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QuarkXPress 6 vs. InDesign CS: Taking Sides

admin — Wed, 17 Dec 2003 03:31:06 -0700

When I last compared QuarkXPress and InDesign, XPress 6 had shipped, but InDesign CS had not. I had been beta-testing InDesign CS at the time, but my non-disclosure agreement with Adobe didn't allow me to talk about the new version's features or my experiences with the product. Now the gloves can come off and I can publicly evaluate the two most recent releases, side by side. The results surprise me.

Scanning Around With Gene: A Picture Print from Currier & Ives

GeneGable — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:05:38 -0700

I used to associate the American printer Currier & Ives mostly with Christmas. Those prints, which I disliked, seem Normal Rockwell-like in their ability to make your lip curl in disdain while sucking you in at the same time. (My apologies in advance to Norman Rockwell fans; I hope you know what I mean.) They felt very dated.

Enter the HP Indigo Digital Printing Contest

Editor in Chief — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:02:42 -0700

Press Release

HP is now accepting entries for its HP Indigo Digital Printing Contest, which showcases the high quality and innovative results customers achieve using HP Indigo digital presses.

Judged by a panel of respected experts, the contest is open to all HP Indigo commercial press users and their customers. The contest will include best-of-category prizes for marketing collateral, photo specialty, direct mail/transpromo, and publications entries, as well as for a “special processes” category highlighting jobs printed with extreme or demanding criteria.

TypeTalk: Setting Tabs in Illustrator

IleneStrizver99 — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:19:16 -0700

TypeTalk is a regular blog on typography. Post your questions and comments by clicking on the Comments icon above. If Ilene answers your question in the blog, you'll receive one Official Creativepro.com T-Shirt!

Q. Can you tell me how to set tabs in Adobe Illustrator? Should the text be in a paragraph box, or can I use point type? Can I set tabs for existing type or do I have to figure out tab stops beforehand?

Scanning Around With Gene: Birds of a Feather

GeneGable — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 03:05:02 -0700

The world seems to be divided into two types of people: those who like pet birds and those who find them creepy, sad, or unnatural. I always put myself in the latter category, but in recent years I found myself sharing a living space with two parakeets and a cockatiel. This, while not exactly turning me into a bird lover, made me realize that they can be sweet little pets.

Analyze Images in InDesign Documents

Editor in Chief — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:00:44 -0700

This article is excerpted from the December 2009/January 2010 issue of InDesign Magazine, #33. Subscribe to InDesign Magazine.

InDesign Magazine: Tip of the Week Archive

admin — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:23:39 -0700

We regularly update this compilation of the Tip-of-the-Week mailings from InDesign Magazine. To receive the tips in your in-box, sign up here.

Create a Snippet with Multiple Objects
To create one snippet that contains several objects on a page, select the objects and drag and drop them to the desktop. You can also choose File > Export, then choose InDesign Snippet from the Format menu in the Export dialog box.

- Mike Rankin

63 Free QuarkXPress eSeminars on Flash Design

Editor in Chief — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:31:37 -0700

Press Release

Quark Inc. announced the dates and content for its free QuarkXPress 8 eSeminar series in 2010. Multiple online training sessions will run every month in English, German and French and will focus on how designers can expand their skills to create interactive communications with Flash in QuarkXPress 8.

Capture, Index, & Convert Content without the Authoring App

Editor in Chief — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:02:01 -0700

Press Release

Markzware continues to reinvent itself, from a software company directed at print, to a software company also directed at content. Today, the software development company that invented preflighting by introducing FlightCheck to the print industry, unveiled a new version of its PageZephyr desktop search product.

Hy-phen-a-tion

Editor in Chief — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 02:09:08 -0700

Most of the hyphens that end up in your pages are placed there by your software -- for better or worse. Text processors and page-layout programs are pretty good at knowing where a word can be hyphenated, but there’s too much riding on those decisions to have blind faith in a sightless piece of software. In this column we’ll look at how your control over hyphenation can not only make your type compose better, but read better as well.

Exportools Professional 3.0 Now In Public Beta

Editor in Chief — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:22:07 -0700

Press Release

Badia Software is pleased to announce the public beta release of Exportools Professional 3.0, its flagship software for high-end exporting and printing of multiple Adobe InDesign and QuarkXPress documents.

New Book Celebrates InDesign; Download PDF for Free!

Editor in Chief — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:30:22 -0700

Press Release

Learn from the Godfather of Graphic Design

Editor in Chief — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:07:41 -0700

Press Release

MILTON GLASER: TO INFORM AND DELIGHT
A Film by Wendy Keys
Street Date: April 27, 2010
Order Date: March 30, 2010
SRP: $26.95
“...will leave an audience feeling both lightened and illuminated.”
--San Francisco Chronicle

Heavy Metal Madness: Making the Best of a Dysfunctional Work Team

admin — Thu, 20 Feb 2003 03:56:25 -0700

Last column I laid out how, through a fluke in timing and an addiction to eBay, I ended up with a driveway full of hot-metal printing and typesetting equipment -- the start of a new hobby. After a lifetime of working in high-production environments, I have learned that the physical tools are actually secondary, even though that's where most people start. What matters more to getting the job done is the strength of the workforce and how they interact with each other.

Chat with the Design Technology Expert

Editor in Chief — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:41:52 -0700

In a recent entry on his Real World Illustrator blog, design software expert Mordy Golding recalled an AOL Vector Forum he participated in way back in the day. "Every Tuesday evening," Mordy wrote, "the Vector Forum would have a live one-hour chat, where we'd pick a topic and discuss all things vector. I learned so much from those chats, and I was also able to share what I was learning with others."