 In this article, we offer you, in no particular order, seven tips to help you capture the best scan possible when restoring your old photos: • Clean the scanner. Make sure your scanner bed is free of dust and lint. Your old pictures have their own dust and scratches—no need to introduce more during the scanning [...] GUEST BLOGGER: Cristian Easterly, Applications Instructor When designing a website, one of the most important things to keep in mind is, “Is this site easy to use?” There are a few ways to make sure your site will be easy to use for your target audience. First, you need to know your target audience. Who [...] GUEST BLOGGER: Cristian Easterly, Applications Instructor
Adding a blending mode to a layer can add a quick effect to a photo or logo design in just a few simple clicks of the mouse. Think of it as blending two layers into each other. The two most commonly used blend modes are Multiply and Screen. They darken [...] Marching ants can be distracting when working on a selected image area in Photoshop. An easy solution to this problem is to hide them. After you create the selection, simply choose View > Show > Selection Edges. This turns off the selection edges, giving you a more natural and pleasing view of your image. When [...] If it’s a spot color, there’s a really simple way to identify it. You can identify process colors, too, but it’s a bit more complicated. To identify a spot color in a PDF: No matter what size monitor you have, you probably never seem to have enough workspace. And even though Photoshop allows you to manage panels efficiently, they will still sometimes get in the way. Don’t let the lack of screen space slow you down when editing your images. Keep these tips in mind when you need to [...] You can quickly check the dimensions of an open image without opening the Image Size dialog box. To do so, select the Crop tool, and click Front Image on the tool options bar. The Width, Height, and Resolution of your image are displayed in the tool options bar’s data fields. Discover the benefits of becoming an [...] You create a PDF from InDesign and set the Initial View Settings for the document in Acrobat 9 Professional. When you reopen the PDF in Acrobat 9, however, the Initial View settings are ignored. Annoying isn’t it? Your first instinct may be to check your Preferences settings. Sure enough, on the Documents panel, the Restore Last [...] Adobe InDesign The Transform effect allows you to do a number of effects to an object at once, including duplicating, scaling, rotating, and moving. You can create nice designs like the curve of flowers. When you need to make any changes to a transformed design, you need to click on the Transform effect in the [...] When importing an Adobe PDF document as a graphic into a picture box in QuarkXPress, there’s an option specifically created for PDF import that is often overlooked. However, it’s one every QuarkXPress user should know as it ensures the correct page is imported. To access the PDF import option: |
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