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 […]
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!
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.
It’s 3:00 AM. You’re finishing up a file for your client that is due in a few hours (really shouldn’t have put it off to watch that Heroes marathon!). You think it’s a good idea to do one last check to make sure you have all the details right. You look down the list…
Yup, got the […]
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