Comments on: I Should Have Known That

By: Diane S

Diane S — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 00:02:32 +0000

4.: Blatner, Copperfield, Hasselhoff and Letterman. Are these real library items? And what do you DO with them. The Hoff doesnt have shirt.

I’m waiting.

By: Marquis Estrada

Marquis Estrada — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 15:33:31 +0000

You’ll have to monitor custom. The conditions can be made in the year. This is arguably the most important aspect of stroke width.

By: Brian Cupp

Brian Cupp — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:40:27 +0000

About #10 – True it is easier to import the graphic into InDesign and have the color come with.

If the color in the graphic isn’t defined with the correct single suffix of ‘C’. Your files can look sloppy which can lead to sloppiness else where.

Overall if the color name from your graphic doesn’t match the color in InDesign. You should make it correct.

Brian Cupp

By: Rein

Rein — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 14:55:05 +0000

About p. 7 — you can set all the defaults there are to set this way. Actually, in many cases that is the only way to set defaults.

You can do that even when no document is open. And you can set new document defaults only when no document is open.

By: Bob Levine

Bob Levine — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 00:01:00 +0000

For the record, the swatch exchange files are ASE. I think Fritz is just itching to take an exam.

By: joecab

joecab — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 01:49:36 +0000

Wonderful. Thanks!

By: Fritz

Fritz — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 01:22:47 +0000

@Jacob – If you have a bunch of swatches that you made inside Illustrator, you could save them all as an .ace (adobe swatch exchange) and import them into ID’s swatches panel. Another method would be to copy and paste the vector art into ID and then add all un-named colors.

By: joecab

joecab — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 01:19:39 +0000

Is there any way to make InDesign always import CMYK colors I create in Illustrator files without having to turn them into spot colors first? It’s kind of a pain to create PMS colors and not have them appear when the art is imported into ID.

By: Lauren

Lauren — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 21:12:55 +0000

A lot of people do not know the command+spacebar trick to get the zoom tool. (And command+option+spacebar to zoom out.) I love when I’m showing a designer something on my screen, and I do that and they are amazed. Its a sure bet to get oooos and aaaahhhhs.

Also, allow me to throw in a non-ID tip for the holidays. Plastic wrap and tin foil boxes have little tabs on the ends to hold the rolls in place. Genius.

By: Mordy Golding

Mordy Golding — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 20:13:44 +0000

Hee hee — you’re a “fave dave” David! That’s your new nick name (I can’t remember you ever having an old one). Wassup fave dave? How’s the weather fave dave? Come out of that cave fave dave and gimme a wave — that’s brave!

OK, it’s obvious the New Year’s champagne can’t come fast enough….