InDesign CS4: Top 10 New Features
Published By: Quark VS InDesign September 2008
Our favorite new features in InDesign CS4.
Credentials are one thing—everyone on your shortlist has them—but the best way to get to gauge the depth of a consultant's knowledge and ability is, well, it's to hire him or her. The second best way is to read the consultant's published works. I've written two books all by my lonesome, co-authored two other books, and written somewhere north of 250 articles published in many of the most respected industry publications and Websites.
InDesign Articles
Below are many of my recent articles from numerous publications on the topic of InDesign. More than how many years (many) or clients (more than 100) I've served as a consultant and trainer, my books and articles are my real credentials.
Click on titles to read the articles in their original publications.
New Spring 2009 Colors Debut; Download Exclusive Swatches Palette
Published By: Quark VS InDesign September 2008
As New York Fashion Week begins, Pantone once again releases the 10 hottest colors for the upcoming season. Download exclusive ready-to-use palettes of the Spring 2009 colors.
autofillPDF-Labels 1.0, Productivity Shortcut for Printing Labels/Business Cards in seconds
Published By: Quark VS InDesign August 2008
Worldlabel.com has released autofillPDF-labels, a collection of templates for printing labels.
Get Your Photoshop On — Inside InDesign!
Published By: Creativepro.com June 2008
InDesign CS3's new Effects panel gives you unprecedented artistic options. Find out how to make the most of them, and get a special discount on InDesign Magazine.
InDesign How-to: Fill Type with Artwork
Published By: Creativepro.com April 2008
Last week, we showed you how to fill text with images in QuarkXPress. This week, it's InDesign's turn.
New Fall 2008 Colors Debut; Download Exclusive Swatches Palette
Published By: Quark VS InDesign March 2008
Download exclusive ready-to-use palettes of the Fall 2008 colors as defined by Pantone.
Quark Releases Free Book on Using QuarkXPress 7 with Adobe Creative Suite 3
Published By: Quark VS InDesign December 2007
Quark Online Book Outlines How QuarkXPress 7 Can Be Integrated with Adobe Creative Suite 3 to Achieve Optimum Results
X-Rite Acquires Pantone
Published By: Quark VS InDesign October 2007
Color measurement and management innovator acquires the color authority
Discretionary Line Breaks
Published By: InDesignSecrets October 2007
There are so many new features in InDesign CS3 that it’s easy to lose track of some of them. One I’d like to draw your attention to is the new discretionary line break.
Like a discretionary hyphen, the discretionary line break (”DLB” from here on out) finesses where and how InDesign breaks a line of text [...]
Add Your Paragraph and Character Styles to All New InDesign Documents Automatically
Published By: Quark VS InDesign October 2007
Got paragraph and character styles you use frequently? Maybe you took our advice and created basic, global character styles for bold, italic, bold-italic, and regular...
Collect Images without Packaging
Published By: Quark VS InDesign October 2007
Using the Package feature of InDesign (File > Package) is the ideal way to close out a document...
InDesign CS3: Mastering Design Collaboration
Published By: Quark VS InDesign October 2007
Whether you need to collaborate with the person over the cube wall from you or across the planet, InDesign CS3 has several powerful ways to coordinate joint efforts among creatives. In this excerpt from the new book Mastering InDesign CS3 for Print Design and Production, author Pariah S. Burke will help you build an efficient, effective collaboration workflow.
Tab Leaders (Part 6): Tips and Tricks
Published By: InDesignSecrets September 2007
This is the last installment in the back-to-basics-and-on-to-advanced “Tab Leaders” series. If you’ve been following the series, we began by inserting tabs and dot leaders in columnar text (Part 1); moved on to formatting tab leaders differently than the text they separate (Part 2); created in-line, fill-in-the-blank-style tab spaces (Part 3); used the automated formatting [...]
Tab Leaders (Part 5): Fixed-Width Floating Tabs/Spacers
Published By: InDesignSecrets September 2007
Although I had planned to make part 5 the last in this series, a reader question prompted me to push the tips and tricks out a week and cover another topic this week.
After reading the first few “Tab Leaders” installments, reader Tom asked:
I would like to add words to a text frame and hit tab [...]
