Mon, 29 May 2006
If you're shooting digital then chances are you're massing thousands of photos. How will you ever find what you're looking for? The key is entering metadata into the images themselves. However, who wants to do it image-by-image and even when you're doing groups at a time who wants to enter the same data over and over again such as copyright info? In this episode you'll learn how to create a metadata template using Photoshop and to apply that template to your images in the Bridge.
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Thu, 25 May 2006
OpenType fonts are the new standard! Any new fonts you buy today will most likely be in OpenType format and the beauty is that InDesign CS2 takes complete advantage of them. In this episode you'll see how to unlock the power of the OpenType fonts you already have!
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Mon, 22 May 2006
Use Image Warp to wrap logos and other objects around your artwork/photos. In this episode you'll see how to do it quickly and easily
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Thu, 18 May 2006
With Components in GoLive you can update a single page and have it replicate those changes throughout your entire site. In this episode you'll see just how easy it is the create a Component from scratch and then apply it to your pages. Then you'll see how to modify the Component and have it update all the pages that you placed it on.
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Mon, 15 May 2006
In this episode you will learn how to Warp your text into any shape or design you want. This is a really handy effect for applying logos or designs to images of clothing. Using this effect you can warp your text to the wrinkles in your fabric and make it really look like it was there all along. Even if you're not applying this effect to clothing, you can really create some interesting designs for your layouts.
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Thu, 11 May 2006
PDFs are everywhere online. So the chances of you reading a PDF in your browsers are pretty high. Therefore, you should make your PDFs as easy to navigate as possible. If your text is in multiple columns and goes from page to page you should be using Article Threads. In this episode you will see how to add article threads to an existing PDFs.
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Tue, 9 May 2006
Version Cue is tightly integrated into the Adobe Bridge and the CS2 Applications. In this episode you will see how to set up a Version Cue project and how to save multiple versions of a Photoshop document into your project. Then you'll see how to revert back to a previous version.
Version Cue is file management for the person who doesn't have a file management system.
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Thu, 4 May 2006
At the end of the day it’s all about what we get OUT of InDesign that matters. Whether you’re printing proofs to your printer or exporting to PDF, you have specific settings for your environment. In this episode you’ll learn to take advantage of InDesign’s Presets to streamline your daily output.
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Mon, 1 May 2006
If you do compositing in Adobe Photoshop then you probably work with layers. If you do complex work, then you probably work with a LOT of layers. It doesn’t matter if you have 5 layers or 100 layers, if you are turning individual layers on and off to show variations of your work, there is a better way. It’s called Layer Comps. Layer Comps are also supported in InDesign CS2. So if you use them in Photoshop you’ll benefit from them in InDesign.
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