The CreativePro Podcast

In this episode: News: PePcon  session recordings (woohoo!) and sponsors of note Kevin Callahan is the new EIC at  EPUBSecrets.com InDesign Conference  and  PSDcon  taking registrations Changing Case: Tips, scripts, GREP, plug-ins Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week:  Spread Flattening News and special offers from our sponsors: >>  ID-Extras  has a cool range of InDesign add-ons and scripts. Some...

In this episode: News: Adobe Comp CC, Typekit upgrades,  PePcon All About I (the keyboard shortcut that changed with CC 2014) Interview with Roberto Blake , Graphic Designer/YouTube Star Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week:  Masters Fixed   News and special offers from our sponsors:   >> movemen  (pronounced move-eh-men ) is the developer of MathTools, an outstanding equation editor plug-in for I...

In this episode: News: Adobe Publish,  PePcon ,  InDesign Conference ,  Photoshop Conference The Hidden Power of the Letter J (toggle apply formatting to content vs. text) Interview with  Trish Witkowski , Chief Folding Fanatic Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week:  Unnamed Color News and special offers from our sponsors: >>  Certitec , an Adobe Authorized Training Centre in the UK, is a premiere...

In this episode: New features in InDesign v10.2, aka "February 2015 release of InDesign CC 2014" Hey there's more than a couple! Listen up Our opinion on why some are useful, others not so (but may become so) Interview with  Russell Viers Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week:  Show Processing Instructions News and special offers from our sponsors: >>   Recosoft   makes the amazing  PDF2ID , PDF-to...

In this episode: Latest content from  InDesign Magazine Selecting text frames in multiple spreads? Whaaa? Interview with Diane Burns Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week:  No Text News and special offers from our sponsors:   >>   Recosoft   makes the amazing  PDF2ID , PDF-to-InDesign conversion tool for InDesign CS4 through CC 2014. They also offer  ID2Office v2  which converts InDesign files to W...

In this episode: Top Posts of 2014: A look back Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week:  Report Abuse Quizzler answer, and the winner! News and special offers from our sponsors:   >> ID-Extras  has a cool range of InDesign add-ons and scripts especially for book and other long-document publishing, many of which are great for any kind of publishing work you do in InDesign. For example, wouldn't you l...

In this episode: News: Adobe drops DPS Single Edition benefit from CC, New lynda.com titles from Anne-Marie and David What we learned at The InDesign Conference in Seattle Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week:  Clear Inner Quizzler! If you know how to count you could win News and special offers from our sponsors:   >> Recosoft makes the amazing PDF2ID, a PDF-to-InDesign conversion tool for InDesig...

In this episode: News about InDesign and our industry Adobe MAX Recap New Feature Round-up in InDesign CC 2014.1 Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week:  Run Length     News and special offers from our sponsors:   >> Recosoft makes the amazing PDF2ID, a PDF-to-InDesign conversion tool for InDesign CS4 through CC 2014 (Creative Cloud). Recosoft also just released ID2Office v2.0 which converts InDesig...

In this episode: News about our sessions at  Adobe MAX ,   The InDesign Conference , and  InDesign Magazine Time to Make the Calendars — Faster! Understanding Frames: Points vs. Paths Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week:  Run Length    News and special offers from our sponsors: >>  Rorohiko : You know them as a prolific source of free and low-cost scripts and plug-ins for InDesign (e.g. TextExpor...

In this episode: News: Speakers and Agenda are up for   The InDesign Conference ; New  Fixed-Layout EPUB Webinar ;   InDesign Magazine The Good and the Bad about Fixed Layout EPUBs All About Live Corners! You'll learn at least one new thing Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week:  Include IDML    News and special offers from our sponsors: >> Recosoft : Open and convert PDF and Windows XPS documents...

In this episode: News: Registration opens for The InDesign Conference , Free InDesign template of the month Getting HTML 5 out of InDesign: Why and How? Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Missing Glyph Protection News and special offers from our sponsors: >> Rorohiko : Check out Rorohiko's upcoming "Crawler," a new InDesign plug-in that will let you export a layout's content to HTML, ePub, Fixe...

In this episode: News: PePcon 2015 announced, Adobe releases CC 2014, InDesign Conference, new Lynda.com videos PePcon 2014 highlights and our favorite sessions and new tips New features in InDesign CC 2014 Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Ink Alias News and special offers from our sponsors: >> Managing Editor (MEI) : Their new service  TruEdit is a turnkey solution that integrates with InDes...

In this episode: News: InDesign Conference 2014, CC update, Mike Rankin new EIC of InDesignSecrets.com A few great third-party companies you should know about The State of the Flattening Universe: Still need to flatten transparency when exporting to PDF for press? Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: False Italic News and special offers from our sponsors: >>  eDocker : With  eDocker CREATE ! it's...

