Adding An Effect to Just a Stroke
It’s easy to add a Scribble Effect to a whole object. Just select the object and go to the Effects menu > Stylize > Scribble. ...
Warning, Warning, That Type Style Doesn't Exist
In Quark, you can apply a Bold or Italic Style to selected type simply by clicking on the Bold or Italic Style buttons in the ...
Save A Logo for Your Client to Use
The most common request I get from my freelance clients is, “Can you save that Illustrator logo in a way that I can use in ...
Avoiding the Logo Police
I freelance for a large corporation that is very particular about how its logo is used. The logo must be centered under the copy with ...
Have Your Pick of Colors
Did you know that there’s a “Photoshop like” Color Picker in Illustrator? Just double-click on the Fill box at the bottom of your Tools palette ...
One Typo That InDesign Won't Let You Make
Anyone who reads my tips regularly knows that I make a lot of typos. Well here’s one mistake InDesign will not let you make. I ...
The Computer Ate My Homework
Last evening, I got the following frantic call from a student. “I was working on the logo assignment, Saved it and Quit to stop for ...
Merging Swatches
Sometimes when you copy objects from one document into another document, you can end up with duplicate Swatches in your Swatches palette. Some may be ...