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Illustrator Tutorial, Constraining Your Illustration Angle
March 01, 2013
In this week's tutorial I cover how to turn on the constrain angle option in Illustrator so that everything you do is locked to a specific angle. This tip is not something I personally ever use, but can be handy for some people to work into their workflow.
Illustrator Tutorial, Combining The Contents Of Text Objects
February 22, 2013
In this week's tutorial I cover a quick way to combine the contents of text objects in Illustrator. This handy tip will prevent you from having to manually combine objects, and avoid non-text objects at the same time.
Illustrator Tutorial, Using Basic Math Functions In Fields
February 15, 2013
In this week's tutorial I cover how you're able to use basic math functions like addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division in your fields in Illustrator and InDesign. This is very handy for when you need to add a certain amount, or even get the output of a fraction you don't know off the top of your head.
Illustrator Tutorial, Artboard Shortcuts
February 08, 2013
In this week's tutorial I cover some simple artboard shortcuts that should help improve your speed and workflow when working on multiple artboards in a single document.
Illustrator Tutorial, Some Basic Artboard Management Tips
February 01, 2013
In this week's tutorial I cover some tips on how to better handle your content from artboard to artboard in the newer versions of Illustrator. These tips are helpful for managing the creation of new versions or additional pages in illustrator.
Adobe CS Tutorial, Adjusting Values With The Keyboard
January 25, 2013
In this week's tutorial I cover how to use the keyboard to adjust values in most fields in Adobe products. This can come in handy when making adjustments to things where you don't know what outcome you want, so you just want previews through the states.
Photoshop Tutorial, Faking Photo Noise When Making Photo Edits
January 18, 2013
In this week's tutorial I cover how to fake photo noise, which tends to appear in photos taken with a digital camera. This handy tip shows you how to add that noise to any edits you make so your edits become seamless.
Photoshop Tutorial, How To Effectively Use The History Brush
January 11, 2013
In this week's tutorial I cover how to use the history brush in Photoshop. Generally speaking it's not one of the tools you use all the time, but knowing what it does can help you out of a bind sometimes. I cover how to make use of the history brush, and describe some techniques which may come in handy to use in your projects.
Photoshop Tutorial, Some Tips For Better Content Aware Usage
January 04, 2013
In this week's tutorial, I cover some things about the 'content aware' feature in newer (CS5+ I think) versions of Photoshop. I find these tips to be useful to avoid the "grrr, it's not doing what I want" problems that a lot of Photoshop features can have if you don't understand why they're doing what they are.
Illustrator Tutorial, Using Select Same Fill Color To Help Pathfinder Options
December 28, 2012
In this week's tutorial I cover how the use of the select menu to grab similar colors can help you out in your pathfinder operations. Mainly this tip helps you avoid getting lost in a sea of paths where you don't know what is what. With a little color preparation before using the pathfinder, everything becomes easy to follow.