35 Adobe InDesign Tutorials – Enhance your Print Medial Skills

35 Adobe InDesign Tutorials – Enhance your Print Medial Skills

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Quick Tip: Create a Highlighted Text Effect With Adobe InDesign

Sometimes using a highlighted effect text gives a stronger emphasis and style to your design. In this quick tip we are going to achieve that effect by utilizing Paragraph Rules in Adobe InDesign. Let’s begin!

Step 1: Insert text

Create a new document at any size you want. Then insert… read more

Use Layer Comps in Photoshop to Improve Your InDesign Workflow

Layer comps are a great way to organize content inside Photoshop files. They allow you to save multiple design ideas in a single PSD while reducing the need to create duplicate layers. As you’ll see in this tutorial, layer comps can flow from Photoshop to InDesign making your workflow even… read more

The Future Of Screen Typography Is In Your Hands

We do more reading on the screen today than we did even a year ago. If we are ever to have a golden age of reading on the screen, this might be the start of it.

Tablets, Nooks and Kindles make buying a book or magazine for the screen almost unavoidable…. read more

Hands On: Apple’s iBooks Author App

Apple is hoping its new iBooks Author app will turn educators into authors, the same way iMovie and Garageband turned amateurs into audio and video editors.

Apple launched the app at its education event in New York City in conjunction with the revamped iTunes U and partnerships with various textbook publishers…. read more

Working with Professional Typography in Adobe Illustrator

I would like to dedicate this tutorial to typography, which are the methods of processing printed text for better legibility and beauty. Typography is composed through the graphic design of printed text using the specifics for that languages rules. In this Basix tutorial will be apply the typography methods and… read more

Using Mini Bridge with InDesign CS5

Jeff Witchel talks about the integration of Mini Bridge into InDesign CS5, which has made it much easier to use. Use Mini Bridge to open InDesign files, edit file names, show linked files, save snippets, and place images.

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10 Full Magazine Layout Templates for InDesign and Photoshop

10 Full Magazine Layout Templates for InDesign and Photoshop

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20 Inspiring Minimalist Web Designs

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Minimal websites can be a pretty polemic issue, especially when we stop to think how minimal should a minimal site be? Some people think that a good minimal website is that which has few design elements as possible. While others believe that the number of elements… read more

Quick Tip: Locating Images using Mini Bridge in InDesign CS5

Mini Bridge opens up within InDesign just like a panel. Mini Bridge doesn’t hold all the capabilities Adobe Bridge does, instead it operates efficiently by navigating and working with linked files. During this tut we are going to explore the potential for locating images via another InDesign document. Note,… read more

Best of the Vector Web – December 2011

Each month, we search the web for the best vector-related content and showcase it here for you all to enjoy. This month, we showcase high quality tutorials on creating cubist style logos, speeding up your work in Illustrator and InDesign, and more. We have loads of tutorials, in addition to… read more

21 Examples of Subtle Textures and Patterns in Web Design

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First of all, we would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year! To kick things off for 2012, we’ve gathered some amazing examples of subtle textures and patterns in web design. The web sites in this collection demonstrate that you don’t always have to over… read more

75 Outstanding Tutorials, Quick Tips, Articles and Interviews from Vectortuts+ in 2011

As the year comes to an end and we pack up our vector tools for some well deserved rest and relaxation, let’s take a look back at some of the best and most inspiring Vectortuts+ articles and tutorials for 2011.

The following collection is just a fraction of the fantastic content… read more

Six CSS Layout Features To Look Forward To

A few concerns keep bobbing up now and then for Web developers, one of which relates to how to lay out a given design. Developers have made numerous attempts to do so with existing solutions. Several articles have been written on finding the holy grail of CSS layouts, but to… read more

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15+ Best Desktop Publishing Resources and Beginner Tips

Desktop publishing has become a critical business skill today, and the use of the Internet means that creation of print content is no longer the only consideration.

Now the documents you create likely have to be displayed in both print and on the web.

This article looks at how to determine… read more

Page Numbers in InDesign CS5

AJ Wood opens up InDesign CS5 and talks about easy ways to add page numbers, continued page numbers, and sections to your InDesign document.

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Quick Tip: An Introduction to Live Preflight with InDesign CS5

Traditionally designers would check their layouts manually for errors by using a host of different menus or panels. Commonly known as Preflight, this process has now been turned on its head by the introduction of Live Preflight to InDesign. This feature checks for errors as you work displaying errors in… read more

Top 50 Web Development, Design and Application Icon Sets from 2011

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This is now our fourth year rounding up the the best icon sets for web designers and developers. And what another fantastic year 2011 it has been! You’ll love this selection.

