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 events@creativepro.com 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

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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

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