Design Tools Weekly

New MacBook Pro models
iPhone 3GS
Mac OS X 10.6 coming in September
Canto Cumulus 8
OWC Mercury On-The-Go Triple Interface portable hard drive
Map Resources
Tips:
• Design Interactively in Dreamweaver CS4
• Setting Exact Line Lengths in Illustrator
• Finding Your Scanner’s “Sweet Spot”

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Google’s New Similar Image Search
USB 3 Doesn’t Support USB 1
90 Minutes on Social Media Marketing
PDF Security Rendered Useless
Complete Blu-ray Mastering Solution
Book: From Design Into Print
Tips:
• New Spring-Loaded Tools in Photoshop CS4
• How to Save Illustrator CS4 Files for Earlier Versions
• See Substituted Glyphs in InDesign
• Better EPS Previews in QuarkXPress

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Upcoming Events
Free Courses: Illustrator, Flash & InDesign
Personalized Obama Time Capsule
The Art Directors Club Announces Winners
Free PhotoTools Lite
FontAgent Pro + 750 OpenType Fonts: $150
The Twitter Book
Tips:
• Scissors Cuts Paper — and Paths
• Drag-and-Drop PDF
• Use DNG Converter for Newer Cameras

Follow Jay and Jeff on Twitter.

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Glance: Fast, Reliable Screen Sharing
WordPress for Creative Pros
Tutorial: Flash from QuarkXPress 8
Website of All Ads from 1930–1969
PictureXTracker: Find & Relink Pictures in QuarkXPress or InDesign
Custom Fabric for $18/yard
Tips:
• Reorder or Copy Pages in Acrobat
• Enable Commenting in Any Document
• Live Paint Colors Overlaps
• Photoshop Portrait Popper

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New LaCie Display Calibrator
Some Advice on Buying a Display
Free ‘Plain English’ Videos on Social Marketing
Take Control of Fonts in Leopard
InPreflight: Simple Preflight for InDesign
TeXTractor: Intelligently Export Text from QuarkXPress
A Beautiful Paper Site
Tips:
• Round Corners Your Way
• Easily See What’s Changed in CS4
• Solid Black Crop Shield

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Adobe Builds Marketplace for Photoshop, AIR
Lightscoop
Use FontShaker to Explore Fonts
Caliper
Book: CMYK 2.0
Badia PrintPreview: Free!
Tips:
• Overcome Email Limitations
• Scale Frame and Content in InDesign
• Preview Changes in QuarkXPress
• Don’t Switch Tools to Move Text

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Freeway Pro Discounts for GoLive & Dreamweaver Users
Quark XML Author 3.0
Free Cable Identification Guide
Optimize Images in InDesign or QuarkXPress
Tips:
• Always Use the Latest Versions of Software
• Add a Scan to a PDF
• Feather a Mask — Anytime
• Redefine Styles in InDesign
• Use "Line Check" to Find Widows, Orphans, and Overflows
• Name Your Flash Drive with Your Phone Number

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Free 10-week InDesign Training
InDesign Seminar Tour by Mogo-Media Discount code: amctime09
Free Flash Workshop
40% off Peachpit ebooks and video, discount code: EARTHDAYPP
CreativePro.com Job Board
Free "Copyright Basics" Video
Pantone Color Cue Sale: $249
FontExplorer X Pro 2.0: Best in Class
Tips:
• Delete All Guides
• Expand Selection Without Rounding

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Ghent’s PDF Output Testing System
Reports: Adobe and Quark Focus on Efficiency
Book Production Pack for InDesign
VTools Adds Features to QuarkXPress
Free Acronym Converter for QuarkXPress
Website: Add Your Own Text to Signs
InDesign Secrets podcast
Tips:
• Batch-Convert Illustrator to PDF
• InDesign: Dude, Where’s My File?
• Three Photoshop Tips from Lesa Snider:
Digging Through Tools
Sharpening a Multi-Layer Document
Quick Eye Enhancement
Lesa’s website
Lesa’s book
Sponsor:
PlanetQuark.com

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"The Copyright Registry"?
Retrospect 8: Faster, Easier to Use
VideoFlash Converter: Convert Video to Flash
Bokeh Your Photos! Example tutorial / Imaging Insider interview
Video Tutorials from Quark
Video: Photoshop CS4 for Photographers: Desktop Printing Techniques
InDesign Secrets podcast
Tips:
• A PDF Version of InDesign Help
• Three Photoshop Tips from Lesa Snider:
Photoshop Style Sheets
Lesson in Leading
Learning to Kern
Lesa’s website
Lesa’s book
Sponsor:
PlanetQuark.com

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