Tab Leaders (Part 4): Automatic Styling
Published By: InDesignSecrets September 2007
First, in part 1, we talked about separating columns of text with dot or other kinds of leaders. Next, in part 2, “Formatting Leaders,” we learned that tabs and their leaders can be styled like any other character, opening the possibilities of creative column separators. Last week part 3 focused on using custom text underlines [...]
Tab Leaders (Part 3): Fill-In Blanks in Paragraph Text
Published By: InDesignSecrets September 2007
In parts 1 and 2 of this series we discussed inserting and formatting tab leaders in columnar text. The process of separating columns of text is extremely straight forward: hit the TAB key on your keyboard, highlight the resulting tab character, and, using the Tabs Ruler palette (Text > Tabs in InDesign CS3 and Window [...]
Tab Leaders (Part 2): Formatting Leaders
Published By: InDesignSecrets August 2007
Last week in the first part of this back to basics series on tab leaders we discussed creating dotted tab leaders in the Tabs palette to separate columnar text. Now, let’s talk about formatting those leaders.
Tab leaders—dots, underscores, hyphens, smiley faces, whatever—inserted via the Tabs Ruler are automatically the same font and color as the [...]
Switching Between Preview and Normal Modes
Published By: Quark VS InDesign August 2007
With the new single column Tools panel in InDesign CS3, the separate buttons for Preview and Normal modes have become one button...
Underline Options Shortcut
Published By: Quark VS InDesign August 2007
Opening the Underline Options in InDesign means showing the Character palette/panel and selecting Underline Options from that panel’s flyout menu. It’s not very convenient or expediant...
Underline Options Shortcut
Published By: Quark VS InDesign August 2007
Opening the Underline Options in InDesign means showing the Character palette/panel and selecting Underline Options from that panel’s flyout menu. It’s not very convenient or expediant...
Tab Leaders (Part 1): Separating Columns of Text with Dots
Published By: InDesignSecrets August 2007
Way back in Podcast 25 listeners asked questions about underlining text and creating tab leaders. After hearing the same questions recently from colleagues, I thought the topic was worth revisiting.
Vanessa from Australia asked:
I have a name, address, and a company name. I want to follow each one of those with a dotted underline [...]
Change Typefaces without Using the Mouse
Published By: InDesignSecrets August 2007
Here’s a quick tip for changing the font of text quickly in all versions of InDesign and InCopy—and without ever touching the mouse.
Let’s begin by establishing two facts: First, CMD+T/CTRL+T opens or closes the Character panel/palette. Second, we know that typing into the Character panel’s Font Family field causes InDesign to try to match typed [...]
Photoshop and InDesign: So Happy Together
Published By: Creativepro.com June 2007
InDesign CS2 lets you turn layers and layer comps in a Photoshop image on and off. So what? So plenty! Here's how to use this capability to increase your production, layout, proofing, and file-management efficiency.
Zevrix Solutions Releases InPreflight 2 Public Beta for Adobe InDesign
Published By: Quark VS InDesign May 2007
The New Version Includes Powerful Document Packaging Abilities
Announcing Winners of Contest to Design Alternate Adobe Creative Suite 3 Icons
Published By: Quark VS InDesign May 2007
Winners from three different countries take home US$7,000 in prizes for designing alterate Adobe Creative Suite 3 application icons.
Download CS3 Replacement Icons
Published By: Quark VS InDesign May 2007
Download award-winning replacement icons for Adobe Creative Suite 3 and CS3 version applications.
Find/Change Objects and Attributes in InDesign CS3
Published By: InDesignSecrets March 2007
Among many exciting new and improved features in InDesign CS3, the totally re-imagined Find/Change function is among my favorite top five. The first time I opened the Find/Change dialog I was literally stunned into silence (shutting me up is not an easy task). What about it could possibly silence, even for a moment, this opinionated [...]
Resize Text and Text Frames in One Step
Published By: Quark VS InDesign March 2007
Ever want to resize text as well as the frame? Of course you do, from time to time...
Adobe Unveils 6 Creative Suite 3 Editions
Published By: Quark VS InDesign March 2007
New editions of Creative Suite target print, web, video, and gotta-have-it-all designers.
HumanEyes Debuts Turnkey 3D Lenticular Creation Solution for Designers
Published By: Quark VS InDesign March 2007
Designers create 3D with newly-shipping Creative3D; then post job to Creative Marketplace to get price & time quotes from lenticular printers
Zevrix Solutions Releases ArtOptimizer for Reducing Linked Image Size in Adobe Illustrator Documents
Published By: Quark VS InDesign March 2007
Zevrix Solutions today announced the release of ArtOptimizer, a workflow automation solution for reducing the size of images linked to Adobe Illustrator document.
