The CreativePro Podcast

In this episode…

• News
  • Minor updates to InDesign 2021 released
  • The 2021 InDesign Conference (part of CreativePro Week) is online-only, May 17-21. Registration is open!
• All about Transparency in InDesign — looks great, but will it print?
• Obscure InDesign Feature: Lights

Links mentioned in this podcast:

• Register now for CreativePro Week 2021
• PowerPoint Presentation Design Deep Dive and other online events
• New features in 16.0.1 and 16.0.2
• Transparency (Jan 2021 feature story in InDesign Magazine)
  • Great article by Claudia McCue: https://creativepro.com/regarding-transparency/
  • Article about transparency effects by Steve Caplin: https://creativepro.com/the-fx-files/\
• Yes, "opaques" are a thing! https://www.sockdreams.com/opaque-nylon-stockings.html
• Problems with spot colors and transparency
  • https://creativepro.com/indesigns-onscreen-untruths-overprinting-or-multiplying-spot-colors/
  • https://creativepro.com/eliminating-the-white-box-effect/
  • https://creativepro.com/eliminating-ydb-yucky-discolored-box-syndrome/
• Starter (monthly) vs annual membership: https://creativepro.com/become-a-member/
• OIFOTW: Lights
  • Mike showed the Lights feature as part of his 3 minutes max tip, during the InDesignSecrets Holiday Special: https://youtu.be/KP_O_G4pCZE
  • He also wrote about it here: https://creativepro.com/tip-of-the-week-flashing-holiday-lights/
• InDesignSecrets…
  • YouTube videos
  • Facebook group
  • LinkedIn group

Special episode recorded LIVE at our 2020 Holiday Special!

• Save the Date for our next online conference: Click: Powerpoint and Presentation Design, February 18–19, 2021
• December 2020 issue of InDesign Magazine is all about creating web and screen graphics
• Making gifts with InDesign
• Interview with John McWade
• Obscure InDesign Feature: Animated Zoom

Links mentioned in this podcast:

• Register now for CreativePro Week 2021
• Keith Gilbert's 100 Things Every InDesign User Should Know, our new ebook
• Making gifts from InDesign
  • PhotoFlinger (laying out photos and objects quickly): https://www.premediasystems.com/scripts-and-more
  • Blurb Photo book maker: https://www.blurb.com/indesign-plugin
  • Spoonflower for fabric, wallpaper, bedding: https://www.spoonflower.com/en/design-tools
  • Zazzle for custom gifts: https://www.zazzle.com/custom/gifts
• Fun holiday-themed articles on CP:
  • Candy Cane text: https://creativepro.com/holiday-text-fx-part-1-candy-cane-text/
  • Wrap text in lights: https://creativepro.com/holiday-text-fx-part-2-wrapping-text-in-lights/
  • Draw a snowman: https://creativepro.com/holiday-fx-do-you-want-to-build-an-indesign-snowman/
  • Make an ornament: https://creativepro.com/holiday-papercraf/
  • All kinds of holiday designs: https://creativepro.com/a-winter-holiday-treasure-trove
• John McWade's books
  • Before & After: How to Design Cool Stuff
  • Before & After Page Design
• Pantone color of the year
• Zoom Animation
• GPU Acceleration is not yet available on Windows… vote for it!
• InDesignSecrets…
  • YouTube videos
  • Facebook group
  • LinkedIn group

In this episode:

• Recordings available for the InDesign + Accessibility Summit
• See the agenda for our first-ever InDesign Secrets Holiday Special, Dec. 15
• InDesign 2020 bug fix released
• Best practices for updating InDesign
• Check out the InDesign goodies (many are free) in the Creative Cloud Marketplace
• Obscure InDesign Feature: Tint Range

Links mentioned in this podcast:

• CreativePro.com Cyber week deals
• Register now for CreativePro Week 2021
• Should you update your software or operating system?
• Check out the Adobe Exchange for Creative Cloud
• Details on Find/Change Color
• InDesignSecrets…
  • YouTube videos
  • Facebook group
  • LinkedIn group

In this episode:

• InDesignSecrets.com merges with CreativePro.com!
• Conference news
  • Adobe MAX 2020 was a success! Watch David's and Anne-Marie's sessions online
  • Our first InDesign + Accessibility online summit, Nov 19–20
  • Save the Date: David & Anne-Marie's InDesign Secrets Holiday Special, Nov 15
• InDesign 2021 released
• Obscure Feature: Update Link

News and special offers from our sponsors:

>> CI HUB is a platform for content integration and efficient marketing production. No more jumping between tools and windows to find the right asset! The CI HUB asset panel plugin for Adobe Creative Cloud and Microsoft Office applications essentially connects your brand assets living within your various asset repositories to your native creative apps. Check out David's interview with Andreas Michalski, CI HUB's CEO and founder.

