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CreativePro.com—Design Tools Weekly Podcast

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Our podcast is hosted by Jeff Gamet and Jay Nelson of Design Tools Weekly. To hear any episode, click on the dated links below (for example, “February 23, 2009”). You can also subscribe to the podcast in iTunes.
Click a date to listen to that week’s podcast.
July 26, 2010
– QuarkXPress Free for Educators
– New Federal Guidelines On Internships
Drive Genius 3 Adds 64-bit, RAID Support
Droffett 1.0.7
– Try YouTube for Application Videos
Tips:
• Find More Info in InDesign’s Find Font
• Delete Items with Any Tool in QuarkXPress
• Recall Selections in Photoshop
July 12, 2010:
Apple More Valuable than Microsoft: Story & Chart
Pantone Plus
Quark’s New Maintenance Program Offers Free Upgrades

HTML5 Pack for Dreamweaver CS5
HP’s Billion-color 30-inch Display
Tips:
• Quickly Lock Your Screen
• The Escape Key is Your Friend
June 21, 2010:
Adobe vs. Apple: the Flash Fight
MacBook Pro Gets Performance, Battery Boost
Quark Acquires Gluon
Reviews of Adobe Creative Suite 5 at Macworld.com:
• InDesign

• Photoshop

• Bridge CS5
Photoshop CS5: The Missing Manual
Fastest Desktop Hard Drive: Ci Design’s iStoragePro iT1 Dock 2TB
2010 Webby Awards
MyFontBook.com
Tips:
• Take Advantage of Document Tabs
• Copy & Paste Files in OS X

Drag Proxy to Desktop
June 7, 2010:
Quark Launches “Flash Magic” Website
FontExplorer X Pro 2.5
GlassMats
Convert SWF and Flash Video to Other Formats
Best Practices for Photographers
Tips:
• Adobe Reader as Presentation Tool
• Use InDesign Libraries for Page Guides
• Crop Two Images to Same Size
February 1, 2010:
We gush over Apple’s new iPad
Apple’s new iBookstore’s effect on design
Quark responds to Adobe’s dropping “print provider support”
X-Rite’s ColorChecker Passport–More Accurate Capture and Correction
TypeBook Creator 2 adds Font Energy Evaluator
Backgrounds and Color Palettes for Twitter with Themeleon
Tips:
• The Easiest Way to Grab All Images from a Website (File Juicer)
• Add Headers and Footers in Acrobat
• InDesign Tip: Control Which File Stays Open When Saving Copies
• Undo Saves in Photoshop
December 21, 2009:
Gift Guide Part 3
December 14, 2009:
Gift Guide Part 2
December 7, 2009:
Gift Guide Part 1
November 23, 2009:
Thermal Pad Keeps Your Laptop Cool
LittleSnapper has Big Features
An Excellent Noise Reducer
Output Raster Images of QuarkXPress Pages
Tricks for Working with Office 2008 files
Tips:
• Where’s the Rounded Rectangle Tool?
• Keep Commenting Tools Selected
• Reposition a Frame as You Draw It
• Save Multiple Clone Sources
November 16, 2009:
Snow Leopard now safe — mostly
20 years of Creative Business
Eye-Fi Pro now supports Raw files
TypeStyler comes to Mac OS X
Tips:
QuarkXPress
llustrator
InDesign
Photoshop
November 9, 2009:
Apple Updates Mac mini
Apple Intros Mac mini with Snow Leopard Server
New iMacs Have 21.5 and 27-inch Displays
Magic Mouse: Apple’s New Multitouch Mouse
How Those Advanced OpenType Font Features Work
The Best Online Backup Service
Tips:
• Preview Separations in InDesign
• Match Color in Two Images
• Dress Up Your Desktop for Free
November 2, 2009:
Windows 7 Arrives
“Is Snow Leopard Ready for Prime Time for InDesign Users?”
New AirPort Base Station Extends Range
New Time Capsule Improves Snow Leopard Support
CreativeTechs: “OpenType Font Secrets” free live seminar and weekly email newsletter
PitStop Pro 09
Tips:
– Hide Edges in Illustrator and Photoshop
– Protect Transparent Pixels in Photoshop
– Painting “Behind”
– Peruse the Best of the Web
October 26, 2009:
Hold Off on Snow Leopard
Ikea and Verdana vs. Designers
Font Problems in Snow Leopard
When “Adobe PDF” Printer Stops Working
Affordable Photoshop
FontExplorer X Pro Server Now $999
Tips:
• See Document History in InDesign
• Email Long URLs
• Reset Misbehaving Photoshop Tools
• Larger Comments in Acrobat
October 19, 2009:
Fax for Free Online
Recover Photos from Memory Cards
Simple Online Billing
Map Resources Now in Any Format
FontGenius Identifies Fonts in Photos
Print Font Catalogs from InDesign
Tips:
• Background Eraser Tip
• Hide the Non-printing Items in InDesign
• Stop Text from Jumping When Wrapping
October 12, 2009:
Test Windows Browsers on Your Mac
Easy Web File Sharing with Dropbox Pro
Skype 2.8 Adds Screen Sharing
RealVue3D for 3D Print Simulation
< a href=”https://www.markzware.com” target=”_blank”>Convert Microsoft Publisher Files to InDesign
Tips:
• CSS Troubleshooting Help
• Font Replacement Tips
• Edge Feather Preview
• Check Your Website’s Colors for Contrast
September 28, 2009:
GridIron Flow
Epson Stylus Pro 3880
Threading InDesign Text Frames
Your Logo Makes Me Barf

