DesignInDesign Where's My White Swatch When I first switched from Quark, one of my first questions about InDesign was about the missing White Swatch in the Swatches palette. I quickly ... jeff witchel December 1, 2006 0
DesignIllustrator Get Right on Target with Drawing Tools When you’re new to Illustrator, it can be a little difficult at first to tell exactly where a particular tool is going to start drawing ... jeff witchel November 30, 2006 0
DesignInDesign Is There a Way to Align Objects to One Particular ... By default, if I select several objects and choose the Align Left Edges button in the Align palette (Window > Object & Layout > Align), ... jeff witchel November 29, 2006 0
DesignIllustrator A Different Way to Adjust a Path's Curve The usual way to adjust a curve is to select an Anchor Point with the Direct Selection tool and then click-drag a Handle in or ... jeff witchel November 28, 2006 0
DesignIllustrator The Little-Known Palette That's a Huge Source of Information. When a student sends me a “problem” Illustrator file, the first thing I do is open up the Document Info palette (Window > Document Info). ... jeff witchel November 22, 2006 0
DesignInDesign Understanding the Hierarchy of Object Transparency If you select an image with the Direct Selection tool, you can lower the Opacity and change the Blending Mode of just that image without ... jeff witchel November 21, 2006 0
DesignIllustrator Making a Ghosted Panel for Text With Transparency included as a feature within InDesign, it’s easy to create a ghosted panel as a design element in your layout. But, if you ... jeff witchel November 20, 2006 0
DesignInDesign Solving the Case of the Changeable Frame I drew a Graphic Frame with my Rectangle Frame tool (F) as a placeholder for a photo that I would be placing later as a ... jeff witchel November 17, 2006 0