Posted by Jeff on April 2, 2013 · 25 Comments
You drew a cartoon by hand on paper. After scanning the drawing into Photoshop, how do you turn it into vector to add color to the cartoon in Adobe Illustrator? Or what about turning a photographic image into a beautiful posterized piece of vector art? In this tutorial, Adobe Certified Instructor Jeff Witchel will discuss [...]
Categories: Illustrator, Video Tutorials · Tags: accurate, Adobe, Adobe Certified Instructor, AdobeAce, CS6, efficient, fast, Illustrator, Image Trace, Jeff Witchel, Live Trace, Pixels, secrets, Tips, Tricks, Vector
Posted by Jeff on March 19, 2013 · 2 Comments
Most InDesign users do not realize that the measurement fields in various panels and dialog windows are actually calculators that can add, subtract, multiply and divide. In CS6, InDesign can now perform more complex calculations within these fields, for example, 1.25in/2 + 10pts. In this tutorial, Adobe Certified Instructor Jeff Witchel will demonstrate the use [...]
Categories: InDesign, Video Tutorials · Tags: add, Adobe, Adobe Certified Instructor, AdobeAce, CS6, divide, efficient, Fields, InDesign, Jeff Witchel, Math, Measurement, Move, multiply, New, Panel, Productivity, secrets, subtract, Tips, Transform, Tricks, Windows
Posted by Jeff on March 12, 2013 · 10 Comments
If you just add a Stroke to type in Adobe Illustrator, the Stroke will be in front of the letterforms, which makes an ugly mess of the type and drives typographers crazy. In this tutorial, Adobe Certified Instructor Jeff Witchel reveals some secret backdoors to adding typographically-correct Strokes to your type. See more videos at [...]
Categories: Illustrator, Video Tutorials · Tags: Adobe, Adobe Certified Instructor, AdobeAce, Appearance panel, Illustrator, Jeff Witchel, Layers, LayersMagazione.com, secrets, Strokes, Tips, Tricks, Type, Type Object, Typographically-Correct
Posted by Jeff on February 23, 2013 · 2 Comments
There’s a whole group of little features that have been added in CS6 that will make a big difference in the speed of your workflow. Adobe simple labels these features as Productivity Enhancements in the Help menu. In this tutorial, Adobe Certified Instructor Jeff Witchel will discuss a range of CS6 enhancements including: Split Layout [...]
Categories: InDesign, Video Tutorials · Tags: Adobe, Adobe Certified Instructor, AdobeAce, Align, Backsaving, CS4, CS5.5 CS5, CS6, IDML, InDesign, Jeff Witchel, Key Object, New, Productivity, Recently Used Fonts, secrets, Split Layout, Tips, Tricks
Posted by Jeff on February 18, 2013 · Leave a Comment
You’ve been working on a branding project and have already helped your client to pick a color for their logo. Is there a fast way to experiment with other colors that will go with your main corporate color? In this tutorial, Adobe Certified Instructor Jeff Witchel will demonstrate how to use the Color Guide panel [...]
Categories: Illustrator, Video Tutorials · Tags: Adobe, Adobe Certified Instructor, AdobeAce, Color, Color Guide, Color Guide panel, Color Harmonies, Color Theory, Illustrator, Jeff Witchel, Layers, LayersMagazione.com, Live Color, Recolor Artwork, secrets, Tips, Tricks
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