Tip:
Share Color Management Settings in Adobe’s Creative Suite
September 21, 2009:
Snow Leopard (Mac OS X 10.6) bug reports and fixes
Adobe Ends PowerPC Support
Halloween fonts from Chad Savage and CreativePro.com
Tips:
• Replace Pages in Acrobat 9
• Select Though Stacked Objects
• 50% Off at lynda.com. Use code BTS909 at checkout.
August 31, 2009:
Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) ships:
* Runs on Intel-based Macs only
* Adobe CS3 not fully tested on Snow Leopard
* Font manager compatibility with Snow Leopard
* Printer and scanner driver compatibility with Snow Leopard
* Other utilities’ compatibility with Snow Leopard
August 24, 2009:
$300 Blu-ray Writer, with Toast!
Mobify Your Websites
SeeFile 4.7
Illustrator CS4 WOW! Book
PercepTool 1.5.5
Ideas from I.D.E.A.S.
Tips:
Where Was That Tip?
August 17, 2009
Amazing new Panasonic digital camera/camcorder, Lumix FZ35
Nikon’s Pocket Camera/Projector
Google’s Advanced Image Search
Report on Logo Trends
Quark Releases Version 8.1 of Quark Dynamic Publishing, etc.
SWF Protector Blocks Flash Theft
Convert SWF to FLA
Tips:
• Patching in Photoshop
• Remove Permanent Ink
August 10, 2009:
Test Web Site Designs with Adobe BrowserLab
Vivozoom Guarantees Legal Images
QuarkXPress 8.1 adds several improvements and new features
Learn Every Feature in QuarkXPress with Jay’s new training video
QuarkXPress 8 & Instant PDF package: $299
HVC Color Composer Now for InDesign CS4
Smasher 1.7 for CS4 & Quark 8
Tips:
• Change Text Case of Panel Titles in InDesign CS4
August 3, 2009:
Google Now Shows “Usage Rights” for Images
Google Developing Chrome OS
QuicKeys 4 Adds Text Expanding
Single User Edition of Cumulus Returns
SnapFlow: Extract Great Still Images from Video
High Quality Hubble Images
iPhone Tutorials
Tips:
• Find Your Fonts with Smart Folders
• Create and Update Table of Contents in InDesign and QuarkXPress
• Change UI Font Size in Photoshop
July 27, 2009
Snow Leopard: $29 in September
Acrobat.com: The Free Ride is Over
Adobe Profitable, but Smaller
Retrospect 8.1 Adds PowerPC Support
Universal Type Server 2 from Extensis
New Pricing for FontExplorer X Server
Creative Business
Tips:
• Select Text Columns in PDFs
• Move Objects Within a Group
• Safer Healing
July 6, 2009:
New Windows 7 Coming this Fall
Wacom Intuos4 Tablet
iTimeZone
Eltima Software’s Flash Optimizer 2.3
FreelanceSwitch.com portable hard drive
Tips:
• Get Back in Acrobat
• Editing Non-PDF Files in a PDF Portfolio
• Editing Common Attributes in Illustrator
June 29, 2009
New MacBook Pro models
iPhone 3GS
Mac OS X 10.6 coming in September
Canto Cumulus 8
OWC Mercury On-The-Go Triple Interface portable hard drive
Map Resources
Tips:
• Design Interactively in Dreamweaver CS4
• Setting Exact Line Lengths in Illustrator
• Finding a Scanner’s “Sweet Spot”
June 22, 2009
Google’s New Similar Image Search
USB 3 Doesn’t Support USB 1
90 Minutes on Social Media Marketing
PDF Security Rendered Useless
Complete Blu-ray Mastering Solution
Book: From Design Into Print
Tips:
• New Spring-Loaded Tools in Photoshop CS4
• How to Save Illustrator CS4 Files for Earlier Versions
• See Substituted Glyphs in InDesign
• Better EPS Previews in QuarkXPress
June 15, 2009
Upcoming Events
Free Courses: Illustrator, Flash, and InDesign
Personalized Obama Time Capsule
The Art Directors Club Announces Winners
Free PhotoTools Lite
FontAgent Pro + 750 OpenType Fonts: $150
The Twitter Book
Tips:
Scissors Cuts Paper — and Paths
Drag-and-Drop PDF
Use DNG Converter for Newer Cameras
June 8, 2009
Glance Is Fast, Reliable Screen Sharing

