How to use the Effects Panel in Adobe InDesign

Posted on September 21, 2017July 26, 2018 by Mark

How to use the Effects Panel in Adobe InDesign Applying effects in Adobe InDesign is something that is fairly straight forward, a simple drop shadow can be applied at the click of a button. However many are unaware of how we can use the Adobe InDesign Effects Panel in a much more advanced way to create some much more stunning effects. When we open the Effects panel in Adobe InDesign (Window>Effects) by default the 'Object' line is higlighted, so if we click the 'fx' button at the bottom of the panel we get a list of Adobe InDesign Effects that we can apply. In this instan...

Recolour artwork tool in Adobe Illustrator

Posted on August 11, 2017October 10, 2018 by Mark

How to use the Recolour Artwork Tool in Adobe Illustrator jQuery(window).bind("load", function(){ setTimeout(function(){ jQuery("#recolour-artwork-tool-adobe-illustrator-iframe").attr("src", "https://www.youtube.com/embed/jYFzSGWcM_0"); },5000); }); In Adobe Illustrator there is a very handy and under used button that enables you to quickly and easily recolour any artwork using the colour groups in your swatches panel. The key to using the recolour Artwork tool is to organise your swatches in to groups, the tool only works with solid swatches in Adobe Illustrator an...

Using the Start screen in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign

Posted on July 19, 2017August 8, 2018 by Mark

Why getting the correct 'Design intent' in the Start screen of Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator or InDesign is so important... When usint the Start screen in Adobe programs its really important to get the Design intent correct, essentially it comes down to one of two intents, we have a 'Print' intent or a 'Web' intent, also it can be referred to as 'Hi res' and 'Lo res'. Essentially the 'Design intent' is dictated by how and where we are going to be publishing the document, if we are using Adobe Photoshop and we choose a Print intent (see screen grab below) the presets change to being all ou...

FREE Adobe Stock Templates for Photoshop and Illustrator!

Posted on July 6, 2017August 8, 2018 by Mark

Adobe have now made a certain amount of Adobe Stock Templates available for free for all Adobe Creative Cloud subscribers! Adobe stock is a new service from Adobe that is available as an add on to your Adobe Creative Cloud subscription, there are various pricing tiers made available to suit different requirements that include images and Adobe Stock Templates. Adobe stock assets can be downloaded and used for any of your design projects, the assets can either be in the format of royalty free images to use and edit in Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator or placed in to any Adobe Indesign la...

5 ways to place images in to Adobe InDesign!

Posted on June 23, 2017July 26, 2018 by Mark

Placing in multiple images in to Adobe InDesign

5 Different ways to place images in to Adobe InDesign When placing images or any external content in to Adobe Indesign there are many different options, here we are going to go through the 5 most useful ways you can place images in to Adobe InDesign. 1) Placing one image at a time To place any image in to Adobe InDesign we first need to go to File>Place and find the image we want to import. We will then have a loaded cursor with a preview of the image on the end of it. There are two ways we can now place the image in to Adobe InDesign we can either just click once and the image is...

How to create an animated GIFF in Adobe Photoshop

Posted on June 16, 2017June 23, 2017 by Mark

Tutorial: How to create an animated GIFF in Adobe Photoshop First of all we are going to create a new document in Adobe Photoshop, for this animated GIFF we are going to optimise it for Facebook so the size of the document is going to be 450 pixels by 450 pixels. You can adjust the size accordingly depending on where you will be publishing your animated GIFF. Next we are going to start adding the content to our animated GIFF, for this GIFF I am going to want to have this picture of a Parrot on every frame so in Adobe Photoshop im going to go File>Place and place the image in to crea...

Tutorial: How to draw a stunning Vector iPhone in Adobe Illustrator

Posted on June 7, 2017August 8, 2018 by Mark

How to draw a stunning vector iPhone in Adobe Illustrator Select the rounded rectangle tool in the Adobe Illustrator toolbar, click once in the middle of your Adobe Illustrator Artboard, you should see the window above. Set the width as 97mm and the height as 185mm and the corner radius to 10mm For the rounded rectangle set the fill colour to black and the stroke to 2mm and choose the gradient swatch that goes from black to white, all panels can be found in Adobe Illustrator under Window>Swatches and Window>Colour Choose your ellipse tool from the Adobe Illustrato...

5 Reasons Why Adobe Creative Cloud (CC) Is Becoming Essential For Marketers

Posted on April 26, 2017August 8, 2018 by Mark

These days, online content rules - and Adobe Creative Cloud (CC) is becoming the go-to tool, for marketers. In the digital world, communicating information in a manner that captures the attention of the viewer is paramount to your online marketing success. The ability to edit, manipulate, create and shape memorable images puts your brand on the radar and creates valuable lead opportunities. Imagine being able to churn out promotional images, brochures, logos, social media images and other graphics yourself, instead of hiring a designer and awkwardly trying to communicate your vision to t...

What is an interactive PDF?

Posted on January 4, 2017July 26, 2018 by Mark

If you think that a document is always a document, then you should think again. Whereas for centuries it was only possible to fill documents with text and imagery, in the modern world, where the internet and technology reign supreme, no longer are documents only created in physical form, they have become electronic as well – and that opens up all manner of possibilities. Indeed, paper-based documents are already dinosaurs in the digital age, as email, eBooks, HTML and even electronic administrative forms are very rapidly replac...

Discounted Adobe InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator Training Courses

Posted on November 23, 2016February 22, 2018 by Mark

To take advantage of this fantastic offer just choose your course along with the course date then email us directly info@creativestudiosderby.co.uk quoting '15% OFFER'. Please note using our online booking form to reserve your space will not generate this discount. Click on the icon above to view all of our current InDesign Training Courses, we have a one day 'Bootcamp' course to get you going in the basics and a two day Introductory course which takes you past the basics and in to creating interactive elements within PDFs Our Photoshop Training Courses are also aime...