http://gurusunleashed.com Scouring the Web 24/7 for the best creative pro news and how-to so you don't have to. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:28:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://gurusunleashed.com/273156/safe-style-sheet-editing.php http://gurusunleashed.com/273156/safe-style-sheet-editing.php#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:45:45 +0000 Jay Nelson http://www.planetquark.com/?p=6118 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…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/273156/safe-style-sheet-editing.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/272863/x-rites-color-control-seminar-coming-to-10-cities.php http://gurusunleashed.com/272863/x-rites-color-control-seminar-coming-to-10-cities.php#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:34:03 +0000 Jay Nelson http://www.planetquark.com/?p=6112 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. ———————— X-Rite …]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/272863/x-rites-color-control-seminar-coming-to-10-cities.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/272618/watch-the-super-bowl-commercials-today.php http://gurusunleashed.com/272618/watch-the-super-bowl-commercials-today.php#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:00:15 +0000 Jay Nelson http://www.planetquark.com/?p=6108 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: addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.planetquark.com%2F2012%2F02%2F02%2Fwatch-the-super-bowl-commercials-today%2F'; addthis_title…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/272618/watch-the-super-bowl-commercials-today.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/272578/the-trick-to-opening-older-quarkxpress-documents-on-a-new-mac.php http://gurusunleashed.com/272578/the-trick-to-opening-older-quarkxpress-documents-on-a-new-mac.php#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:44:39 +0000 Jay Nelson http://www.planetquark.com/?p=6099 Based on the number of questions I’m receiving about QuarkXPress 9, there must be a lot of people upgrading! (Yay!) One common question goes like this: “I upgraded Mac OS X and upgraded QuarkXPress, and now my older Quark documents…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/272578/the-trick-to-opening-older-quarkxpress-documents-on-a-new-mac.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/272396/xpedx-closing-all-stores.php http://gurusunleashed.com/272396/xpedx-closing-all-stores.php#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:20:25 +0000 Jay Nelson http://www.planetquark.com/?p=6090 Well, THIS… sucks: https://www.facebook.com/xpedxstores/posts/322737741089968 Xpedx has announced that they are eliminating their “Stores division”, which means they’ll be closing all Xpedx stores after March 30. Many printers rely on an Xpedx store for their papers, envelopes, press supplies, and various other]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/272396/xpedx-closing-all-stores.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/272305/free-quarkxpress-tutorials.php http://gurusunleashed.com/272305/free-quarkxpress-tutorials.php#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:02:17 +0000 Jay Nelson http://www.planetquark.com/?p=6084 ? If you need to brush up on your QuarkXPress skills, have a look at Quark’s training page for tutorials & more: http://www.quark.com/Products/QuarkXPress/Quark_Training/ ? ? addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.planetquark.com%2F2012%2F01%2F30%2Ffree-quarkxpress-tutorials%2F'; addthis_title = 'Free+QuarkXPress+Tutorials'; addthis_pub = '';…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/272305/free-quarkxpress-tutorials.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/272150/autocorrectxt-fixes-spelling-as-you-type-in-multiple-languages-%e2%80%94-now-with-bullets-and-numbering.php http://gurusunleashed.com/272150/autocorrectxt-fixes-spelling-as-you-type-in-multiple-languages-%e2%80%94-now-with-bullets-and-numbering.php#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:00:06 +0000 Jay Nelson http://www.planetquark.com/?p=6066 If you want QuarkXPress to check spelling as you type — especially in multiple languages — here’s your solution: AutoCorrectXT 3.5…. This $50 XTension for QuarkXPress 7/8/9 from AthenaSoft uses not only its own dictionaries, but it can also]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/272150/autocorrectxt-fixes-spelling-as-you-type-in-multiple-languages-%e2%80%94-now-with-bullets-and-numbering.