WordPress for Creative Pros

Tutorial: Flash from QuarkXPress 8
Website of All Ads from 1930–1969
Find and Relink Pictures in QuarkXPress or InDesign
Custom Fabric for $18/yard
Tips:
* Reorder or Copy Pages in Acrobat
* Enable Commenting in Any Document
* Live Paint Colors Overlaps
* Photoshop Portrait Popper
June 1, 2009:
New LaCie Display Calibrator
Some Advice on Buying a Display
Free ‘Plain English’ Videos on Social Marketing
Take Control of Fonts in Leopard
InPreflight: Simple Preflight for InDesign
TeXTractor: Intelligently Export Text from QuarkXPress
A Beautiful Paper Site
Tips:
• Round Corners Your Way
• Easily See What’s Changed in CS4
• Solid Black Crop Shield
May 25, 2009
Adobe introduces a Marketplace for Photoshop and AIR apps
Lightscoop is a cool accessory for your on-camera flash
Use FontShaker to explore fonts in a whole new way
Caliper is a free onscreen measuring device with some unusual features
CMYK 2.0 is a book that every photographer and designer should own
Badia PrintPreview: Free!
Tips:
• Overcome Email Limitations
• Scale Frame and Content in InDesign
• Preview Changes in QuarkXPress
• Don’t Switch Tools to Move Text
May 18, 2009
Spec Work and Crowdsourcing: Gambles that Don’t Pay Off
$5 Blu-ray Discs
Book: Scanning Negatives and Slides
Inkd: Royalty-Free Design Templates
Gluon Cropster: Auto-Dimensioning, Multi-page Cropping, and more
PopChar X 4.2
Tips
• Combine All Kinds of Files in Acrobat
• Get Back to the Welcome Screen
• Instant Centered Guide in Photoshop
• Blend Mode Tricks
May 11, 2009
Freeway Pro Discounts for GoLive & Dreamweaver Users
Quark XML Author 3.0
Free Cable Identification Guide
Optimize Images in InDesign or QuarkXPress
Tips:
• Always Use the Latest Versions of Software
• Add a Scan to a PDF
• Feather a Mask — Anytime
• Redefine Styles in InDesign
• Use “Line Check” to Find Widows, Orphans, and Overflows
• Name Your Flash Drive with Your Phone Number
May 2, 2009
Free 10-week InDesign Training

Full-day InDesign workshop (includes free subscription to InDesign Magazine)

