For everyone busily installing their new copies of Adobe CS3, we have a quick recommendation about Version Cue: Don’t install it.
Make a PDF portfolio with interactive rollovers.
This week’s creative tip is inspired by a question on how to create an interactive PDF for showing off before/after examples of Photoshop retouching projects.
The technique itself may apply to a limited number of people, but it is a fun way to introduce some of InDesign’s lesser known interactive features.
This tip includes a quick tutorial on how to build interactive rollovers into your next PDF. The tutorial includes a sample file you can download to try out yourself.
Want both CS2 and CS3? Install CS2 first.
Here is a quick tip for early adaptors of Adobe CS3. If you want to install both CS2 and CS3 on the same Mac, make sure you install Adobe CS2 first. If Adobe CS3 is already installed, the CS2 installer will gray out Acrobat, Illustrator and InDesign, thinking those applications are already installed.
The simple, but frustrating solution is to uninstall CS3 and reinstall CS2 first.
Adobe Pen Tool Cheatsheet.
Adobe’s pen tool works pretty much the same across Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign. Yet, as important as this ubiquitous tool is, many people get confused with how to handle certain tasks, and the differences between the various pen symbols.
Adobe Pen Tool Cheatsheet.pdf
Creativetechs’ resident Adobe Certified Expert, Jason Hoppe, has put together a quick Adobe Pen Tool cheat-sheet to help keep some of the basic techniques straight. Download the PDF, and pass it along to a friend.
Online backup that works: Mozy.com.
Over the years, many clients have asked me about the possibility of backing up over their studio’s Internet connection. It is an enticing idea. Every night your studio’s work files are magically whisked away to a safe online server. That fantasy is coming closer to reality. Mozy.com provides unlimited backup storage for $4.95/month per computer— […]
Chase Jarvis FRAMES: 5-days shooting in 4 minutes.
Check this out. Photographer Chase Jarvis stiched together every photo he shot over a 5-day period into a tight little self-promotion video. The collection includes hundreds of lighting tests, outtakes, blown angles, and odd experiments (anyone catch the chicken that wandered into one of the shots?). Check out the full backstory at the Chase Jarvis […]
Roll through your fonts in InDesign.
When you find yourself brainstorming a new logo, here’s a quick way to roll through your font collection in InDesign while looking for inspiration.
Keep track of software updates with AppFresh.
How do you keep track of the latest versions for all your installed Mac software? Apple’s built-in Software Update helps keep software like iTunes and Mac OS X updated. Adobe and Microsoft have built-in tools to check for updates of Creative Suite and MS Office. But what about the rest of your assorted software? That’s […]
Highlight New Features in Photoshop CS3.
If you’ve just upgraded to Adobe Photoshop CS3, here is a fun tip to help you uncover those new features a little faster. In the Window menu, select Workspace > What’s New in CS3. This custom workspace adds blue highlights to all the new or updated menu items. It is a fun way to encourage […]
Illustrator CS3 now opens FreeHand files!
As a long-time FreeHand user, I’ve made my peace with that program’s departure. But my serenity is put to the test each time we must pull up old Freehand documents from past jobs. Happily, Illustrator CS3 will now directly open FreeHand MX and FreeHand 10 documents (previously, Illustrator CS2 could only open FreeHand 9 files or older). This slight consolation in CS3 might help other long-time Freehand designers finally move on.
