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Archive for October, 2008
Smashing Magazine
Posted: October 28, 2008 in Design, WebsitesTags: graphic design websites, Smashing Magazine
A friend sent me the link to Smashing Magazine today and I have to say it is just brilliant. Full of graphic design tutorials, freebies, showcases and inspiring posts… I highly recommend a browse.
Unlinking text boxes in InDesign
Posted: October 19, 2008 in Adobe InDesignTags: Adobe InDesign, unlinking text boxes
I never knew that you could unlink text boxes in InDesign until I read about it in a handy tip from InDesign Magazine. Basically, you can unlink text boxes without disturbing their contents by running a simple script that you already have. In InDesign CS3, open your Scripts panel (Window> Automation>Scripts) and look in the [...]
If you are ever without your Photoshop and need to re-size or crop some images in a hurry, Pixenate offers online image editing with no fuss.
If you’re a graphic designer into arts and crafts too, have a look at Etsy.
Learn how you can become a greener graphic designer at renourish.
Often I need to put various recycling logos on artwork I produce. I found this really useful article – which logo to use, when, etc – at logoblink.com
Create different page sizes in a single InDesign document
Posted: October 3, 2008 in Adobe InDesign, DownloadsTags: Adobe InDesign, Page Control 2.0
This morning I had to do some artwork for an eight panel conference stand, but the two side panels needed to be smaller than the others making up the main bit of the artwork. I wanted to retain the different ‘pages’ as such (instead of creating a giant piece of artwork) but InDesign does not [...]
