Category Archives: CSTV Episode

These posts are the ones that contain my great video show Creative Sweet TV

Premiere Pro CS5 Green Screen Ultra Key (No. 87)

Get a glimpse behind the scenes of Creative Sweet TV. Using Premier Pro to do a really quick and really effective green screen key. Using native AVCHD footage and very basic fold out screen. Also use a garbage matt to … Continue reading

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Top Ten InDesign CS5 Typography Shortcuts. (No. 86)

PLEASE DONT BE OFFENDED. This week Mike is in a particularly aggressive mood. But its because wants everyone to be awesome using InDesign Shortcuts. This week Creative sweet TV showcases with love the top ten essential shortcuts required to set … Continue reading

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Photoshop Quick Retouching Tips. (No. 85)

This is a whole host of techniques used for portrait retouching. Get smooth flawless skin, remove wrinkles and brighten eyes. Whilst the tutorial is very fast moving many of the techniques can be used inn more detail to get some … Continue reading

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InDesign Fixing Widows and Orphans (No. 84)

Dont you just hate it when you get a word or line of text left all by itself? Learn how to fix Widows and Orphans within InDesign Paragraph composer. Don’t switch it off man, it works really well if you … Continue reading

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InDesign Table of Contents (No. 83)

Learn how to use the InDesign CS5 Table of Contents feature. Its based on using Paragraph Styles to format your document. Once created the table of contents will be interactive when you create a PDF Ebook or even a .swf … Continue reading

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Photoshop Resolution Basics (No. 81)

If you’re just starting out with Photoshop and need to get a grip on what resolution you need then this is the episode of Creative Sweet TV for you. We take a good close look at what the required resolutions … Continue reading

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InDesign CS5 Live Captions (No. 80)

Learn how to create live captions in InDesign CS5 that use the data entered into the meta data of an image. Adobe Bridge can allow you to eneter a description into the IPTC core data and then InDesign CS5 can … Continue reading

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Bend the Spoon – Photoshop CS5 (No. 79)

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 … Continue reading

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InDesign CS5 Move that gap (No. 76)

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 … Continue reading

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Complex Selections in Photoshop CS5 (No.75)

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 … Continue reading

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