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 · 2 Comments
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
Posted by Jeff on December 23, 2012 · 10 Comments
You want to find the perfect color to simulate metal in an Illustration. Is there a way to find the exact colors you’re looking for in seconds, and add them as Swatches? In this tutorial, Adobe Certified Instructor Jeff Witchel demonstrates how to use Color Groups and Gradients, in an unexpected way, to find just [...]
Categories: Illustrator, Video Tutorials · Tags: 3D, Adobe, Adobe Certified Instructor, AdobeAce, Color, Color Group, CS6, Effects, Gradients, Illustrator, Jeff Witchel, Layers, LayersMagazine.com, Metal, Revolve, secrets, Swatch, Tips, Tricks
Posted by Jeff on December 23, 2012 · 6 Comments
Illustrator has an amazing collection of Gradient Libraries, but is there a way to use these beautiful Swatches in InDesign? Well, you can’t export them out of Illustrator, because only regular Color Swatches are supported. So, are you out of luck and have to recreate these Gradients in InDesign? In this tutorial, Adobe Certified Instructor [...]
Categories: Illustrator, InDesign, Video Tutorials · Tags: Adobe, Adobe Certified Instructor, AdobeAce, Export, Gradient, Gradient Libraries, Illustrator, InDesign, Jeff Witchel, Layers, LayersMagazione.com, Libraries, secrets, Swatch, Tips, Tricks
Posted by Jeff on December 23, 2012 · 7 Comments
When most InDesign artists hear the word “Scripting,” they will run the other way, because they are non-Scripters. In this tutorial, Adobe Certified Instructor Jeff Witchel demonstrates the power of some of the timesaving Scripts that actually come with InDesign along with other Scripts you can download for free. See more videos at LayersMagazine.com.
Categories: InDesign, Video Tutorials · Tags: Adobe, Adobe Certified Instructor, AdobeAce, Automation, CS6, Free, InDesign, Jeff Witchel, Layers, LayersMagazine.com, non-scripter, Script, secrets, Tips, Tricks
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