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InDesign How-To: Using the New Content Conveyer in CS6
How-Tos: Written by Anne-Marie "HerGeekness" Concepcion on May 9, 2012
A new feature in InDesign CS6 is the Content Conveyor that lets you collect elements from a layout and reuse them quickly and easily. It represents a new way to work with content in your designs.
Book Covers Combine Illustration and Embroidery
News: Written by Pamela Pfiffner on May 2, 2012
Penguin's Threads series turns thread into literary classics.
Free For All: Infographic Freebies
Features: Written by Pariah Burke on April 30, 2012
Infographics are more popular than ever. If you think you need Illustrator or Excel to show data in a visually rich way that's sure to attract attention, then check out these free data-visualization tools
Pantone Gets 336-Shades More Colorful
News: Written by Pamela Pfiffner on April 24, 2012
336 new hues added to Plus Series guides
Adobe CS6 Downpour Begins
News: Written by Pamela Pfiffner on April 22, 2012
Creative Cloud plus updated apps lead the way.
First Look: Adobe InDesign CS6
Features: Written by Mike Rankin on April 22, 2012
Whether you’re designing for print or digital (or both), InDesign CS6 has many new features to help you create multiple versions of your layouts quickly and efficiently.
New Mohawk Logo Designed by Pentagram
News: Written by Pamela Pfiffner on April 16, 2012
New Mohawk logo designed by Pentagram
InDesign Font Plug-in Lets You Try Before You Buy
News: Written by Pamela Pfiffner on April 12, 2012
FontGazer connects to Fonts.com database of 150,000+ fonts
How-To: 10 Techniques for Copying Pages Between InDesign Documents
How-Tos: Written by Pariah Burke on April 11, 2012
There are many reasons why you might want to combine pages or objects from one or more InDesign documents into other InDesign documents. Perhaps you need to join unchanged pages from an old financial report with the new one; or use a previous design’s page geometry and elements as the template for a new project; or combine individual chapter INDDs into a single “book” that can be output as one long PDF; or... Whatever the case, InDesign has several paths to that end.
Ask the Experts about QXP and iPad Publishing
News: Written on April 10, 2012
60-minute Q&A with the QuarkXPress Team
Inside the NYT Graphics Department
News: Written by Pamela Pfiffner on April 5, 2012
Video shows what drives artists at the newspaper
The State of E-book Typography
Features: Written by James Felici on April 4, 2012
Whether on Kindle, iPad, Nook, or other LCD display, type suffers compared to print. So is good typography even possible for today’s electronic devices? From the standpoint of the craft’s two underlying principles — legibility and readability — the answer is "no."
First InDesign CS6 Sneak Peek
News: Written by Pamela Pfiffner on April 4, 2012
Adobe video shows Content Collector
Publications in iPad Newsstand Thrive
News: Written by Pamela Pfiffner on March 28, 2012
Magazines and newspapers move $70K per day
"100 Ideas That Changed Graphic Design"
News: Written by Pamela Pfiffner on March 21, 2012
New book chronicles design as bursts of creative thinking
"The History of Graphic Design" Comes to iPad
News: Written by Pamela Pfiffner on March 19, 2012
Study aids for Meggs' definitive textbook also available.
Free For All: Photo and Font Resources, plus Pinterest
Features: Written by Pariah Burke on March 19, 2012
We have five new stock photo sites, 10 new font sources, an indispensable Photoshop add-on, and a pitch for Pinterest. Did we mention cupcakes? All for free, of course.
Glamour Magazine Limits Photoshop Use
News: Written by Pamela Pfiffner on March 9, 2012
When does image retouching go too far?
Design by Nature: How to Use Your Senses
Features: Written by Maggie Macnab on March 7, 2012
The natural world — its colors, shapes, and textures — offers a bounty of design inspiration. Tapping into your senses when you design adds another dimension to your work. Here's how to develop your "sense-abilities."