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/272060/how-to-use-acrobat-distiller-with-quarkxpress.php http://gurusunleashed.com/272060/how-to-use-acrobat-distiller-with-quarkxpress.php#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:00:18 +0000 Jay Nelson http://www.planetquark.com/?p=6058 QuarkXPress makes beautiful, clean PDFs directly from the FileExport… menu. However, if your workflow requires that you use Acrobat Distiller to generate the PDFs, you can tell QuarkXPress to create a PostScript file instead. Here’s how: 1. Change Quark’s]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/272060/how-to-use-acrobat-distiller-with-quarkxpress.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/272036/free-designcast-create-an-ipad-app-in-quarkxpress.php http://gurusunleashed.com/272036/free-designcast-create-an-ipad-app-in-quarkxpress.php#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 05:38:20 +0000 Jay Nelson http://www.planetquark.com/?p=6071 I just received this invitation, and thought I’d share it with the Planet Quark community! ———————— FREE DesignCast: iPad Publishing for Everyone! Learn to create your own iPad App When: Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Eastern…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/272036/free-designcast-create-an-ipad-app-in-quarkxpress.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/272031/free-webinar-digital-distributions-apps-and-audience-development.php http://gurusunleashed.com/272031/free-webinar-digital-distributions-apps-and-audience-development.php#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 03:53:46 +0000 Jay Nelson http://www.planetquark.com/?p=6052 On Tuesday, January 31, FOLIO: magazine is offering a free webinar “to learn how publishers are dialing in distribution and marketing tactics for their apps and what they’re discovering about their audience along the way.” The two speakers are intriguing:…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/272031/free-webinar-digital-distributions-apps-and-audience-development.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/271663/fkeys-quarkxpress-laptops.php http://gurusunleashed.com/271663/fkeys-quarkxpress-laptops.php#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:00:34 +0000 Jay Nelson http://www.planetquark.com/?p=6035 If your function keys (Fkeys) on your Mac don’t invoke the commands you expect them to in QuarkXPress (for example, if they change songs in iTunes instead of opening a QuarkXPress palette), read on… On Mac portables and some desktop…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/271663/fkeys-quarkxpress-laptops.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/271625/apple-announces-new-publishing-tools.php http://gurusunleashed.com/271625/apple-announces-new-publishing-tools.php#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 04:53:14 +0000 Jay Nelson http://www.planetquark.com/?p=6042 Apple’s new iBooks Author… is a free download through the Mac App Store that will allow you to easily create interactive books. With an interface that will be familiar to anyone who has used Apple’s Pages, they’ve added some new]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/271625/apple-announces-new-publishing-tools.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/271341/quark%e2%80%99s-on-demand-eseminars.php http://gurusunleashed.com/271341/quark%e2%80%99s-on-demand-eseminars.php#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:00:47 +0000 Jay Nelson http://www.planetquark.com/?p=6028 You can watch presentations and demonstrations of Quark products and technology any time! Learn about new features and best practices, and gather tips as Quark’s product managers cover popular topics from desktop publishing to dynamic publishing at www.quark.com/About_Quark/Events/OnDemandSearch.aspx addthis_url =…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/271341/quark%e2%80%99s-on-demand-eseminars.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/271237/quidtap-creates-app-in-quarkxpress-posts-impressive-video.php http://gurusunleashed.com/271237/quidtap-creates-app-in-quarkxpress-posts-impressive-video.php#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:00:59 +0000 Jay Nelson http://www.planetquark.com/?p=6024 Wow! This Italian designer created an awesome app in Quark’s App Studio, then created a video that demonstrates its features: http://www.quidtap.it Check out their one-minute video, if only to see what you could easily accomplish in QuarkXPress! (And feel free…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/271237/quidtap-creates-app-in-quarkxpress-posts-impressive-video.