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Here are some of the top must know Photoshop tips for any regular user. Once you have turned some of these into habit, you will be amazed at how more productive you become when using this powerful image editor. These Tips and Tricks generally work the same in previous versions of Photoshop, but if you notice any issues on older / newer versions just let us know as things can change occasionally.
One tool that is often under used or even ignored in InDesign is the Gap tool, and it's a shame as it can be very useful. Basically the tool allows you to manipulate the gaps between frames, and has a number of shortcuts that allow you to control exactly how it works.
The Gap tools is found near the top of the InDesign tools panel and is the small icon with two arrows pointing out in opposite directions.
Selecting by colour range is a way of selecting broken/disbursed areas that are the same colour, and would otherwise be time consuming and/or hard to select. These selections would be difficult to do using lasoo tools, macquee tools or even something like quick select.
The use of vintage style effects on modern photography is as popular as it’s ever been, and shows no signs of abating anytime soon. With social media platforms such-as Instagram popularising the look there are now numerous websites, presets and apps dedicated to giving your images that retro, matt effect.
For years software developers have hidden easter eggs within their programs as a way of having a bit of fun. These can be anything from a hidden message or joke through to a full blown game hidden inside the program. It provides a bit of extra entertainment for people using the software, and to be honest when you find an easter egg it's kind of nice knowing you are "in on the secret".
No More Low Res RGBs! Setting up a simple Preflight in InDesign CC
Today I’m going to show you how to setup a Preflight Profile in InDesign to catch any low resolution and/or RGB images.
Masters within InDesign are very useful – they provide a common background for whichever page(s) you are working with. But here are some not so well known/used tips regarding masters and pages.
Say you want a master for Chapter 1 – usually a header and footer. But the footer may be fairly general, just Page X say. This would be the same for Chapter 2, 3 etc.