InDesign’s Bookmarks panel (Window > Interactive > Bookmarks) provides an easy way to add bookmarks to be included as an aid to navigation in an exported PDF. Kelly Vaughan has written an excellent post about how to create these bookmarks using InDesign’s Table of Contents feature. But what if you haven’t used Paragraph Styles consistently […]
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It feels funny to write a “news” story about something that was news nearly 100 years ago, but this little bit of photo history was just too cool not to share. The excellent historical website Retronaut.com recently posted some vintage ads for the Kodak Autographic system, which allowed your great granddaddy (or someone’s great granddaddy) to write […]
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If you host your website with Adobe (via Adobe Business Catalyst), a new feature in Adobe Muse CC called In-Browser Editing allows you (and others you invite) to make simple text and image edits to the live site, using nothing more than a browser and login information. You can then incorporate those changes back into […]
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Ever want to try your hand at creating an ebook, but the idea of learning all the details of EPUB held you back? Of course if you’re interested in just publishing to the iPad, you could use Apple’s iBooks Author, which eliminates the need to deal with code, and has the added virtue of being […]
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There are many aspects of Creative Cloud to love—instant install of any Adobe A-list application at no additional cost, the ability to publish an unlimited number of one-off Adobe Digital Publishing Suite iPad applications, TypeKit fonts on your website and on your desktop, and, of course, the latest features and upgrades available to you the […]
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Calendars can be effective marketing tools, keeping your company’s image in fron to potential customers the whole year long. They can also be a lot of fun to create, but you do need to understand the best practices for calendar design and production to get the best results. PaperSpecs.com is sponsoring a free webinar called […]
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Adobe has just posted an important update to InDesign CC. This should fix some of the performance problems that have been reported on user forums and elsewhere. It will update InDesign CC to version 9.1. (There is also an update for InCopy CC to version 9.1.) If it doesn’t show up right away, quit out […]
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If you love photography and you’re old enough to actually remember a time before the Simpsons was on TV, you probably have some old analog SLR cameras stored away in some closet, attic, basement, etc. And no matter how much you loved that old gear and can’t bring yourself to part with it, you probably […]
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Animation is a key feature in all kinds of creative work including web design, digital publications, apps, and advertising. And on the Mac, Tumult Hype is among the most powerful tools for creating HTML5 animations. Version 2.0 of Hype has just been released and boasts many new features, including full support for interactive audio content, […]
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