All of the icon sets below have been split into several categories: Glyphs & Pictograms,… read more

Anchoring Objects in InDesign CS5.5

Learn the basics of anchoring objects inside text using InDesign’s anchor options.

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Quick Tip: Using Quick Apply in InDesign CS5

Quick Apply is a feature that holds the ability to allow an InDesign user to save time when accessing styles, commands, scripts and features. The Quick Apply panel is a shortcut to everything InDesign offers.Find out more about this handy feature at the jump.

Step 1

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Best of the Vector Web – November 2011

Each month, we search the web for the best vector-related content and showcase it here for you all to enjoy. This month, we showcase high quality tutorials on creating interactive magazines in InDesign, which are destined for the iPad. We also work with basic geometric shapes in Illustrator, learn the… read more

20 Festive Holiday Theme Tutorials from Vectortuts+

With the holidays fast approaching we have bundled together a collection festive illustration and decoration tutorials from the Vectortuts+ archives. Covering a variety of subjects from effects to illustration there’s plenty of projects to keep you busy during the silly season.

Quick Tip: Make a Cut Out Gift Tag with Adobe… read more

Quick Tip: Creating Live Captions in InDesign CS5

Live captions are perfect for adding descriptions to images placed within an InDesign document. InDesign uses the metadata from an imported file and generates a text frame. For example, if you have a contact sheet set up from an image library you can use Live Caption to automatically add descriptions… read more

Clipping Masks in InDesign

Without a dedicated menu item for creating a clipping mask, InDesign need to know the tricks for getting an image into a shape or text. AJ Wood shows InDesign users how to use the paste into command to insert an image into any fill-able frame or shape and to create… read more

Catalog Template – InDesign Freebie

Today we have a catalog template, made available as a freebie for anyone to download. The design is by StockInDesign.com available in InDesign CS5 format. Have fun customizing the template for a project that calls out for a fun and unique design.

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15 Illustrator Tutorials for Creating Isometric Illustrations

We’re all looking to improve our vector illustration skills, and if your focus is on learning illustration or icon design, then getting familiar with how to use Adobe Illustrator to create isometric drawings will improve your technical illustration skills greatly. Learning how to use Illustrator to create isometric diagrams, set… read more

Quick Tip: Designing a Business Card with InDesign CS5

Today we are going to take a business card design from first idea to preparing the file for print. So whether you need a business card for yourself or a client read on.

Step 1

Start sketching out a few ideas for your card, think about any special attributes you want to… read more

Ode To a Wooden Spoon – How The Right Tool Can Help You Design Better

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Every chef has their favorite tool. Mine happens to be a wooden spoon I’ve had since forever. I call it “Suzie” (because I’m a weirdo). Some people actually keep their wooden spoons in the family for generations – talk about a collector’s item! Today, I’m… read more

Four Yahoo! Web Development Tools You May Not Know About

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Anything that can save time for a web developer is well worth its weight in gold. Whether you’re looking to cut loading time for your website or make light work of placing interactive elements into a design, these four tools could help speed things up:

YUI… read more

DIY: Producing Your Photography Book

Bike-tography: Combining Bicycling with Photography

Back in July, I wrote a review of Publish Your Photography Book by Darius Himes and Mary Virginia Swanson.

I finished that review by saying, “If you’d rather shun the commercial publishing route and travel the do-it-yourself road, be prepared for quite the learning experience. Because… read more

Bullets and Numbering in InDesign

A.J. Wood talks about bulleted and numbered lists in InDesign. These tips include how to create a forced line break inside a bulleted list, how to import lists from other documents, how to create paragraph styles to use with bulleted lists.

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Style.com Goes Retro, Launches Print Magazine

The inaugural print issue of Style.com made its debut Monday, in an unusual move for a web magazine.

The issue, a recap of the spring 2012 runway collections, is an interesting adaptation of the web to print form. Large-format layouts, which are adorned with graphic elements from ’80s-era operating systems, look… read more

Best of the Vector Web – October 2011

Each month, we search the web for the best vector-related content and showcase it here for you all to enjoy. This month, we showcase high quality tutorials on creating layered, limited color, vector style artwork. We also have tutorials on creating self promotional books, using Illustrator’s Brush tool to create… read more

Quick Tip: Designing a Halloween Invitation with InDesign

It’s Halloween next week and if you are having a party you might need some last minute invites. Today’s tut contains the knowledge of how to design an invitation quickly. We are going to make the most of free online resources, including vectors and fonts.

