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Adobe Shortcuts App – Free Download

Thursday, October 8, 2009

Free download, Adobe Air application that allows you to look up keyboard shortcuts for any Adobe software. Well, at least Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Flash, Dreamweaver, Soundbooth, Fireworks, Contribute, After Effects, Premiere Pro, Encore and Acrobat Pro. The shortcuts are only for the CS4 versions of these applications.

Create a 3D Vector Labyrinth

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

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Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: A Square Foundation Let’s start off by creating a new document that’s 1024×768. Name this first layer “Maze.” Then, take the Rectangle tool and draw a 50×50 square. Give this square a 10px black outline and no fill. Then align it to the center of the canvas. Repeat this [...]

Scale Objects in Adobe Illustrator Via Keyboard

Friday, October 2, 2009

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Scale Objects in Adobe Illustrator Via Keyboard

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: I’m a big fan of resolution-independent vector art. I’m also a big fan of keyboard shortcuts. It’s been driving me a bit batty that there is no way in Adobe Illustrator to scale objects using just the keyboard. I use this method all the time within InDesign, and feel [...]

Quick Global Swatches In Adobe Illustrator

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

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Quick Global Swatches In Adobe Illustrator

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Global swatches in Adobe Illustrator: they’re awesome. If you’re not aware of the power that is a global swatch, they are special color swatches that are applied like regular swatches, but when the swatch is changed, all vector objects using that swatch are also updated. Similar to Symbols in [...]

Retro Modernist Poster Design with 3D Typography

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

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Retro Modernist Poster Design with 3D Typography

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: What you will learn In this tutorial, you’re going to learn how to create a vintage, retro-modernist poster in Photoshop. You’ll also learn some vintage coloring techniques, retro photo effects, and some cool 3d typographic effects. You’ll also need Adobe Illustrator to create vector paths that will then be [...]

Using Transform Again in Illustrator

Friday, September 4, 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 [...]

3D Typography in Photoshop

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

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Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Introduction In this tutorial we are going to go over various techniques you may have seen before, as well as a bulk of techniques that may be new to you. After you have completed this intense walk though, I assure you will be able to explore even more new [...]

Go Media’s Jeff Finley: Interview at VectorTuts

Monday, August 17, 2009

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Go Media’s Jeff Finley: Interview at VectorTuts

Just a quick heads up to let our readers know about the extended interview by Sean Hodge with Go Media’s Jeff Finley over at VectorTuts. Jeff shares design, illustration as well as design industry insights, along with related thoughts on graphics software, balancing the personal and business aspects of your online presence, collaboration with other [...]

Photoshop vs. Illustrator: Part 2

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

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Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Photoshop Vs. Illustrator in a (continued) no-holds-barred battle to the death! WARNING! This blog post contains foul language and dirty underhanded insults. The (harsh) opinions expressed in this article do not reflect those of Go Media Inc. or Adobe Inc. Please do not read further if you are pregnant, [...]