Adobe Illustrator
Adobe is like your kids that just can’t stay out of trouble. You love them, but you just want to kill them sometimes (that’s a bit extreme, but you get the idea).
Read more “Adobe is at it again…”
Adobe InDesign
Did you know that Guides in Adobe InDesign will snap to the edge of an object when you have that object selected?
Read more “InDesign Guide Snapping”
General
My mother-in-law’s ancient iMac 21″ finally kicked the bucket. The hard drive crashed and the video card went kaput. I decided to take it apart to see what the computer’s guts looked like.
Read more “Retiring an old iMac”
General
My apology for the complete mess around here. I’ve been updating a bunch of stuff here at the Graphic Mac this weekend and it’s taking much longer than I had hoped.
Read more “Apologies for the mess around here…”
Apple | Mac
If you’ve been on the Internet long enough, you no doubt remember how popular RSS feeds were, and how RSS readers were all the rage. Late in the game, an app called Reeder made its way to the top of the list of popular RSS readers.
Read more “Reeder for Mac: Free for limited time”
Adobe InDesign
This is something I see people asking all the time. How do I make the numbers in a number list line-up with the period after the number instead of being left justified.
Read more “How to make pretty number lists in Adobe InDesign”
General
I logged-in to one of my WordPress sites last week and got a notification of Gutenberg, a new plugin for WordPress. After reading that it will become the default editor (possibly the only editor) for WordPress sites, I was immediately interested.
Read more “Have a WordPress site? Get to know Gutenberg before it becomes the default editor!”
Adobe InDesign
Most designers know how to create styles, but few go beyond the basics. This short video will show you how to use InDesign’s Based On Styles.
Read more “Using InDesign’s “Based On” Styles”
Resources
I really like this font, even though using it will require plenty of kerning.
Read more “Free Font: Athens Brush Font”
Adobe InDesign
If you’ve been in the design business long enough, you probably remember a time when adding a padded keyline around images in magazines, newspapers and booklets was all the rage. Rage is a great description!
Read more “Using InDesign Styles to easily add a padded keyline to your images”
Resources
A nice display script. Free for personal and commercial use.
Read more “Free font: Tahu”