How They Did It – Infographic Edition

Who doesn't love the data visualization revolution? If you want to know how to make your own info-graphics, check out these three killer videos on how to create great info-graphics.  

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How They Did It – Ed Emberley Edition

For this week’s How They Did It, I had to share another great gem from Lynda.com. They have produced a fantastic documentary about artist and author Ed Emberley. He is an icon for children and adults around the world....

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How to Make Star Fields in PhotoShop

This is a great tutorial from the ever helpful Deke Mcclelland that I thought I'd pass along. His whole Deke's Technique series is well worth a gander. This is a very useful tutorial, where you get to learn how...

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Faking Tilt Shift Photography with a Painting

I saw these amazing images that used a faked version of tilt shift photography on some paintings by Vincent Van Gogh. These great images were created by Mathieu S of theswedishbed.com. I thought it was a cool idea to...

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Adobe PhotoShop (really) Quick Tips

Adobe PhotoShop Really Quick Tip Here’s a handy little keyboard shortcut I learned from Deke McClelland, master of all things digital imaging. This little tip is pretty handy when you want to experiment with layer...

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Even More InDesign (really) Quick Tips

Following up on my last quick tip, I thought I’d share how to increase or decrease the size of text within a text box by selecting the box and using a keyboard shortcut to do the...

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More InDesign (really) Quick Tips

When I used to use Quark on a regular basis I loved the keyboard command that allowed you to scale art placed inside a bounding box while keeping the bounding box the same size, it was very handy for...

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Adobe InDesign (Really) Quick Tips

I was working on a brochure today and realized that I had forgotten the keyboard shortcuts for a couple of useful features in Adobe InDesign; setting type in all caps and setting the indent of a paragraph on the...

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