I was inspired to write the topic of this week’s blog post after listening to the latest InDesignSecrets podcast where David and Anne-Marie were discussing spring-loaded shortcuts as well as different keyboard shortcuts for navigating the tools panel in Adobe InDesign. It got me to thinking, these types of shortcuts are just as useful in […]
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One of the fastest changing features in InDesign the past few versions has been EPUB export. Creating EPUB from InDesign started out with a rather weak plug-in in InDesign CS4 and CS5 which required many workarounds and lots of editing of the HTML and CSS after export. Beginning with InDesign CS5.5, the InDesign team has […]
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The old adage about having to spend money to make money often falls on deaf ears in the design community. While there are many great no-cost add-ons to boost InDesign productivity, sometimes the best tool will cost you some money. These ten tools are among my favorites for what they allow me to do and […]
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In need of some icons with a human touch? Check out the deal going on right now at Cultofmac. They’re offering three big sets of hand-drawn icons in a bundle for $39. The icons come in eight different file formats: AI, EPS, PSD, PNG (in 4 sizes: 32×32, 48×48, 64×64, 128×128) and fonts (TTF, WOFF, SVG, and EOT). Altogether you […]
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Press Release OTTAWA, ON – March 27, 2014 – Corel® today introduced CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X7, the latest version of its flagship graphics suite. With a redesigned and highly customizable user interface, the suite is tailored to each user’s workflow, offering new ways to increase productivity during every step of the design process. “During the creation of […]
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Interested in typography? DPS? Design? Whatever your interest, we have something at InDesignSecrets for you… but of course, there’s even more out there! Here’s some links you should look at: Still using Mac OS 10.6 or earlier? Watch out, as Adobe is dropping support. And, while we’re on the topic, Adobe is also dropping support […]
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1. We begin with a tease of great things to come. At the Adobe SUMMIT 2014 conference in Salt Lake City, a sneak peek of technology in the works revealed an amazing new feature for Illustrator: auto-infographics, wherein a template could be combined with real-time data to make (and update) great-looking infographics on the fly. […]
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• Interview with Chad Chelius, new Editor-in-Chief of InCopySecrets.com
• Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Indic Preferences Script
Excerpted from Real World Print Production with Adobe Creative Cloud by Claudia McCue. Copyright © 2014. Used with permission of Pearson Education, Inc. and Peachpit Press. * * * If you’re creating software documentation for print, or you want to show an image of a Web page in your project, you may need to include screen […]
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