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Knowing how to utilize the modifier keys in Photoshop can save you time (and unnecessary mouse-scolling) as you work on your latest masterpiece. Here’s 10 ways to harness some of the power in the mighty ALT key! In the interest of clarity I should say this is the “Option” key on a Mac despite the […]
Quickly Reset Dialogue Boxes in Photoshop As Photoshop continues to grow in complexity so too do the various dialogue boxes used to control the many functions at our disposal. It’s easy to get tied up in knots when trying to refine settings and sometimes we just need to start over – if this has you […]
Today we’re going to look at 3 easy ways to create “Light Leak” style effects in Photoshop. Let’s get a couple of things out of the way right up top. Yes, we’re aware that light leaks aren’t exactly a new idea, and we’re also aware that “Light Leaks” has become a catch-all term for an […]
Today we’re going to look at a two methods in InDesign to automatically resize text frames to match the text within. When laying out text it’s often useful to employ panels of colour and/or tints to help separate text from other page content or break-up information into logical sections. Since InDesign allows Fill and Stroke […]
The Layers Panel in Illustrator and InDesign is a potent tool when it comes to organising and editing your content. Both applications work in much the same way allowing you to select, duplicate, lock and generally organise your content in a logical fashion. Depending on your workflow you might use Layers to separate out different […]
When using the Colour Panel in InDesign or Illustrator you have control over each component colour channel when working in RGB or CMYK enabling you to mix specific hues of reds, purples, oranges etc. Sometimes you’ll arrive at the colour you’re after but just need to go deeper or paler. If this has you fiddling […]
Today I want to look at a very simple, yet very powerful, way of making global formatting changes to InDesign documents. Need to change every key-line in a 64 page document to 0.25pt thickness? Easy! Want to change the inset spacing of all text boxes to zero? No problem! Read on to find out how… […]
BOOKING THE EXAM The Adobe ACE exams are currently run through the Pearson Vue network of testing centres, which also runs exams for organisations including Apple, Microsoft, Cisco, IBM, and Oracle. The centres are available at a wide range of locations across the UK, and you can find your nearest centre using the Pearson Vue […]
If you’ve printed documents from InDesign or exported them to PDF you’ve, no-doubt, come across the Marks and Bleed settings in the print/export dialogue box. Here we configure the amount of document bleed and which of the various marks to include. There is one often overlooked setting here which can cause problems in certain print […]
Use the Illustrator Join tool to join segments and points The Join Tool in Illustrator isn’t the most exciting, featured-packed, weapon in your Adobe arsenal but it does make short work of what was once a laborious process. Nested in with the Pencil and Shaper Tools the Join Tool is essentially a brush, but unlike […]