“How to” blog posts about graphic design, web development, and software and tools that help designers and developers be productive.
If you're having issues getting a shared Google Calendar to show up or sync on your iPhone, here's the trick that worked for me. It's simple to fix. All you are missing is the Google Calendar Sync URL.
While cleaning up my Mac's desktop, I recently noticed a file name and extension that I didn't recognize. The thumbnail didn't register on my Apple Mac, and the name and the extension .AVIF weren't jogging my memory. Are you in this situation too? Then read on to learn how to quickly view this file type and convert it to your preferred image file type.
Sometimes Facebook's @tag doesn't work when you're trying to give photo credit, or other credits, on an upcoming post. If this happens, I've found this trick that works.
As a designer working in print publications, getting your quote marks correct is imperative for good typography. As a rule of thumb, in your print graphic designs, you always want to use the typographer’s quote, or the curly quote. Here's how to ensure you’re using the right quote marks in Adobe InDesign.
By default, WordPress menu settings are limited, and the options to see more are hidden. Here's where to look to find optional additional Menu property settings.
Sometimes a little digital clean-up is just what the doctor ordered. Today included tackling removing unneeded Google Chrome profiles.
In this scenario, I needed to record a virtual meeting that had a physical phone number call-in and a Teams login for sharing the presentation. Here's how I did it using Google Voice, Microsoft Teams and Quicktime.
Learn how to quickly be able to import webm video formats into Adobe Premiere on your Mac.
As a designer, I'm asked more than I'd like to admit if I can please send the PDF and the Word document for review. In this scenario, my designs typically come from Illustrator, InDesign, and sometimes are coded websites. But...did you know I always quickly (and easily) give my clients exactly what they asked for -- a PDF and a Word document. Here's how.
I've been using Photoshop for almost 25 years, so changes sometimes throw me for a loop. Recently, in my version 23.3.1 release, new documents stopped automatically sizing to what I had in my clipboard. Ugh. I find this a frustrating change! Fortunately, there's a way to get back the old functionality!