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Quickly saturate/desaturate colors in InDesign.
This is another handy Adobe tip from Brian Wood, Director of Training at eVolve Computer Graphics Training in Seattle. This tip works in both Adobe InDesign and Illustrator CS/CS2. If you want to quickly saturate or desaturate a color in the color palette, hold down Shift while dragging a color slider. Both InDesign and Illustrator […]
Paparazzi! – Grab easy screenshots of a web page.
When you need to capture an image of a long website design, don’t spend your billable hours stiching together multiple screenshots.
Mac-based designers should download a free copy of Paparazzi instead.
In Paparazzi, simply enter the URL and click Capture. Your web page loads in a small preview window. You can save the resulting image in a file format of your choice.
Tip: Use Paparazzi to preview what a site will look like at different resolution. Change the Crop Size pop-up to one of the presets (640×480, 800×600, 1024×768), or enter your own dimensions. You’ll get a sense for how well the site design works with different size displays.
An Exchange Server alternative for Mac studios.
Microsoft’s Exchange Server has become an industry standard for providing shared calendars, shared contacts, and centralized email across an organization. An Exchange Server can be a great choice for teams that already have a solid Windows-based infrastructure in place.
But what if you run a Mac-based studio?
That’s a question we get asked a lot. Especially by the owners of medium-sized creative studios. Their teams have the same need for centralized calendars and contacts. A good solution for Mac-based creative teams has been hard to find.
At Creativetechs, we’ve recently started installing and supporting the Kerio Mail Server. This question is becoming a little easier to answer.
Free! Icons for your Website, Blog, Etc.
Here is a great resource when you need icons for your website, blog or other design projects. There are many great collections of icons available on the web. We’ve compiled a list of some of our favorite sources. Enjoy…
Best Fireworks Screensaver Ever!
In honor of the 4th of July: For tip readers in America, here is the best Mac-based fireworks screensaver I’ve seen: Mac Version of Skyrocket or Windows Version of Skyrocket. Want to see it in action before deciding to download? We’ve uploaded a couple short video capture to YouTube. This first one is my favorite. […]
Add application aliases to your Finder windows.
We’ve long known how to customize the toolbar in Mac OS X’s Finder windows — but recently a client demonstrated a great example why we should. Try adding aliases of your most frequently used applications to the toolbar at the top of your Finder windows. It’s like having a tiny version of the dock hovering […]
Create Letterhead Templates in MS Word.
You’ve designed a new logo, identity, and business papers for a good client. It looks great. They are happy. Then a simple request derails everything:
“Can I get a copy of my new letterhead to use in Microsoft Word?”
That seemingly innocent question has driven more than one designer to distraction. While this week’s creative tip won’t win people over to designing in Microsoft Word full-time, we can help make this client request a little easier to accomplish.
View Website Structure as a Graphic.
Here is an facinating website that creates colorful graphics that visualize the structure of whatever webpage you give it. Websites as Graphics Type in a website address and watch as intricate flower patterns springs to life based on the pattern of HTML tags used in that particular site.
My Mac Memory Book.
Here is another tiny booklet in our collection of Mac-focused PocketMod guides. This one is loosely based on a form Apple provides on their Mac 101 website.
One of the big problems we at Creativetechs run into while supporting creative pros is helping our clients keep track of all those crucial details: Passwords, network settings, mail server addresses, email addresses, hardware specifications, serial numbers, etc. Thus we give you the Mac Memory Book:
My Mac Memory Book! (PocketMod Edition)
This topic is less exciting than our first guide, My Mac Won’t Start — and a scrap of folded paper does not replace the need for good organization. But if you’ll fill this guide out for each computer in your office, and keep it handy, this information will come in useful time and time again.
Mac OS X Shortcuts! A Tiny Guide.
In our tip My Mac Won’t Start! A Tiny Guide, we asked for other ideas for useful PocketMod booklets. Here is the first great example from András in the Hungarian Republic who writes the Macintalk blog. A complete listing of Mac OS X shortcuts in PocketMod format: Mac OS X Shortcuts! (PocketMod Edition) For instructions […]