The InDesign Conference - Auckland, New Zealand
By Cari Jansen | May 2, 2008
Mogo-Media is bringing the InDesign Conference to New Zealand 17-19 June 2008. The conference will host a list of very impressive speakers. If you’ve been reading David Blatner’s or Sandee Cohen’s published books on InDesign, you’ll have the chance to meet them in person! Tim Cole, Adobe’s top InDesign evangalist will also be present, as will Michael Stoddart and Mike McHugh from the Australia/Pacific Adobe team.
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Lest we forget
By Cari Jansen | April 25, 2008
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
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Update to Layout Zone post
By Cari Jansen | April 23, 2008
Over the past two evenings I’ve corrected the sound issue with the Layout Zone for small newspapers video tutorial. I’ve also added the transcript with screenshots.
The sound issue was relatively easy to fix, by increasing the ‘dB’ for the Audio channel using Adobe After Effects. It was my first play with After Effects, and I’ve also added a small banner at the bottom of the movie 
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Brio no it’s not butter…
By Cari Jansen | April 20, 2008
Brio… interesting name… a children’s modeling train set series that allows you to build connections, model railroads. But move to a different location in the world and you’re talking “butter”… Brio (the Netherlands), was a Unilever product introduced in 1963, a margarine. I’m not sure if that particular brand name still exists today. But thought it was an interesting fact to share :), given that Adobe has code named its next generation of Acrobat Connect “Brio”.
If you’ve not had a play with Acrobat Connect before, Brio will be a nice introduction. Enabling you to collaborate online with up to 3 people. Share your screen, including sound/video connection with a friend. Or use it provide Photoshop support for your father, who happens to live on the other side of the world
Web-reference: Brio beta on Adobe Labs (2008, Adobe Systems)
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3D Pie Graphs in Illustrator
By Cari Jansen | April 20, 2008
Digitip 073 - Adobe Illustrator CS3
Illustrator has had a graph tool for as long as I can remember. The following trick shows how you can use Illustrator graphs to create a 3D pie graph for which the graph data can still be edited.
Let’s get started by entering some basic numbers Read more »
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InDesign CS3 Recertification
By Cari Jansen | April 11, 2008
I finally sat my InDesign CS3 Recertification exam this morning. As mentioned by several other bloggers who have sat this particalar ACE test… even the second revision of the test that Adobe released is still tricky in its question & answer design, so I’m more than glad to say I’ve passed
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TV Adobe
By Cari Jansen | April 11, 2008
Why watch the conventional telly when you can watch free-to-internet “Adobe TV” :) Adobe has taken customer service to a new level with the launch of Adobe TV. A fantastic learning resource for anyone who loves the ‘big red A’. There are 4 core channels to watch: Photographer, Designer, Video Professional, Developer.
I just wish I had broadband2+ and an unlimited bandwidth data transfer volume… Unfortunately living less than 20kms from Perth CBD is no guarantee… and I’m lucky I can get broadband at all :) as many others in Western Australia are stuck using expensive wireless broadband, due to lack of port-availability in exchanges.
Web-Reference: Adobe TV (2008, Adobe Systems Inc)
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Simple continuous pattern
By Cari Jansen | March 31, 2008
Digitip 072 - Adobe Illustrator CS3
Modified 20-Apr-2008 (added Scott C. tip)
The following tip shows how you can create a relatively simple continuous pattern using Illustrator. It’s been sitting on the back-burner for well over a month, but is finally here
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Layout Zone for small newspapers
By Cari Jansen | March 30, 2008
Digitip 071 - InDesign CS3 / Layout Zone script
Modified 23-April-2008 (improved sound quality)
Modified 22-April-2008 (added transcript).
Martinho da Gloria’s Layout Zone script adds two cool features to InDesign CS3. The script was announced via InDesign Secrets earlier this month, and Tim Cole on his Adobe blog, provided excellent instructions on installation and usage of the script.
With this podcast I’m hoping to provide some visual ideas of how useful the script could be in your workflow, using a newspaper layout with lots of ‘layout zones’ as an example. Read more »I apologize in advance for the poor sound quality.
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Brisbane - InDesign User Group
By Cari Jansen | March 21, 2008
Iain Anderson, who presented at the last Brisbane InDesign User Group meeting has posted the PDF with the notes to the rules on his blog, including a link to a nice script that allows you to transpose Rows and Columns in table.
Thanks Iain! As I said in my comment: Even this veteran InDesign user picked up some tricks during your presentation.
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