This Week in InDesign Articles, Number 77
The air has turned crisp, the floor is littered with carefully organized piles of candy… it must be November first! A good day to dive… into InDesign-related articles and videos!
- “How do you save backward to an earlier version of InDesign?” This is one of the most frequently-asked questions by many beginners (and even those who have used InDesign for a while. Anne-Marie explains in this free video from lynda.com.
- I’m really intrigued by this new book — Books: A Living History. Anyone read it yet? Thinking about buying it for my dad, who is the only person I know who owns more books than me.
- Our friend and colleague Jean-Claude Trembley was at the LITS show in London this year. Not to be mistaken with TYPO, though both look awesome.
- I was asked recently if there was a way to color manage various applications on the iPad. I don’t think so, but this new app from the Spyder folks is a step in the right direction.
- Halftoning (simulating gray with black and white) is one of my favorite topics, so I was so pleased to see this fun article by Gene Gable over at cpro with some amazing history of the art! Hey, speaking of halftones, here’s one on how to create scaleable vector halftones in Illustrator.
- Thanks, Vikrant, for compiling all the great InDesign-related sessions from Adobe MAX in one place!
- You want to use InDesign to do printer page imposition? This blog post made my head hurt, but it’s fascinating to see someone work at this!
- As I keep saying, the Web is full of cool tutorials and helpful resources on InDesign, if you just know where to look. Here’s 25 Unique Adobe InDesign Tutorials for Newbies.
- For those of us who are into RegEx, this article about how a grep expression caused a lawsuit is both funny and scary.
Interactive and EPUB
- Twixl media Publisher 2.0 is now out! Twixl (previously “rovingbird”) is doing great stuff with their tools, and has dropped their pricing to even beat Adobe. Check it out.
- Creating an HTML5 slideshow that uses swipe gestures for use in a DPS folio.
- Want to create scrollable content in your DPS folio? Terry White show you how!
- Is it easier to read on screen or in printer? The answer is: neither if you can’t read, or both if you can.
- Clever idea: Mag+ is offering a “$2,500 publishing deal” as a magazine design competition.
- Did I mention that the Kindle is going to be supporting HTML5? That is pretty amazing.
Enjoy!
This article was last modified on December 21, 2021
This article was first published on November 1, 2011
