July, 2017 | CreativePro Network

Podcast 246

• David’s special guest co-host was Jonathan Levit, InDesign trainer and professional magician
• Auto-sizing of text frames
• Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Tool Hints (the loneliest panel)

This Month in InDesign Articles, July 2017

My father always taught me the value of alternative facts (though he called it “imagination”). And a good alternative fact can be sweet solace on a difficult day. But ultimately it’s the real facts that stick… the cream will rise to the top, as they say! So here’s a real fact for you: there’s always […]

How to Make a Rubber Stamp Effect in Photoshop

You can turn just about any artwork, logo, or text into a rubber stamp by following a few simple steps. You can even combine multiple layers into a single stamp, turning them into a Smart Object so that you can edit the contents later if you want to. Prepare your layers You can use as […]

InDesign Template: General Purpose Binder

Comes with master page designs for the cover, inside pages, and tab dividers, marked for standard 3-hole punch.

InDesign Template of the Month: General Purpose Binder

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Printing Notes (With Some Help From InCopy)

Hi everyone! I just thought I’d share a great article that’s been posted by our sister blog indesignsecrets.com. Guest author Aman Arora shows how InDesign users can also print or export notes and track changes from a document. Those of you InCopy users probably already know how to do this but InDesign doesn’t have this capability […]

Bug Fix for InDesign CC 2017.1

If you experienced problems after updating to InDesign CC 2017.1, there may be a fix for you. In June, Adobe released a couple bug fixes for Windows and Mac to address the following problems: Header row goes missing when duplicating tables InDesign crashes while showing tabbed panel in ScriptUI dialog A Startup Script, which performs […]

Automated Publishing

In excerpts from Why Fonts Matter by Sarah Hyndman, this article explains the psychological effects of fonts on the reader, for the purpose of helping you use type more effectively.

Focus & Filter: Finding the Right Lenses

The following excerpt was taken from Focus & Filter: Professional Techniques for Mastering Digital Photography and Capturing the Perfect Shot by Andrew Darlow. Finding The Right Lenses There is no substitute for doing your own lens testing (search “How to test a lens” on www.lensrentals.com for some excellent step-by-step advice). That being said, it’s very difficult […]