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working with ocr sotfware to save time
2007-05-02 17:42:00
working as a designer within a quite small advertising company has pros an cons. and although we manage some great accounts, like emporiki bank and nike, we also have smaller customers with smaller marketing departments (if any ). in my experience these smaller companies always have “special requests” and provide us with fewer materials. today i’ve had ...
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new logo proposal for rob
2007-05-01 09:07:00
robcubbon is a freelance designer in london who’s just got incorporated. and is now looking to recreate it’s corporate visual elements. he’s started with his logo. and has presented his first logo proposal here. i too have decided o create one logo proposal for him: and this is a short argument for this logo proposal: - i think rob is right when deciding to focus it’s logo on presenting his name. - i tried to enhance and strengthen the focus on the name by different fonts and colours. - rob cubbon’s name: i’ve used brisk, font with rounded corners which is (in my opinion) easier to read. - “ltd”: written with 2tech, gives sobriety (through the font used) and dinamism (through colour) while still letting the name to gain the most visibility. btw: here’s a good collection of free fonts. what do you think? - should rob consider another strategy when designing his logo? - what do you think about the composition? - what do you think ...
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boost your PageRank from 0 to 4 in 2 months
2007-04-30 12:17:00
i’m almost sure, everyone of us received a (hopefully) nice surprise last week, as google’s just updated it’s pageranks. i’ve increased from 0 up to 4… so, this being my first blog… i’m quite happy for that! in this post i’ll present the tools and methods i’ve used to do this. 1. onsite: - i’ve installed headspace plugin: it is the most complex and flexible tool i’ve found for the manipulation of metadata. - i’ve submitted my site with google webmasters and i use google analytics. - i analyse keywords that drive natural traffic into my site and i try to strengthen my site on those keywords. i do that with creating more relevant content on them. - i moved my blog directly on the homepage url. at the beginning i’ve installed the blog on a directory of my site. webee.ro/webeeblog. i’ve moved it on the homepage so… this got me into other trouble: - i’ve had quite a lot of the pages (113...
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challenge: what are the results of the alistapart survey?
2007-04-27 18:04:00
a list apart, one of the most popular webdesign portals and, frankly, a place for real webdesigners has unleashed for sometime now their latest project: first annual a listapart survey, aimed to increase knowledge of webdesign and webdesigners. it covers questions related to: - demographic data (geographical, age, gender of webdesigners, etc) - career data (career status, profession, job ...
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wrap text around objects - clippling path in indesign
2007-04-27 11:04:00
i’ve been writing you for some time now about how you can use text wrap in indesign. and now, because some of you asked for this… i’d like to get into that in more detail here’s how you can wrap some text on a nonregular formed object using indesign. it’s a 6 steps tutorial which goes ...
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wrap text around objects - clipping path in indesign
2007-04-27 11:04:00
i’ve been writing you for some time now about how you can use text wrap in indesign. and now, because some of you asked for this… i’d like to get into that in more detail here’s how you can wrap some text on a nonregular formed object using indesign. it’s a 6 steps tutorial which goes ...
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import images from word to indesign or photoshop
2007-04-26 13:43:00
some days ago i’ve wrote you a post on how to import excel charts in indesign and how to import excel tables in indesign. now… i’m sure you find yourself quite used to getting the images and text supplied from customers are in MS word formats. and inserting them within layouts with simple copy paste operation ...
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where do you find design inspiration?
2007-04-25 14:12:00
a cool post from robcubbon got me thinking: - where do we find design resources and inspiration? - where (with whom?) do we exchange our knowledge? here are my sources for design inspiration sources: - creativebits - tools, reviews and tips for graphic designers - ideasonideas - a site for communication designers and brand strategists - Connor Wilson - a ...
