• Lesson: Choose Your Positive Press Carefully

    In the ongoing tug of war on the hearts and minds of designers and layout artists everywhere, Quark, Inc. links to positive press to make its case. But should Quark be a little more careful about what they link to? Updated 24 October, 23:15 PT Updated 25 October, 23:15 PT Just about everybody who has…

  • A Newsletter Designer Looks at InCopy CS2

    Adobe’s InCopy promises benefits from increased collaboration, with Adobe’s famed integration with InDesign CS2, for editorial/creative layout workflows as a stand-alone application for workgroups of 2-12 members. Does it deliver? Associate Editor Sam Klein gives it the acid test, finds the benefits.

  • Anchored Objects, Tables, Magnified Text Frames, and Powerful Scripts

    Sound familiar? If not, then you missed this month’s InDesign Magazine. InDesign Magazine No. 8 In the October/November issue (issue no. 8) the legendary David Blatner reveals a hidden technique to automatically scale the point size of type as you resize text frames in the InStep article, “Make a Magnifying Text Frame.” Confused by the…

  • Let “Magma” Flow Core Image Right Into Your InDesign

    Just-announced beta InDesignâ„¢ plugin touts direct access to Mac OS X Tigerâ„¢ Core Image effects Rogue Sheep’s Magma plugin interface (image credit:Rogue Sheep) Developer software and Adobe plug-in maker Rogue Sheep has just released the beta version of a new plug-in for InDesign that brings Mac OS 10.4 Tiger’s Core Image technology directly into InDesign…

  • InCopy CS2, the World; World, InCopy CS2

    Go in deep for a long overdue examination of InCopy, the features new to version CS2, how InCopy cut one major publisher’s 60-day book production schedule down to 9 days, and how it will save you time, man-power, and money over Microsoft Word in a collaborative creative and editorial workflow.

  • Adobe InDesign Server CS2 Debuts Today

    New server version of InDesign enables automation of high-end editorial workflows, collateral creation, data-driven publishing, and template-based web publishing. This morning Adobe Systems Incorporated will introduce InDesign Server CS2 at the IfraExpo, which begins today in Germany. Adobe InDesign Server CS2, which is built on the same code base as the Adobe InDesign CS2 desktop…