August, 2015 | CreativePro Network

Free Photoshop Video: How Large Can I Print My Image?

At one time or another, every Photoshop user has looked at an image and wondered: how large can I print this? The answer isn’t always easy. It depends on a lot of factors, including what kind of printing you plan on doing, how much resolution you have to work with, and the content of the […]

Tip of the Week: Where the Heck Are My Scripts?

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InDesign Template: Tabbed Booklet

This template for a tabbed booklet is great for something like a user manual, handbook, cookbook, or anything where you want to give users quick and easy access to well-organized content.

Free InDesign Template of the Month: Tabbed Booklet

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Scanning Around With Gene: How to Look Like a Real Photographer

Originally published August 6, 2008 When I was in high school I spent a great deal of time hiding behind a 35mm Nikkormat camera under the guise of taking pictures for the yearbook. I noticed pretty early that kids with cameras around their necks were less likely to get beaten up, and there was a […]

Great Gadgets for Graphic Designers

As a graphic designer, you know that sometimes it take a bit more than a MacBook Pro, Adobe software, and a good printer to get the job done… sometimes you need a few gadgets to make life a bit easier. Some of these things will allow you to work a little faster and more efficiently, […]

Adobe Drops Fonts, Leaves Users Stranded

We wish this were one of our infamous April Fool’s Day jokes, but it’s not. At some point in the near past, sometime after InDesign CC was released, Adobe quietly stopped installing almost all the fonts that used to come with the program. Mike wrote that up here. At a time when Adobe has repeatedly announced its […]

Redefining Letterpress in the Digital Age

Erik Spiekermann is on a quest to make letterpress a viable and meaningful process in the age of all things digital. Last year he created HWT Artz, a font designed for the sole purpose of being cut as wood type using the pantograph process. Spiekermann’s method of digitally designing fonts for use in letterpress has […]

Creating Cross References with Text Anchors

InDesign’s Cross-References panel lets you create x-refs such as “see Oranges and Apples on page 23.” But cross-references have two important limitations: In general, the text you’re referencing needs to be on the page (“Oranges and Apples” in the example above) In general, the text has to have a paragraph style applied to it However, […]