You may want to print this… read more

13 Illustrator Tutorials for Creating Successful Print Self Promotions

We’re all looking to creatively reach out to potential clients and secure new work, grab interesting projects, and expand our network of professional contacts. Designing self promo print materials are a proven way to get attention. The more creative your graphic design self promotion is, the better you will stand… read more

Interview with Nicholas van der Walle

Today our guest is Nicholas van der Walle, the proprietor of Astute Graphics. Astute Graphics has become world famous thanks to its Phantasm CS and VectorScribe plugins that make our work easier and more convenient. Among their customers there are such world famous brands as Adidas, Apple, NASA, Nike, Philips,… read more

A round-up of great vlogs and podcasts for designers

Being a designer is not your average job: your work is constantly evolving, giving you new tools to either become more productive or to simply create better work. For that, we all do our best to read books, brush up our skills following some tutorials, subscribe to blogs or attend… read more

25 Unique Adobe InDesign Tutorials for Newbies

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Masters of the Adobe software suite often lean towards graphic design or web development. When creating documents for print this can easily be transcribed in both Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. However, Adobe InDesign allows you to create entire projects such as a magazines, online e-books, cover… read more

Quick Tip: Designing a Basic Compliment Slip with InDesign CS5

Make the most of InDesign’s tools and features to create an Compliment Slip for yourself or client. During this tut we will explore the Page tool and palette, Guides and Rulers.

Before starting, if you haven’t done so already please read and complete my previous Quick Tip: Designing a Basic… read more

Interview with Shelby White (Wanken) + Giveaway

Shelby White also known as WANKEN is visual designer and photographer currently living in Portland, Oregon. His blog is part of a quality content that will surely inspired your retro side on visuals and photography and more. He’s also the creator of Designspiration.net, image-based inspiration resource that is really on… read more

Quick Tip: Designing a Basic Letterhead with InDesign CS5

For today’s Quick Tip we are going to set up a letterhead within InDesign. However, before we can start, you need to have a logo, some content (you can also use place holder text) and contact details ready. I will be using a logo from GraphicRiver which happens to be… read more

Guidelines to Writing a Web Design Proposal

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Writing website proposals is boring. There are no two ways about it, but they’re a necessary evil. The proposal is the final push before our client signs on the dotted line. We need to make sure we have all our bases covered and that we project,… read more

How To Make An eBook

Making an eBook is easy, regardless of your coding experience. This is good, because 99.9% of your time should be spent on writing and getting your book out there, rather than on technology.

EPUB And Kindle

Any electronic book can be called an eBook, but because over 90% of all eBooks are… read more

Weekly Design News – Resources, Tutorials and Freebies (N.105)

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This is our weekly column were we share our favorite design related articles, resources and cool tidbits from the past week. Enjoy :)

If you would like to receive our daily updates you can follow us on Twitter, on Facebookor by subscribing to our RSS feed.

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30+ Genuinely Useful Mac Apps for Designers

It’s hard to believe that we’re coming up on a year since the Mac App Store was first announced. It seems like only yesterday we were itching to get our hands on a marketplace full of great utilities, games and other goodies all custom tailored to the Mac platform.

While… read more

Quick Tip: An Introduction to Scripts in InDesign CS5

Scripting is a sure way to save time when performing repetitive tasks within InDesign. Scripts will automatically complete a task for the user, for example, creating crop marks to a specified object. The following tut will serve as an introduction to scripting and will explore a few of the useful… read more

The Wisdom of Others: Turning Your Favorite Quotes Into a Book

Most of our cultural tales, traditions, and legends started as stories that were handed down orally, generation to generation. The sayings and phrases that we think of without thinking were engrained into our consciousness by years of repetition, saying and hearing the same phrases over and over. Sometimes it might… read more

Quick Tip: An Introduction to Threading Text in InDesign CS5

Threading text within InDesign can hugely improve the experience of editing and amending copy while working on layouts. The process of threading text is linking two or more text frames allowing text to flow from one separate frame to another. Lets take a look at the basics.

