If you’re on the Creative Cloud subscription then you’ll have access to the latest versions Adobe’s software – in fact it sometimes seems that you ONLY have access to the latest versions. But actually it is possible to install legacy versions via the CC installer App going back as far as CS6 (if the title […]
Category Archives: InDesign
If you’ve been using Photoshop, Illustrator or InDesign for any length of time you’ll, no doubt, have heard the terms vectors and rasters (or pixels). And, equally likely, been told that vectors are ‘resolution independent’ whereas raster images have a fixed resolution. But what does that actually mean in terms of our artwork and how […]
If you work in InDesign and have a need to share files or collaborate on projects then you may have come across the humble IDML file extension. Knowing a little about how this file format works, and what is included in the resulting file can help you navigate a workflow that needs to cater for […]
One simple, but extremely useful, feature in InDesign is the ability to customise the colour of individual guides. By default the Ruler Guides, the guides we pull out from the page rulers at the top and left of the document window, are set to Cyan. If we go to the Layout menu and select “Ruler […]
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 […]