Posts Tagged with ‘Effects’

This is one post that’s sure to push your buttons. Or to get you pushing some of your own.

We spend so much time and effort to make things look perfect in InDesign. Now it’s time to make something look really bad. But in a good way!

When it comes to applying transparency to live text, Quark gives you finer control than InDesign. But there ways of working around this limitation. You just have to think outside the box, er, frame. Whatever. Read the post.

Q: When does a drop shadow not appear to be a drop shadow? A: When it isn’t applied to the frame.

We talked about Leading Edges in the podcast, but this is really one you just have to see to believe

Learn how to build a cool custom license plate with InDesign FX and pick up some key tips to use with all FX as you go.

Have you ever tried to apply effects to a text frame, but the whole Effects panel was grayed out? Here’s why.

Water, water everywhere. Three-quarters of the planet is covered with it. Sixty percent of you is water. And with the help of a blending mode, you can add a drop or two of H2O to your designs.

Here’s a trick with genuine appeal.

Oh no! Not another animation post from Mike! Yep, but this is a good one. It shows how you can do a whole lot more with InDesign’s animation features by hacking a little IDML code.