Step 1

Create a new… read more

Quick Tip: An Introduction to the Page Tool in InDesign CS5

You may have missed the addition of the Page Tool to InDesign CS5. If you did, take ten minutes out to discover the capabilities this superb tool offers when working with multiple page sizes.

Step 1

For the purposes of this tutorial we are going to set an A4 and A5 page… read more

What’s new for designers – Sep. 2011

The September edition of what’s new out there for web designers and developers includes new web apps, JavaScript frameworks, a couple of fun dummy text generators, useful apps for working with clients, and a number of great new fonts.

Many of the resources below are free or very low cost, and… read more

MailerLite Review, Save Time with Simple Email Marketing

I work for a magazine publishing company with a very small staff. We use email marketing to let our advertisers know what is coming up in future issues, enticing them to advertise. There is no way our sales team can personally call and visit each and every one of… read more

Making Communication Valuable

Design without functionality is useless. With the resources needed to design websites, videos and graphics at the fingertips of those who crave them, the value of communication today is evident. Many factors will shape the future of the creative design industry, so the more we share ideas the better. We… read more

Quick Tip: Creating Quick Grids and Using Live Distribute with InDesign CS5

Within this tut we are going to explore the Grid and Live Distribute features. The following information will help you create fast grids as well as explaining how to distribute frames quickly. Let’s begin!

Step 1

Create a new document by going to File > New > Document or use Shortcut … read more

Adobe Muse Now in Free Public Beta, Makes Website Creation Easy

Adobe released the public beta of its new website creation software, code-named Muse, on Monday.

Unlike Dreamweaver, Adobe’s flagship web development tool, Muse is for graphic designers who want to create elegant websites without having to code.

We’ve been playing with Muse for the past two weeks as part of the… read more

Mind Your En And Em Dashes: Typographic Etiquette

An understanding of typographic etiquette separates the master designers from the novices. A well-trained designer can tell within moments of viewing a design whether its creator knows how to work with typography. Typographic details aren’t just inside jokes among designers. They have been built up from thousands of years of… read more

How Blurb Tapped Into the Burgeoning Self-Publishing Industry

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For the last six years, Eileen Gittins has made it her mission to help anyone and everyone… read more

Better proof approval and management

Disclaimer: This is a sponsored review for Approval Manager

Any time you’re working in a team environment, it’s likely you’ll need a series of permissions and approvals for various stages of your project.

Managing all these approvals, making sure that they’re done on time, and making sure that the right versions of… read more

Typography Mania #92

Typography Mania is a weekly post series that comes around every Wednesday with the best of Typography design works on the web, from type videos to images everything is full of great design and typography inspiration. Users can submit their typography designs.

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Best of the Week #183

It’s time for our best news of this week. We have a lot of graphic and web design, a bit of architecture, ads, tech news, awesome reads and other crazy stuff! So take a look at the links we’ve selected for your inspiration and to keep you updated about what’s… read more

Quick Tip: Create Compound Frames in InDesign CS5

By using the pathfinder panel within InDesign CS5 it is possible to create a compound frame that can be used to import an image to create a unique effect. Find out more about Compound Frames at the jump.

Step 1

Start by creating a number of frames to work with. Select the… read more

Day of the Designer: Simon Birky Hartmann

Editor’s note: This is the first in an interview series called Day of the Designer, where we’ll have a designer cover the basics of one of their works days. They can include pictures and screenshots of their day, share workflow tips, describe how they promote themselves and utilize social sites,… read more

Best of the Vector Web – July 2011

Each month, we search the web for the best vector-related content and showcase it here for you all to enjoy. This month, we showcase high quality tutorials on creating isometric 3D architectural lettering, rockstar clubtastic shades, as well as stylized logos, and more. We have loads of tutorials, in… read more

Quick Tip: The Gap Tool in InDesign CS5

The Gap Tool can be used to adjust the white-space in-between and around page items. This tool holds the ability to allow the user to work quickly with item heavy layouts as well as viewing real-time changes.

Step 1

The Gap Tool is an awesome tool in its own right however,… read more

Quick Tip: Using the Auto-Fit feature in InDesign CS5

The introduction of the Auto-Fit feature to CS5 should not be over looked. By the end of this Quick tip you – the designer – will be able to save some valuable time when importing images and graphics. Let’s take a look.

Step 1

To open the Auto-Fit feature go to Object… read more

Illustrator’s Type Tool: A Comprehensive Introduction

A few times a each month we revisit some of our reader’s favorite posts from throughout the history of Vectortuts+. This tutorial by Ian Yates was first published on October 4th 2008.

