Episode 104
Podcast 104
• Eye Candy! … Mike Rankin’s multi-part series of incredibly cool special effects you can do right in InDesign
• SWFs in InDesign: David’s discovery and Martinho’s wonderful free script
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- News: A slew of new InDesign resources
- Diane’s eSeminar on Tables in ID (recording available) and Steve’s upcoming eSeminar on Best Print/Prepress Practices for InDesign
- Anne-Marie’s three new InDesign “10 Things” video titles at lynda.com
- InDesign Seminar tour in full swing; David in LA this week; AM in Boston and Minneapolis next week
- Eye Candy! … Mike Rankin’s multi-part series of incredibly cool special effects you can do right in InDesign (see links below)
- SWFs in InDesign: David’s discovery and Martinho’s wonderful free script
- Results from the First Annual InDesignSecrets Survey
- Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Arrange by Columns
>> In-Tools has a special deal for InDesignSecrets fans: $20 off the price for either one of their InDesign plug-in bundles, InBook or InSefer, if you purchase from this special page on their site. The InBook Plug-in Pack is a suite of plug-ins that turn InDesign into an advanced automated pagination system for laying out books.The InSefer suite of plug-ins does the same for Hebrew publications. We talked about a few of the InBook plug-ins in the podcast, but the full list is here.
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