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Jay J. Nelson
Jay Nelson has enjoyed creating Design Tools Monthly, the executive summary of graphic design news, since 1992. Early in his career, he owned a graphic design studio/training company, and managed both a printing company and a prepress service bureau. Now he writes a monthly font column for Macworld magazine, and contributes regularly to Photoshop User and Layers magazines. Jay also co-hosts the Design Tools podcast, serves as editorial director of PlanetQuark.com and authors QuarkXPress training titles for Lynda.com. In his spare time, he leads the Colorado Macintosh User Group (aka Boulder Mac Maniacs) in all manner of madness and mayhem.
Review: QuarkXPress 9.1 with App Studio
Reviews: Written by Jay J. Nelson on September 19, 2011
For QuarkXPress users wanting to publish content to the iPad, the free 9.1 update to 9.0 is a no-brainer. If you're upgrading from pervious versions, 9.1 costs $299, but it's still one of the cheapest ways to publish magazines, books, and other content to Apple's App Store.
Review: QuarkXPress 9
Reviews: Written by Jay J. Nelson on April 28, 2011
New version of publishing powerhouse adds e-book export and new layout features. Is it time to upgrade?
QuarkXPress Tips for Type, Pages, & Paths
How-Tos: Written by Jay J. Nelson on April 18, 2011
Learn how to replace fonts across a QuarkXPress document; give editable text a fuzzy edge; flip a Bezier path from top to bottom; and start a file with a spread.
QuarkXPress Tips for Everyday Tasks
How-Tos: Written by Jay J. Nelson on May 26, 2010
With just a few words and a screenshot or two, we'll show you how to control text wraps, move pages between documents, preview printing colors, and uncover buried items -- all in QuarkXPress!
Safely Export Pictures from QuarkXPress
How-Tos: Written by Jay J. Nelson on November 5, 2009
This process is ideal when you want to give a Web developer pictures that you cropped, rotated, or altered in QuarkXPress. It's also useful for converting a picture from one file format or color space to another.
CreativePro.com—Design Tools Weekly Podcast
News: Written by Jay J. Nelson Jeff Gamet on June 19, 2009
Our podcast features the insights of two industry veterans. With their wide-ranging interests, each episode has something for everyone!
QuarkXPress Tips: Word Import, Printing Fix, Preview Prescience
How-Tos: Written by Jay J. Nelson on June 11, 2009
In this collection of quick and handy tips, learn how to improve importing from Microsoft Word, troubleshoot QuarkXPress printer problems, cut paths, and more.
Top QuarkXPress Tips
How-Tos: Written by Jay J. Nelson on March 23, 2009
Adjust dot leaders, link spreadsheets to tables, and learn the logic behind spaces before and after paragraphs.
QuarkXPress Text, Image, and Productivity Tips
How-Tos: Written by Jay J. Nelson on January 12, 2009
Quickly adjust the space between letters or words, create embossed text, fade a photo with a gradient, and more.
New Features in Creative Suite 4
News: Written by Jay J. Nelson on October 2, 2008
This article originally appeared in Design Tools Monthly. Cross-Suite Interface Changes Application frame (optional): * This large window contains all your open documents and panels, on a neutral-colored background. You can move the whole thing around, even onto a second display. Tabbed windows (optional): * Each document appears as a tab in the Application Frame
Tips for QuarkPress 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8
How-Tos: Written by Jay J. Nelson on September 17, 2008
These tips on guides, layers, image attributes, and style sheets will leave you happy no matter what version of XPress you use.
QuarkXPress Tips: Graphically Speaking
How-Tos: Written by Jay J. Nelson on July 7, 2008
Good design does not live by text alone. To master QuarkXPress, add these image-oriented tricks to your workflow.
QuarkXPress Tips
How-Tos: Written by Jay J. Nelson on November 21, 2007
You're sure to find new nuggets of information in this diverse collection of tips.
Review: QuarkXPress 7
Reviews: Written by Jay J. Nelson on May 31, 2006
In many ways, it's a great leap forward. In other ways, it falls short. Is the new version enough to keep current XPress users in the Quark fold? Can it even entice some people back from InDesign?
Plug-Ins and XTensions: Helpers for Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, InDesign, and QuarkXPress
Features: Written by Jay J. Nelson on April 21, 2006
This month's round-up of plug-ins and XTensions includes tools for getting better black-and-white images, adding frames to photos, exporting PSD files from PDFs, educating style sheets in Quark, and more.
Plug-Ins and XTensions: Helpers for Photoshop, QuarkXPress, and InDesign
Features: Written by Jay J. Nelson on February 10, 2006
New and updated products that colorize grayscale images; add brushes and frames to Photoshop; label and rename graphics in QuarkXPress; apply image effects within InDesign; and more
QuarkVista Primer
Features: Written by Jay J. Nelson on January 25, 2006
What the heck is it and why should I care?
QuarkXPress 7 Public Beta: Not the Same Old Toolbox
Features: Written by Jay J. Nelson on January 25, 2006
From the most modern laser level to the trustiest ol' hammer, we've got the facts about everything in the QuarkXPress beta.
Plug-Ins and XTensions: Helpers for Photoshop, QuarkXPress, Dreamweaver, Acrobat, and InDesign
Features: Written by Jay J. Nelson on December 16, 2005
This month's new and updated products let you fix an unfocused image; remove noise; mimic a page curl; build RSS feeds; convert QuarkXPress 3, 4, 5, and 6 files to InDesign; and more!
