February 27, 2008 – 9:00 am
There are so many things to remember when you are a graphic designer; bleed, page dimensions, color spaces… important things can easily slip through the cracks! When you are a new designer, it can be even more overwhelming.
Through my experience—both by committing these mistakes and by receiving files where others have made them—I have compiled the […]
February 13, 2008 – 9:00 am
The Help files provided with your Adobe software should be the first place you turn when you are trying to figure out how to do something. Don’t waste time searching through countless websites, trying to figure it out on your own or creating a horrible work around that only actually works half the time.
November 16, 2007 – 9:00 am
By the way, it’s pronounced pieka, as in pie, not pika. Please, no pika.
A quick recap from the last post:
1 inch = 6 picas
1 pica = 12 points
1 inch = 72 points
Why Use Points and Picas?
The thing that I like about using the pica system for page layout is that a US standard 8.5 x 11 inch (known as […]
November 14, 2007 – 9:00 am
When I was looking at designing my first big print piece, I decided it was time to learn more about the grid and about the measurement system of points and picas.
I started reading about picas and it immediately clicked with me: even our screen resolutions are based on this system! Haven’t you ever thought that 72 […]
November 7, 2007 – 9:00 am
Layers in InDesign can be frustrating. Remember how annoying it was to learn the difference between Illustrator layers and Photoshop layers? Well, be prepared for yet another way of treating “layers.”
What are InDesign Layers?
For you Photoshoppers, InDesign treats layers like Photoshop treats Groups, but layers in InDesign are actually most similar to the way Illustrator handles layers.
The major […]
November 5, 2007 – 9:00 am
Paragraph styles are pretty easy to understand, but character styles can be a little more confusing. They are just as important, though!
Character Styles - What are They?
Character styles are very similar to paragraph styles. The difference is that character styles only apply to the selected characters. That should be easy to remember!
When you make a new character style, […]
November 2, 2007 – 9:00 am
Remember our little horror situation described last time? Appropriate for graphic designers on Halloween, no?
So how do you go about making massive changes to things like header colors, body copy fonts or paragraph rules after you’ve already laid out the entire publication?
Simple! Set up your paragraph and character styles as soon as you start working!
Paragraph Styles - What […]
