July, 2015 | CreativePro Network

Tip of the Week: Placing Images at a Specific Size

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Cool Use for InDesign’s New Graphic Table Cells Feature

One of the great new features of InDesign CC 2015 is a new type of table cell called a “Graphic Cell.” To use this, just select any table cell and choose Table > Convert Cell to Graphic Cell. This command adds a graphic frame to the cell that is “stuck” to all four sides of […]

Scanning Around With Gene: The Old Way of Photo Retouching

Originally posted March 16, 2012 I’ve never been much of an artist, though I did, early in my career, have several opportunities to do some basic black and white photo retouching — mostly taking out a background, fixing a flaw or trying to tone down glare from reflected light. These tasks were done back then […]

A Conversation with Adobe’s New Head of Content

Press Release A Conversation with Scott Braut, Adobe’s new Head of Content Adobe has hired Scott Braut as Head of Content to drive the company’s content strategy and operations for Creative Cloud. Scott is a well-known leader in the content space and most recently served as the Vice President of Content for Shutterstock. He has […]

Photography Camera ISO Explained

ISO is part of the Exposure Triangle along with Aperture and Shutter Speed. ISO affects your camera’s sensitivity to light, but also the amount of Noise/Grain in an image. In a previous article I explained Aperture and the role it plays in DSLR photography and the Exposure Triangle. Here we will take a close look […]

Making Text and Lines Sit at a Diagonal

It’s easy to rotate a text frame so that your text sits at a diagonal. However, it’s not obvious how to make flow on an angle, but have the left edges of the text line up horizontally, like this: There are, of course, several ways to achieve this (there is almost aways more than one […]

Kickstarter Card Deck Campaign Features Kings of India

I don’t know where the fascination of unique card decks on Kickstarter comes from, but I could look at those projects all day. One that caught my eye is the “Kings of India” deck from Montreal-based studio Humble Raja. Sadly, my knowledge of India and designs from that country is limited to eating at some […]

How to Install InDesign CS6, CC, or CC 2014

The details of how Creative Cloud subscribers can install older versions of InDesign have been mentioned here before in other posts, but since the question comes up a lot (and Adobe is always tweaking things), I thought the topic should have its own post, which I will try to keep updated. Also, I’ve included instructions for uninstalling apps […]

New Contest! The Riddle of the Hidden Characters

Hey folks, it’s time for another InDesign mystery that you can solve for a chance to win an awesome prize! This month I want to get a LOT of entries, so the mystery is in the form of a little riddle that almost any InDesign user can solve (with a little effort). And I’ll even give you […]