Safari is about to burst under the weight of all these articles I’ve kept open for you. (Yes, I know there are better ways to bookmarks articles, but I’d never remember to look for them again. I need stuff right in front of my face reminding me, or else it never gets done.)
- Ever wondered why InDesign has a Pencil tool? You must watch this video of Gareth Hinds roughing out a page of his graphic novel in InDesign! (In a later video, he exports to jpg, prints, and then uses a “real” analog pencil).
- Keith Gilbert reminded us that you can change the order of the Glyphs panel, which may help you find characters faster.
- Need a set of predefined layers when you create documents? Here’s a script that adds layers automatically! Even cooler, you can set up “sets” of layers and then choose which set you want when a new document opens.
- Thomas Silkjær has made a bit of gold again with this free script for making custom frames behind blocks of text. This is quite amazing, actually. For example, if you want a light blue frame behind a paragraph, and the paragraph breaks across two columns… this script can still do it for you! If you use it for a real job, please click the Donate button on his site.
- Thanks to CreativePro.com for pointing out this awesome hour-long, free webinar recording that Michael Murphy did on the topic of making Acrobat Forms with Adobe InDesign. If you do forms, you need to watch this.
- I really enjoyed seeing this reminder of how designers specced type in the “bad ol’ days.” It drove me to go buy a used copy of How to Spec Type by Alex White. (WorldCat.org can tell you where you can find that book in a nearby library.)
- Anne-Marie pointed out this page at Adobe.com that shows the PDF Compatibility Levels. Very handy!
- Are you planning on upgrading to Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard)? If so, check out my friend Jeff Carlson’s book on the subject.
Well, that’s enough for today. I still have some other new goodies here that I need to read (thanks to Mike Rankin’s Publicious blog). In the meantime, I hope you enjoy these!
This article was last modified on December 19, 2021
This article was first published on August 20, 2009
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