Graphic Inspector 1.0 Release
Published By: Quark VS InDesign March 2007
Zevrix Solutions today announced the release of its new software Graphic Inspector, which provides extensive info about graphic files and helps locate potential problems according to user defined settings.
Atlantic Zeiser combines OMEGA Inkjet Systems with Phoseon RX Starfire UV Systems
Published By: Quark VS InDesign February 2007
Phoseon's water-cooled RX Starfire provides higher output and capacity for faster curing times, and is well suited for UV inkjet applications.
Extensis Ships Suitcase for Windows Professional Font Management for Workgroups and Single-Users
Published By: Quark VS InDesign February 2007
Extensis improves Windows-based font management and adds compatibility for Windows Vista.
Sort InDesign Menus Alphabetically
Published By: Quark VS InDesign February 2007
Sometimes you know the name of a command but just can’t seem to find it in the menu. Conveniently (quirkily?) InDesign allows you to re-order menu commands alphabetically...
Callas Software: pdfaPilot Takes Off as Command Line Module
Published By: Quark VS InDesign February 2007
Automatic PDF/A processing with pdfaPilot CLI The pdfaPilot of callas software, the innovative tool for thorough PDF/A verification, correction and conversion, will be offered as a command line module (CLI) from 01 March 2007. pdfaPilot comes in two different versions, one for pure validation and the other for validation as well as correction and conversion tasks. As a CLI module, pdfaPilot will allow an automatic PDF/A processing.
Callas Software Presents the New pdfInspektor4 CLI
Published By: Quark VS InDesign February 2007
The new pdfInspektor4 CLI—the command-line tool for automatic PDF processing in digital workflow systems—is not only fully compatible with Adobe Acrobat 8 now, but also contains a number of improvements which make it more effective, quicker and more reliable for the user to automatically process large amounts of incoming or existing PDF documents.
Change Measurement Systems on the Fly
Published By: InDesignSecrets February 2007
You probabaly already know that you can type into just about any of InDesign’s measurement fields a value based on any measurement system InDesign understands. For instance, if the document uses pica for measurement, you can still specify height, width, and numerous other values in inches by typing X in (for inches [also “ and [...]
Corel Introduces Corel Painter X
Published By: Quark VS InDesign February 2007
Next-Generation Art Studio Delivers a Natural Painting & Illustration Experience Unmatched by Any Other Software
Remove Text Frames from a Thread
Published By: Quark VS InDesign January 2007
Need to remove a text frame here and there without completely breaking the thread? Just delete the unwanted frame(s)...
Adobe to Release PDF for Industry Standardization
Published By: Quark VS InDesign January 2007
AIIM to Facilitate ISO Standards Process for Leading Electronic Document Format
Adobe Debuts Photoshop Lightroom 1.0
Published By: Quark VS InDesign January 2007
Over 500,000 Beta Testers Help Shape New Digital Photography Software
Quark VS InDesign.com Launches Contest to Design Alternate Adobe Creative Suite 3 Icons
Published By: Quark VS InDesign January 2007
Designers to present their visions of Adobe Creative Suite 3 applications in competition for an extensive prize chest. All entries to be compiled into a free library of alternate CS3 icons.
Unthread Text Frames
Published By: Quark VS InDesign January 2007
To unthread text frames without deleting the frames themselves, double-click the out port on the first frame (or the last frame you want to remain threaded in the story)...
Extensis Announces Suitcase for Windows Professional Font Management
Published By: Quark VS InDesign January 2007
Extensis improves Windows-based font management and adds Microsoft Vista compatibility.
Change the Preview Background Color
Published By: Quark VS InDesign January 2007
Not a fan of the light gray preview background? Change it...
Cisco Sues to Block Apple Use of iPhone Name
Published By: Quark VS InDesign January 2007
Tuesday Apple announced its iPhone iPod / cellular phone hybrid, but Cisco, owner of the iPhone trademark, alleges Apple didn't have the right do so, and has filed an injunction seeking to bar the Cupertino-based iPod innovator to cease calling its yet to be released device the iPhone.
