After having a recce at the amazing Rowfant House we knew that a Tudor style theme would work really well. It also gave me a great excuse to hire a costume from a nearby theatre costume hire place based in the grounds at The Chequer Mead Theatre. The ladies running the place were super helpful...
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Monthly Archives: February 2019
How to Make a Book Cover
In this article, you’ll learn how to make a book cover. Here, you’ll pick up tips on how to make a book in InDesign and create your own InDesign book template, from using InDesign templates to putting together your cover artwork. If you’re looking to self-publish your own books and sell them online, or you...
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22 Best Photoshop Dispersion Effects to Disintegrate Photos in Style
Ever wanted to create stunning and explosive visuals in your photographs? One way to do this is with dispersion effects, which take the core subjects of your photos and spread them across the image canvas. Dispersion is commonly found in advertising and marketing promos. But you can use it in your own work too, as...
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How to Make a Valentine’s Dinner Restaurant Menu Flyer Template
What You'll Be CreatingDo you have a fascinating dinner event in mind and wish to kick off the celebration with a catchy restaurant menu design? Great! There are many software packages available to enable you to design flyer templates, but today we will be using Adobe Illustrator in a step-by-step guide to custom designing a Valentine's...
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How to Create an iPhone Icon
In today’s tutorial, we’re going to learn how to create a little iPhone icon using nothing more than a couple of basic shapes and tools. So, assuming you already have Illustrator up and running, let’s jump straight into it! Tutorial Details: iPhone Icon Program: Adobe Illustrator CS6 – CC 2019 Difficulty: Beginner Topics Covered: Design...
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How to Make a Photoshop Action to Create a Portrait Photo Effect
What You'll Be CreatingPhotoshop actions allow you to add special photo effects to your pictures with a single click. You can create unique portraits by applying Photoshop filters and effects. In this tutorial, I'll show you how to create such a photo effect for a portrait in the form of a Photoshop action. We're going to...
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Make a Trendy Double Exposure Effect in Adobe Photoshop
What You'll Be CreatingYou’ve probably seen this interesting effect of two or more overlapping photos on the covers of music albums, in modern magazines and in advertisements. In this tutorial we’ll create a trendy double exposure effect in Adobe Photoshop with the help of Blending Modes and Clipping Masks in a few steps. In photography and...
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How to Create an iMac Icon
In today’s tutorial, we’re going to take a quick look behind the process of creating an iMac icon using nothing more than a couple of basic geometric shapes that we’re going to adjust here and there. So, assuming you already have Illustrator up and running, let’s jump straight into it! Tutorial Details: iMac Icon Program:...
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How to Create a Luxury Gold Text Effect Action in Photoshop
What You'll Be CreatingIf you read my tutorials, you see that I like to show people how to create Photoshop actions. That's because Photoshop actions make the process a lot easier when you want to apply Photoshop font effects. Today I will show you how to create an action in Photoshop using styles and a gradient map...
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Tracking Down a Mysterious Linked Text File
A great bit of troubleshooting reveals the source of a missing text file in the Links panel. The post Tracking Down a Mysterious Linked Text File appeared first on InDesignSecrets...
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InDesign How-to Video: Create a Duotone Effect
In this week’s InDesignSecrets video, Mike Rankin shows us how to use InDesign’s Power Zoom. He demos how to easily zoom around a document, reset the view, and even navigate between pages while zooming. The post InDesign How-to Video: Create a Duotone Effect appeared first on InDesignSecrets...
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Tip of the Week: 5 Color Tricks
Sign up for the InDesign tip of the week to get a new tip, roundups of new articles, plus exclusive deals sent right to your Inbox! The post Tip of the Week: 5 Color Tricks appeared first on InDesignSecrets...
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How to Create a School Newsletter Template in InDesign
What You'll Be CreatingA newsletter is a mini-magazine that turns out to be really cost effective. In this tutorial, I'll show you how to create an InDesign newsletter template.In the education world, it's common to send parents an update on the community, and this clean and versatile design serves as a parent newsletter template. If...
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5 Tips For Starting an Online Printing Business With Your WordPress Website
Did you know the digital printing market could reach 28 billion by 2023? Do you want to start an online printing business but aren’t sure where to begin? Not to worry! In this article, we’ll go over five tips you can use when building your online business with WordPress. Want to learn more? Keep reading...
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Frame Fitting Options
Khara Plicanic shows how speed up your workflow by framing images like a pro. The post Frame Fitting Options appeared first on InDesignSecrets...
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MacBook Pro Touch Bar: Where are my function keys?
Two solutions to solve the problem of the missing function keys on newer MacBook Pro laptops. The post MacBook Pro Touch Bar: Where are my function keys? appeared first on InDesignSecrets...
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24 New Magazine Templates for 2019 (PSD & InDesign Templates)
Is your dream to start a new publication? Get started with these creative magazine templates.24 New Magazine Templates for 2019 The countdown to your business aspirations has begun. And there's no better year than 2019 to begin a brand new creative journey.Today we've got you covered with this stylish list of multipurpose magazine and article...
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How to Make a Travel Flyer Background in Illustrator
What You'll Be CreatingIn this tutorial, you will have the opportunity to learn how to use the Gradient Mesh Tool in Adobe Illustrator to draw a simple travel flyer template. Then you'll see how to turn this template into a real flyer with Placeit!If you'd like to skip this tutorial and just use this flyer...
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How to Make a Photoshop Action to Add a Dramatic Effect to Photos
What You'll Be CreatingIn this tutorial, you will learn how to create a Photoshop action to add a dramatic effect to a photo in Adobe Photoshop. I will explain everything in so much detail that anyone can create it, even those who have just opened Photoshop for the first time. What You'll NeedTo recreate the design...
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How to Make an Effective Web Banner
What You'll Be CreatingWebsite banners: we see them every day, and they are a great addition to your marketing campaign. In this tutorial, I'll show you how to make a banner. Banner designs and banner templates are composed of a couple of key elements: an offer and a call to action. You can add your...
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