The appeal of this extension for Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, and Illustrator CS5 can be summed up in one sentence: So many stock photo agencies, so little screen real estate. There are scores of stock photo providers, and they’re all fighting for your attention. One of these agencies, Fotolia, has come up with a way to […]
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The Adobe Media Encoder is a hidden resource for converting video files for InDesign projects?and you probably already have it!
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Keith tackles a thorny issue where certain styles of a large type family seemed to disappear from the InDesign font menu.
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Over on the Deviant Art website, Julia Starr is giving away scores of Photoshop actions she’s created. You can apply any of these actions to a photo and instantly change its mood. While some people who distribute their actions for free limit use to personal projects only or require that you include creator credit, Starr […]
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Web designers always battle against information overload. As marketing, customer service, and the CEO request more and more content on the home page, designers fight to keep their designs legible. One of the most popular solutions is the “content slider” — a simple slideshow-like interface for displaying one picture or chunk of content at a […]
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Use a fancy fold in a print project and you have a better chance of getting your audience’s attention. That’s easy to understand. But go any further down the folding path and things can get difficult. Did you know there are 23 kinds of accordion folds alone? There’s broadside accordion, reverse accordion, wrapped accordion, top-folding […]
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Excerpted from InDesign Magazine, August/September 2011 (issue 43). Subscribe now! In addition to the HTML version of the excerpt below, you can also download the excerpt as a PDF that retains the full design of the magazine. This PDF is best viewed in Adobe Acrobat or the free Adobe Reader. In the April | May […]
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When I was a kid, having two wheels represented freedom. After a certain age I was pretty much allowed to ride my bicycle wherever I wanted — if I had the strength to peddle far enough I could get there. My friends and I would often go on all-day bicycle adventures of the sort you […]
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Following up on the success of its Pantone-branded folding chairs, Selab Studio has designed another Pantone product: Christmas ornaments. You’ll be able to choose from 10 colors: • Pantone 186 • Pantone 286 • Pantone Cool Gray 10 • Pantone 18-2120 • Pantone 165 • Pantone 15-5519 • Pantone 377 • Pantone 268 • Pantone […]
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