InDesign Basics: Text Wrap
In this tutorial we go through how to use Text Wrap to get your text wrapping around images and objects.
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New in ID CS5: Span Text Across Columns
Now in InDesign CS5 you can span text easily across multiple columns, in the same text frame.
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Tuesday Talkin’ with Janine Smith
Janine Smith
I am very glad to be joined today by the most amazing restoration artist I know, Janine Smith.
Janine, thank you for taking the time to participate.
Thanks so much for having me!
How did you get into photo restoration?
It was a bit of a circuitous route, actually. Once upon a time, I was a photo-realistic portrait artist. At the time, the big money was in art fairs, so I tried my hand at that. The trouble was the venue demanded quick work and, well, I’m such a perfectionist that I was slower than molasses in January. So that career was pretty much out.
Fast forward a few (plus a few more) years and I was working at the corporate headquarters of the largest health provider in Texas as a research analyst. I’d just gone through a divorce and working at the corporate level, being the shark pool mental challenge it is, it was all just, well, killing me. I realized I had to get out and thought this would be a great time to start my own business!
I knew, of course, that smart people don’t quit a high paying job to start a business from scratch, but my smarts were in low reserves at that time. After a lot of trial and error, trying to do to much and be all things, I felt that my path lay in my love of art, history and research, so I went into the genealogical services industry, of which photo restoration is a part and it fit right in, perfectly. I discovered that my talent at photo-realism in my art, along with the anatomy I studied as part of my portrait work, made me that much better at restoring photographs (it helps to know the arm doesn’t attach to the shoulder at the elbow, for instance. I’m not being flip when I say that – I’ve seen it done!)
New in PS CS5: Brush Engine
A killer new feature in Photoshop CS5 is the new brush engine with the exciting bristle brushes that will let you paint in a much more realistic way.
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#19: Web Form Design
In this weeks episode of the Creatively Using the Creative Suite podcast, we are designing a web form inside of Adobe Photoshop.
You can watch it by selecting either version (low-res or HD) below, or by subscribing to either version in iTunes, iPod/iPhone or HD.
Most podcasts about the Creative Suite are about the tools in the apps. We put out a weekly podcast that mixes the tools with real-life techniques that help you learn to use the Creative Suite, creatively.
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