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Blend Along a Path in Illustrator
When blending from one object to another in Illustrator, you can make the blend follow an existing path by selecting both the blend and the path and choosing Object > Blend > Replace Spine. You can also use this trick to replace the spine in any blend with a new path. To directly edit the spine, [...]
Continue reading....,/&X in InDesign
6. November 2009
Because Adobe borrowed many of InDesign’s keyboard shortcuts from Photoshop, if you press a single keyboard key (without using a modifier such as Command or Option), something happens. For example, when you’re not typing in a text frame, pressing the period key fills the currently selected object with the last-used solid color, while pressing comma fills [...]
Continue reading...Three Audio Tips
28. October 2009
Looking for album art for uncommon albums? Try www.albumartexchange.com. To automatically add album art to your songs in iTunes, try CoverScout ($40) or Curator ($25). www.equinux.com www.kavasoft.com Instantly remove noise from your recordings with Sound Soap ($95, or included with Toast 10 Pro for $129). It even removes background noise from videos. Yes, it really works and it’s [...]
Continue reading...How to Link an Excel Spreadsheet to a Table
26. October 2009
Linking an Excel spreadsheet to a table in InDesign requires that you set an application preference before importing the spreadsheet into the table. In CS4, choose InDesign > Preferences > File Handling and tick the checkbox next to Create Links When Placing Text and Spreadsheet Files. In CS3, it’s under InDesign > Preferences > Type. In QuarkXPress [...]
Continue reading...Live Paint Colors Overlaps
17. October 2009
The Live Paint feature in Illustrator lets you apply a color to the area created by the overlap of two shapes — if you then move or edit the original shapes, the overlap remains colored. To use it, just select both shapes with the Selection tool, select the Live Paint Bucket tool, choose a color, and [...]
Continue reading...Create Your Own Blog Avatar
15. October 2009
If you post to blogs and other online forums, you’ll notice that some people have a small image next to their name — that’s known as an avatar. It can be a logo, a drawing, or a photo. To create one, go to www.gravatar.com, set up a free account, and upload your small square design in JPG, [...]
Continue reading...Snow Leopard and iCal 4
4. October 2009
In iCal 4 there are a number of ways to “get info” or “show inspector.” One that may not be immediately obvious is a sort of quick-look functionality. Select an event and press the space bar to get a modified inspector window. Tab through the radio buttons; press cmd-return to select “edit” or “done.”
Continue reading...Control Layer Import in InDesign
17. September 2009
InDesign CS3/CS4 lets you choose which layer you want to be visible when you place a Photoshop or Illustrator file into a document. This works with all Photoshop files, but only files from Illustrator CS3/CS4 because by default those are saved in PDF1.5 format, whose layers InDesign can access. To choose a layer while importing into InDesign, [...]
Continue reading...Grab Photos from Your iPhone without Using iPhoto
4. September 2009
Those of us who use a Mac with their iPhone probably grab photos using iPhoto. It’s an obvious choice since your Mac already comes with it. However, if you have a lot of photos, you may not necessarily want to fire up iPhoto to import one or two pictures from your iPhone. Instead of iPhoto, try using Image [...]
Continue reading...Where Did That Download Come From?
2. September 2009
If you download a file from the web, you can usually find out exactly where that downloaded file came from (including the exact web address) by pressing Command/I when you have the file selected. Once the info dialog appears, click on the right-facing arrow beside “More Info” to expand that panel and it will display a [...]
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Antiglare Display Option For 15-inch MacBook Pro Now Available
If you prefer a display with antiglare coating for a matte rather than glossy viewing experience, an antiglare display is now available as a configure-to-order option on all 15-inch MacBook Pro models. This display has a silver aluminum bezel, which is the same as the 17-inch antiglare MacBook Pro display.Google CEO Schmidt leaves Apple board
In a statement, Apple CEO Steve Jobs cited potential conflicts of interest in explaining Schmidt’s resignation.
“Eric’s effectiveness as an Apple board member will be significantly diminished, since he will have to recuse himself from even larger portions of our meetings,” he said.
Apple is racing to offer a portable tablet-sized computer in time for the Christmas shopping season, in what the entertainment industry hopes will be a new revolution.
via Financial Times.
30. November 2009
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