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Comment on 4T.22 Sorted by Dreamweaver Day: Sort Lists | The Suite Spot

Dreamweaver Day: Sort Lists | The Suite Spot — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 08:09:59 +0000

[...] document, run the sort list by paragraphs script (don’t know about that? – then this podcast will enlighten you) and then paste it back into Dreamweaver – really [...]

Comment on 4T.24 Next Style by InDesign Fortnight 9: Super-powered Styles | The Suite Spot

InDesign Fortnight 9: Super-powered Styles | The Suite Spot — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 12:07:36 +0000

[...] can format type incredibly quickly – one of my two minute tip podcasts covers it and you can watch that here. So how is it going to help us with that list if it’s meant to work when you’re typing? [...]

Comment on InDesign Fortnight 1: No Language by InDesign Fortnight 7: Lists: Numbers and Nested Lists | The Suite Spot

InDesign Fortnight 7: Lists: Numbers and Nested Lists | The Suite Spot — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 12:06:34 +0000

[...] never come across it before read the section ‘applying the style quickly’ from day one of InDesign Fortnight) the top-level items are [...]

Comment on InDesign Fortnight 1: No Language by InDesignSecrets » Blog Archive » This Week in InDesign Articles, Number 32

Thu, 17 Jun 2010 08:30:00 +0000

[...] Tony Harmer’s new blog The Suite Spot is running a series of articles/tips about InDesign. Here’s one that explores the Check Spelling features. [...]

Comment on InDesign Fortnight 1: No Language by Tony

Tony — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 09:35:10 +0000

Hi
The tips are really aimed at existing users, so you would at least need to have opened the program before.
If you want learn InDesign from scratch, you might consider something like a course at Lynda.com.

Comment on InDesign Fortnight 1: No Language by magus

magus — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 21:44:33 +0000

Saw your blog and decided to check it out. If only I had half a clue what InDesign does! Thought about learning a new product and this was suggested as a good place to learn InDesign. I guess InDesign helps you design? Something? And it looks like text is involved.

As this apparent first tip in your series has me lost, I’m guessing it wasn’t one aimed at a n00b.

Comment on Photoshop Week: Friday by John Espirian

John Espirian — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 07:07:10 +0000

Nice result. Best stop there for now lest I get the inclination to put on a beret and neck scarf.

Comment on Photoshop Week: Friday by Tony

Tony — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 20:09:33 +0000

Thanks, John you could then try this:

Select the layers you have already and convert them into a smart object

Turn the smart object’s blend mode to multiply

Add a new blank layer beneath your smart object and try a bit of painting

Comment on Photoshop Week: Friday by John Espirian

John Espirian — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 07:18:41 +0000

Great tip, Tony – simple and effective. Top bombing!

Comment on Random Tip 36 (Suite Spot 04) by Tony

Tony — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 21:18:35 +0000

The resource I mention in this cast is available directly from O’Reilly: http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596156015/

Comment on Random Tip 33 by Tony

Tony — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:07:06 +0000

There are numerous other places that this works - try the technique with text in the story editor inside of InDesign, with a path in Photoshop, or with an appearance attribute inside of Illustrator, for starters. Some of the apps allow you to repeat the last operation, too. In Illustrator, for example, alt-drag a duplicate and then use the transform again shortcut cmd-d (that's ctrl-d on Windows) and see that you rduplicate is repeated. Do the same thing in Flash only this time the shortcut is cmd-y or in InDesign cmd-alt-3.

Comment on 4T.23 Code View Toolbar by Random Tip 27 - 4T

Random Tip 27 - 4T — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 00:15:10 +0000

[...] they even work in Dreamweaver! If you’re used to using the Select Parent Tag button in the Code View Toolbar then you’ll be even faster if you use your system key (command on the Mac, ctrl on PC – [...]