Macworld Expo Attendees Want Less Buggy Software
Published By: Quark VS InDesign January 2007
Data collected in Extensis booth (#826) shows nearly half of visitors feel that technology companies should offer more stable products and that a majority of attendees are holding off on technology purchases for CS3 availability.
Apple Reinvents the Phone with iPhone
Published By: Quark VS InDesign January 2007
Apple today introduced iPhone, combining three products--a revolutionary mobile phone, a widescreen iPod with touch controls, and a breakthrough Internet communications device with desktop-class email, web browsing, searching and maps--into one small and lightweight handheld device.
Adobe and VeriSign to Transform Distribution of Rich Media Online
Published By: Quark VS InDesign January 2007
Companies to Enable Delivery of Flash Video For Media And Entertainment Companies
Drag N’ Drop Table Cell Colors
Published By: Quark VS InDesign January 2007
Selecting individual table cells can be a challenge for even the most nimble-wristed “Halo” master...
News Bites
Published By: Quark VS InDesign January 2007
Quick recaps of interesting news bites you might have missed over the holiday week.
Adobe Appoints Former Borland Exec to Senior VP of Worldwide Field Operations
Published By: Quark VS InDesign January 2007
Matthew Thompson to Head Adobe's Global Sales Organization
PressDisplay Now Available to EBSCO Customers Through Distribution Agreement with NewspaperDirect
Published By: Quark VS InDesign December 2006
PRESS RELEASE
Birningham, Alabama, U.S.A...
Managing Editor Inc. Releases AdForce 5
Published By: Quark VS InDesign December 2006
Latest version makes cost-effective electronic ad layout even easier.
Adobe Photoshop CS3 Goes Public (Beta)
Published By: Quark VS InDesign December 2006
The past nine months have seen an unprecedented level of disclosure from Adobe Systems, Inc. first with committing to a firm release date, sneaking a look at InDesign CS3, and today with the announcement of Photoshop CS3 as a public beta--the first in Adobe's history.
CS3 Ship Date Slips?
Published By: Quark VS InDesign December 2006
According to a Reuters news bulletin published moments ago, Adobe CEO Bruce Chizen refined his March 2006 promise to ship Creative Suite 3 in the 2nd Quarter of 2007...
Ugh! I Should Have Done That on a Master Page!
Published By: Quark VS InDesign December 2006
One of the really nice things about InDesign is its liberal policy of undo/redo. It invites experimentation...
Matching Portrait Head Sizes
Published By: InDesignSecrets December 2006
When laying out portraits or headshots close together, such as in a newspaper or magazine article or publications like membership directories and yearbooks, the golden rule is that all photo subjects’ heads should be the same size. In most cases regardless of background and pose, Fred’s head should be the same size as Themla’s, Daphne’s, [...]
Combine Multiple InDesign Documents
Published By: Quark VS InDesign November 2006
A frequent question is: How do I import or place one InDesign document into another to combine them?
Excellent question, but you don’t start from import or place...
Removing Parentheses from the Font Size Field
Published By: Quark VS InDesign November 2006
Yesterday we learned that, when a text frame is grouped with other objects and scaled, InDesign reflects both the original and scaled size of the type in the Font Size field...
Parentheses! In the Font Size Field?
Published By: Quark VS InDesign November 2006
Have you ever seen two values in the Font Size field—one embraced by parentheses? It could read something like “50 pt(24.85)”...
Quick Typeface Changes
Published By: Quark VS InDesign November 2006
When you first show the Character palette, the Font Family field is selected, with its contents highlighted...
Asymmetrical Column Guides
Published By: Quark VS InDesign November 2006
When you create column guides in either the New Document or Margins and Columns dialogs, InDesign evenly distributes the columns between the left and right or inside and outside margins, resulting in symmetrical columns...
Measurement Field Secrets
Published By: InDesignSecrets November 2006
A trio of (occasionally useful) tips for working with measurement fields to resize and transform type, frames, and other objects.
Resize, Move, and Transform by Percentage
Ever find yourself in need of cutting something down to half, doubling the size of type, or blowing up an image frame 319.2678%? (No, I don’t think I’ve done the last [...]
Transform Objects Just Once, Then Transform Again Automatically
Published By: Quark VS InDesign November 2006
Rotating, skewing, resizing. These are common tasks. When you must transform multiple objects the same way, say, scaling a page of image frames up to specific X and Y dimensions, it can be tedious...
