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 September 30, 2012 · 1 Comment
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 [...]
Categories: InDesign, Video Tutorials · Tags: Adobe, Adobe Certified Instructor, AdobeAce, drag and drop, Duplicate Text, DVD, Editing, Eyedropper, InDesign, Infinite Skills, Jeff Witchel, secrets, Shortcuts, Text, Text Editing, Tips, Training, Tricks, Type
Posted by Jeff on August 4, 2012 · 8 Comments
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, [...]
Categories: Illustrator, Video Tutorials · Tags: Adobe, Adobe Certified Instructor, AdobeAce, CS6, Gradient panel, Gradient Strokes, Gradient-on-Stroke, Gradients, Gradients-on-Strokes, Illustrator, Jeff Witchel, lettering, neon, New, secrets, Stroke panel, Strokes, Tips, Tricks, Type
Posted by Jeff on April 28, 2012 · 4 Comments
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.
Categories: Illustrator, Video Tutorials · Tags: Adobe, Adobe Certified Instructor, AdobeAce, Illustrator, Jeff Witchel, Path, secrets, Tips, Tricks, Type, Type on a Path
Posted by Jeff on April 15, 2012 · 12 Comments
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.
Categories: InDesign, Video Tutorials · Tags: Adobe, Adobe Certified Instructor, AdobeAce, auto page numbering, InDesign, Jeff Witchel, page numbering, pages, secrets, spreads, Tips, Tricks, Type, Typography
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