Creative Suite Conference: Too much fun!
3 attendees visiting the Create Chaos iStock booth from the Creative Suite and WDDC conference in Orlando. And to think you missed this.
http://www.istockphoto.com/forum_messages.php?threadid=78180
AskMOGO
Adding End-of-Story Bullet Characters in InDesign
Question: Is there any way to automatically put a special bullet character at the end of every story in InDesign?
Duplicating Transformations in Illustrator
Question: I’ve been a life-long, 17-year user of FreeHand and this is just killing me. In FreeHand I could “Cmd-C” an object to move it then “Cmd-D” would repeat that to create simple patterns. How do I do that in Illustrator? I tried “Cmd D” but it just moves the same shape. It doesn’t create new ones?
Swapping Colors in Illustrator
I’m working on a 4 color-process job in Illustrator that uses a blue that is our corporate blue. Well now the job is almost ready for press and they decided to make this a 5-color job. I know there is an easy way to make all this blue a PMS5425 blue. Is this enough info? Can you help me out?
Custom Symbols Libraries in Illustrator
I have a question about Symbol Libraries. I have managed to create a library for a website I am working on. The library has a few logo ideas and I would like to be able to add to it when I am in another Illustrator document. It seems that all I am able to do is create another new library, open the older symbols and save them… this method slows down the workflow. Any suggestions?
Use colors from photos in Illustrator
I was wondering if there is a way that I can automatically create a group of swatches from a placed Photoshop image? There is an easy way to do it in Photoshop (converting the image to Indexed color, etc.), and I’d love to know if there’s an equivalent in Illustrator CS3?
Clipping Masks in Illustrator
QUESTION: I am using Illustrator CS3, and I have a picture that I’d like to place multiple text objects and possibly vector images over and make a clipping mask utilizing all of the objects at the same time. I can’t figure out a way to combine the text objects so that they form a clipping mask (when I try, I usually just get the last object I put in to be the mask).
Getting Straight Quotes in InDesign
Diane K. wrote: I need to type straight quotes a lot in InDesign (for measurements), but I want normal typographer’s quotes most of the time. Do I really have to go to the Preferences dialog box everytime I want to go back and forth?
You’re in luck, Diane! There are two keyboard shortcuts you should know about. (Don’t feel bad, most InDesign users don’t know these either.)
First, you can press Command-Option-Shift-’ or Ctrl+Alt+Shift-’ (that’s the quote key) to turn the preference on or off (without visiting the dialog box).
Alternately, you can press Ctrl-’ (on the Mac) or Alt-’ (in Windows) to type a straight quote at any time.
That said, I do feel obliged to mention that many designers insist that straight quotes should never be used for measurements (such as inches or feet). They usually prefer a special character that looks like a mix of an italic-straight quote and an accent.