Creative Progression

Possible Causes of Slow InDesign Performance—And How to Resolve Them

Paul Erdman — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 21:56:33 +0000

I recently participated in a discussion on the Linked-In InDesign Group concerning slow InDesign performance. I wrote a response there based on my own experiences, and then I learned a few things from other writers as well; one tip in particular I wish to share here. I’m rewriting my post from the group here, and …

InDesign to MS Word

Paul Erdman — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:21:56 +0000

I’ve written a couple articles about importing content from MS Office into InDesign. But what about going the other way? I was recently asked to do this for a client and had to struggle a bit to find the most effective way to accomplish the task. I found limited resources on the Internet, so I …

Photoshop Save for Web: JPG, GIF, or PNG?

Paul Erdman — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 02:38:09 +0000

Toward the end of my Photoshop classes we cover saving images for web, and I tell a not-so-amusing anecdote of how someone lost a design gig because they did not know the proper uses of JPGs vs. GIFs and PNGs. In that particular case, the client needed a very small file size web graphic that …

Update to the CS5.5 Book Page Numbering Bug (Still no fix, but additional workarounds posted)

Paul Erdman — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 19:03:03 +0000

This post is a follow-up to my original article concerning the infamous Book Page Numbering Bug. It was recently brought to my attention that, while I had attempted to keep my post from 6 months ago up to date with updates and responses to many comments, it was becoming rather dated. So today I once again …

New Site Navigation, Search, Subscription

Paul Erdman — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 19:20:31 +0000

I’m happy to announce several improvements to the site today, including improved navigation, search, and subscription widgets! Category-based navigation: I’ve removed the old tag cloud widget and created a new category structure for all articles. The new category navigation widget shows only the important article categories and omits categories like “Administrative” (which would include posts …