CS4 Posts

Adobe has posted an invaluable resource to printing issues in InDesign CS4 and the Creative Suite 4.

Without getting in the whole Mac vs Windows debate, one of the pluses for InDesign users on Windows is the ability to look at the file icon in Windows Explorer to tell what version of the program created it.

Unfortunately there’s no way to see this same information on a Mac. Every INDD file has the [...]

Ever since Acrobat 4, we have been able to place movies into PDF documents.

And for a long time in InDesign, we have been able to insert movies for export into PDF documents.

And there has always been the option to link to a URL to insert the movie instead of inserting the movie into the ID/PDf [...]

You’ve upgraded your program and your plug-ins, now upgrade your poster!

Start making good use of alpha channels when placing images in your InDesign layouts.

Drawing starbursts isn’t hard, once you know where to look. Plus, check out this new (previously undocumented) tip!

The Gravity feature fundamentally broke in CS3. Fortunately, it’s finally fixed again. But what on earth is it and how do you use it?

Conditional text is one of the coolest new features of CS4. You can even apply conditions with Find/Change. But there are a couple of quirks to be aware of.

Often it’s the little things you love the most, and InDesign CS4’s new method of creating styles is my favorite small new feature.

Hey, it’s Friday. Time for a little fun easter egg involving stroke styles (including one brand new one in CS4).