Whether you’re using InDesign, Quark or any other layout software, typography is key and should be at the top of the list of things for you to pay attention to the details of. In this episode we’ll look at more of the basic principles of typography including kerning, leading as well as line and paragraph composition.
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17
Sep
Creating black and white versions of your photos is nothing new in Photoshop but beginning in CS3 there is a new adjustment layer that allows you to achieve black and white with more control than ever. Building upon that, CS4 has added a new tool to the adjustment that allows you to make changes from [...]
10
Sep
Symbols are yet another handy way to use one piece of artwork numerous times in a document with different instances. This can have numerous advantages including keeping the file size down on your Illustrator documents. We’ll take a look at a quick way to create a symbol and some tools the folks at adobe have provided for [...]
Have you ever been asked to create a document with several different versions such as business cards? The layout and graphics may be the same across the board, but the data or personal information has to change from layout to layout?! This can be a pain if done manually, but we’ll look at how the [...]