Free Flash Workshop
Full-day Flash workshop
40% off Peachpit ebooks and videos
“Copyright Basics” Video
CreativePro.com Job Board
<https://www.pantone.com/pages/products/product.aspx?pid=897 target=new>Pantone Color Cue Sale: $249
FontExplorer X Pro 2.0 review
Tips
* Expand Selection Without Rounding in Photoshop
* Delete All Guides in InDesign and QuarkXPress
April 27, 2009
Ghent’s PDF Output Testing System
Reports: Adobe and Quark Focus on Efficiency
Book Production Pack for InDesign
VTools Adds Features to QuarkXPress
Free Acronym Converter for QuarkXPress
Web Site: Add Your Own Text to Signs
InDesign Secrets podcast
Tips:
• Batch-Convert Illustrator to PDF
• InDesign: Dude, Where’s My File?
• Three Photoshop Tips from Lesa Snider:
– Digging Through Tools
– Sharpening a Multi-Layer Document
– Quick Eye Enhancement
April 20, 2009:
“The Copyright Registry“?
Retrospect 8: Faster, Easier to Use
VideoFlash Converter: Convert Video to Flash
Bokeh Your Photos! Example tutorial / Imaging Insider interview
Video Tutorials from Quark
Video: Photoshop CS4 for Photographers — Desktop Printing Techniques
InDesign Secrets podcast
Tips:
• A PDF Version of InDesign Help
Three Photoshop Tips from Lesa Snider
April 13, 2009:
Skills Assessment
Adobe and Quark Integration Guides
Upcoming Events
Free PDF-to-Word Converter
The Newest Camera Features
InDesign Secrets podcast
Tips:
Three Photoshop Tips from Lesa Snider:
– Quick black-and-white with color tint
– Partial color effect
– Portrait popper (vignettes)
• Lesa’s Web site and book
April 6, 2009:
U.S. Senate May Allow Newspapers to Operate as Non-profits
New Postage Rates
Macworld Expo Moves to February
Jay Nelson at HOW Design Conference
13th Annual Webby Awards
Upgrade to Adobe CS4 from Any Version
$299 Upgrade to QuarkXPress 8 — from version 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7!
QuarkXPress Table of Features by Version Number
Suitcase Fusion 2 Now Supports Tiger
InDesign Secrets podcast
April 6 Tips:
• See Spot Colored Items in Acrobat
• Force Hyphenation in InDesign and QuarkXPress
• Crop a Layered Document
March 30, 2009:
Google Quick Search: Search Everywhere At Once
QuarkXPress 8 Video Training
Adobe Videos: Everyday Timesavers
Quick Look Plug-in for Illustrator, InDesign, FreeHand, and EPS Files
Quick Look Plug-in for QuarkXPress
Track Text Changes in InDesign and QuarkXPress with
CtrlChanges and Blacklining
Badia Duplica XT 4: an Über Eyedropper for QuarkXPress
Business Card Design Inspiration
Tips:
• Find First in QuarkXPress
• Flip Across Pages in InDesign
• Quickly Crop to Edges in Photoshop
March 23, 2009
Facebook’s Shameful Ownership Policy
Dangerous Acrobat Security Flaw
Fall ’09 Fashion Color Report
WhatTheFont Now on iPhone
iTunes for Audiophiles
Suitcase Fusion 2 Reviewed
AreMySitesUp.com
Tips:
• Try OCR in Acrobat
• Better Importing from MS Word
• Bring Photoshop CS3 Features Back to CS4
March 16, 2009
Free Photoshop
Webinars
Much Easier File Sharing with MobileMe (
video)

Professional Portfolios
How to Think Like a Great Graphic Designer
Buyer’s Guide: When To Buy a Mac
Report: Flash in InDesign vs. QuarkXPress
Motionographer
Forbidden Color Combinations
Tips:
• Much Easier Commenting in Acrobat
• How to Collaborate Live in Acrobat
• Using .,/&X in InDesign
March 9, 2009
Pantone Mugs
Gluon’s ProPack 8 & StudioPack
Web Style Guide: Timeless Wisdom
Design for Special Events
New MyFonts Website Rocks!
Incredible Census Maps
Tips:
• Use Acrobat to Generate Hyperlinks
• Tricks to Control New Document Sizes in Photoshop
• Better PDF Names from QuarkXPress
• Use Help Menu to Find Menu Items
March 2, 2009
HOW Design Conference
FileMaker Pro 10
Suitcase Fusion 2 review by Jay Nelson
Freeway 5 Makes iPhone Website Content
Voyager Q: A Unique Hard Drive “Enclosure”
Auto-Flow for InDesign
Nametag: Quick Labels for Pictures in QuarkXPress
Top 10 Advertisements Worldwide
Tips:
• Find Ornaments in Fonts
• List Fonts in PDFs
• Space the Dots in Dotted Leaders
• Optimize Multiple Exposures in Photoshop
February 23, 2009
Web Design: An Event Apart: Discount code is AEADTM
Vista + PostScript Fonts = Bad News
17-inch MacBook Pro Gets 8-hour Battery: watch the video
PDF2ID 2.0 Improves PDF-to-InDesign Conversions
StudioPack: Four Powerful Plug-ins for InDesign
Eye Candy 5: Textures
Best Practices for Managing Fonts, 5th Edition
Newseum: Front Pages Around the World
InDesign Secrets podcast
Tips:
• How to Link an Excel Spreadsheet to a Table
• Click-drag Lightness, Hue and Saturation
February 16, 2009
Seagate Fixes Hard Drive Problem, But…
Avoid Barracudas
Trojan Horses in Pirated Software
Mac OS X 10.5.6 Update Fixes InDesign Problems
Updated MacBook Has FireWire, Faster Graphics
iPhoto ’09 and iMovie ’09
Mac Box Set = $149 for Mac OS X 10.5, iLife ’09 & iWeb ’09
Photo Calculator for Your iPhone
Tips:
• Create Your Own Blog Avatar at Gravatar
• Click the Text, Not the Checkbox
• Add a Background to a PDF
• Quick Color Boost in Photoshop CS4
February 9, 2009:
Answers to Professional
Font Questions
Shadow Mirrors Your Data
Graphic Authority Design Elements
Tiffen: 2,000 Professional Photographic Filters
The Web Designer’s Idea Book
Preview Web Designs in 85 Browsers
Veer: Explore Your Model

