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InDesign: Bridging that gap with the gap tool

How cool would it be if you can change the layout of a grid of images, and immediately see the result? It would definitely make designing a job much easier… As designers we want to see the changes we are making dynamically… InDesign CS5 bridges another gap designers have been encountering… with its new Gap tool and Auto-Fit feature…

Let’s have a look at some of the new Gap Tool’s capabilities…

 

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6 Comments

  1. December 19, 2011    

    @querty… the video is an embedded YouTube video… which device/browser are you viewing this blog-post on? It could be that your devices doesn’t support the YouTube plug-in. In that case try and hop onto youtube directly. — Cari

  2. qwerty2 qwerty2
    December 13, 2011    

    rofl wheres the video?????????? there is none

  3. Cari Jansen Cari Jansen
    August 11, 2010    

    @Berry 🙂

  4. August 6, 2010    

    Indeed a very cool tool and so much more cool combo you did with the frame fitter! Just changed my own pref due to that!

  5. Cari Jansen Cari Jansen
    April 23, 2010    

    Hey Gary,

    Well noticed 🙂 thanks for the compliment.

    It is the new “geeky-look” 🙂 … or more honestly said … eye-sight not as good as it used to be 😉

    I’ve been keeping busy and enjoying my new venture very much 🙂 more time to post blog-posts as well… so keep an eye out for more over the weekend 😉

    Cheers,

    Cari

  6. Gary Spedding Gary Spedding
    April 21, 2010    

    Cario,

    Just noticed your new picture. Looking good and hope you are doing well.

    Gary.

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