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Aged Type Effect in Photoshop (w/Ps Action)

14. September 2009

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: While working on the poster for DIT Fest last week I managed to create an impressive text effect that I will likely reuse for awhile. It’s very subtle and does not look like a filter. I’m simply adding a slightly aged, worn, or screen-printed look to any typeface. You [...]

Preparing InDesign Files for your Print Service

7. September 2009

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Preparing InDesign Files for your Print Service

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Often times when it comes to preparing files for a printer it can get really complicated really fast. Often times when I’m creating a design there are a lot of elements that I use in a file, most of which are images and fonts. It’s so complicated to remember [...]

Using Transform Again in Illustrator

4. September 2009

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Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: This shortcut will help you in many different instances in Illustrator when you need to repeat a transformation. I use it most when I am trying to repeat a shape over and over again at an even interval. First create a shape or a stroke, and then transform it [...]

Paparazzi!: Full Web Page Screenshots Utility (OS X)

21. August 2009

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Paparazzi!: Full Web Page Screenshots Utility (OS X)

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Paparazzi! is a handy little niche utility for Mac OS X that creates screenshots of full webpages. Add a URL (or choose from a list of recently visited sites) and Paparazzi! brings up the page in a mini-browser. Save the file in your preferred format, with custom file name [...]

InDesign Quick Tip: Indent To Here

14. August 2009

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Use the Adobe InDesign "Indent To Here" feature to indent bulleted lists and indent lines in a paragraph independently of a paragraph’s left indent value.

Text Tool Tips

7. August 2009

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Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: So you’re a keyboard shortcut junkie, working on a design. You need to add text. You select the Text tool in Photoshop, Illustrator or InDesign and add your text. But how does one jump to other tools—permanently or temporarily—while having the Text tool selected? Obviously if you hit one [...]

Photoshop Quick Tip: Finding Layers Quickly

27. July 2009

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Photoshop Quick Tip: Finding Layers Quickly

Quickly find the Photoshop layer an object is located on by enabling an option on the Move tool.

Polishing Your PSD: 3 Friendly Reminders for Front-End Sanity

24. July 2009

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Polishing Your PSD: 3 Friendly Reminders for Front-End Sanity

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: So you’re a visual designer who wants to suck up to a certain front-end hat guy. Wouldn’t it be a great gesture to clean-house and organize your file so the slicer doesn’t ‘slip’ and accidentally butcher your brilliant work? Some firms carefully distingush the roles of visual designer and [...]

Quick Tip: The Adobe Exchange

1. July 2009

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Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Here’s a quick tip for all you Adobe software users out there: The Adobe Exchange. What is it? The Adobe Exchange (which seems to have recently been renamed to the Adobe Marketplace & Exchange) is a community resource to share and download lots of extras for your Adobe software [...]