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445bn dollars post
2007-04-24 12:33:00
there’s a new top ten brands in the world! and… guess what?!? google’s leading! here’s the…. The 10 most powerful global brands of 2007 plus value 1. Google - $66.4bn 2. General Electric - $61.9bn 3. Microsoft - $55bn 4. Coca-Cola - $44.1bn 5. China Mobile - $41.2bn 6. Marlboro - $39.2bn 7. Wal-Mart - $36.9bn 8. Citi - $33.7bn 9. IBM - $33.6bn 10. Toyota - ...
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create 3D objects in illustrator
2007-04-23 16:00:00
did you ever want some fancier buttons? or controls? did you ever wonder how you can create some regular (or non-regular) 3d objects? here’s how! first of all you have to create a 2d object that you want to convert to 3d object. for example, you need a circle to create a sphere. or a square to create ...
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automate rename pictures using bridge in indesign
2007-04-23 07:00:00
do you struggle with pictures with useless names like P1010002.jpg? indesign bridge can rename all your pictures at once in the blink of an eye using batch rename. select in bridge the images you want to rename and choose tools > batch rename. then use the fields in the middle to construct your new file name ...
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automate rename pictures using bridge in indesign
2007-04-21 09:55:00
do you struggle with pictures with useless names like IMG_9807.JPG? indesign bridge can rename all your pictures at once in the blink of an eye using batch rename. select in bridge the images you want to rename and choose tools > batch rename. then use the fields in the middle to construct your new file name scheme, ...
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facelift in photoshop
2007-04-20 09:15:00
so… the other day i’ve desided use a “portrait picture” for a layout. the thing is that the subject in the picture looked… well… let’s just say… unprepared! so i needed to do a facelift for the picture. here is what i’ve started from: and here’s what i’ve done: - remove face impurities - increase face luminosity - change eye colour - ...
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tip of the day: fonts used for sites
2007-04-19 16:16:00
have you had trouble chosing fonts for your site? have you ever lived too see your site go like this? here’s the fonts that are most safe to use are: 1. Arial / Helvetica 2. Times New Roman / Times 3. Courier New / Courier other options that usually work cross-platform are: 1. Palatino 2. Garamond 3. Bookman 4. Avant Garde fonts that work on Windows ...
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cool indesign cs3 features
2007-04-18 08:57:00
so… we are already enjoing our cs3 experience. here’s some of the cool features in indesign cs3: 1. enhancements to the transparency palette (each element can have its transparency adjusted independently, including fill, stroke and text). can you imagine this kind of flexibility in the layout? 2. ability to apply live effects to objects, always in the ...
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live trace in illustrator
2007-04-17 12:37:00
you get a faster trace in illustrator as you downsample, because this action results in a less complex image to analyze. and yes, you should be concerned about the resolution, as it is the most important factor with this. but have no fear! here’s what you get if you bring an image into Illustrator at the highest ...
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tip of the day: link text frames in indesign
2007-04-12 15:51:00
have you tried this new thing? unlike quarkXPress, indesign can link text frames when both frames contain text. when you use this indesign tool, the stories in the text frames are merged into a single story. and here’s the tipest of the tips: if the text in the first text frame did not end with a carriage return (the ...
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new google logo to collection
2007-04-12 10:25:00
google gives us a new lesson on social responsibility. and remembers that today we celebrate 46 years since yuri gagarin became the first man in space. (and not the first man on the moon as i first wrote, in my hurry. thanks ben for the correction). and… as usual, google does it with stile! we have a new ...
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tip of the day: text wrap tips in indesign
2007-04-11 11:56:00
some time ago, i’ve written you a tip for text wrap in indesign. i’m going to give you some more tips on working with indesign text wrap: to wrap text around the shape of an imported graphic, save the clipping path in the application in which you created it, and then select apply photoshop clipping path in ...
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happy easter!
