Feb 15, 2021
How-to: Use clipping masks for typography
Step One: Create a new document in Photoshop. If your document is going to be used on the web, I recommend setting the resolution to “72 pixels/centimeter”. [...]
Jan 25, 2021
Photoshop: Using clipping masks for custom photo layouts
In today's blog, I'll be teaching you how to make a custom photo layout in Photoshop. We will go though how to make a grid with four square images, but you [...]
Jan 20, 2021
Tips to avoid creative burnout
Feeling burnt out is normal. Creative work takes a lot of energy – which get sapped for many reasons: a mental block, emotional barriers, work habits, personal [...]
Jan 10, 2021
Animating with Adobe CC: Part 3 - Animating with symbols in Flash CC
In part 3 of my Animating with Adobe CC series, we will be looking at animating with Graphic Symbols in Flash CC. Now that we have a library of the character assets, [...]
Dec 14, 2020
Understanding layers in Photoshop
What are layers and why should we use them in Photoshop? You will have more control. They do not destroy your original photo. You are working on top of or on [...]
Dec 06, 2020
Animating with Adobe CC: Part 2 - Importing Character designs into Flash CC
Despite the fact that many developers consider Flash CC (or now Animate CC) no longer the developer platform since the introduction of HTML5, Java and CSS3 that produce [...]
Nov 18, 2020
Animating with Adobe CC: Part 1 - Creating character designs with Illustrator CC
You will realise that the content you can generate in Adobe Illustrator is a vector graphic and vectors are simply scalable shapes and lines that do not reduce in [...]
Nov 17, 2020
InDesign CC multiple page size documents
Adobe InDesign is a remarkable tool for many print and marketing design projects. What happens if your project requires different size pages for each item you design [...]
Nov 08, 2020
Why do I need to run a Preflight in InDesign?
It’s frightening how many errors can become very obvious on a printed document, compared to just reviewing it when it’s up on screen. But unfortunately there is no [...]
Nov 01, 2020
Dreamweaver CC - Pop up thumbnails of image and colour filenames
I always try to give the images I use in my web pages relevant names if I can. Realistically, who can possibly remember what DSC00012.jpg is? But now Dreamweaver will [...]
Oct 19, 2020
Does good design sell itself?
You may be a great designer, but if you can't confidently present your work to clients (and set expectations when they get impatient!) you risk losing [...]
Sep 30, 2020
Frame fun in InDesign
How to create a multi-frame opening in InDesign. Adobe InDesign gives us many wonderful ways to design. Creating a multiple frame opening to display an image or text [...]
Sep 29, 2020
Put your Photoshop skills into practice
Want to put your Photoshop knowledge into practice but don't know where to start? We've got the solution for you! We've found some creative tutorials [...]
Sep 27, 2020
Lightroom vs. Photoshop’s Camera Raw
You may have heard a lot of discussion around working with raw images in either Lightroom or in Photoshop with the Camera Raw plugin. In today’s post, we will explore [...]
Sep 21, 2020
Convert imagination into art with Adobe Capture
Your smart phone is your sidekick, your passage into the world of social networking and, with Adobe Capture, it's your paint brush and canvas. Wherever you find [...]
Sep 14, 2020
Mastering InDesign
Adobe InDesign is an extremely powerful application that allows you to take page design to a whole new level with a combination of application features and creative [...]
Aug 29, 2020
Beginner in design? Here is what you need to know
Have you just begun your Graphic Design journey? Thankfully, there are people here to help! Learn a few secrets that designers rarely admit to, what the 5 ingredients [...]
Jun 16, 2020
Create with Adobe’s Capture Mobile App: Shapes
Part of the Adobe Creative Cloud Mobile Applications suite, Adobe Capture is a set of tools that allow you to photograph and reuse aspects of your image in Illustrator, [...]
Dec 15, 2020
A Recipe for Frame Fun with InDesign CC
How to create a multi-frame opening in InDesign. Adobe InDesign gives us many wonderful ways to design. Creating a multiple frame opening to display an image or text [...]
Oct 15, 2020
Save time by using your Document Stencil
Save time, update and reuse Visio Shapes with Your Document Stencil. The Document Stencil is a special stencil that is automatically created in each Visio drawing [...]
Sep 17, 2020
Put that marker down and Redact in Acrobat please!
Remove sensitive data from your file with Adobe Acrobat's redaction tools. Have you ever taken out a black marker and marked a document in an attempt to hide [...]
Aug 25, 2020
Easily sample and transfer colours between objects in InDesign
Let's take a look at the Colour Theme Tool in Adobe InDesign CC 2014. The fantastic “Color Theme” tool, released in the InDesign CC 2014 update, will give you a [...]
Aug 03, 2020
Easily Create Complex Illustrations with Basic Tools and Pathfinder Commands in Adobe Illustrator
How to create complex illustrations from basic shapes in Adobe Illustrator. Adobe Illustrator can create complex path illustrations with simple shapes, minor [...]
Jul 20, 2020
Adobe Acrobat Custom Stamps
Adobe Acrobat offers the option to stamp an electronic document in much the same way as you might apply a rubber stamp to a paper document. You can choose from a list of [...]
Jun 15, 2020
Quick ways to automate in Photoshop – Part 3: Batch processing
Adobe can apply Photoshop actions across multiple files within Adobe Photoshop or via Adobe Bridge. In order to batch process a Photoshop action in Bridge, the action [...]
Feb 23, 2021
The Power of Zoom
It’s amazing how much time can be saved by knowing a few keyboard shortcuts. Many shortcuts work across platforms and different software packages. Today I’d like to [...]
May 02, 2021
Turn the heat up on your text in Photoshop
With all the filters included in Adobe Photoshop, some pretty wild things can be done to text. To expand text options even further, you can play around with both layer [...]
Apr 02, 2021
Merge layers without flattening in Photoshop
Layers in Photoshop are an important feature in all Photoshop designs as they enable the user to work on a particular element of the design without disrupting the other [...]
Mar 07, 2021
Make CSS3 animations stay put after they've performed
Animations, defined by the keyframe rule, are one of the most exciting features of CSS3. It allows you to display various moving pictures to the user without Flash, [...]
Feb 27, 2021
What Lies Beneath - Part 2
In my last post, What Lies Beneath - Part 1, I explained the function of layer masks in Photoshop and how to create them. In today's post, I'll explain a few [...]
Nov 14, 2020
Understanding Airbrush in Photoshop
The Airbrush Typically, an airbrush is a tube connected by a hose to a source of compressed air. Located either on the bottom or top of the tube is a small attachment [...]
Nov 08, 2020
Remove Stray Pixels in Photoshop
To create a smooth selection in Photoshop* with one of the many selection tools, such as the Magic Wand tool, you must first select the 'anti-aliased' check box [...]
Oct 22, 2020
Dominate Your Exchange 2013 Design
OK. You have completed the 20341 - Core Solutions of Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 course and you are now the greatest thing on earth when it comes to configuring and [...]
Sep 24, 2020
Enhance your colours by desaturating part of an image
There must be umpteenth ways to produce an image that features both grayscale and colour pixels. We've shown you several in the past and we're going to show you [...]