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/271073/free-designcast-designing-under-pressure-with-wacom.php http://gurusunleashed.com/271073/free-designcast-designing-under-pressure-with-wacom.php#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:00:50 +0000 Jay Nelson http://www.planetquark.com/?p=6003 HOW & Print are offering the FREE online seminar below. If you now use, or want to use, a Wacom graphics tablet, check it out! ———————— FREE DesignCast: Designing Under Pressure with Wacom When:… Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012, 3:00 PM]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/271073/free-designcast-designing-under-pressure-with-wacom.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/270961/it%e2%80%99s-sopa-day.php http://gurusunleashed.com/270961/it%e2%80%99s-sopa-day.php#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 04:05:19 +0000 Jay Nelson http://www.planetquark.com/?p=6011 Here in the United States of America, congress is considering a bill that attempts to protect copyrights, but instead may damage the Internet beyond repair. To bring attention to this issue, many prominent websites are “going dark” on January 18th.…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/270961/it%e2%80%99s-sopa-day.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/270909/graphic-designer%e2%80%99s-guide-to-interactive-design.php http://gurusunleashed.com/270909/graphic-designer%e2%80%99s-guide-to-interactive-design.php#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:55:08 +0000 Jay Nelson http://www.planetquark.com/?p=5996 Craig Grannell wrote an insightful and useful “Graphic Designer’s Guide To Interactive Design”… at the Digital Arts website. He interviewed several influential design and publishing experts, to discover exactly what new skills a graphic designer needs in order to be]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/270909/graphic-designer%e2%80%99s-guide-to-interactive-design.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/270862/efficiently-format-tabbed-text-in-quarkxpress.php http://gurusunleashed.com/270862/efficiently-format-tabbed-text-in-quarkxpress.php#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:25:52 +0000 Jay Nelson http://www.planetquark.com/?p=5973 Working with columns of tabbed text in QuarkXPress can be tedious, since there is no tool to select all the text in a “column”, and you can’t move more than one tab at a time. Also, there’s no way  to…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/270862/efficiently-format-tabbed-text-in-quarkxpress.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/270644/quite-a-box-of-tricks-for-acrobat.php http://gurusunleashed.com/270644/quite-a-box-of-tricks-for-acrobat.php#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:56:36 +0000 Jay Nelson http://www.planetquark.com/?p=5968 Quite Software’s Quite a Box of Tricks 1.8 ($204) is a plug-in for Acrobat that helps with common pre-press and website problems. For example, it can convert embedded images to CMYK or grayscale using ICC profiles, downsample images to reduce…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/270644/quite-a-box-of-tricks-for-acrobat.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/270329/tutorial-create-an-animation-from-a-slideshow-in-quark-app-studio.php http://gurusunleashed.com/270329/tutorial-create-an-animation-from-a-slideshow-in-quark-app-studio.php#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:58:03 +0000 Jay Nelson http://www.planetquark.com/?p=5962 Jamie Cross generously shared a video and a step-by-step tutorial that demonstrates how he cleverly created an animation inside an iPad app — using the slideshow… feature in QuarkXPress’s App Studio! His tutorial has several helpful tips for getting the]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/270329/tutorial-create-an-animation-from-a-slideshow-in-quark-app-studio.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/269868/quarkxpress-9-2-update-new-features-for-epub-and-ipad-apps.php http://gurusunleashed.com/269868/quarkxpress-9-2-update-new-features-for-epub-and-ipad-apps.php#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 07:01:19 +0000 Jay Nelson http://www.planetquark.com/?p=5930 It looks like Quark is listening to their users — today’s release of version 9.2 of QuarkXPress adds exactly the features that I’ve been hearing people asking for. First, you can create an ePUB file from scratch…, rather than]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/269868/quarkxpress-9-2-update-new-features-for-epub-and-ipad-apps.