Links mentioned in this podcast:

• What's New in InDesign 2021: Our article, Adobe's web page
• Anne-Marie's InDesign 2021 New Features course
• Erica Gamet's course, Introduction to GREP in InDesign
• InDesignSecrets…
  • YouTube videos
  • Facebook group
  • LinkedIn group

In this episode:

• News:
  • David and Anne-Marie are presenting at Adobe MAX 2020 (online only, free registration)
  • Save the Date: Our first InDesign + Accessibility online summit, Nov 19–20
  • October issue of InDesign Magazine features 20 free scripts you can download
  • Now live! Erica Gamet's "Introduction to GREP in InDesign" online course for CreativePro University
• Surprising and useful finds in Find/Change
• Obscure Feature: Open a Clone

News and special offers from our sponsors:

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Links mentioned in this podcast:

• Find/Change tips
• Finding and changing glyphs
• Check out the obscure "Open a Clone" history in the Document Component dialog box

In this episode:

• News:
  • Be a speaker at CreativePro events! Please fill out this form
  • David and Anne-Marie presenting at Adobe MAX 2020 (free!)
  • Our latest book, TypeTalk Vol. 1 by Ilene Strizver, now in PDF and print
  • Adobe InDesign 2020 15.1.2 - bug fix and feature tweaks
• Adobe Fonts Gotchas
• Double-clicks you should try!
• OIFOTW: Paste Into State

News and special offers from our sponsors:

>> Issuu is the all-in-one platform to create and distribute beautiful digital publications, from brochures to magazines to sales collateral and more. It's perfect for creators, marketers, designers, educators, publishers, sales-people or anyone that wants to make eye-catching content. And Issuu makes it easy. Simply use the InDesign plug-in or upload your PDFs and files and Issuu transforms them using your vision and customizable templates to create the content you want. Check out their session at CreativePro Week 2020.

>> Avenza Systems' MAPublisher (for Illustrator) and Geographic Imager (for Photoshop) are powerful tools for all graphic designers who want to dive more deeply into cartography and map making. Learn more by watching David's recent Facebook Live interview with Avenza, and see their session from CreativePro Week 2020.

Links mentioned in this podcast:

• Fix for the problem when File Info opens off screen
• Adobe Font Gotchas info
  • Adobe Community post about the "retiring" fonts
  • Our post about the news (see Roger Black's comment)
  • Adobe Help file and FAQ about retired subscription fonts
  • Check on status of Adobe's type (and other) servers
• Our post about Great Double-clicks
• Using the Eyedropper to copy and paste object positions
• Here's the Adobe Help page about Paste Into State

In this episode:

• News:
  • Save the date: CreativePro Week 2021, May 17-21, Washington, DC
  • July InDesign Magazine: Use With Caution! (Gotchas to avoid)
  • Adobe MAX 2020 is free! All on-line, and we're both presenting
• InDesign settings you need to change right now. Do it!
• OIFOTW: Import File

Links mentioned in this podcast:

• Adobe MAX 2020
• Posts about settings
  • Apply Leading to Entire Paragraph
  • Changing Hyphenation and Justification
  • Reset workspace
  • Why you shouldn't use Basic paragraph style and also this post
• David's book The Joy of Pi
• Quick Apply for choosing menu items
• What David was thinking of when he mentioned "Sew buttons"

In this episode:

• News:
  • The online CreativePro Week and InDesign Conference were a success!
  • Save the date: CreativePro Week 2021, May 17-21, Washington, DC
  • InDesign updated to 15.1.1 last week
  • June InDesign Magazine: InDesign, Acrobat, and PDF tips
• Using the new Share for Review feature in 15.1.1
• OIFOTW: Apply All Auto Edits

News and special offers from our sponsors:

>> Cacidi Systems, developers of awesome charts and barcode creation tools for InDesign. See their 15-minute session from CreativePro Week 2020 here. Cacidi just released a huge update to Cacidi Charts, which create many types of vector charts, easy to "convert" to InDesign for ultimate creative freedom. They offer a free 30-day trial version, and right now only for CreativeProWeek attendees 50% of the price, for a very, very limited time! Discount code: CREAPRO2020 (see Cacidi.com)

>> Priint:Suite cuts up to 80% off of the creative process lifecycle for any kind of data-driven publications like catalogs, brochures, and datasheets, with the highest level of automation possible. Lay out entire pages, sections or publications with a single click, including complex, dynamic tables. See their 15-minute session from CreativePro Week here!

Links mentioned in this podcast:

• CreativePro Week post-conference passes now available
• Our article about "InDesign Nightmares"
• InDesign 15.1 released and then patched to 15.1.1
• All about Share for Review
• Import PDF Comments

In this episode:

• News:
  • All-online CreativePro Week and InDesign Conference
  • What's New in the February 2020 release of InDesign
  • April InDesign Magazine: Design in Motion (After Effects)
  • May InDesign Magazine: Chad Chelius on Forms
  • Chad's amazing XML/InDesign map for COVID-19 stats
• Super-simple keyboard shortcuts everyone should know!
• OIFOTW: Rule Length

Links mentioned in this podcast:

• CreativeProWeek 2020: Now an Online Event!
• All about After Effects from issue 132
• UnicodeInjector script (and how to give it a shortcut)
• Breaking a Threaded Story
• Spring-loaded (springboard) shortcuts
• Make your own Preview shortcut
• Designing with Column Rules

In this episode:

• News:
  • All-online CreativePro Week and InDesign Conference
  • New Creative Cloud Feature: Upload Your Own Fonts
  • March InDesign Magazine: Obscure Features Revealed
  • April InDesign Magazine: Design in Motion
• Three InDesign puzzles, pulled from our Facebook group, solved!
• OIFOTW: Fancy

Links mentioned in this podcast:

• CreativeProWeek 2020: Now an Online Event!
• Using your own fonts with Creative Cloud app
• Great questions from our Facebook group
• Anne-Marie's course on creating templates or "starter files":
• When InDesign ignores your leading values: info here and here
• Using variable fonts in InDesign
• Assigning shortcuts to styles