printer will tell you that it’s more appropriate to run it on an offset press. […]

Tip of the Week: Anchoring Graphics Between Paragraphs

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Designing a Restaurant Menu

How to use InDesign to create a menu for a restaurant or cafe that’s attractive, easy to edit, and cheap to print

Filling Type Counters With Colors and Photos

If you spend any amount of time designing with type, you’ve heard the term “counters,” which refers to the partially or fully enclosed spaces in letters like a, b, d, e, g, o, p, and q, and the numbers 0, 4, 6, 8, and 9. And you can use those counters to jazz up a […]

Creating Tilt-Shift Effects in Photoshop

The Tilt-Shift effect makes aerial views of landscapes look like model villages. Why? Because when you photograph a scene from a distance – from a mountain top, or a plane – everything is so far away that it’s all in focus. When you photography a model village, you’re so close to the subject that the […]

CreativePro Video: InDesign Tips for Beginners

In this week’s CreativePro video, David Blatner shares some of his favorite production tips. Whether you’re a beginner in InDesign or just ready for a refresher, you’re sure to find several juicy little tips in this session. New videos every Tuesday on our CreativePro YouTube channel. Be sure to subscribe so you don’t miss any!

InDesign How-to Video: How to Redefine Text Styles

In this week’s InDesignSecrets video, Anne-Marie Concepción shows us how to style InDesign text then update styles to match. She avoids the “dreaded plus sign” by tweaking text, then redefining styles for consistency throughout the document. Check out new tutorials every Tuesday on our InDesign Secrets YouTube channel, then join the discussion on our Facebook […]