Our weekly podcast, hosted by Jeff Gamet and Jay Nelson of Design Tools Monthly.

May 5, 2008:

Photosynth and SeaDragon
Compfight: A Useful Flickr Search Tool
Page Control 2 for Vertical Spreads in InDesign
FocalPoint: A Unique Focus Tool
Tips:
• Kill White Lines in Acrobat
• The Tab Ruler Magnet
• Snap-to-Guide Tricks for QuarkXPress
• Print Your Own Beautiful Cards from iPhoto
Sponsors:
Badia Software, InDesignSecrets.com & PlanetQuark.com

April 28, 2008:

Print Posters at Staples
Bravo SE Disc Publisher Supports Blu-ray
Kodak GEM Removes Blemishes
Gluon Cropster: Auto-Dimensioning, Multi-page Cropping, and more…
Will Sherwood's Success Secrets of Graphic Design Superstars
Tips:
• Convert Images to Grayscale in Acrobat
• Save Selections in Illustrator
• The Caps Lock Key is NOT Your Friend
Sponsors:
Badia Software, InDesignSecrets.com & PlanetQuark.com

April 21, 2008:

Ghent Workgroup's Help for Printing from Microsoft Office
Gefen's Video via USB
Adobe Font Folio Education Essentials
xScope: Fantastic On-Screen Design Aid
Quick Look Plug-ins for Leopard
Tips:
• Find Pantone Colors in Images
• Control Photoshop Layers in QuarkXPress and InDesign
• Better Blend to Black
Sponsors:
Andromeda Software, InDesignSecrets.com & PlanetQuark.com

April 14, 2008:

Pantone's Color Report for Fall 2008
ColorMunki: All-in-One Color Tool
Faster MacBook Pro with Multi-touch
PopChar X 3.4
Veenix Type Tools: A Font Sample Printer We Recommend
A Designer's Guide to Adobe InDesign and XML
ILoveDesign.com: Quark's New Site for Designers
Tips:
• Copy Corrections to Other Photoshop Files
• Combine Boxes/Frames
Sponsors:
Andromeda Software, InDesignSecrets.com & PlanetQuark.com

April 7, 2008:

Image Doctor 2
Proscale: The Most Powerful Scaler
Fnote: Footnote Relief
Take Control of Easy Backups
SonicMood
Tips:
• Selecting Type: Clickety-Click
• Let Bridge Make Contact Sheets in InDesign
• Control the Control Panel
• Paste Objects Onto a Path
Sponsors:
Andromeda Software, InDesignSecrets.com & PlanetQuark.com

March 31, 2008:

It's Time to Get a DVD Burner
PageFrame 2.0
LikeFindsLike 1.0.2
ReplaceInPlace 1.0.2
Learn Color Management from the Master: Chris Murphy's Real World Color Management book and video training
Tips:
• Content Tool Trick for QuarkXPress
• Toggle Tools in InDesign
• PDF2ID: Convert FreeHand to InDesign
• Hidden Trick: Clone Source
Sponsors:
Andromeda Software, InDesignSecrets.com & PlanetQuark.com

March 24, 2008:

Use AirPort Base Station for Time Machine Backups
Time Capsule & Hard Drives
Hard Drive Size for Time Machine: Macworld article
Take Control of Easy Backups in Leopard
1TB Drive: $250
Retrospect X Under Development
New Website: Quark Labs
EPS Quick Look Plug-in
SneakPeek Pro: Add Support for Adobe Apps in Quick Look
Tips:
• Double/Triple Click in InDesign
• Center a Page in QuarkXPress
• Use "Find" on Web Pages
AdCracker: 10 Best Ads in the World
Sponsors:
Andromeda Software, InDesignSecrets.com & PlanetQuark.com

March 17, 2008:

Fight Over: Blu-ray Wins
100GB Blu-ray Discs
Video: See What's New in 10.5.2
Report: Troubleshooting Mac OS X 10.5.2
Microsoft's Pesky .docx Files (NeoOffice)
Huey Pro: Odd Tints, Lost USB and Leopard
VectorMagic: the Best Auto-Trace
QuarkViewer Exports in Silverlight Format
Layout Zones in InDesign
InDesign CS3 Beyond the Basics
Learn QuarkXPress 7 by book or video
50% off QuarkXPress New Features video
Sponsors:
Andromeda Software, InDesignSecrets.com & PlanetQuark.com