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/269818/299-upgrade-to-quarkxpress-9-from-any-previous-version-thru-13112.php http://gurusunleashed.com/269818/299-upgrade-to-quarkxpress-9-from-any-previous-version-thru-13112.php#comments Wed, 04 Jan 2012 13:01:52 +0000 Jay Nelson http://www.planetquark.com/?p=5920 Apparently, Quark’s $299 offer to upgrade any version… of QuarkXPress to QuarkXPress 9 was so successful that they’ve extended it for another month. The offer now ends on January 31 — upgrade your copy at www.quark.com/promotion. addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.planetquark.com%2F2012%2F01%2F04%2F299-upgrade-to-quarkxpress-9-from-any-previous-version-thru-13112%2F'; addthis_title]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/269818/299-upgrade-to-quarkxpress-9-from-any-previous-version-thru-13112.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/269830/winners-announced-communication-arts-typography-competition.php http://gurusunleashed.com/269830/winners-announced-communication-arts-typography-competition.php#comments Wed, 04 Jan 2012 13:00:49 +0000 Jay Nelson http://www.planetquark.com/?p=5915 Communication Arts has announced the winners of its 2nd Annual Typography Competition. The jurors selected 150 winning projects out of 1,723 entries submitted from around the world. The winning projects and a list of the award-winning firms can be viewed…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/269830/winners-announced-communication-arts-typography-competition.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/269633/use-synchronization-for-sharp-shadows-on-text.php http://gurusunleashed.com/269633/use-synchronization-for-sharp-shadows-on-text.php#comments Mon, 02 Jan 2012 13:00:34 +0000 Jay Nelson http://www.planetquark.com/?p=5889 Quark’s Dan Logan posted a useful tip in the Quark forums at http://forums.quark.com/p/339/901.aspx#901Get For convenience, I’ve copied it below: ———————— Use synchronization for sharp shadows on text… Have you ever created a cool text effect using multiple text boxes with]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/269633/use-synchronization-for-sharp-shadows-on-text.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/269352/use-illustrator-layers-text-in-photoshop.php http://gurusunleashed.com/269352/use-illustrator-layers-text-in-photoshop.php#comments Fri, 30 Dec 2011 13:00:02 +0000 Jay Nelson http://www.planetquark.com/?p=5886 To copy the layers and text from an Illustrator file into Photoshop, choose FileExport in Illustrator and select Photoshop format. Be sure to enable Write Layers and Preserve Text Editability…. Then, when you open the file in Photoshop,]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/269352/use-illustrator-layers-text-in-photoshop.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/269300/free-library-of-symbols-images.php http://gurusunleashed.com/269300/free-library-of-symbols-images.php#comments Thu, 29 Dec 2011 13:00:16 +0000 Jay Nelson http://www.planetquark.com/?p=5868 According to its website, the Noun Project… “collects, organizes and adds to the highly recognizable symbols that form the world’s visual language, so we may share them in a fun and meaningful way.” The symbols that make up the Noun]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/269300/free-library-of-symbols-images.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/269168/the-best-tips-tricks-from-quark%e2%80%99s-forums.php http://gurusunleashed.com/269168/the-best-tips-tricks-from-quark%e2%80%99s-forums.php#comments Tue, 27 Dec 2011 13:00:51 +0000 Jay Nelson http://www.planetquark.com/?p=5880 Quark’s Matthias Guenther compiled his favorite tips & tricks that were posted by users in Quark’s forum. See the collection at http://forums.quark.com/t/377.aspx, or click the links below: ———————— QuarkXPress Tips & Tricks Drawing, graphics, illustrations, AI Better custom sharp shadows on …]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/269168/the-best-tips-tricks-from-quark%e2%80%99s-forums.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/269139/logo-competition-winners.php http://gurusunleashed.com/269139/logo-competition-winners.php#comments Mon, 26 Dec 2011 13:00:35 +0000 Jay Nelson http://www.planetquark.com/?p=5862 Wolda: the worldwide logo design annual… has announced the winners of its 2010 competition. Check out the winning logos at www.wolda.org. addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.planetquark.com%2F2011%2F12%2F26%2Flogo-competition-winners%2F'; addthis_title = 'Logo+Competition+Winners'; addthis_pub = '';]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/269139/logo-competition-winners.