For everyone busily installing their new copies of Adobe CS3, we have a quick recommendation about Version Cue: Don’t install it.
Make a PDF portfolio with interactive rollovers.
This week’s creative tip is inspired by a question on how to create an interactive PDF for showing off before/after examples of Photoshop retouching projects.
The technique itself may apply to a limited number of people, but it is a fun way to introduce some of InDesign’s lesser known interactive features.
This tip includes a quick tutorial on how to build interactive rollovers into your next PDF. The tutorial includes a sample file you can download to try out yourself.
Want both CS2 and CS3? Install CS2 first.
Here is a quick tip for early adaptors of Adobe CS3. If you want to install both CS2 and CS3 on the same Mac, make sure you install Adobe CS2 first. If Adobe CS3 is already installed, the CS2 installer will gray out Acrobat, Illustrator and InDesign, thinking those applications are already installed.
The simple, but frustrating solution is to uninstall CS3 and reinstall CS2 first.
Adobe Pen Tool Cheatsheet.
Adobe’s pen tool works pretty much the same across Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign. Yet, as important as this ubiquitous tool is, many people get confused with how to handle certain tasks, and the differences between the various pen symbols.
Adobe Pen Tool Cheatsheet.pdf
Creativetechs’ resident Adobe Certified Expert, Jason Hoppe, has put together a quick Adobe Pen Tool cheat-sheet to help keep some of the basic techniques straight. Download the PDF, and pass it along to a friend.
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Roll through your fonts in InDesign.
Keep track of software updates with AppFresh.
Highlight New Features in Photoshop CS3.
Illustrator CS3 now opens FreeHand files!
As a long-time FreeHand user, I’ve made my peace with that program’s departure. But my serenity is put to the test each time we must pull up old Freehand documents from past jobs. Happily, Illustrator CS3 will now directly open FreeHand MX and FreeHand 10 documents (previously, Illustrator CS2 could only open FreeHand 9 files or older). This slight consolation in CS3 might help other long-time Freehand designers finally move on.