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Stray points removal in Illustrator and InDesign
Monday, July 14th, 2008
Adobe Illustrator has had a Stray Anchor Points remover for some time. In Illustrator CS3, you can remove stray points by selecting Object > Path > Clean up… The Clean Up command allows for deletion of Stray Points, Empty Text Paths and Unpainted Objects. InDesign on the other hand doesn’t contain such a command.
10.5.4 + 5.0.3 = fixedalot
Tuesday, July 1st, 2008
“Mac OSX 10.5.4″ + “Adobe InDesign 5.0.3″ = “fixedalot” . Over the past days Apple’s released 10.5.4 and Adobe’s just released the InDesign 5.0.3 update for Mac and Windows. The 5.0.3 updater incorporates all amendments made in earlier updates.
According to the 5.0.3_Update_ReadMe.pdf, the Navigation Services issues (Mac OS X Leopard) that cause unexpected quits in […]
Nostalgia
Saturday, June 28th, 2008
John Nack back in February posted this digitized VHS video from the Adobe archives to YouTube. Maybe I’m getting old or I’m in the mood for some nostalgia … but I’d love to see more of these old VHS movies converted and shared. This one is a promotional video delivered by John Warnock introducing […]
The deke Pod
Thursday, June 26th, 2008
O’Reilly digital media, today announced the release of a new video series with Deke McCleland the “deke Pod“. In these 101 Photoshop Tips in Five Minutes, Deke generates the online video equivalent of a book full of short & rich tips. An absolute must for the keen Photoshop user. Deke’s a smart man!
Web-reference: deke Pod […]
Selection to PDF - New InDesign Add-on
Saturday, June 14th, 2008
Modified 15-June-2008 - added Using the Script section
Ever wanted to be able to select some artwork in your InDesign document and turn it into an instant PDF? Maybe an ad you’ve created on the page in InDesign that also needs to be used in another publication or submitted to a publisher in PDF format?
Well, […]
Illustrator and Epson printing
Wednesday, June 4th, 2008
If you’re experiencing problems printing to your Epson printer with borderless enabled from Illustrator, this new TechNote from Adobe might provide you with a fix.
Web-reference: TechNote (2008, Adobe Systems)
InDesign and Mac OSX 10.5.x
Wednesday, June 4th, 2008
Adobe’s released the following TechNote to their knowledge-base, outlining work-arounds for fixing InDesign crashes experienced when running Opening, Placing, Importing, Exporting and Saving command on Mac OSX 10.5.
Web-reference: TechNote (2008, Adobe Systems)
Take up the challenge - Acrobat 9
Monday, June 2nd, 2008
Adobe today officially announced their new Acrobat 9 range of products, off the shelf are rolling: Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro Extended, Acrobat 9 Pro, Acrobat 9 Standard and a new Adobe Reader.
Time for organisations to take up the challenge and use Acrobat to its full advantage. In all honesty what I see in this release […]
The InDesign Conference - Auckland, New Zealand
Friday, May 2nd, 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 […]
Brio no it’s not butter…
Sunday, April 20th, 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 […]