In honor of Halloween, we offer up a fun collection of zombie papercraft templates. Download a PDF template, print, fold, and enjoy.
Where to Buy Old CS3 Versions or Upgrades.
Today we’ve heard from several clients who are adding new designers to their team. They are not ready to upgrade their full office to Creative Suite 4, but they are having a hard time finding where to purchase copies of Creative Suite 3. For readers in the same quandry, here are some links on Amazon for the […]
Buying Multiple Copies of C4? Get a Volume License!
Tracking individual serial numbers is hard work. It costs you money in time and frustration, and the hassle is easily avoided. If you manage a creative team with even a few designers, please, please, take advantage of Adobe’s Volume Licensing program when you purchase Adobe software and upgrades. Just call Adobe’s volume licensing service at […]
Free 70-page CS4 Superguide.
Lots of new books are coming that dig into Creative Suite 4. But if you’re looking for something fast and free to whet your appetite, download a copy of the 70-page CS4 Superguide at PhotoshopCafe.com: Link: CS4 Superguide Note: You’ll need to subscribe to their mailing list for a download link. And, for an updated collection […]
Full CS4 Documentation Available Online
Even before CS4 shipped, Adobe released the entire documentation on the web. So if you have questions about a particular CS4 feature, you can go right to the source. Follow these links to the web documentation, a downloadable PDF manual, or jump right into a summary of what’s new in each CS4 application: Photoshop CS4 […]
Adobe CS4 Now Shipping!
Last Wednesday, October 15th, Adobe began shipping CS4. This week we bring you a special much-too-long collection of CS4 links for designers and photographers who are debating if and when to upgrade to Adobe’s latest creation. Link: Adobe Online StoreLink: Adobe CS4 Upgrade Eligibility ToolLink: Apple CS4 Buying GuideLink: Amazon CS4 Page
Design Tools Monthly – Oct 2008
Each month, Creativetechs ships all our Seattle-area support clients a monthly care package, including (among other goodies) the latest issue of Design Tools Monthly.
So if you are a Creativetechs member client, watch your mailbox for this month’s latest green envelope. Read on for a list of all the headlines in the October 2008 issue.
If you are not yet a Creativetechs client, visit our main consulting page to learn more about our Seattle Mac Support consulting practice. Or visit Design Tools Monthly to subscribe to Jay Nelson’s excellent resource.
Is the air getting nippy? Are the days getting shorter? Are those rain clouds a little heavier? It must be October in Seattle.
CSS Cheatsheet Reference Cards.
Reference cards are concise guides you can keep handy when mastering a new skill. They are cheatsheets on steroids. DZone produces an attractive weekly series of RefCardz, including this great two-part series on CSS web design: Link: Core CSS: Part 1 Link: Core CSS: Part 2 The RefCardz series is geared towards developers — however […]
Make Expanded Print/Save Dialogs the Default.
In OS X Leopard, Apple provided simpler, minimized, save and print dialog boxes which hide all that confusing detail — like where you want to save your files, or how you want to print your documents. For access to the full information, click the small inverted arrow in those dialog boxes.
Read on for a couple quick terminal commands to make expanded print/save dialogs the default.
Discover the power of GREP in InDesign CS3.
One of the most powerful (and least intuitive) features added in Adobe InDesign CS3 is the new GREP panel in the Find/Change dialog box. GREP is a powerful tool that lets you use wildcards to search and replace text. A full discussion of GREP in InDesign is beyond what we can cover in one of […]
