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Create a QuickTime Video Landing Page.

Seattle designer Darlin Gray emailed friends and colleagues links to a short video welcoming them to her new website. What makes this tip-worthy is the simple HTML trick that automatically forwards web visitors to her main website after the video introduction is complete. See her example at: Video Welcome Page: Darlin’s Place Interested in trying […]
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April 14, 2008
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Customizing your Leopard Dock.

Some time ago I replaced the dock on my MacBook Pro with a picnic theme. Surprisingly, with all the wisdom I have at my disposal to provide clients, one of the most common questions I get these days is how they can have a picnic dock too. So I’m breaking down and documenting this little […]
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April 14, 2008
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Adobe Lightroom Basics. Free PDF.

Last week, our Adobe trainer, Jason Hoppe, led a fast-paced overview of Adobe Lightroom. This was a lot of fun — and for this week’s creative tip, we’ve posted a free PDF of the 8-page workshop booklet you can download and share: Lightroom Basics.pdf It still amazes me that Jason can crank out a new […]
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April 7, 2008
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Retrieve forgotten passwords with Keychain Access.

Here is a quick tutorial for something we walk clients through all the time. Say you’ve forgotten your studio’s wireless Airport password. If you checked the “remember this network” option when you first connected wirelessly years ago, your long forgotten password awaits you now in Mac OS X’s Keychain Access utility.
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April 7, 2008
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Creativetechs is Now Members-Only.

At Creativetechs, we pride ourselves on providing great Mac support for Seattle-area creative teams. But with our increased success over the last year, our schedule has become too tight to respond to long-term clients as quickly as we’d like.

To address that, the Mac support side of Creativetechs is becoming a members-only support service. We no longer provide tech support for non-member clients. Our time is now dedicated exclusively for taking care of member clients with an ongoing support relationship.

This is a big step for us. If you are a Seattle creative pro who has relied on Creativetechs for sporadic Mac support over the years, we can be your support team. But we are no longer available for one-time troubleshooting projects.

Note: The training side of Creativetechs remains open to EVERYONE.

April 6, 2008
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Kernel Panic Screensaver

We’d like to offer up a perfect April Fools Day prank to play on the Mac users in your life — the Kernel Panic screen saver. Download and install this beauty onto your target’s Mac. The result is a harmless (see warning) screensaver that faithfully emulates the horrifying experience of a Mac kernel panic. Doomslaser: […]
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March 31, 2008
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Turn Photoshop Layers On/Off in InDesign.

InDesign lets you control the visibility of layers in your placed Photoshop graphics. That can be pretty handy when you find yourself designing a series of related ads that require minor changes to the same image. In InDesign, select a placed Photoshop graphic and choose Object > Object Layer Options. This gives you a dialog box […]
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March 24, 2008
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Hide your desktop shame with Camouflage.

Do you have way too many items on your desktop? Do you hate cleaning up that mess? Camouflage, a free utility from Briksoftware, is the right tool for you. It hides all the icons and leaves nothing but the pure wallpaper. It’s the digital equivalent of sweeping everything under your bed. Briksoftware’s Camouflage Camouflage does […]
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March 24, 2008
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Proofreading Marks Cheat Sheet.

Just because most of your work is done on the computer screen doesn’t mean marking up hard copy is obsolete. Print out a copy of this proofreading cheat sheet and post it near your desk. The Chicago Manual of Style Online: Proofreading The Chicago Manual of Style started in the 1890s as a single sheet […]
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March 17, 2008
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The Magic Right-Indent Tab.

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Here is another quick-but-useful tip for InDesign and QuarkXpress. When you need to set a tab that aligns to the right edge of your text box, don’t waste your time fumbling with manual tab stops. Both InDesign and QuarkXPress have a hidden feature that makes this easy. Just remember these shortcut keys:

InDesign: Shift-Tab
QuarkXPress: Option-Tab

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March 10, 2008
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