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InDesign Cheat Sheet

Covers: InDesign CS+

Wanted to post a cheat sheet I had created that contains some keyboard shortcuts and others for some events I've spoken at. It covers things like most of the major type shortcuts, reset preferences, navigating/zooming, guides, pages, images, and a little bit more.

Click here to get the PDF file

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Illustrator Align to Pixel Grid

Video Length: (4:30)
Covers: Illustrator CS5+

Ever created web content, like a button in Illustrator only to export it and find the edges are soft? Illustrator CS5 and later allows you to align content to a pixel grid, ensuring that it retains it's hard edges.

I'll show you how to do it from scratch and to align existing and future content to the grid.

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Using Puppet Warp and Content Aware Fill Together

Video Length: (6:48)
Covers: Photoshop CS5+

I want to show you how to use a few of the new features in Photoshop CS5, namely the Content Aware Fill and Puppet Warp, together in a real world situation. I'll show you how to remove a subject from a background, fill in the background, and distort the subject using Puppet Warp.

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Quick Content Aware Spot Healing Brush Trick

Video Length: (3:05)
Covers: Photoshop CS5+

If you've ever tried to use any of the cloning tools to remove something like a power line that is curved, then you know how tricky it can be. Well, using Photoshop CS5, Content Aware, and the Spot Healing Brush you can easily get rid of them using this trick.

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Design Trick for Tabbed Panel in Muse

Video Length: (4:35)
Covers: Muse (code name)

The tabbed panel in Muse (code name) is an easy way to add a lot of content in a small area. I want to show you a cool trick for adding an arrow to the tab to indicate which tab is active.

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FREE webinar, Nov 2nd:
Adobe Digital Publishing Suite

11am PDT/ 2pm EDT

Adobe® Digital Publishing Suite is now available in three editions: Single Edition, Professional Edition, and Enterprise Edition. Single Edition provides small to midsize design studios and freelance designers an intuitive way to deliver brochures, catalogs, portfolios, training materials, and books to the iPad, without having to rely on the services of a developer and is available for US$395 direct through the Adobe Store.

In this 60 minute webinar, you'll get a close up look at digital publishing tool process from start to end. Get ready to re-use your print content to open up a whole new world.

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