Adding Typographically-Correct Strokes.

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 [...]

Tips and Tricks for Faster Text Editing

Wouldn’t it be great if you could speed up editing of text to complete your projects faster? In this sample lesson from his new InDesign CS6 training DVD, Adobe Certified Instructor Jeff Witchel discusses all of the basics of text editing as well as some little-known tips, tricks and secrets to help speed up your [...]

Illustrator’s Amazing New Gradient Strokes

Like other Illustrator users, I was excited to hear that, in CS6, you could finally apply Gradients to Strokes. But when I started to play with this feature, I was blown away with all that it offers. In this tutorial, Adobe Certified Instructor Jeff Witchel demonstrates all the ins and outs of Gradients on Strokes, [...]

Type-on-a-Path Secrets, Revealed.

Wouldn’t it be great to make Type-on-a-Path do exactly what you want? In this Illustrator tutorial, Adobe Certified Instructor Jeff Witchel discusses the ins and outs of making type follow a path, uncovering many tips, tricks, and secrets along the way. See more videos at LayersMagazine.com.

Solving an Impossible Page-Numbering Problem.

Is there a way to automatically place both page numbers from a spread on only one of the pages, i.e., Pages 2–3? In this tutorial, Adobe Certified Instructor Jeff Witchel, demonstrates a simple solution to this seemingly impossible page-numbering problem. See more videos at LayersMagazine.com.