Its so annoying when you see an InDesign document that has been put together with tabs and spaces all over the place. Common everyone lets get the tabs right and then put them into paragraph styles as well. Its not that hard when you see how to use the tab ruler. We do Right indent tabs, leaders and indent to here as well. What an awesome episode. Creative Sweet TV really is the home of well thought out tabs, and documents that allow for easy editing don’t forget you can follow Mike on twitter @cs_tv. Have a great Christmas break and thanks everyone for watching creative Sweet TV see you in 2011.

2. Layer Style defaults.
If you want to set any default settings for layers styles, for example the drop shadow change you setting and press the Make Default button at the bottom. ITS NEW!

3. Resize Brush Dynamically.
To resize your brush Dynamically in Photoshop firstly select your brush. hold down the control + alt keys. Click and drag to the right to make the brush larger and click and drag to the left to make it smaller.

4. Clipping Groups.
To use a layer as a transparency mask, you can form a clipping group. Hold down your alt key when you hover over the line in between two layers and click. The top layer will then move to the right and use the transparency from the layer underneath it in the layers stack.

5. Record Document History.
If you find it hard to remember what you have done in a Photoshop you can record the history of the file. Go to the preferences inside Photoshop at the base of the first screen. You can record just the sessions only this is great for recording time spent on a project. A concise report will record all you actions this is a great way remembering techniques used.

Adobe Illustrator has some fantastic vector drawing tools, great for creating repeated patterns for use on fabrics clothing and any design work. However if you you make the repeat too large the files can become quite cumbersome and the file sizes are massive. Learn how to create the most efficient, flexible Illustrator artwork . Use pattern swatches, symbols and a transform effect that will blow you tiny little minds! Don’t forget you can follow Mike on twitter @cs_tv

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 know what to do. Use non breaking spaces and keep options to get it all sorted. Don’t forget you can follow Mike on Twitter @CS_TV

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.

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.

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 space, word space and a little bit of typographic cheating is in order.

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 the Live Trace Feature. In all we look at 3 different methods and heaps of sweet tips… business as usual.

Learn how to create web galleries with Adobe Creative Suite 4. Use Adobe Bridge’s Output Module to create a Web Gallery very easily. Also Use InDesign and photoshop.com to create and Interactive Flash Gallery Too. There is loads to learn in this episode that shows 3 ways to create web Galleries with no coding.

Using Layers in Photoshop is an essential part of everyday life. We all have our favourites learned over the years from various sources. These 5 tips for using layers are Mikes absolute favourites. For saving Time, Effort and just plain fun. Duplicating Layers, Merging Duplicates, Blending Layers and Auto selecting and creating a reverse Layer Mask with just one click. Its all good fun.

An amazing matrix style intro. If you are afraid of Actionscript and want to get into it then this is the one for you. Using Adobe Illustrator and Flash CS4 we create a a button that does something with very little need for writing code. Some great resources from Lee Brimelow. http://www.gotoandlearn.com/ and of course http://theflashblog.com/ Don’t forget to follow Mike on Twitter mmchugh.

Step in to the glamorous world of Adobe. All the staff Drive sports cars and this week we use Photoshop to change the color of Mikes Ferrari! As well as that we use the same technique to change the color of hair as well. Why not try out this technique to see if you would like a change of style before taking the plunge? Using CS4′s new Adjustments Panel and Hue Saturation we learn the quickest and easiest way to change colors.

Everyone is so obsessed with looking great, and all the photos we see in magazines are retouched to within an inch of their lives. Not with this technique however. Using Photoshop CS4, Mike shows you how to make yourself or someone else look at though they have been homeless and drinking like a fish for 6 months. All in a non destructive and fun way.

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>The blob brush tool in Illustrator CS4 is a very simple and powerful tool. Learn how to customize it use all the options and create some truly creative illustrations. Make a digital Calligraphic style brush that draws perfect vector curves. Also turn the best vector brush ever into a fantastic airbrush…  so great…  hope you enjoy the new format and theme music.

Sometimes Photoshop just stuns us with something that is actually magic. The new content aware scale feature is just that… MAGIC. No more adding in dodgey backgrounds with the clone tool, or flipping the left side over to the right, or even worse having to get an entire image reshot just because its portrait instead of landscape. Photoshop CS4 rules so look out for heaps more to come. Shot in the new Creative Sweet studios in Melbourne Australia.

The very first introduction to Adobe Creative Suite 4. Live from sunny Christchurch in N.Z. Mike is very excited about all 14 new point products and the 6 all new suites. A quick look at his favorite features. Get ready for fun with CS4 its gonna be a really fun time now we have heaps on new toys.