Have you ever tried to add more than one stroke to text using Photoshop’s Layer Styles panel? You can’t do it the traditional way. There is a workaround that involves making copies of your text, each with its own stroke of a different size, but it’s laborious, especially if you need to edit the text […]

Sometimes you want to show more content than will fit on one fixed screen of a tablet publication. I was faced with this situation when highlighting the work of a prolific newspaper designer for a sampler edition of InDesign Magazine. In that case, I wanted to show many visual examples. A similar problem is when […]

Few projects have the budget for a lot of custom photography. Yet if you use too much stock photography, you risk looking like everyone else. The answer is to merge two or more images into something unique, and the best tool for that is Adobe’s Photoshop. In the following tutorial, I’ll show you how to […]

Trish Witkowski of FoldFactory.com points out in the current “60-second super cool fold of the week” video that interactivity isn’t just for the screen anymore. You could call it, ” Interactive Designers Wanted: Must Have Print Experience.” This direct mail piece, designed by Evok Advertising of Orlando, FL, is a simple yet effective way to […]

Most photographers love gadgets, which is why most camera bags have more than just cameras in them. Now you can add the iPhone to your bag. There are hundreds of applications for photography in the App Store. While many of these iPhone apps center on taking photos with your iPhone, I’ll restrict this article to […]

Does this sound familiar? You used a high-quality, 10-megapixel SLR to shoot a series of products for an 8-1/2″ x 11″ catalog. Months later, the client calls and wants to make a 6′ trade show graphic from one of the images. Here’s another scenario: The brochure you’ve been hired to design is coming along smoothly. […]