PhotoshopUser TV
Tips:
• Optical Kerning & Numbers Don’t Mix
• Create Another iPhoto Library
• Magic Setting for Dodge & Burn Tools in CS4
February 2, 2009:
QuarkXPress 8.02 Updater
QuarkXPress 8.02 List of fixes
Buy FlightCheck, Get Q2ID, ID2Q or PUB2ID Free
Q2ID & ID2Q Updated for QuarkXPress 8 and InDesign CS4
iTornado
Mpix
Lynda.com: Advanced InDesign and Basic Final Cut Express
Photoshop CS4: The Missing Manual
The Graphic Reporter website
Tips:
• Acrobat’s Object Inspector
• Diagonal Guides in Illustrator
• Click-and-Drag Graphics in InDesign
January 26, 2009:
Two Solutions for Glossy Displays: Photodon & TechRestore
MagneCote: Magnetic Paper
Photofont WebReady: Searchable Web Headlines in Any Font
Convert PDFs to InDesign docs: PDF2ID 2.0
Ben Willmore’s Photoshop CS4: Up To Speed
Website: Convert RGB Colors to Paint Tints
Tips:
• Zooming Tip
• Compare Documents in Acrobat
• Drag-Select Entire Paragraphs in InDesign
• Blend Artwork Into an Image in Photoshop
January 19, 2009:
Macworld Expo roundup
Softpress Freeway
Suitcase Fusion 2
FontAgent Pro 5
TypeDNA
Future of Macworld Expo
Layoffs at Adobe & Quark
The Modbook for Designers
Free Guide to Integrating QuarkXPress with Adobe Creative Suite
Website: The Best Flash & CSS Designs
Tips:
• Share Your Screen in Acrobat
• Illustrator Smart Objects in Photoshop
• Rotate Spread View in InDesign
January 12, 2009:
Bert Monroy retrospective
• Why and How to Buy a UPS: UPS Buyers Guide
• Migrate to the Mac with Belkin Cable
• Download popular logos
Tips:
• Manage Third-Party Photoshop Plug-ins
• Exact Text Links in Acrobat
• Replace a Graphic in InDesign
January 5, 2009:
LogoLounge.com: Logo Trends in 2008
• Excellent Masking Tools:
Vertus’ Fluid Mask
onOne’s Mask Pro
Digital Film Tools’ EZ Mask
• Download Adobe’s Guide to Acrobat 9
• Affordable, Professional Film Clips from Thought Equity and iStockphoto
Tips:
• External Hard Drive Advice
• Use InDesign & QuarkXPress Style Sheets in Word
• Spotlight Searches Photoshop Files!
December 29, 2008:
ReadyImages: New Image Service for Corporate Presentations
iStockphoto for corporate presentations
Artbeats: HD Stock Video & Textures
Color Oracle previews color blindness
Bracketeer combines bracketed photos
50 Sets of Free Photoshop Brushes
Cumulus: mega-asset manager
Studio Lettering Collection from House Industries
Design Parts Sourcebook: Rock and Street Culture
Photoshop Lady: Photoshop tutorials
Tips:
• The Key to Successfully Open Files Downsaved from QuarkXPress and InDesign
December 22, 2008:
CS4 Trial Versions Now Available
Pantone GOE Libraries for Creative Suite 4
QuarkXPress 8.01 Update
10 Million Photos from Life Magazine
Verbatim’s Movie-Reel DVD-Rs & 45-RPM CD-Rs
Verbatim’s Archival DVDs
Join AIGA
Pantone’s 2009 Color of the Year
Tips:
• Preview Sharpening in Camera Raw
• Better Grayscale Photos in CMYK
• Save All Open Documents in InDesign
• QuarkXPress 8 Tip: The “Local Formatting” ToolTip
December 15, 2008:
RAM: Cheap Speed Booster
CreativeTechs: Free Information & Inspiration
Free On-Demand Webinars: Color for Creatives
DropCopy
Mister Retro’s Permanent Press
Nik Silver Efex Pro
Pentawards: Packaging Award Winners
Tips:
• Always Read the Fine Print
• Redefine Symbols in Illustrator
• Quickly Change View Percentage
• Zoomify Your Photos
December 8, 2008:
Selected Ways to Learn Adobe Creative Suite 4
Video
Total Training
Lynda.com
Books
Ben Willmore’s Adobe Photoshop CS4: Up to Speed
Deke McClelland’s Adobe Photoshop CS4 One-on-One
Adobe InDesign CS4 One-on-One, by Deke McClelland and David Futato
Lesa Snider King’s Photoshop CS4: The Missing Manual
Adobe Photoshop CS4 Classroom in a Book
Amazon’s CS4 Books page
Reviews
CreativePro.com
Macworld
Ars Technica
Design Tools Monthly’s CS4 New Features overview
Web Sites
James Dempsey’s list at Macworld.com
Free CS4 Superguide
Other Topics
Book: QuarkXPress 8: Production Tricks and Experts’ Tips
Inside Digital Design show
ImageFramer: Realistic Mats and Frames
Phantasm
Suitcase Fusion 2
64 Years of Presidential Commercials
Tips
• View First Page Separate from Spreads in Acrobat
• Make Multiple Frames the Same Height or Width in InDesign
• Helpful Adjustment Presets in Photoshop
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?!
* StuffIt Deluxe 2009 Why you need it
* Casio EX-FH20: The latest mind-blowing high-speed camera features
* 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
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  • net500cg says:

