Design Tools Weekly
By Jeff Gamet & Jay Nelson
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Podcast Description
Design Tools Weekly hosts Jay Nelson and Jeff Gamet summarize the industry news, software, tips, and bug fixes that matter to designers everywhere.
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July 26, 2010 | QuarkXPress Free for Educators New Federal Guidelines On Internships Drive Genius 3 Adds 64-bit, RAID Support Droffett 1.0.7 Try YouTube for Application Videos Tips: • Find More Info in InDesign's Find Font • Delete Items with Any Tool in QuarkXPress • Recall Selections in Photoshop | 7/26/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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July 12, 2010 | Apple More Valuable than Microsoft: Story & Chart Pantone Plus Quark's New Maintenance Program Offers Free Upgrades HTML5 Pack for Dreamweaver CS5 HP's Billion-color 30-inch Display Tips: • Quickly Lock Your Screen • The Escape Key is Your Friend | 7/12/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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June 21, 2010 | Adobe vs. Apple: the Flash Fight MacBook Pro Gets Performance, Battery Boost Quark Acquires Gluon Reviews of Adobe Creative Suite 5 at Macworld.com: • InDesign • Photoshop • Bridge CS5 Photoshop CS5: The Missing Manual Fastest Desktop Hard Drive: Ci Design's iStoragePro iT1 Dock 2TB 2010 Webby Awards MyFontBook.com Tips: • Take Advantage of Document Tabs • Copy & Paste Files in OS X • Drag Proxy to Desktop | 6/21/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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June 7, 2010 | Quark Launches "Flash Magic" Website FontExplorer X Pro 2.5 GlassMats Convert SWF and Flash Video to Other Formats Best Practices for Photographers Tips: • Adobe Reader as Presentation Tool • Use InDesign Libraries for Page Guides • Crop Two Images to Same Size | 6/8/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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April 19, 2010 | Adobe Creative Suite 5 Revealed New Features in InDesign CS5 Version Cue: No More QuarkXPress 8: Three Times Faster Free eSeminars on Creating Flash in QuarkXPress 8 New MacBook Pros: 10-hour Battery Life Pantone Lowers Prices on Goe Products Free Photoshop Plug-ins from OnOne Software Celebrate InDesign's 10th Anniversary Logorama! | 4/21/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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February 1, 2010 | We gush over Apple's new iPad Apple's new iBookstore's effect on design Quark responds to Adobe's dropping "print provider support" X-Rite's ColorChecker Passport--More Accurate Capture and Correction TypeBook Creator 2 adds Font Energy Evaluator Backgrounds and Color Palettes for Twitter with Themeleon Tips: • The Easiest Way to Grab All Images from a Website (File Juicer) • Add Headers and Footers in Acrobat • InDesign Tip: Control Which File Stays Open When Saving Copies • Undo Saves in Photoshop | 2/1/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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December 21, 2009 | Belkin FireWire hub Keynamics' Aviator Card-it Business Card Punch Helvetica (the movie) DVD Fonts from www.FontSite.com Sanyo's Eneloop Rechargeable Batteries Pantone iPod cases CreativePro.com's list of decidedly more quirky and visual gifts | 12/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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December 14, 2009 | Pantone-colored USB Flash drives House Industries' Letters & Ligatures pillows and tote bags; kitchen cutting blocks shaped like an ampersand Lightscoop (enter the code LESA at checkout for 25% off!) Apple's Magic Mouse NewerTech Voyager Q FireWire 800/400/USB 2.0/eSATA SATA I/II Hard Drive Dock myPantone guide for iPhone Tintbook set CreativePro.com's list of decidedly more quirky and visual gifts | 12/14/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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December 7, 2009 | Epson's PictureMate Charm MyBook Collection kit Acratech's Viewing Angle Gauge Epson's Workforce 610 Color Inkjet All-in-One Printer Pantone Top 100 colors guide book Galaxy Client Communication Set Elgato's EyeTV 250 Plus Digital/Analog TV Receiver and Video Converter Seagate FreeAgent 2.5-inch external hard drive Wacom's Bamboo Pen & Touch tablet CreativePro.com's list of decidedly more quirky and visual gifts | 12/7/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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November 23, 2009 | Thermal Pad Keeps Your Laptop Cool LittleSnapper has Big Features An Excellent Noise Reducer Output Raster Images of QuarkXPress Pages Tricks for Working with Office 2008 files Tips: • Where's the Rounded Rectangle Tool? • Keep Commenting Tools Selected • Reposition a Frame as You Draw It • Save Multiple Clone Sources | 11/23/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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November 16, 2009 | Snow Leopard Now Mostly Safe 20 Years of Creative Business Eye-Fi Pro Now Supports Raw files TypeStyler Comes to Mac OS X Print Just a Selection in QuarkXPress 