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Written by Jay J. Nelson Jeff Gamet on October 6, 2008

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December 1, 2008

• $25 Gift Subscriptions to lynda.com
Canvastic for Young People
Pando Sends Up To 1 GB Files for Free
Blow Up 2
Genuine Fractals 6
StuffIt Expander 13
Quick Look Filter for QuarkXPress Documents
• Navigate the Image Grid in BrightQube

Tips:
• Make a PDF Form in InDesign or QuarkXPress
• Select and Distribute Guides in InDesign
• Reselect in Photoshop

November 24, 2008

6x Blu-ray drive
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2.1
Freeway Discount for Adobe CS4 Owners
2-for-1: Q2ID & ID2Q
• Exporting from QuarkXPress 7 to 6 & InDesign CS4 to CS3
• Quark Posts "New Features" videos for download and on YouTube
• Is It Safe to Upgrade to Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard?

Tips:
• Option/Alt Key Resets Dialog Boxes
• Skip the Confirmation Prompts
• Control InDesign's Frame Fitting
• Instantly Name PDF Bookmarks

November 17, 2008

Apple Updates MacBook & MacBook Pro; Switches to DisplayPort Video. MacBooks Can Use 6GB of RAM.
• 25 Years of Cell Phones
• FCC Approves Unlicensed Use of White Space
Flash Player 10 Includes 3D Tools
Acrobat 9 Pro, Bookmarks and Hyperlinks

Tips:
• Add Several Layer Styles
• Save Your Guides as Snippets
• Quickly Change Fonts in QuarkXPress

November 10, 2008

MetalFX: Single-pass Metallic Inks
Galaxy Gauge: An Exceptional Graphic Arts Ruler
Graphic Inspector 1.5
ITC Franklin vs. ITC Franklin Gothic
Switching from Windows to Mac
Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual

Tips:
• OpenType Pro "Opticals" Explained
• InDesign's Slug Area
• QuarkXPress and Text in Legacy Files
• Two-Step File Sharing with .Mac

November 3, 2008

* USB 3.0 in 2010 -- substantial speed improvements to come soon
* Drobo: Now with FireWire!
* See Your Favorite Font Designers at Fontshop
* Text Exporters for InDesign
* TeXTractor: Intelligently Export Text from QuarkXPress

Tips:
* Use Command-Tab to Switch Applications
* Force Text to a New Column
* InDesign: Force Paragraphs to Start at Top of Page or Column
* QuarkXPress: Show & Hide Tools in the Toolbar

October 27, 2008

* Quark Publishing System (QPS) now supports InDesign?!
* Casio EX-FH20: The latest mind-blowing high-speed camera features
* StuffIt Deluxe 2009: Why you need it
* MenuMeters shows your network activity

Tips:
* Sample Colors from Anywhere
* Color Expert for iPhone
* Drag to Insert Pages into PDFs
* Bigger Previews from InDesign
* Space/Align Tricks in QuarkXPress 7

October 20, 2008

* Orphan Works Act "Hotlined" by U.S. Senate
* Adobe Creative Suite 4 New Features List
* Apple's New MacBook Pro
* SilverFast Eliminates Shadow Noise in Scans
* Beautiful, Affordable Photoshop Actions from PanosFX
* Better Vertical Justification for InDesign and QuarkXPress
* Adorama's 100 Photography Tips in 100 Days

Tips:
* Save Every Page as EPS in QuarkXPress
* Change Phone Number Formats in InDesign
* Use iChat for Text Messages
* Renumber PDF Pages
* Copy Photoshop Layers, Maintain Position

October 13, 2008

* Pantone speaks: What's In For Spring 2009
* Low, low price for big hard drives
* Booklets on printing that are very useful and free
* Newsletter and books with advice on running your creative business
* FontAgent Pro is now cross-platform
* PopChar type-character finder is also cross-platform

Tips:
* Photoshop
* InDesign
* Acrobat
* QuarkXPress

October 6, 2008:

* Adobe Design Achievement Award Winners
* Flashforward Winners
* Pantone ColorMunki Create
* Pantone Color Cue 2.1
* The The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 Book
* An Awesome Map of Web Trends

Tips:
* Faster Digital Camera Transfers
* Refine Edge of Selections
* Power Nudge
* Small Caps vs. All Small Caps
1

Nov 10 - missing tip

Well, this was the first podcast I tried to listen to... not only was the link broken to begin with, but the tip I was interested in hearing "Two-Step File Sharing with .Mac" apparently was not included in the podcast. I've listened to the podcast three times now. So, I don't think I'll be subscribing to this one, sorry guys.

2

Link broken

The link to the November 10, 2008 podcast points to the November 3 podcast :(((

3

OK, if I could only find you !!!

I guess the show is good, informative and entertaining. But - for the life of me - it sure seems to be only gray-ware at this point!

I received an email announcing it, so I clicked; being sent to the CP site. No link in the article I was served so I could listen to the show. But there was one to RATE the show. Sorry guys, no matter how could I 'expect you to be', I don't rate before I listen.

I then looked for the podcast link - thought I found it - but it only opened a new page to the same article with no link other than the RATE link. Y'all must want to get RATED awfully bad. But like I said before, NO LISTEN, NO RATE. I'm sure I'm not alone in this... am I ?

Send me a link to the REAL podcast (if there is one!) and I'll work in a listen. And maybe, I'll even provide a RATING.... or maybe I'll just send you a link that'll allow y'all to chase your tails/tales for a while.

Waiting within the Circle ..

NET500.CG
J. Leslie Booth
Creative Information Architect
www.net500.com
net500cg@gmail.com

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