2007-04-06 13:40:00
i’m preparing for the easter holiday. i can hardly wait to see my parrents and friends back home! so i’ll be quite offline until tuesday. until then… _________________ comment “happy easter” Share This
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tip of the day: options for folding an indesign brochure
2007-04-06 11:10:00
so i’ve seen you’re quite interested in creating an indesign brochure. (at least google’s analytics) tells me that you’ve search it in order to get to me. so, after you read how to create an indesign folding brochure, just see the options for folding an indesign brochure. but before that, here’s how you should order ...
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photoshop vs indesign: what do designers want to learn?
2007-04-04 19:22:00
it all started some days ago when i launched an interesting poll regarding what kind of buzeezzz are my readers interested in. i was wondering if you were interested in: - photoshop related posts or.. - indesign related posts. and the winner is…. and here’s the statistics: 1. poll released on 13th of march. promoted through post, reminder post and widget in ...
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tip of the day: import excel graphics in indesign
2007-04-03 15:50:00
in a post below, i’ve told you how you can import excel tables in indesign. now i’d like to complete that post with a detailed explanation on how to import excel graphics in indesign, as this operation is a little more complex and requires more intermediate steps. what you have to do is this: 1. create an ...
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tip of the day: import excel table in indesign
2007-04-03 14:53:00
don’t retype! save those fingers only for necessary tasks. instead, take advantage of the excel import filter. you can import microsoft excel files into adobe indesign documents. (and it even doesn’t matter whether you’re using the same platform?windows or mac os?on which the excel file was created). you can import an excel table into indesign as tabbed ...
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create a folding brochure in indesign
2007-04-02 12:55:00
not so long ago i wrote you short tutorial on how to create a folding brochure in indesign . and i’m still wodering: is that tutorial helpfull enough for you to create a 3 column layout by yourself? do you need additional help? does any of the steps presented require more detail? thanks for the feedback! _________________ comment “create a ...
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14 great tips for photoshop and indesign
2007-03-31 21:30:00
so… here’ a month work (a part of it anyway). i started the “tip of the day” suite on the 7th of march with some cool (i think ) tips and tricks for how to use adobe’s photoshop and indesign. cathegorised under “tip of the day”. this is a “gathering” of all the tips posted during march. structured on tips for photoshop and indesign. tips for photoshop: hide the palletes . a tip on how to use the tab key in photoshop. lines with any tool. a tip on how to draw a strait line using any paint tool in photoshop. break movies into jpegs. a tip inspired by mikey, about how to automatically create jpegs from movies. eyedropper in photoshop. a tip for how to more easilly define a color for background. actions play actions in photoshop. a cool tip for saving time in photoshop. smart crop. a tip to crop your image without losing any data. trick fill for layers. how to trick the fill layer command in photoshop. straighten leanned obj...
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the first 4 steps before creating any website
2007-03-30 18:44:00
here’s another great webdesign insight from my 2nd bee: i’ve got a new project this week. i’m to create a new site for a software development company. in this post, i want to share to you my first steps for creating this new website. 1. i’m gathering all the information about the company the people, the ideeas of ...
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tip of the day: indesign leading works like quarkXPress
2007-03-30 11:53:00
here’s one for those quarkxpress nostalgics: indesign leading CAN work like in quarkXPress ! we all know that, by default, when you want to change the leading of a paragraph, you must highlight all the characters, from the first through the return character at the end. and… when you’re used to simply clicking an insertion point anywhere in ...
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tip of the day: looking for indesign scripts?
2007-03-29 18:57:00
have you been working nights automating your work in indesign? well… you probably didn?t realize that but…. adobe includes prewritten indesign scripts. that’s because none install automatically in the scripts folder (which you can find in the presets folder, inside the adobe indesign application folder). however, if you bought the creative suite, 21 indesign scripts are ...
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tip of the day: smarter text wrap in indesign
2007-03-29 09:48:00
have you found yourself in situations that you should redefine a text wrap each time you want to replace the graphic used for the text wrap in indesign? lucky for us, there’s an easier way! When you assign a text wrap to an imported graphic, be sure to first select the graphic with the selection (black ...
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