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Firefox Can’t Reach Internet?

With great standards-compliance and cross-platform support, Firefox is becoming the browser of choice not just for end-users but for many web developers as well. Once it’s deployed inside some corporate networks, the Macintosh edition can’t see past the firewall.

Firefox may be an excellent internet citizen, but it doesn’t follow Macintosh standards too closely. Among the conventions it ignores are the Proxy settings in the Network pane of System Preferences. Instead, Firefox keeps it’s own proxy settings hidden, three levels down in its own preferences. This is the most common reason Firefox can’t seem to load web sites when Safari can.

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To solve the problem, go to the Firefox menu and select “Preferences…”, choosing the “Advanced” button at the top of the resulting window. Then from the row of tabs, select “Network” and click “Settings…” to bring up the proxy configuration panel. From there it’s easy to fill in your proxy addresses, and your Firefox users will be back online.

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Tim Pearson
September 29, 2007
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Acrobat 8’s new Automatic Form Recognition

Every couple weeks we’ll get a call from a client producing interactive PDF forms. Inevitably, what they want is a way to define the Acrobat form fields directly in their InDesign layout. There isn’t a way yet to build your form fields in InDesign. However Acrobat 8’s new automatic Form Field Recognition feature can save […]
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Tim Pearson
September 29, 2007
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Retouching Skin Workshop – October 3, 2007

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Each Wednesday morning, Creativetechs hosts a new 90-minute mini-workshop in our training room in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood.

Join us Wednesday mornings 9:30am to 11am. Pick up a couple new skills, and get back to work before lunch. You can put what you learn into use the same day. The cost is $50 per workshop.

On October 3, we have a particularly fun topic. Our master retoucher, Jason Hoppe, will be leading a special workshop on retouching skin in Photoshop. This workshop demonstrates a wide range of techniques for dealing with the unique challenges involved in retouching faces and bodies.

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Tim Pearson
September 23, 2007
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Find what Macs are sharing over your network.

It’s still a beta, and pretty light on features, but we’ve found the free utility, Flame, to be super handy for stuff like snooping out who has Printer Sharing turned on… https://husk.org/apps/flame/ Just start Flame to see a list of all the computers on your network that are advertising network services. (If it can, it’ll […]
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Tim Pearson
September 23, 2007
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InDesign CS3’s great Multiplace-and-Replace.

One of Adobe’s highly touted features in InDesign CS3 is the ability to place multiple graphics at a time. InDesign provides small preview of each graphic next to the place cursor. You can cycle through your loaded graphics by pressing the right or left arrow keys until you reach the one you wish to place. […]
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Tim Pearson
September 23, 2007
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Control multiple Macs using one keyboard with Teleport.

Some designers (especially web developers) have more than one computer on their desk. Often they’ll use their powerful desktop workstation for the big projects, while they use their laptop to test web pages, check email, or change their iTunes playback. Julien Robert’s free Teleport utility lets you work on multiple Macs using a single shared […]
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Tim Pearson
September 16, 2007
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Photoshop lets you extract images from PDFs.

PS-ImportPDFImages.pngEvery now and then I’ll come across a tip that makes me slap my forehead and ask “How did I miss that one?”

Photoshop CS3 and CS2 both let you easily extract images that are embedded in PDF documents. Next time you open a PDF file in Photoshop CS3, look at the top of the import window that normally displays a preview of all the available pages in your PDF. Click on the Images radio button and you’ll be presented with a list of all the images embedded in that PDF.

Tip: In Photoshop CS2, the Images option is hidden under a pop-up menu.

Choose the image you want and click the OK button to open it. You can then save it in any file format you like.

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Tim Pearson
September 15, 2007
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Watch for Seattle’s Ponytailed Software Geek!

PemcoPonytail-Metro.jpgThis week in Seattle watch for Metro busses carrying a new “Northwest Profiles” campaign for PEMCO Insurance. We mention this for three reasons:

#1: PEMCO Insurance is our client. We’ve supported their Mac-based in-house design department for years.

#2: The Seattle ad agency DNA Brand Mechanics, who helped create this new campaign, is also one of our long-standing clients.

#3: That’s our own hardware-guru Jasson Lewellen, proudly portrayed in Northwest Profile 12, as the “Ponytailed Software Geek

You can see more of Jasson by visiting PEMCO’s We’re A Lot Like You website and clicking on his profile.

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Tim Pearson
September 9, 2007
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Sync all your web browsers using Bookit.

If you frequently switch between multiple web browsers, Everyday Software’s Bookit utility ($12) allows you to sync a single collection of bookmarks seamlessly across your entire assortment of browsers. A must-have tool for Mac-based web developers, and other active web users. Combine Bookit with a shared server or .Mac account, and you can synchronize the […]
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Tim Pearson
September 9, 2007
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Duplicate objects in InDesign’s Control panel.

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Option-dragging is a shortcut to duplicate objects in most modern design applications. But in InDesign, duplicating with the Option key goes much deeper.

In InDesign, you can also hold down the Option key when making some Control panel adjustment to make a duplicate of your selected item. For example, if you make change to the location values and then hold down the Option key when typing Enter, a duplicate of your object will appear in the new location.

Windows Users: Use the Alt key for the same result.

Add InDesign’s ability to perform basic math operations, and you have an great shortcut for quickly and precisely duplicating objects. (Read “Let your design apps do the math for you” back in QuickTips #24)

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Tim Pearson
September 9, 2007
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