InDesign Updates – Oct 2018

Content Aware Fit No more adjust photos and fighting with them to be sized correctly. Using Adobe's AI features, InDesign determines the center of visual interest based on evaluating the photo and the ratio of the frame. Layout Adjustment Anoth ...

Photoshop Updates – Oct. 2018

Adobe released some exciting updates to Photoshop at Max this week. Read about the full set of updates, I am super excited about the new content aware fill workspace. If the select subject update of last year wasn't enough, this will be a big game chan ...

Animating in InDesign

https://youtu.be/GpdXlyY97SA Table of Contents: 00:41 - Bringing up animation panels 01:26 - Using the animation panel 02:06 - Using the timing panel 02:51 - Preview animation

Publishing InDesign Docs Online

https://youtu.be/daMgtcTWGOg Table of Contents: 00:29 - Sign up for free adobe id 00:46 - Logon to creative cloud on your device 01:29 - Name your document and set all preferences 03:29 - Updating Online docs

Levels of spacing and grids

https://youtu.be/doRo1cAqTRo Table of Contents: 00:42 - Selecting Illustrator graph and copying to InDesign 01:04 - Scaling graphics that are in InDesign 02:05 - Setting up grids in InDesign 02:44 - Using a grid 03:06 - Bad grid use 03:27 - Using t ...

Creating charts and graphs in Illustrator

Charts can be quickly created in Illustrator and copied into InDesign or shared/posted by creating a PDF from Illustrator. https://youtu.be/hJI4dDpy-6U Table of Contents: 00:04 - Create new Illustrator document 00:47 - Reset workspace 01:19 - Setti ...

5 simple font rules for fonts

Whether you are building a design for print or web or creating a data visualization, selecting fonts and following basic rules of the road for typography are critical. If you use a new size or a new font, create a new text box. This will prevent you ...

Using buttons to creative interactive slideshow

Using buttons to creative interactive slideshow 1. Select the image 2. Using the buttons and forms panel, click the new button icon 3. Name the button (best practice is to describe the image) 4. Check Hidden Until Triggered 4. Select the associ ...

Creating Navigation buttons

Creating Navigation buttons 1. Select the object/graphic that you would like to create navigation from. This object should be on your master page. 2. Open the Buttons and Forms Panel and select the New Button icon to the left of the trash can 3. ...

Creating a Table of Contents

Creating a Table of Contents 1. Contents are built using styles, so first make sure you have applied a paragraph style to all the topics you would like to add. 2. Navigate to Layout > Table of Contents 3. In the Table of Contents Diaglog box, create ...