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As a designer, I use arrow shapes frequently and want to have an array of arrows available in every program I use, ideally within a click or two. Here’s a quick way to add all your arrow shape needs to Adobe PhotoShop.
Learn about the typographic term "kerning" and why it is so very important in graphic design.
Sometimes PhotoShop throws an error and tells me that can it can not place a document that I'm dragging into another document because the current document has an input-only color profile. Do you have this problem too? If yes, read on to learn how to easily address this warning.
Your Pinterest pins are displayed best when you use a 2:3 ratio for your pins. That's a vertical rectangle, ideally 1000 x 1500 pixels.
Learn how to install and use GoFullPage in Google Chrome to take full-page screen shots of webpages.
Learn how to quickly batch photo edit in Adobe Lightroom. It's a fast, simple alternative to using Photoshop for this task.
I recently exported an EPUB document from InDesign only to discover that the exported ePUB book displayed backward. Here’s how to fix this technical backward EPUB issue. The exported ebook is over 700 pages and includes dozens of embedded videos and dozens of audio clips. Most importantly, this book requires a fixed layout. I’m an Apple-based designer, so my InDesign exported ebooks...
What to do if my screen turns completely bright red in Adobe PhotoShop? Today, while working in Photoshop all of a sudden my artboard turned bright red. Why am I seeing a red screen in Photoshop? I’m still clueless why it happened, but I now know how to fix it. A bit of background on what I DID NOT do to cause this red screen in Photoshop. I did not click to fill my artboard with red.The...