March 10, 2008:

Freeway
Default Folder X 4.0
Smasher 1.6: Worth Having
PopChar X Turns 20
Tips:
• Acrobat Converts Websites to PDF
• The Magic Right-Indent Tab
• Change a Project to Single Layout
Sort Text in QuarkXPress
Free Brushes & Patterns
ColorJack: Explore Colors
Sponsors:
Andromeda Software, InDesignSecrets.com & PlanetQuark.com

March 3, 2008:

SeeFile 4
PageSender 4.2 for Online Faxes
Text Cleaner 3 & Clean Text: Clean Your Text, Even in QuarkXPress & InDesign
Terrific, Free Pixel Fonts
Tips:
• Change Text Formatting in Acrobat
• "Auto" Leading =?
• ESC from Text Frames
• Preview CMYK in RGB Mode
JoJo: Open QuarkXPress 6 in 6 and 7 in 7
Super Bowl Ads
Sponsors:
InDesign Magazine, InDesignSecrets.com & PlanetQuark.com

February 25, 2008:

FastMac's 4x Blu-ray Burner
500GB Laptop Drives
128GB Flash Drive
Internal Memory Card Reader for MacBook Pro
Sigmaker: Convert Graphics to Fonts
VectorMagic: The Best Auto-Trace?
Free GoLive to Dreamweaver Training Videos
Tips:
• Better Font Previews in Leopard
• Use Custom Distiller Settings in QuarkXPress
• Rearrange Styles in InDesign
Sponsors:
InDesign Magazine, InDesignSecrets.com & PlanetQuark.com

February 18, 2008:

The MacBook Air and speed tests
$25,000 Giveaway
Adobe Discontinues Stock Photos
Apple's Best Quarter Ever
Use Cheaper Windows Vista on Your Mac
Microsoft Office 2008 & Macros
Acrobat 8.1.2 Supports Leopard
DiskWarrior 4.1 Supports Leopard
SuperDuper Now Leopard Compatible
onOne Updates for Leopard
Quark Interactive Designer Compatible with Leopard
QuarkXPress Filter for Spotlight
ProVJ 1.2
David Blatner's InDesign Tips plug-in
Sponsors:
InDesign Magazine, InDesignSecrets.com & PlanetQuark.com

February 4, 2008:

Apple One to One Program
PUB2ID 1.5
onOne Software's PhotoTune
Tips:
• Set the Key Photo in iPhoto '08
• A Trick for Printing Troublesome PDFs
• Export Flash to QuickTime
• Convert Text to Outlines
• Surprising Uses for Adobe Bridge
• QuarkXPress 7 drag-and-drop XTension
TypeTester: See How Your Fonts Will Look on the Web
Fonts & Encodings: The Greatest Font Book Ever
Sponsors:
InDesign Magazine, InDesignSecrets.com & PlanetQuark.com

January 28, 2008:

Blu-ray Picks Up Steam
Back To My Mac
MacWireless: Add 802.11n Wi-Fi to Older Macs
Microsoft Office 2008
QuarkCopyDesk 7
Typefi Autofit: Auto-Size and Link Items in InDesign
Move into Movies with Final Cut Express
Mac OS X and Helvetica Fractions: FontDoctor
Sponsors:
InDesign Magazine, InDesignSecrets.com & PlanetQuark.com

January 21, 2008:

Macworld Highlights:
• DisplayLink USB video device
• Eye-Fi
• Time Capsule
• FontDoctor Now Cleans Font Caches
• Smasher Automatically Cleans Font Caches
• FontAgent Pro
• Extensis "Universal Type Server"
• OmniFocus
• Photoshop Elements 6
• SwingSeat
New XTensions from Quark & Quark Labs site
• ShadowCaster
• Quark Welcome Screen
• Quick Look Filter
• Image Drag and Drop
20% Off iPhoto Books & Calendars (Use coupon code NAWinterBook08 for photo books and NAWinterCal08 for calendars.)
Should You Upgrade to Leopard Yet? (ebook)
Sponsors:
InDesign Magazine, InDesignSecrets.com & PlanetQuark.com

 

January 7, 2008:

Adobe's record revenues
Apple's new eight-core Mac Pro
Apple's new eight-core Xserve
We'll be back after Macworld Expo!
Sponsors:
InDesign Magazine, InDesignSecrets.com & PlanetQuark.com

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