Category Archives: Design
Photoshop CS5 3D Extrusion (No. 78)
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 … Continue reading
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
Preparing for Print with InDesign (No. 74)
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, … Continue reading
Creating EBOOKS and EPUBS from InDesign
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 … Continue reading
Justified Typography InDesign CS4 (No. 72)
Just aligning your text using the Justify button is just not good enough. However you can just watch this video tutorial all about the secrets of getting justified text looking just right. None of that horrible hyphenation either. Just letter … Continue reading
Top 5 tips for tracing with Illustrator CS4
Learn how to trace placed images into Illustrator CS4 with a number of different methods. Redraw a logo, and redraw a map as well. Also take a hand drawn image that contains line work and convert it to vectors with … Continue reading
InDesign Optical Typography (No. 36)
LIVE from the lovely beaches of Glenelg South Australia, Mike has a few Typographic tips with InDesign CS3 ( kerning etc.). A special shout out to InDesign User Groups, and a very special announcement about himself.
