Jeff Witchel talks about the integration of Mini Bridge into InDesign CS5, which has made it much easier to use. Use Mini Bridge to open InDesign files, edit file names, show linked files, save snippets, and place images.

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Learn the secrets to mastering the gradient mesh tool in Illustrator. This tutorial covers techniques like transparent overlay and adding anchor points, as well as sampling color.

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Use a combination of simple circles and rectangles to create a 3D gear in Illustrator using the shape builder tool.

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Learn the basics of anchoring objects inside text using InDesign’s anchor options.

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This video gives some tips on setting up your own custom preflight profile in InDesign.

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Add multiple strokes to objects in Illustrator using the Appearance panel.

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Explore the new corner options that are available when designing with InDesign CS5.

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Jeff Witchel creates a flag waving animation from Illustrator by animating blends and exporting to a Flash swf file.

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After an article about 2-color printing from InDesign, Jeff decided to see what he could with Adobe Illustrator.

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Jeff Witchel shows InDesign users how to use the n Animation panel in CS5 to animate a layout to be interactive.

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Enhance your type design using Illustrator’s open type options. This video shows users how to utilize the useful tools in the glyphs panel.

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There is a new feature in InDesign CS5 that allows users to include multiple page sizes in the same document. Jeff Witchel experimented with this new feature and found that it could be very useful when laying out a book…

Jeff Witchel explores some of the changes that InDesign CS5 has made to the layers panel, including the ability to affect individual objects inside layers.…

Explore the new artboard panel in Illustrator CS5 and learn about some of the new features.…

Use the new Gap tool in InDesign CS5 to manipulate white space in your page design.…

Jeff Witchel shows off the newly-overhauled stroke panel in Illustrator CS5.…

InDesign CS5 includes a great new feature for making your text span multiple columns. Jeff Witchel shows viewers how this feature works in InDesign CS5 and shows how to use a work around to get the same results in CS4.…

InDesign behaving strangely? Many times it is because users accidentally make changes to the default settings without knowing it. Jeff Witchel goes through some of the common default settings that can get messed up during the course of a normal…

Open up the appearance panel and experiment with the abilities of this powerful set of tools.…

This tutorial shows viewers how to use the Extrude and Bevel feature in Illustrator, along with the color palette, to create gold type.…