Pair your Apple Remote to a specific Mac.
Migrating from Expert fonts to OpenType.
Over the last several years Creativetechs has encouraged many creative teams to replace their team’s older Postscript font libraries with newer OpenType font collections.
In the past, old Postscript fonts couldn’t support a large number of characters. To get around that limitation, special “expert” font sets were created to provide designers with additional typographic features such as oldstyle figures, true small capitals, fractions, special ligatures, and others.
So, what if you’ve designed larger documents (e.g. annual reports) using special characters from the old “Adobe Caslon Expert” collection? When you convert over to the new OpenType “Adobe Caslon Pro”, certain typographic flourishes disappear.
This tip demonstrates how you can use InDesign’s advanced find-and-replace feature to help make your font migration an easier one.
Remove Photoshop CS3 Beta before installing CS3.
Some early adopters are experiencing problems installing their new copy of Adobe CS3. If you tested the public beta version of Photoshop CS3 on your computer you will see the following cryptic error when you try to install the full version:
“Adobe Photoshop CS3 cannot be installed because it conflicts with: Adobe Photoshop CS3”
If you’ve seen this error, you must first remove the beta version of Photoshop CS3. That takes more than simply trashing the application folder.
Quick Skin Tone Retouching in Photoshop.
Avoid serial number headaches with CS3!
If you manage a creative team with even a few designers, we strongly recommend that you take advantage of Adobe’s Transactional Licensing Program (TLP) when you purchase Adobe software and upgrades.
Link: Adobe volume licensing made easy.
You’ll probably save money. Far more importantly you’ll prevent a future of serial-number headaches.
Hidden Easter Eggs in Photoshop CS2
Hidden Easter Eggs in InDesign CS2
Hidden Easter Eggs in Illustrator CS2
Getting Ready for CS3, Leopard & New Macs.
Thanks to everyone who joined us for Creativetechs’ presentation “Getting Ready for CS3, Leopard and New Macs!” at the School of Visual Concepts. We had a fun evening.
Turnout was great, and the audience Q&A at the end of the night went on for at least an hour after the show. Obviously this is a hot topic.
As always, here is a PDF of our presentation:
CS3 and Leopard 03-28-2007.pdf
In addition, we’ve compiled some extra links in this blog post…
Free CS3 & Leopard Planning in Seattle.
As a service for Seattle-area creative teams, we are offering a complimentary strategy session with Creativetechs’ lead consultant Craig Swanson. Take this opportunity to map out your creative team’s upgrade strategy for this complex series of upgrades.