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/269095/299-upgrade-to-quarkxpress-9-from-any-previous-version-thru-123111.php http://gurusunleashed.com/269095/299-upgrade-to-quarkxpress-9-from-any-previous-version-thru-123111.php#comments Sat, 24 Dec 2011 01:41:58 +0000 Jay Nelson http://www.planetquark.com/?p=5876 This is the last week to take advantage of Quark’s offer to upgrade you from any version of QuarkXPress to QuarkXPress 9, for just $299! The offer ends on Dec 31 — you can get it directly from Quark at…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/269095/299-upgrade-to-quarkxpress-9-from-any-previous-version-thru-123111.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/269039/optimize-performance-in-photoshop-or-lightroom.php http://gurusunleashed.com/269039/optimize-performance-in-photoshop-or-lightroom.php#comments Fri, 23 Dec 2011 13:00:51 +0000 Jay Nelson http://www.planetquark.com/?p=5859 Adobe has support documents that outline the steps you can take to optimize performance of Photoshop or Lightroom. For Photoshop: http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/404/kb404439.html For Lightroom: http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/400/kb400808.html addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.planetquark.com%2F2011%2F12%2F23%2Foptimize-performance-in-photoshop-or-lightroom%2F'; addthis_title = 'Optimize+Performance+in+Photoshop+or+Lightroom'; addthis_pub = '';…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/269039/optimize-performance-in-photoshop-or-lightroom.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/268908/enlarge-pictures-with-blow-up-3.php http://gurusunleashed.com/268908/enlarge-pictures-with-blow-up-3.php#comments Thu, 22 Dec 2011 13:00:49 +0000 Jay Nelson http://www.planetquark.com/?p=5855 Alien Skin’s Blow Up 3 ($199) is a world-class plug-in for Photoshop that intelligently increases the resolution of an image for use at larger sizes. They claim that it can scale an image up to 10 times its original size…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/268908/enlarge-pictures-with-blow-up-3.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/268624/wired-uk-named-digital-magazine-of-the-year.php http://gurusunleashed.com/268624/wired-uk-named-digital-magazine-of-the-year.php#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2011 13:00:19 +0000 Jay Nelson http://www.planetquark.com/?p=5843 The Digital Magazine Awards… have named WIRED UK magazine of the year. WIRED editor David Rowan was also named Editor of the Year. Sponsored by Quark, the Digital Magazine Awards had finalists from 18 countries. See them all at www.digitalmagazineawards.com.]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/268624/wired-uk-named-digital-magazine-of-the-year.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/268504/jabber-a-free-ipad-magazine-app-that-showcases-quark%e2%80%99s-capabilities.php http://gurusunleashed.com/268504/jabber-a-free-ipad-magazine-app-that-showcases-quark%e2%80%99s-capabilities.php#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2011 17:10:42 +0000 Jay Nelson http://www.planetquark.com/?p=5839 This is cool. Quark created a free iPad app that showcases the kinds of interactive features you can put into an iPad app when you create it in QuarkXPress. Get Jabber!… here. Here are a few clever things to notice:]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/268504/jabber-a-free-ipad-magazine-app-that-showcases-quark%e2%80%99s-capabilities.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/268233/print-booklets-in-acrobat.php http://gurusunleashed.com/268233/print-booklets-in-acrobat.php#comments Fri, 16 Dec 2011 13:00:23 +0000 Jay Nelson http://www.planetquark.com/?p=5814 If you need to print a booklet, and your application doesn’t have a booklet-printing feature, try using the Print Booklet feature in Acrobat X or Adobe Reader X. You’ll find it in the Print dialog under the Page Scaling… popup]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/268233/print-booklets-in-acrobat.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/268189/file-juicer-file-recovery-magic.php http://gurusunleashed.com/268189/file-juicer-file-recovery-magic.php#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 13:00:18 +0000 Jay Nelson http://www.planetquark.com/?p=5812 File Juicer ($18) is a terrific utility for recovering text, graphics, movies, and audio from files that you cannot open. Whether the file is damaged, or just so old that you can’t open it on your current Mac, just drop…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/268189/file-juicer-file-recovery-magic.