Type is an essential part of Illustrator; whether you’re desktop publishing, designing logos, or using type for image building,… read more

The Secrets Behind Successful Design Podcasts

In a time when designers are often too busy to network and seek further education, podcasts have become available to teach so we can learn while we go about our business. I recently “met” Kitty Florido on Twitter when I asked for graphic design podcast recommendations. Florido is a graphic… read more

50 Must Have Cheat Sheets For Web Designers & Developers

Today we are featuring a collection of more than 50 extremely useful cheat sheets that every designer and developer must have. A cheat sheet is a guide of a peculiar programming language, software or framework that can be printed for easy access.

Cheat sheets are basically intended for those designers and… read more

Quick Tip: Adding Movies and Sounds to InDesign PDFs

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Did you know that you can add movie and sound files to an InDesign CS4 project letting you build an Interactive document? In this Quick Tip you’ll learn how to embed files and export your final work to Adobe PDF.

Introduction

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Tool Hints in InDesign CS5

Questions about a tool? Use InDesign CS5′s new tool hints menu option to get information.

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Top Freelance Jobs from Job Board – Week 2, July

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Looking for a new client? The FreelanceSwitch job board is a great resource of freelance gigs and opportunities. These opportunities are in various fields, from development to writing to design, and come from a wide range of potential clients. The job board is hand-moderated by dedicated… read more

Quick Tip: How to Use Notes and add Comments to InDesign CS5 Documents

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The notes mode is perfect for adding comments to existing copy within an InDesign document. Notes can be added, but are not visible in the body of the text, instead these notes are hidden and can be viewed in the Notes panel or Story Editor. If you usually keep… read more

Best of the Vector Web – June 2011

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Each month, we search the web for the best vector-related content and showcase it here for you all to enjoy. This month, we showcase high quality tutorials on creating dramatic lighting effects in Illustrator, making super-sweet chocolaty styled lettering, designing neon vector effects, and more. We have loads of… read more

22 Professional Video Tutorials of Adobe InDesign

22 Professional Video Tutorials of Adobe InDesign

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Working with Track Changes in InDesign CS5

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The Track Changes panel is a handy feature that gives the user the ability to view all significant changes made to an existing story. Changes can be kept for reference or discarded once checked and approved. The feature can also be useful when there is more than one contributor… read more

HTML5 and CSS3 Form References, Resources and Tutorials

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This article explores some of the new HTML5 form features and how it has greatly improved text inputs, search boxes and other form fields by providing better and cleaner controls for validating data allowing you to build complicated forms with far less code and even less… read more

A Web Developer’s Guide To Adobe InDesign

Over the past several years, there has been a big divide between designers: those who work in print distribution and those in digital distribution. The irony is that, despite the disputes, name-calling and flat-out arguments between the two camps, their techniques and methods are far more common than many believe…. read more

Get Started with Adobe InDesign and Illustrator, Basix Tutorials from Vectortuts+

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Get started with Adobe Illustrator and Indesign with this handy collection of beginner tutorials from the archives at Vectortuts+. We’re adding to our Basix category all the time, so be sure to follow us on Facebook and Twitter to stay upto date with all the news, articles and tutorials… read more

Working with Track Changes: InDesign CS5

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The Track Changes panel is a handy feature that gives the user the ability to view all significant changes made to an existing story. Changes can be kept for reference or discarded once checked and approved. The feature can also be useful when there is more than one contributor… read more

The Layers Panel: InDesign CS5

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The new layers panel added to InDesign CS5 is packed with features that can really speed up your operating pace. The panel now resembles Adobe’s Illustrator Layer panel and has borrowed many of its useful features. So if you are new InDesign or have simply overlooked this addition read… read more

TypeDNA 2

Much More Than Just a Font Manager

The text-handling tools in Photoshop are mostly adequate, assuming you know which fonts you want to use and have them activated. But what if you’re exploring and you want to try combinations of fonts that aren’t currently active, and maybe get a little… read more

10 Clever Laptop Cooling Solutions [PICS]

As the weather heats up for summer, we’ve taken a look at some laptop cooling solutions to help keep your portable PC nice and chilled.

