The Suite Spot » Archive for June 2009
Flash Catalyst
Flash Catalyst (formerly codenamed Thermo) has been around on Adobe Labs for a while now but I’m still meeting lots of people who know nothing of it – if you’ve ever wanted to create interfaces in Photoshop or Illustrator and then add simple functionality without coding (you’d need to hand over the completed project to a Flex developer to get the most out of it) then your day has arrived. Click this link to watch a movie about it and visit the FC page here. There are feeds from the Labs site which you can subscribe to in any feed reader – Firefox would be an excellent choice (if you’re using Apple Mail then it has a built in feed reader) so you can keep up with the latest developemnts at Adobe. The … Read entire article »
Filed under: Flash, General, Illustrator, Photoshop
More PS Shortcuts – Layers
Just three or four for today: Alt-[ = move down through layers Alt-] = move up through layers Add Shift to the above and you’ll select them as you move through Alt-, (Comma) = Select bottom layer Alt-. (Period or ‘full stop’ for the Brits) = Select top layer … Read entire article »
Filed under: Photoshop
Handy Brush Tool Shortcuts – Mode
Here are some handy brush mode shortcuts: The Essentials Shift-Alt-N = Normal Shift-Alt-M = Multiply Shift-Alt-O = Overlay Shift-Alt-S = Screen Shift-Alt-C = Colour Shift-Alt-U = Hue The Complete List Shift-Alt-A = Linear Burn Shift-Alt-B = Colour Burn Shift-Alt-C = Colour Shift-Alt-D = Colour Dodghe Shift-Alt-E = Difference Shift-Alt-F = Soft Light Shift-Alt-G = Lighten Shift-Alt-H = Hard Light Shift-Alt-I = Dissolve Shift-Alt-J = Linear Light Shift-Alt-K = Darken Shift-Alt-L = Hard Mix Shift-Alt-M = Multiply Shift-Alt-N = Normal Shift-Alt-O = Overlay Shift-Alt-P = Airbrush Mode Shift-Alt-S = Screen Shift-Alt-T = Saturation Shift-Alt-U = Hue Shift-Alt-V = Vivid Light Shift-Alt-W = Linear Dodge (Add) Shift-Alt-X = Exclusion Shift-Alt-Y = Luminosity Shift-Alt-Z = Pin Light You can also cycle through the modes using Shift-Alt-Plus (forward) and Shift-Alt-Minus (backward). … Read entire article »
Filed under: Photoshop
Create an Illustrator Document Preset
I’m asked this question quite often – all you need to do is to set up the document the way you want it (including any swatches, styles and symbols etc.) that you want to open with the preset and then save your file to the document profiles folder: on the Mac OS: Users\(User)\Library\Application Support\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator CS4\en_GB\New Document Profiles on Windows: Documents and Settings\(User)\Application Data\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator CS4 Settings\en_GB\New Document Profiles Please note that I’m using the UK version in English, so the folder inside of the settings may be different if you’re using another language. The file might aso be hidden on some versions of windows if you want to access it directly (to make amodification to an existing preset, for example). The profile will be available when you restart Illustrator. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Illustrator
Blurred Text in InDesign
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 … Read entire article »
Filed under: General
