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4T.20 Language Layers

November 21st, 2008 | Add a Comment

PDF’s have layers? Since when? Why didn’t I know that? These are all remarks that i hear quite often and the answers are usually along the lines of: They can; Since Acrobat 6 (2003); Because you haven’t invested in any training, probably. All joking apart, my mission in this episode is to wake you up to the possibilities that layers have inside a PDF, and how you can export them from InDesign; whether it’s a multilingual version of a document, or the plans for the kitchen extension you were going to have before the credit crunch hit, you can make an engaging layered document really easily. … Read entire article »

Filed under: Acrobat, InDesign, Podcast

SketchUp 7

November 18th, 2008 | Add a Comment

The new version of SketchUp is here! To find out about the fantastic new enhancements for this version, visit the features page of the SketchUp site or watch the video! … Read entire article »

Filed under: General

4T.19 Let It Snow!

November 2nd, 2008 | Add a Comment

It hasn’t snowed in London in October in more than 70 years, so it came as a bit of a surprise when I got back from a week in the Canary Islands last Tuesday, but did give me an idea for this podcast where you can learn how to make a snowflake in Illustrator, then transform it into a brush in Photoshop. If you don’t have Illustrator, you can still work along with this exercise by placing the source file (available to registered users) as directed in the podcast, or by using another source. It is of course also possible to use one of the snowflake vector shapes that already exist inside Photoshop – choose the Custom Shape Tool, then select the nature shape set and you should find some there. Support files … Read entire article »

Filed under: Illustrator, Photoshop, Podcast