Whether it’s a full-on fan stand or simply a pad to prevent your thighs from getting too toasty, there’s something for everyone. And with prices starting… read more

All About Grunge: 60 Useful Examples, Tutorials and Free Resources

Grunge style and look is getting quite popular these days and it doesn’t look as if it is going to be disappeared soon. A grunge style stands apart from other design styles and mostly holds a worn or stained look that also can appear worn out, old or out of… read more

Working with Nested Styles in InDesign

Using nested styles, InDesign users can create a single paragraph with multiple character styles inside of it.

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Poll Results: What Type of Computer do you use for Design?

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Some of you may remember that a few weeks ago we asked the question, "What type of Computer do you use?". The results are in and it looks like a tie between Mac OS and Windows. See the breakdown and read some of the reader responses after the jump.

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Quick Tip: InDesign Working with Tabs

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If you ever worked with a text processor you should be familiar of "Tabs". When you press the Tab (Tabulator) key the cursor is displaced to the next tab stop; this is particularly useful when you need to organize content in a document. This Quick Tip is an introduction… read more

Clipping Path Options in InDesign CS5

AJ Wood shows viewers how to use clipping path options to separate image subjects from their backgrounds when working with InDesign documents.

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Quick Tip: Using the Story Editor in InDesign CS5

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The Story Editor feature within InDesign is a great tool to know and utilise. Once mastered, you will be able to edit text clearly without distraction from formatting. Story Editor also has other advantages when handling text heavy documents. Instead of zooming and moving back and forth, the Story… read more

Best of the Vector Web – May 2011

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Each month, we search the web for the best vector-related content and showcase it here for you all to enjoy. This month, we showcase high quality tutorials on creating vector portraits, composing character based type illustrations, creating shiny illustrative icons, and more. We have loads of tutorials, in addition… read more

The Secret To Freelancing – FOLLOW DIRECTIONS!

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A young digital Illustrator e-mailed me after seeing a post of mine on a business networking site. He asked, “After reading your profile, I would love to hear anything else you have to offer regarding the inside of the industry!”

Credit: Mykl Roventine on Flickr

I wrote back,… read more

3 Steps to Igniting Your Design Planning Process

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More than once, I’ve made the mistake of diving head first into a project, full of enthusiasm and brimming with ideas. After a quick consult with what seems to be an agreeable and understanding client, I’m already half a dozen logo concepts down… read more

Quick Tip: Eleven Tricks That Will Help Your Workflow in InDesign

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Today we have a collection of useful InDesign tips will help or enhance your operating skills. Perfect for beginner users in InDesign, there’s plenty of tips here to get you started. Let’s begin!

1. InDesign the Calculator

Within the Control or Transform Palette it is possible to calculate and resize objects…. read more

InDesign Preflight Profiles

This video gives some tips on setting up your own custom preflight profile in InDesign.

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Quick Tip: Working with Text Wrap and Fit Content Options in Adobe InDesign

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Adobe In Design lets you wrap text around any object, including text frames and imported images. There are different styles to choose from and some features you can set up including the distance between the text and object frame. In the following Quick Tip you will learn more… read more

Quick Tip: Create a Unique Table of Contents with Adobe InDesign

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Today we will take a quick look at how to be creative with style sheets and make a unique and highly editable table of contents in InDesign. Let’s get started!

Step 1: Document Setup

Create a new document; the default setting should do just fine. Create a text box… read more

Acrobat X Pro

The Emperor Has New Clothes
Considering Acrobat 9 has been out for almost two and a half years (a long time—software years are like dog years), Acrobat X is surprisingly short of new features. Granted, Acrobat X (read ten) is a mature program and new, exciting features are harder… read more

Cutting Corners in InDesign CS5

Explore the new corner options that are available when designing with InDesign CS5.

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Should Your API Be Free or Pay-to-Play?

The Web Development Series is supported by Rackspace, the better way to do hosting. Learn more about Rackspace’s hosting solutions here.

In our ongoing series on APIs, we’ve covered whether to offer an API and how to get people using it. Now, we’re delving into one of the… read more

Adobe InDesign CS5, Advanced Typography and Special Characters

Adobe’s InDesign is considered to be the most advanced multi-page editor software, but we need to take advantage of it’s full power to quickly create and deliver professionally formatted documents. In this article, we’ll review the nine advanced and special character topics, as well as corresponding shortcut keys, and additional… read more

Improve Your Illustrator Skills

There are countless tutorials available on the net to learn the basic skills of Adobe Illustrator. Some of them are of very basic, while some help you with learning the more advanced skills. Adobe Illustrator is an amazing design tool with such depth that exploring its many possibilities can take… read more