Picture it: you’re all done designing and laying out a beautiful 500 page book and the client comes back to you and says, “We really need to make those blue subtitles red and delete the book’s title at the bottom of all the right hand pages. Oh, and we need to send it to the […]
Well then, honey, we’ve got to get you into a better outfit.
Ah, InDesign.
New to you perhaps, but so familiar at the same time. Being a part of the Adobe Family definitely has its advantages.
So Many Features, Where to Start?
Well, at the beginning, naturally. To create a new document in InDesign, you can use your beloved Photoshop/Illustrator shortcut of Ctrl+N […]
How often do you finally decide to start a project you’ve been meaning to work on only to discover you have absolutely no idea what to do?
I feel like I go through that with every project! What do I do? Research.
There are hundreds of remarkable articles on inspiring websites and Smashing Magazine usually puts together pretty good collections, like 60 Elegant and Visually Appealing Designs. If you’re one a little more for the typography of websites, there are 15 that make the crème de la crème list at I Love Typography.
If you’re new to using the grid system, you might have been a little confused by last week’s post. You may have been thinking that you have to reduce all your text or crop your images to fit into those skinny little columns.
Remember, the grid is just a tool. Use it to enhance your designs and make laying out images and text easier on yourself. How do you do that? Build a grid first, then put on your creativity hat! Have fun!
There are so many different file types out there it can be confusing when you have to choose how to export your images! This is a quick primer on four (well, five) different file formats: three for the web – JPG, GIF and PNG – and two for print – TIFF and EPS.
Have you ever been given images that have been previously printed, perhaps in a catalog, and been expected to use them in your own design? Previously printed images look horrible when scanned back into the computer, but sometimes you just have to do it. There must be a way to improve them, right? Right!
Fixing scanned images is actually pretty simple. It’s not going to look as good as if you had the original digital files, but it won’t look too bad, either.
The more I learn about how designers use the grid system and the different ways they construct their grids, the more free I feel to take my creativity to new heights! But how can using a complex, confusing, restrictive set of lines help me be free?
Glad you asked.
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