Acrobat Pro 9 Turns Powerful New Tricks
With new tools for presenting portfolios, Flash integration, and online collaboration, Acrobat Pro 9 offers amazing new ways to promote, package, polish, and share PDF content
Extensis Unveils Universal Type Server
Extensis unveils all new, blazingly fast server-based font management system–Universal Type Server. Last week I got a sneak peak. It was like going from dialup to broadband all over again.
Automatic New Image Sizing in Photoshop
Being a technical writer who takes many, many (many) screenshots, one of my favorite features of Photoshop is its ability to automatically create new documents of exactly the size I need. When …
InDesign CS3: Mastering Design Collaboration
Whether you need to collaborate with the person over the cube wall from you or across the planet, InDesign CS3 has several powerful ways to coordinate joint efforts among creatives. In this excerpt from the new book Mastering InDesign CS3 for Print Design and Production, author Pariah S. Burke will help you build an efficient, effective collaboration workflow.
PANTONE Goe System-The Evolution of Color Spec
A logical approach to color, the PANTONE Goeâ„¢ System provides for consistent communication for color speccing for modern media.
Stop Unembeddable Font Warnings
Despite the near impossibility of extracting embedded fonts from PDFs, some type foundries still prevent their fonts from being embedded in PDFs. While that choice is certainly the type designer’s …
Pantone Colors In InDesign CS2 Outdated
During a conversation this month with Doris Brown, Pantone’s marketing head, I learned that InDesign CS2 shipped with Pantone color specifications that were out of date not long after CS2 was released. …
Pantone Adds Color Inspiration Guide + Software To Swatchbook Purchases
In an effort to add value to their swatchbooks, Pantone is adding limited-edition color guides and software to its packages. Will this spur designers and printers to update their swatchbooks annually?
Color Management In QuarkXPress 6.x for the Absolute Beginner
QuarkXPressâ„¢ 7 gives spiffy new color managment features, it’s said, but what if you’re still using V6.5? Here’s a basic guide to tide you over or introduce you, if you’ve never done it before.
Quark Releases QuarkXPress 7.2 Updater
Upgrade includes enhancements to Job Jackets and more; addresses several issues