8.1 Convert Illustrator or Photoshop Shapes to Native QuarkXPress Items Tips: • Avoid Transparency Issues in InDesign • The Hidden Path Bar • Drag Proxies to Open/Save Dialogs | 11/16/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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November 9, 2009 | Apple Updates Mac mini Apple Intros Mac mini with Snow Leopard Server New iMacs Have 21.5 and 27-inch Displays Magic Mouse: Apple's New Multitouch Mouse How Those Advanced OpenType Font Features Work The Best Online Backup Service Tips: • Preview Separations in InDesign • Match Color in Two Images • Dress Up Your Desktop for Free | 11/9/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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November 2, 2009 | Windows 7 Arrives "Is Snow Leopard Ready for Prime Time for InDesign Users?" New Airport Base Station Improves Range New Time Capsule Improves Snow Leopard Support CreativeTechs Free Live Seminars PitStop Pro 09 Adds Global Changes, Customization Tips: • Hide Edges Really Helps • Protect Transparent Pixels • Painting "Behind" • Peruse the Best of the Web | 11/2/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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October 26, 2009 | Hold Off on Snow Leopard Ikea and Verdana vs. Designers Font Problems in Snow Leopard When "Adobe PDF" Printer Stops Working… Affordable Photoshop FontExplorer X Pro Server Now $999 Tips: • See Document History in InDesign • Email Long URLs • Reset Misbehaving Photoshop Tools • Larger Comments in Acrobat | 10/26/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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October 19, 2009 | Fax for Free Online Recover Photos from Memory Cards Simple Online Billing Map Resources Now in Any Format FontGenius Identifies Fonts in Photos Print Font Catalogs from InDesign Tips: • Background Eraser Tip • Hide the Non-printing Items in InDesign • Stop Text from Jumping When Wrapping | 10/19/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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October 12, 2009 | Test Windows Browsers on Your Mac Easy Web File Sharing with Dropbox Pro Skype 2.8 Adds Screen Sharing RealVue3D for 3D Print Simulation Convert Microsoft Publisher Files to InDesign Tips: • CSS Troubleshooting Help • Font Replacement Tips • Edge Feather Preview • Check Your Website's Colors for Contrast | 10/12/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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October 5, 2009 | QuarkXPress 7 and Adobe CS3 Not Officially Supported in Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard or Windows 7 -- we give some advice Study Slams Third-party Toner Cartridges A Simpler System for Paper Weight An Excellent Business Guide The Tiniest USB Drive USB Flash Drive with Public and Private Areas PDFpen 4.2.1 Tips: • Option-Transform in Photoshop • Best Image Format for Microsoft Office | 10/5/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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September 28, 2009 | GridIron Flow Will Change Your World Jay Nelson's review of GridIron Flow Epson Stylus Pro 3880 Wows Designers TextStitch: Easier Threading of Text Frames in InDesign Website: Your Logo Makes Me Barf Institute of Newspaper Technology Tips: • Share Color Management Settings in Adobe's Creative Suite | 9/28/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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September 21, 2009 | Mac OS 10.6 Snow Leopard: Upgrade Disasters for Designers Apple's Snow Leopard Printer and Scanner Compatibility List Acrobat 8/9 PDF Printer Broken in Snow Leopard Everything Looks Darker in Snow Leopard QuarkXPress 8.12 Updater and Snow Leopard Adobe Ends PowerPC Support 50% Off at Lynda.com Free Halloween Fonts, Sounds & Graphics: SinisterFonts, CreativePro Tips: • Select Though Stacked Objects in InDesign & QuarkXPress • Trick for Replacing Pages in Acrobat 9 | 9/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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August 31, 2009 | Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Launch Report Snow Leopard Application CompatibilityWeb site Apple's Snow Leopard Application Compatibility List Apple's Snow Leopard Printer and Scanner Compatibility List | 8/31/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 20 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
Great information
These guys are obviously professionals in the design and graphics software, and have useful information that is not generally available in one place. Certainly worth listening to on a regular basis. Thanks
Stay Tuned!!
These guys keep me update on everything for my graphics small business. I love listening to their podcasts because I'm always looking forward to next weeks new products and cool stuff!! :)
Awesome!!
If your a Graphic Designer or are interested in design info you should subscribe to this podcast! Great info to keep up on software, techniques and industry news. I plan on subscribing to their newsletter in the future too when I get finances in better shape.
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