Cari Jansen's Digitips

The following tip gives an example of how to use the Layout Zone script from Martinho da Gloria in a small newspaper workflow

The following tip gives an another example of how the Free Typefi’s Autofit plug-in - downloadable from www.typefi.com can be used with InDesign. In this tip you’ll learn how to create a one-to-many relationship that results in a background tint with two rounded corners expanding as the parent text frame grows.

The following tip will demo the use of sample scripts in InDesign CS3, it teaches you how to install new scripts, run scripts, assign shortcuts to scripts and provides an overview of the CornerEffects.jsx sample script.

The following tip gives an another example of how the Free Typefi's Autofit plug-in - downloadable from www.typefi.com can be used with InDesign. In this tip you'll learn how text is run-into a Header-Text Frame and a Body Content Text-Frame that are threaded to eachother. As the text is formatted with Paragraph Styles, the Header and Body Content Text Frames automatically grow to fit the header text and to balance the body content across three columns.

Learn how to apply a gradient to a dotted pattern in Illustrator

Learn how to replace a Vector Smart object in Photoshop CS2, Part 3 of 3 tutorials on Vector Smart Objects

Learn how to edit a Vector Smart object in Photoshop CS2, Part 2 of 3 tutorials on Vector Smart Objects

Learn how to create a Vector Smart object in Photoshop CS2, Part 1 of 3 tutorials on Vector Smart Objects

Learn how to insert new rows or columns to a table in InDesign

Learn how to use nested styles within a paragraph style

Learn how to use the last line right indent paragraph formatting control

Learn how to set bi-directional text on top /bottom of a circular path in InDesign using the type on a path tool

Learn how to set text centered on top of a circular path in InDesign using the type on a path tool

Learn how to automatically insert icons in front of addresses, urls, phone numbers etc. by using the bullet lists feature in InDesign

Next style basics in Adobe InDesign CS2

Learn how to use the brush tool to paint an opacity mask in Illustrator

Quick tip on using the align away from spine feature for left/right aligned pagenumbering

Learn how to apply a blur effect to an image that gradually increases the blur amount. This tip uses layer masks, blur filter and gradients.