Pariah Burke
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Pariah S. Burke is the author of many books and articles that empower, inform, and connect creative professionals.
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See all articlesPreflighting in InDesign and Adobe Acrobat
Creating documents that print smoothly and that look as good in print as they do on screen requires more than blithely clicking Export or Package. Printing is often halted because the document creator neglected their due diligence at the file-preparation stage. You can avoid that time-consuming and often-expensive headache with the help of the robust […]
InDesign Master Class Book Excerpt: How to Highlight Text at the Character Level
Learn the best way to apply highlighter marker effects to text in this excerpt from InDesign Master Class: Type & Tables, 2025 Edition by Pariah Burke
Making Side Heads in InDesign
How to place headings in the margin-to the left or right of the main text column in InDesign.
Spring Training: Learn New Design Skills Free Online
I just got back from a trip to Phoenix, Arizona where I was consulting on a new type of digital publication. While there, providing training in the Spring to my client’s team, I took in a spring training MLB baseball game. On the plane home I was struck by the correlation between the two types […]
Creative Pros to Follow: Magazine and Editorial Designers on Behance
“Creative Pros to Follow” is Pariah Burke’s series highlighting amazing creative professionals—graphic designers, photographers, typographers, fashion designers, illustrators, and more—to follow and connect with on social media and creative sharing services. If you know anything about me—author of several books on InDesign, QuarkXPress, and digital publication design and production; former magazine art director; consultant to […]
Creative Pros to Follow: Typography On Pinterest
“Creative Pros to Follow” is Pariah Burke’s series highlighting amazing creative professionals—graphic designers, photographers, typographers, fashion designers, illustrators, and more—to follow and connect with on social media and creative sharing services. February is a month of many celebrations. It contains, of course, that most famous holiday, identified by a cherub armed with amorous arrows, but […]
26 Free Photoshop Templates
Photoshop. It’s not just a noun, it’s a verb. It’s not just a tool for photo retouching but for all sorts of creative projects. Even in a world with Illustrator, InDesign, and Muse, Photoshop often fulfills the roles of drawing application, layout environment, and Web and mobile interface design instrument. More so than any other […]
Creative Pros to Follow: Designers On Instagram
Welcome to the first installment of a fantastic new series from Pariah Burke and CreativePro.com. The “Creative Pros to Follow” series highlights amazing creative professionals—graphic designers, photographers, typographers, fashion designers, illustrators, and more—to follow and connect with on social media and creative sharing services. This time we found—and strongly encourage you to check out—15 follow-worthy […]
Avengers Photoshop Tutorials
Hail, brothers! Good morrow, sisters! I hope this day doth find thee hale and hearty and merry! As I doth returned from yon eve’s viewing of Thor: the Dark World, and as mine hopes for divine salvation of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. doth e’er more wither, I find my spirits lifted by joyful thoughts toward […]