Comment on 4T.23 Code View Toolbar by Random Tip 24 - 4T

Random Tip 24 - 4T — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 00:19:14 +0000

[...] you’ve got the Format Source Code command which can be found in the Commands menu or in the coding toolbar (it’s the last icon at the very bottom) – one click and you’re done. You can edit [...]

Comment on Random Tip #13 by Tony

Tony — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:26:06 +0000

I can’t believe that I missed out the Rotate Tool! It is there now though…

Comment on 4T.23 Code View Toolbar by Random Tip #11 - 4T

Random Tip #11 - 4T — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:14:52 +0000

[...] make it difficult to maintain focus on one particular area. My podcast from January this year (http://www.tonyharmer.co.uk/wordpress/?p=96) demonstartes the Code View toolbar, but here are a couple of shortcuts for [...]

Comment on Random Tip #6 by Tony

Tony — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 08:23:47 +0000

OK, I feel like I did skimp on the tip a bit, so here’s a bit more:

If you’re in a folder of images, you can view them as a carousel by going into Review Mode (cmd-B on the Mac, ctrl-B on a PC.

To view that folder as a slideshow, use Cmd-L (Ctrl-L on PC) and to exit both of those modes you can just hit the esc key.

Comment on Layer/Layer Mask – Switch Focus by Tony

Tony — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 11:50:28 +0000

Update for CS4: the controls have changed to Cmd-\ and cmd-2 (ctrl-\ and ctrl-2 on the PC).

Comment on Lorem Ipsum for Photoshop CS4 by Lorem Ipsum for Photoshop CS4 | Adobe Tutorials

Lorem Ipsum for Photoshop CS4 | Adobe Tutorials — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 11:54:08 +0000

[...] Bournemouth-based designer Edd Fahy has created a handy Lorem Ipsum text generator panel for Photoshop CS4 (I ought to make my web acceleratore one available – watch this space) – ideal for graphic designers who need some placeholder text for a layout! Haven’t got CS4? Don’t worry, you can use the Lorem Ipsum Generator (or InDesign users could always use some placeholder text and paste it in). Read more here: Lorem Ipsum for Photoshop CS4 [...]

Comment on Blurred Text in InDesign by Blurred Text in InDesign | Adobe Tutorials

Blurred Text in InDesign | Adobe Tutorials — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 23:20:23 +0000

[...] My life is a blur at the moment – I’m finding just about enough time to make the odd Twitter ‘tweet’ and that’s about it. There’s a small stack of podcasts that need finishing and I apologise for the delay as I do for the lack of posts recently; I promise to get back on track soon! In the meantime, here’s a tip that I picked up a while back for making blurred text in InDesign – it’s appropriate at the moment! Step 1: Create your text Step 2: Select the text and set the fill to pap More: Blurred Text in InDesign [...]

Comment on Blurred Text in InDesign by Blurred Text in InDesign | Adobe Tutorials

Blurred Text in InDesign | Adobe Tutorials — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 19:49:00 +0000

[...] My life is a blur at the moment – I’m finding just about enough time to make the odd Twitter ‘tweet’ and that’s about it. Excerpt from: Blurred Text in InDesign [...]

Comment on Ooops! by Tony

Tony — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:22:49 +0000

Hopefully, all of the episodes should now be restored. If you do experience any difficulty with them or the resources, please let me know and I’ll get it fixed as soon as I can. Thanks!

Comment on 4T.03 Preflight Droplet by Tony

Tony — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 16:22:10 +0000

I appreciate that some of the screen items are difficult to make out, especially if you are actually looking at the podcast from an iPod, so I have also produced an accompanying PDF that is available by following this link.

Comment on 4T.02 Jump Text by Tony

Tony — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 12:26:49 +0000

The podcast is also available in the flash video (.flv) format on this page.

Comment on Master the pen tool by cattfield

cattfield — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 10:33:42 +0000

Thanks for letting me know about this, Tony. I can recommend those PDF’s – got to be one of the best fivers I’ve ever spent!