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Posts by Cari Jansen

Clipping vs. Opacity Masks

Clipping vs. Opacity Masks

Digitip 007 – Adobe Illustrator 10 I often asked the following question during Illustrator training: How can we put an image inside text. There are a number of work methods that can create this result. Two of these methods are Clipping masks and Opacity masks. For both methods the starting point is similar: black text […]

Text Wrap transparent backgrounds

Text Wrap transparent backgrounds

Digitip 006 – InDesign 2 Do you find that the automatic “Detect Edges” or “Transparency Channel” text wrap option in InDesign creates too many points for the wrap path? The semi-automatic method is a bit of a work-around which creates smoother text wrap paths around transparent images. First let’s look at the automatic methods.

Making a simple roadmap

Making a simple roadmap

Digitip 002 – Adobe Illustrator 10 Remember the days when we used to create roadmaps, using zillions of paths with various stroke weights and colours. The days when we had no layers in Illustrator? Phew, the appearance palette & styles really have come to the rescue. It’s magical!