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/268105/quite-revealing-for-pre-press-issues.php http://gurusunleashed.com/268105/quite-revealing-for-pre-press-issues.php#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2011 13:00:49 +0000 Jay Nelson http://www.planetquark.com/?p=5810 Quite Software’s Quite Revealing ($249) is a plug-in for Acrobat that displays and fixes problems in PDF files that are intended for print or pre-press. In side-by-side before-and-after windows, you can see overprints, fonts, RGB colors, ICC profiles, separations, transparency,…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/268105/quite-revealing-for-pre-press-issues.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/267962/replacements-for-lorem-ipsum.php http://gurusunleashed.com/267962/replacements-for-lorem-ipsum.php#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 13:00:59 +0000 Jay Nelson http://www.planetquark.com/?p=5807 Here are some alternates for the basic dummy text known as Lorem Ipsum: Fillerati creates plain text from the works of Lewis Carroll, H.G. Wells, Jules Vernes, and Jack London and even lets you add HTML tags for paragraphs, lists, and…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/267962/replacements-for-lorem-ipsum.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/267424/reduce-banding-in-photoshop.php http://gurusunleashed.com/267424/reduce-banding-in-photoshop.php#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2011 13:00:02 +0000 Jay Nelson http://www.planetquark.com/?p=5798 If you’ve ever created a gradient or drop shadow in Photoshop and had it “band” when saving (especially for for the Web), you’ll appreciate this tip: To eliminate banding, add a little Gaussian noise to the Luminance channel. Do this:…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/267424/reduce-banding-in-photoshop.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/267240/new-adobe-upgrade-policies.php http://gurusunleashed.com/267240/new-adobe-upgrade-policies.php#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 13:10:57 +0000 Jay Nelson http://www.planetquark.com/?p=5795 Recently, Adobe shortened their paid upgrade cycle to once per year (instead of their previous 18-month cycle). Now they’ve announced that upgrades to version 6 of their Creative Suite will only be available to registered owners of the version directly…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/267240/new-adobe-upgrade-policies.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/267234/tip-for-importing-videos.php http://gurusunleashed.com/267234/tip-for-importing-videos.php#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 13:00:49 +0000 Jay Nelson http://www.planetquark.com/?p=5788 When importing a video file onto a page in QuarkXPress, InDesign, or any other application, it’s best to let the program create the container for you. In other words, don’t create a box or frame, and then import the video.…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/267234/tip-for-importing-videos.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/267108/slideshow-free-fonts-for-holiday-greetings.php http://gurusunleashed.com/267108/slideshow-free-fonts-for-holiday-greetings.php#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2011 17:30:49 +0000 Jay Nelson http://www.planetquark.com/?p=5816 Macworld posted my story and slideshow on Free Fonts For Holiday Greetings…: addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.planetquark.com%2F2011%2F12%2F05%2Fslideshow-free-fonts-for-holiday-greetings%2F'; addthis_title = 'Slideshow%3A+Free+Fonts+For+Holiday+Greetings'; addthis_pub = '';]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/267108/slideshow-free-fonts-for-holiday-greetings.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/267079/free-placeholder-images.php http://gurusunleashed.com/267079/free-placeholder-images.php#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2011 13:00:27 +0000 Jay Nelson http://www.planetquark.com/?p=5783 The next time you need a placeholder image for your layout, try www.lorempixel.com. You can choose a size and a category, and Lorem Pixel delivers a free image you can use in your layout. Categories include abstract, animals, city, food,…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/267079/free-placeholder-images.