Quick Tips from The Design O'Blog

In this quick tip I'll show you a magic keyboard shortcut to make an apple logo in Photoshop.

In this quick tip I'll show you how to change the case of existing text in photoshop.

In the wake of the popularity of the Clients From Hell site I thought it would be appropriate to talk about good experiences with clients. I had a chance to have a chat with Liz Andrade from CmdShiftDesign and discuss the topic.

In this quick tip I’ll show you how to automate some of your workflow by creating actions in photoshop and using keyboard shortcuts to execute actions.

In this quick tip I’ll show you some font identification tools to help you find that special font.

In this quick tip I’ll show you how to quickly and easily organize your code in Dreamweaver using source formatting.

In this quick Tip I show you how to quickly scroll back to the top on your iPhone. Also check out the new fullscreen feature with blip.tv - yay!

In this quick tip I show you how to create a dotted line instead of a dashed line in illustrator. Also check out the new fullscreen feature with blip.tv - yay!

In this quick tip I show you how to quickly create slices from guides in Photoshop.

In this quick tip I show you how to use the fastest, easiest, and quite possibly BEST ie6 png fix out there!

In this quick tip I show you how to make a simple gear illustration using the transform tool. Let me know if you have any requests for quick tips!

In this quick tip I show you how to quickly create badges in illustrator using the distort and transform effect.

In this quick tip I show you how to create divs with rounded corners in FF and Safari.

In this quick tip I will show you how to generate a thumbnail web gallery in photoshop.

In this quick tip I show you some tricks and tips of the align tools in illustrator.

In this quick tip I show you how to add details to a boring web banner with a photo overlay

In this quick tip I’ll show you how to add some subtle detail to a button in photoshop.

In this quick tip I show you how to use the pathfinder tools to draw shapes…and even a donut!

In this quick tip I'll show you how to make an action for batch resizing images. Time saving FTW!!!

In this quick tip I’ll show how to wrangle all your crazy pages in InDesign.

In this quick I show some of the lesser known options for find and replace in Dreamweaver.

In this quick I show you a few ways to take screenshots on a mac - very handy!

In this quick tip I show you an easy way to create a sheet of thumbnails from a folder of photos. Photoshop does all the heavy lifting for you!

In this quick tip i show you how to quickly format the case of your text.

In this quick tip I show you some different ways to control guide placement in Photoshop.

In this quicktip I will show you how to create a custom keyboard shortcut. This comes in handy and saves a ton of time. I use the stroke feature of photoshop on a daily basis, but it does not have a default keyboard shortucut.

Today I’m going to show you a quick and easy way to add just a little bit of ‘flair’ to your paragraphs. Yes we are going to tango with our old friend the drop cap. Super easy to create in print media thanks to InDesign, but CSS has some selectors up its sleeve to help us out.

Hitting you up with a sweet tripple whammy of useful keyboard shortcuts this time! This quicktip shows you how to quickly resize text, adjust kerning and leading with ease!

In this quick tip I’ll show you how I make quick changes to a screenshot of a site with the marquee and transform tools.

Have you ever wanted to select a color with your eyedropper tool that is not within your photoshop document? Now you can learn how to with this super amazing quick tip!

In this quick tip I show you how to add an RSS feed to a non-blog page!

In This quick tip we show you how to make a quick text reflection with the transform tool and some feathering.

In This quick tip we show you how to cut out an image from a background with the extract tool.

In this quick tip we cover setting up paragraph styles for quick test formatting.

This quicktip covers a simple masking method with animation in flash.

Scrollin…..scrollin….scrolling on the internet river… Hmmm ok nevermind. This quick tip is just something cool I discovered in FF and Safari.

In this quicktip we cover a nice keyboard shortcut for opacity in Photoshop.