InDesignSecrets Podcast 289

InDesign Secrets

In this episode…

• News
  • Last chance for live tickets to the InDesign + Type Summit (online event) July 29–30, 2021
    • if you're a nonprofit, government agency, student, or work for a school, contact [e-mail] for a $100 discount code
  • The Adobe Illustrator Summit, August 26-27: https://creativepro.com/adobe-illustrator-summit/
  • InDesign Magazine for July 2021 is Illustrator and InDesign; August 2021 is on creating social media artwork and making dielines for print packaging
• Best practices for working with Illustrator documents in InDesign
• Keyboard shortcut of the month: Capital E (yes, Shift-E)
• Obscure InDesign Feature: Crop to Art

Sponsors for this episode:

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Links mentioned in this podcast:

• The Adobe Illustrator Summit, August 26-27
• The InDesign + Type Summit, July 29-30
• KidPix still lives! https://www.mackiev.com/kidpix/
• How to Replace AI art with SVG for sharp web graphics, from Anne-Marie's weekly series "InDesign Tips for Design Geeks"
• We have lots of articles about using InDesign and Illustrator together:
  • https://creativepro.com/copy-vectors-from-illustrator-to-indesign-or-vice-versa/
  • https://creativepro.com/using-indesign-illustrator-and-photoshop-together-getting-the-most-the-interface/
  • https://creativepro.com/using-indesign-illustrator-and-photoshop-together-moving-vectors/
  • https://creativepro.com/using-indesign-illustrator-and-photoshop-together-linking-and-embedding-files/
  • https://creativepro.com/using-indesign-illustrator-and-photoshop-together-moving-text-between-the-programs/
  • https://creativepro.com/using-indesign-illustrator-and-photoshop-together-colors-and-swatches/
  • https://creativepro.com/using-indesign-illustrator-and-photoshop-together-the-pen-tool/
• Shift-E… Preview on CPU vs GPU: https://creativepro.com/gpu-support-and-animated-zoom-arrives-for-mac/
• Understanding InDesign’s Place PDF Options: https://creativepro.com/understanding-indesigns-place-pdf-options/
• InDesignSecrets…
  • YouTube videos
  • Facebook group
  • LinkedIn group