In this episode: AM's field report from the Edward Tufte one-day course Huge  InDesign Magazine issue coming up, all about Adobe DPS Interview with Ben Schott, author of Miscellany and Schottenfreude Hidden uses for Live Preflight Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Entry End   News and special offers from our sponsors: >>  PePcon: The Print + ePublishing Conference  is the place to be to learn...

EpubSecrets.com, InCopySecrets.com, Spring-loaded shortcuts, Chad Chelius interview, Obscurity of the Week: Indic Script Preferences In this episode: News from the land of InDesign InCopySecrets.com and ePubSecrets.com are alive again! PePcon 2014  early bird deadline coming up! Spring-loaded shortcuts When they save time and not Other obscure "dynamic" shortcuts Interview with Chad Chelius, new E...

InDesign Magazine; PePcon 2014; Typekit; Hyperlinks; Workspaces; OFOTW: Clear All Details below! ------------------------  News from the land of InDesign InDesign Magazine goes monthly Magazine is now a benefit of InDesignSecrets.com paid membership Special instructions for existing InDesign Magazine subscribers New site up for PePcon 2014, just 4 months away! Answers to attendee questions from ou...

In this Very Special New Year's episode: News: PePcon  speakers and sessions posted,  Anne-Marie at ADIM14,  new lynda.com  InDesign CC to EPUB title released All about the latest InDesign CC update (9.2) Easier and more stable Hyperlinks Typekit integration EPUB improvements and new features 3 New Things we each want to learn in 2014 Anne-Marie: Cloud publishing, In5 plug-in, and Editorial/Design...

In this episode: News: InDesign Conference; PePcon ; Lynda Weinman creative keynote! Neglected Panels (some you may not even know about) Worth a(nother) look: Info, Tool Hints, Kuler, Background Tasks, Story, Attributes Forgettable for most users: Trap Presets, Timing (until HTML 5 export!), Script Label, Tags, Transform (redundant!), Flattener Preview Wait-and-see: Adobe Exchange Obscure InDesign...

CreativePro.com reader survey; Getting started with InCopy; Obscurity of the Week: Apply Gamma Correction In this episode: News: CreativePro.com survey Getting Started with InCopy Cost (comes with Creative Cloud!) Basic setup for small and large groups, local and remote Using its unique features for InDesign purposes Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week:  Apply Gamma Correction News and special of...

The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon. In this episode: Adobe Creative Cloud — 6 Months Later Working? Broken? Anne-Marie and David argue it out Reports from the field Some options that could help those who are stuck Issues specific to InDesign users and developers as opposed to other Adobe apps Open source and other page layout competition Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week:  Adobe...

Call for speakers; TypeKit; Text Wrap Rap; Obscurity of the Week: Largest Area ----------- A little bit of news: TypeKit is now available for all Adobe CC subscribers PePcon 2014 open for registration! Last call for PePcon speakers! Fill out our friendly form Text Wrap Rap Confusing bits clarified Little-known tips and tricks What are all those contour options? Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week...

PePcon.com is live; Word to InDesign Nightmares and Fixes; Obscurity of the Week: InDesign 2.0 Compatibility ----------- A little bit of news: PePcon 2014 site is live! InDesign CS6.02 update 5 Word-to-InDesign "Nightmares" and how to solve them! Formatting, links, pictures, styles, oy! Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week:  InDesign 2.0 Compatibility News and special offers from our sponsors: >> ...

200th episode spectacular extravaganza; Memories, time travel, and outtakes; Obscurity of the Week: Credits ----- Our 200th episode! (and our 25th year (each) in the field) Milestone memories from David and Anne-Marie Time traveling through the podcast episodes Podcast outtakes! Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week:  Credits News and special offers from our sponsors: >>   Recosoft :   Open and con...

News; Five Gotchas and their fixes; Obscurity of the Week: Comb -------------- The transcript of this podcast will be posted soon. News Call for PePcon 2014 speakers New lynda.com video tutorials by Anne-Marie ( ID and Word ) and David ( Interactive PDFs ) Update to InDesign CC and InCopy CC released Five Common (and easily-fixed) InDesign Gotchas! Jumping text, disappearing guides, copy/paste bet...

QR Codes; Sandee Cohen guest co-host; Obscurity of the Week: Warn if Link Update Will Overwrite Local Edits ----------- Sandee Cohen, our guest star in the studios! Innovative use for InDesign CC's QR Code feature! More tips for QR codes than you can imagine The cool TaDa! QR plugin from Rorohiko Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week:  Warn if Link Update Will Overwrite Local Edits News and special...