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/266918/instant-color-callouts-with-colorbreaker.php http://gurusunleashed.com/266918/instant-color-callouts-with-colorbreaker.php#comments Fri, 02 Dec 2011 13:00:52 +0000 Jay Nelson http://www.planetquark.com/?p=5779 Gluon’s ColorBreaker for QuarkXPress 7-9 ($219) takes the tedium and complication out of color markup of your documents. The XTension/plug-in automatically tags color information for placed graphics as well as natively-created items. The tags are connected to these elements with…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/266918/instant-color-callouts-with-colorbreaker.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/266853/apple%e2%80%99s-preview-converts-eps-to-pdf.php http://gurusunleashed.com/266853/apple%e2%80%99s-preview-converts-eps-to-pdf.php#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2011 13:00:28 +0000 Jay Nelson http://www.planetquark.com/?p=5774 Do you want better previews of your EPS graphics in QuarkXPress? One way is to convert them to PDF format. An easy way is to use Apple’s free Preview application — it comes with Mac OS X and is a…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/266853/apple%e2%80%99s-preview-converts-eps-to-pdf.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/266783/sources-for-book-scanning.php http://gurusunleashed.com/266783/sources-for-book-scanning.php#comments Wed, 30 Nov 2011 13:00:25 +0000 Jay Nelson http://www.planetquark.com/?p=5770 QuarkXPress lets you publish a book in ePub format for digital book readers, or as an iPad app. But if you only have a printed copy of your book, you’ll need to have it converted to editable text and images.…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/266783/sources-for-book-scanning.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/266616/free-idropper-xtension-for-quarkxpress.php http://gurusunleashed.com/266616/free-idropper-xtension-for-quarkxpress.php#comments Fri, 25 Nov 2011 16:11:45 +0000 Jay Nelson http://www.planetquark.com/?p=5751 Quark is offering a free copy of Gluon’s $89 iDropper XTension for QuarkXPress, just for “liking” their Facebook fan page. Just go to www.facebook.com/#!/officialQuarkXPress and click the “Like” button. Buttons for downloading iDropper will then appear, for Mac or Windows.…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/266616/free-idropper-xtension-for-quarkxpress.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/266522/digital-publishing-glossary.php http://gurusunleashed.com/266522/digital-publishing-glossary.php#comments Tue, 22 Nov 2011 17:08:01 +0000 Jay Nelson http://www.planetquark.com/?p=5732 Quark has posted a helpful (and mercifully short!) glossary of terms used in digital publishing with QuarkXPress. If you’re not sure about terms such as ?.AVE, iOS, UDID, you may want to bookmark this page for reference when you’re starting…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/266522/digital-publishing-glossary.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/266478/set-arabic-text-in-quarkxpress-3.php http://gurusunleashed.com/266478/set-arabic-text-in-quarkxpress-3.php#comments Mon, 21 Nov 2011 13:00:10 +0000 Jay Nelson http://www.planetquark.com/?p=5726 If you need to include Arabic text in a publication — either printed or in digital form — here’s a time-tested solution: Layout Ltd.’s ArabicXT is an XTension for QuarkXPress 7/8/9 that lets you set bi-directional type in in the…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/266478/set-arabic-text-in-quarkxpress-3.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/266359/digital-magazine-awards-finalists-announced.php http://gurusunleashed.com/266359/digital-magazine-awards-finalists-announced.php#comments Thu, 17 Nov 2011 13:00:51 +0000 Jay Nelson http://www.planetquark.com/?p=5714 The finalists for the 2011 Digital Magazine Awards have been named — and there are a LOT of them! Follow the links in Quark’s press release below to see the finalists from all around the world (be sure to click…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/266359/digital-magazine-awards-finalists-announced.php/feed 0 http://gurusunleashed.com/266330/%e2%80%9cthe-art-of-the-invitation%e2%80%9d-free-webinar.php http://gurusunleashed.com/266330/%e2%80%9cthe-art-of-the-invitation%e2%80%9d-free-webinar.php#comments Wed, 16 Nov 2011 13:00:42 +0000 Jay Nelson http://www.planetquark.com/?p=5696 It’s that time of year, and this looks to be a valuable and inspirational free webinar on creating impressive invitations: PaperSpecs “The Art of the Invitation” Webinar Tuesday, November 29, 2011 2:00 p.m. Eastern (11:00 a.m. Pacific) All hosts throwing…]]> http://gurusunleashed.com/266330/%e2%80%9cthe-art-of-the-invitation%e2%80%9d-free-webinar.php/feed 0