Basic Workstation Settings Cheatsheet.
Hide all palettes fast. Except your toolbox!
Fun 4th of July Fireworks Screensaver.
Goodbye FreeHand. But is Illustrator Enough?
Is your Mac OS X Server crashing? A possible fix.
Is your Mac OS X server crashing frequently? If so, we have two questions for you:
Question 1: Do the crashes, restarts, or slow downs occur primarily when several people are searching server volumes over the network?
Question 2: Are you running Mac OS X Server 10.4.7 or later?
If you answered yes to both these questions, you may be suffering from a problem that exists in Mac OS X Server 10.4.7 and above where multiple Spotlight searches can render a server unresponsive.
Use an Apple TV as Your Portfolio Theater.
InDesign CS3’s new Gradient Feather Tool.
Edit overset text in InDesign’s story editor.
When you find yourself working with more text than you can fit into your InDesign text frame, the easiest way to see how much copy is overflowing is to open the Story Editor. (Edit > Edit in Story Editor)
In the Story Editor, a red line on the left side will show you how much text is overflowing your layout. If you decide to trim the text to fit your available space, you can edit your copy directly in this window.
Photoshop Lasso Tool Cheatsheet.
We love cheatsheets. Those handy quick-reference guides that keep all sorts of vital information right at your fingertips.
In fact, we’re dedicating one issue each month to provide a growing collection of creative and technical cheatsheets.
Photoshop Lasso Cheatsheet.pdf
This month’s creative cheatsheet covers the Photoshop Lasso tool. We’ve distilled the basic functions of this widely used tool into a concise format that fits on a standard 3×5 index card.
