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InDesign How To: Creating Timelines with Tables
This article originally appeared in InDesign Magazine Issue 69. Subscribe now for the best InDesign content on the planet! When you want to make a graphical timeline, there’s one tool in InDesign you...
View ArticleUnderstanding Web Design, Hand Coding, and WYSIWYG
Web Design is very intimidating for quite a few people. For just over two decades it’s been the domain of the tech savvy and coding elite. Today having an online presence is essential for business,...
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Sharpen Color Awareness with Fun Vision Test
I don’t know anyone who actually enjoys taking tests. Heck, even the eye doctor’s exam gives me sweaty palms. I recently stumbled upon a little color vision test that adds a little gaming excitement...
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TypeTalk: The Ins and Outs of F-ligatures
F-ligatures are special characters found in just about every professional font. A ligature is two or more characters that are combined to form a single glyph. Ligatures fall into two categories:...
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Adobe Unleashes Creative Cloud 2015
This week (June 15) Adobe unleashed the latest version of Creative Cloud: Adobe CC 2015. This has been a much anticipated release for many designers and other creative professionals! There have been...
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Museum Exhibit Showcases the Art of the Poster
If I had to name one form of artwork I really appreciate, it would probably be the simple poster. From infographics, to vintage advertising, to my obsession with movie posters, I appreciate the...
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Creating Macros in Microsoft Word
In my article, Moving Text from Word to InDesign, I wrote about creating macros in Microsoft Word, which can run a multitude of repetitive tasks with the click of a button. As a book designer and...
View ArticleHow Designers Can Use Video Marketing
Video marketing is something that more creatives and brands are seeing the need to embrace. Video creates a deeper connection and level of engagement than any other form of media, because its the...
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Remembering Legendary Man of Letters Hermann Zapf
If you work with type, you no doubt know the name of Zapf. Whether you’re a type and design aficionado or merely dabble with type on your computer, the name should be familiar. The man behind the...
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How to Make Amazing Halftone Effects with Photoshop
If you look really closely at an image in a printed newspaper or magazine you’ll see that what appears at first to be “continuous tone” (like a photograph) is actually constructed of thousands of tiny...
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Creativity International Awards Launches 45th Annual Competition
I know how we all love a good design contest and the Creativity International Awards is one that I enjoy following. Partially because I just can’t get enough of drooling over the winning entries and...
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Illustrator Global Swatches
People often have questions when using Adobe Illustrator. What’s that triangle for? Why do some have a dot? What the heck is a “global” swatch? What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?...
View ArticleShould You Use Photoshop CC, Elements, or Lightroom?
It can be a bit intimidating trying to decide which image-editing software you need if you’re unfamiliar with them and don’t know what each one has to offer. If you browse through the internet or...
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PePcon 2015 Wraps Up Another Exciting Edition
The 2015 installment of PePcon—The Print and ePublishing Conference—wraps up in Philadelphia today, after four days of print and design related tutorials, rapid-fire sessions, networking events, and...
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Keys to Creative Flow, Part 3
Do you ever get stuck? Feel like your creative taps are rusted shut? Well, never fear, help is at hand! Today marks Part 3 of a three-part series in which I share my favorite tricks for getting back...
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Adobe and Marvel Team Up to Create New Avengers Comic
Four lucky students will soon be on their way to San Diego Comic-Con, courtesy of Adobe. The software company—in collaboration with Marvel Comics—held a contest in early spring to showcase the Creative...
View ArticleHow I work As a Digital Artist: Software Part 2: Utility Software
For this installment in the ongoing “How I Work As A Digital Artist” series, I want to address some of the digital tools I use as a digital artist that help me on the productivity side of things,...
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Digital Juice Launches Lifetime Membership Subscription Service
Press Release Lake Mary, FL, May 29, 2015 - Today, Digital Juice announced the official opening of its much anticipated royalty-free creative content subscription service. This service gives...
View Article5 Freelancing Mistakes to Avoid
Freelancing can be a source of freedom or overwhelming anxiety depending on situation. It becomes the latter when you have not taken the time to manage your freelancing effectively with good habits...
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Understanding Liquid Layouts – Part Four
Well, my little chickadees, this week I’ll be covering the last of InDesign’s Liquid Layout Rules: Guide-based. This rule is a bit contradictory in that in theory it’s so simple, yet in execution it...
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