    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
    http://www.net500.com
    [email protected]

  • shawnotay says:

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

  • shawnotay says:

    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.

  • digger dog says:

    Our weekly podcast is hosted by Jeff Gamet and Jay Nelson of “Design Tools Weekly.”

    Not intuitive. Either subscribe in iTunes or click on the Design Tools Weekly link.

    D

  • digger dog says:

    Not one of these holds a candle to…

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5BxymuiAxQ

    a promo for the Canadian Discovery Channel.

  • hareshpatel says:

    Haresh Patel
    Design Studio Manager

    Hi

    I’m not able to download podcats from your site. In Itune it is giving error of not available in Indian Store.
    Kindly help

    Haresh

  • Anonymous says:

    Could you please provide an alternative link to subscribe for people that don’t use iTunes? Some people don’t have iTunes in their computers and don’t want to install a program just for a podcast and it looks a fantastic podcast for what I’ve been able to check during the last few weeks.

    Thanks. :)

  • Terri Stone says:

    Don’t want to use iTune? No worries. If you subscribe to CreativePro’s daily or weekly email newsletters, you’ll find the link to each week’s podcast toward the bottom of the newsletter.

    To subscribe, click on the link “Get Our Newsletters” that’s in the upper-right corner of most pages on http://www.creativepro.com.

    Terri Stone
    Editor in Chief, CreativePro.com

  • Anonymous says:

    Could you please provide an alternative link to subscribe for people that don’t use iTunes? Some people don’t have iTunes in their computers and don’t want to install a program just for a podcast and it looks a fantastic podcast for what I’ve been able to check during the last few weeks sesli sohbet sesli chat

  • Anonymous says:

    I get a broken link message when trying to listen to the 2/2010 podcast

  • Jay J Nelson says:

    If you’re having trouble listening or subscribing via iTunes (Apple is having some trouble with our feed for some reason!), try going directly to our Web page: https://www.designtoolsweekly.com. You can listen to any of the podcasts from within your browser, or download it to your hard drive.

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