The new Creative Suite is out and we’re going to take a look at some of what it has to offer. If you’re familiar with the functions of the Pathfinder panel in previous versions of Illustrator and use them in your workflow, I believe the new Shape Builder Tool in Illustrator CS5 is going to prove [...]
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Jun
AppClinc 193 – Illustrator CS5: Draw Inside
Published in Illustrator, WorkflowThe new Creative Suite is out and we’re going to take a look at some of what it has to offer. Clipping masks have long been available to for use in Illustrator, but with the new Draw Inside Mode in Illustrator CS5 clipping artwork inside of objects is easier and faster than ever. We’ll look at [...]
10
Jun
AppClinc 192 – Illustrator CS5: Width Tool
Published in Illustrator, WorkflowThe new Creative Suite is out and we’re going to take a look at some of what it has to offer. Not a pro at designing your own brushes, don’t have a Wacom Tablet with pressure sensitivity? Don’t worry, with the new Width Tool in Illustrator CS5 you can add variance and style to your ordinary [...]
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Jun
The new Creative Suite is out and we’re going to take a look at some of what it has to offer. Drawing objects with perspective in Illustrator is definitely nothing new, but with the Perspective Grid Tool in the new Illustrator CS5 this task becomes quick and easy. We’ll explore how this tool works to help [...]
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May
AppClinc 190 – Photoshop CS5: Mini Bridge
Published in Photoshop, WorkflowThe new Creative Suite is out and we’re going to take a look at some of what it has to offer. Are you a Bridge User? Have you ever wanted to use bridge without leaving the friendly confines of Photoshop? Now with the Mini Bridge in Photoshop CS5 you can! We’ll take a look at this [...]
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May
The new Creative Suite is out and we’re going to take a look at some of what it has to offer. Have you ever wondered why they stick that ugly yellow color in as the default for an inner glow layer style? Have you ever wanted to change that? Now you CAN! Set your own [...]
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May
The new Creative Suite is out and we’re going to take a look at some of what it has to offer. Is it worth your learning curve time and hard earned money… you be the judge. We start by taking a look at a new feature of Photoshop CS5 call Content Aware Fill. If you [...]
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Apr
AppClinc 187 – CSS Link Rollovers
Published in CSS, Dreamweaver, Productivity, Web DesignThere are severral different ways to set up an image rollover on a link, but the method we’ll cover in this episode is quick, easy and efficient. We’ll run through how to use a CSS class on a link to make a plus icon turn darker in color when moused over using only CSS and [...]
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Apr
AppClinc 186 – Investigating in InDesign
Published in CS2, CS3, CS4, InDesign, Productivity, WorkflowYou might find yourself in a position from time to time where you have to accept files from another designer and continue to work on them. Before you get to work, you might want to do some investigating of the files to see how things are organized and make sure you’re comfortable with the setup. [...]
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Jan
AppClinc 185 – HTML/CSS Height Attribute
Published in CSS, Dreamweaver, HTML, Web DesignHTML and CSS can give you a lot of control over what your web designs look like, but sometimes the attributes need a little push in the right direction to get them working. In this episode we’ll use Dreamweaver to make a table span the height of the browser window using the height attribute… something that [...]