This is the most Magical episode of Creative Sweet TV ever. Mike has secretly always wanted to be a magician and shows off his skills by bending a spoon with his mind. Turns out that Photoshop does a much better job and the new Puppet Warp feature in Photoshop CS5 comes to the rescue. We then explore all the options available when warping objects. All the spoons are broken, and in a strange sequence of events Mike magically bends a fork instead. Don’t forget you can follow @CS_TV on twitter to get all mikes latest updates.
Everyone wants to create 3D content nowadays and Photoshop CS5 Extended has got some great additions to its 3D capabilities. Learn how to extrude some text and get it to integrate into a photograph by casting a shadow over the background. Combined with content aware fill and also with complex selections we can make a pretty cool looking image. Every man and his dog will get into this one.
Andrew Spaulding and I are trying to raise awareness of the Adobe Online Creative Festival. Please follow our Progress on twitter @CS_TV and @spaulds . Sure its gonna be tough, but I can master pages in InDesign then 860 odd KMs should be a breeze right?
Join us on July 27th at the Adobe Online Creative Festival (OCF) to see Adobe Creative Suite 5 used in fresh new ways from world renowned creatives.
Chat live to our special guests, ask the hard questions, and get excited about doing more with your great ideas.
Can I use the Direct Export From InDesign to make press ready PDF files? Of course you can, its awesome. See what all the different settings mean to your PDF files. Not only that, in this episode of Creative Sweet TV we have a look the new Background Processes Panel in InDesign CS5. So if you want to have a good overview of exporting PDF files you’ve come to the right place.
InDesign CS5 has got a bunch of awesome new features and tools. This episode will highlight some of the key new options for designers doing page layout. Set up a grid of images easily and quickly using, Mini Bridge, fitting options, auto fit and the fabulous new Gap tool.
This time its right, this time its better, this time it WORKS awesomely. The new tools to create complex selections in Photoshop CS5 allow both professional long time users to get a great result faster and new users to to get a professional result without tearing their hair out. There are plenty of options for user interaction and can result in new layers, new layers with layer masks even output to a new document with a layer mask. The 1st CS5 episode of Creative Sweet TV is a belter!
There is a new version of Photoshop on its way, so Creative Sweet TV has thrown its hat into the ring and created this fantastic infomercial all about the benefits of Content Aware Fill. Thank you content aware fill and thank you Photoshop. Dont forget to register for the CS5 launch event for APAC here http://cs5launch.adobe.com/ap/
Creating artwork for print has come along way with InDesign. You need to check for many things before printing, like missing fonts, resolution even specific spot colors. We take a good close look at the Live Preflight in InDesign CS4, it will do all of the heavy lifting for you if set up correctly.
Hello everyone that attended my ebook presentation at the InDesign Users Group in Melbourne. As promised here are a bunch of resources that you may like. Firstly here is my Mikes Ebook slides.
If you want to try authoring in Adobe Buzzword, you should create an account on acrobat.com and Buzzword can export to both PDF and epub, however its quite basic. If you want to be able to publish for the Kindle store you may need to follow this pdf guide InDesign to Kindle and epub If you want to bust open a epub file and edit the goodies inside like the CSS then you could use this Adobe Air Application PDFXML inspector It will most certainly do the trick. If you are keen on reading your epubs and pdf files on the iPhone then you should try Stanza and you can send your files from one device to another very easily. You could also try i2reader I have not, but you may love it! it works much the same way as Stanza.
If you would like some more info on the Adobe Content Server for DRM or even Digital Editions you should check out these pages. there is also a link to the content server on there, but you will have to have more than a man look. As well as all this there is also an excellent video on the topic from last Octobers Max conference in LA. It goes on for while but if you really need to make these things then this will help you do it.
Oh and if you have any questions you should ask the two masked banditos from the www.thequestionroom.com and follow them on twitter @thequestionroom Then of course there was that video of the digital version of wired magazine. Thats truely awesome. Its on Adobe TV.
One of the most important tools in Photoshop is the Clone tool and the Heal Brush Tools. Learn how to tackle them both and learn a few extra tips along the way. Mike shows you how to retouch an old Photograph and take aways spots and creases. In all its a fun happy episode with loads of fun and excitement. Remember you can follow mike on twitter @creativesweettv and and if you ever have any questions about anything Adobe Related follow @thequestionroom and they can help.
