Many users want to know if editors — the InCopy users — can use the program to create “final” PDFs of the InDesign layouts they’re editing. I don’t mean press-ready PDFs for a commercial printer (they’ll leave that up to…

As I mentioned in a previous post, Copyediting magazine asked me to present a webinar for their subscribers and the general public called InCopy for Editors. Unfortunately, it took us too long to resolve some initial technical difficulties (oh you…

InCopy CS5 7.0.4 Update
Windows Link:
http://download.adobe.com/pub/adobe/incopy/win/cs5/AdobeInCopy7_0_4Patch-All.zip
Size: 39.9MB
Macintosh Link:
http://download.adobe.com/pub/adobe/incopy/mac/cs5/AdobeInCopy7_0_4Patch-All.dmg
Size: 36.8MB
InCopy CS5 7.0.4 Release Notes
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/898/cpsid_89839.html
InDesign and InDesign Server were also updated.
Release Date: 4/26/11…

Just saw this from my balcony. Fireworks. On a Monday. Maybe at Seaworld? Foto Feb: day 6 is a post from: Blog in Black Foto Feb: day 6 is a post from: Blog in Black…

Designer Jon Hicks (famous for things like creating the Firefox icon via Fireworks) has written The Icon Handbook: I’ve set out to create the manual, reference guide and coffee table book that I always desired… Along the way, I talk to icon…

The jQuery Mobile theme Skinning feature in Fireworks includes a template with default sprite images and a set of swatches. This extension lets you modify default sprites and swatches in the template. You can create additional swatches by duplicating an…

Sometimes, you’re working with text that’s formatted with one Style Sheet, but you realize you want to change the formatting of a different Style Sheet. Unfortunately, if you click on the second Style Sheet, your current text will be tagged…

Color management device company X-Rite is offering a series of color management seminars in 10 cities across the U.S. and Canada. If you’re responsible for color accuracy in your organization, be sure to consider their press release below.
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Many designers watch (or record) the Super Bowl just to see the commercials. Thankfully, Mashable has collected many of them online, so you can watch them NOW here.
Of note, Honda is bringing back Ferris Bueller:

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Learn how to use the new autofit options in InDesign CS5 when scaling and sizing frames and picture content.…

When it comes to InDesign, we have the best of the best of the best… sir!…

These are the coolest shapes you’ll ever find inside InDesign…

Today Russian illustrator Victoria Vasilyeva will share the secrets of her Illustration skills with us. She specializes in illustrating children’s books, advertising, creating characters and icons. In this Quick Tip you will learn more about how to take an illustration…

Learn how to create an amazing photorealistic watch in this new premium tutorial. This tutorial is written for intermediate illustrator users to attain an expert level in illustration. In this tutorial, you will get an indepth knowledge about creating objects…

Today’s tutorial is aimed at those who are beginners with Adobe Illustrator CS (and later versions) and who also have access to a graphics tablet. In this Basix tutorial I’ll be showing you how to create your own scratchboard effect…

Uploading your photos to the web can be a great way to get yourself and your work noticed, but before you send an image out into the world, make sure your contact and copyright information is included with the file.…

Learn how to create a Valentine Day Wallpaper in Photoshop from this easy to follow tutorial. We’ll create a beautiful heart made from jeans pattern and leather with stitching effect…

This is a tutorial on how to create an animated GIF in Photoshop with a set of images using a Photoshop action and frame animation.…

It become a tradition to unveil some secrets before the official release of a new Dreamweaver extension and today is not an exception. In this blog post we will show you the awesome features packed in the upcoming DMXzone Tabs…

When the Creative Cloud goes live this spring it will be accompanied by Creative Suite 6, Adobe Touch Apps, Muse 1.0 and a preview version of Adobe Edge. Adobe Edge is Adobe’s new HTML5 motion and interaction design tool that…

I decided to take some time and formally response to this issue.  In the end hopefully my views and thoughts can shed some light on this topic. Is this Legit or Fake? From what I gather so far, yes this…

Sander Weltje, an indepdent iOS developer, has announced the release of PDF Review 2.0, a solution for reviewing PDFs on the iPad, iPhone and iPod.…

The forms auto-recognition feature in Acrobat X Pro is powerful and fast — it creates form fields based on elements in the PDF (such as lines, boxes, circles, etc.), and names them according to nearby text. While you often have…

Do you remember the game “Would You Rather” from our middle school days? If you’ve never played, here’s the premise: friends give each other two horrifying scenarios to choose from. You must choose one scenario. And that’s the whole game.…