New pdfToolbox2 Plug-Ins for Adobe Acrobat 8
Published By: Quark VS InDesign November 2006
pdfColorConvert, pdfCorrect, and pdfLayerMaker - well-known and established PDF tools by callas software for professional colour conversion, the correction of typical sources of printing errors, the creation of layers, and the optimization of PDF files - are now available for Adobe Acrobat Standard and Professional Version 8.
Apple Unveils New MacBook With Intel Core 2 Duo Processors
Published By: Quark VS InDesign November 2006
PRESS RELEASE
CUPERTINO, California—November 8, 2006—Apple® today unveiled its new line of MacBook™ consumer notebooks that now include Intel Core 2 Duo processors...
Adobe Announces Call for Entries to 2007 Adobe Design Achievement Awards
Published By: Quark VS InDesign November 2006
Premier Global Student Competition Recognizes the Best Student Work in Design, Film and Interactive Content for the Web; Expands to Include 30 Countries
PRESS RELEASE
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Nov...
Drag Scale Type ala Illustrator
Published By: Quark VS InDesign November 2006
Scaling type horizontally with the appropriate field on the Character or Control palettes is easy and precise, but not necessarily ideal when trying to scale to fit a particular space or when a more visual scaling is desired...
Adobe Extends Video Software Offerings with Acquisition of Serious Magic
Published By: Quark VS InDesign October 2006
PRESS RELEASE
Future Adobe Products Set to Gain from Integration of Award-Winning Video Technologies
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Oct...
Enfocus Products to Support Adobe Acrobat 8
Published By: Quark VS InDesign October 2006
PRESS RELEASE
Enfocus, an Artwork Systems brand, is readying its Adobe Acrobat 8 compatible versions of its full product line, including the industry’s most popular PDF plug-in, PitStop Professional...
Reset Preferences
Published By: Quark VS InDesign October 2006
InDesign crashing? Menus and palettes blank or out of sorts? Other strange flutterings from the butterfly? You might have corrupted preferences. Reset them...
Share Swatches Between CS2 Applications Without Recreating Them
Published By: InDesignSecrets October 2006
In Creative Suite 2 Adobe introduced the Adobe Swatch Exchange (.ASE) file format. With it, you can create custom swatch colors in InDesign, Illustrator, or Photoshop, and import them into the rest without having to manually recreate them. Among several ramifications, that means for print output pros fewer instances of the common problem of the [...]
Save InDesign Swatches for Other CS2 Applications
Published By: Quark VS InDesign October 2006
In Creative Suite 2 Adobe introduced the Adobe Swatch Exchange (.ASE) file format...
Pre-load Your Corporate Colors Into InDesign?s Swatches Palette
Published By: Quark VS InDesign October 2006
Everybody knows that creative productivity and efficiency is a huge interest of mine...
More Often Than Not, Changing InDesign Defaults
Published By: InDesignSecrets October 2006
While collaborating on the book Adobe InDesign CS/CS2 Breakthroughs, Anne-Marie wrote the following in an edition of her “DesignGeek” enewsletter: “To see ‘Blatner, David’ appear on my caller ID…was like seeing ‘Einstein, Albert’ was calling me…well if you’re a Quark or Adobe geek, that’s how it felt!”
Man, can I relate to that feeling! Here I [...]
Save It All Fast
Published By: Quark VS InDesign October 2006
CMD+S, CMD+W, CMD+S, CMD+W… It gets tedious if you have a number of documents open at once and you’re already running late for a dinner date. Save yourself some time and keystrokes...
Change Guide Colors
Published By: Quark VS InDesign September 2006
Need to adjust the color of your guides on the fly...
Hedging Against Converted File Corruption
Published By: Quark VS InDesign September 2006
I figured out this trick a couple of years ago with the InDesign CS2 beta...
Scale Strokes? Or Not
Published By: Quark VS InDesign September 2006
When scaling an object up or down, its stroke may end up looking too spindly or too thick in relation to the object if Scale Strokes is turned off...
Revise Paths with the Pencil Tool
Published By: Quark VS InDesign September 2006
Need to change the shape of a path? Click somewhere on the path with the Pencil tool, and begin drawing. The path will incorporate your revision.
This is also a gotcha...
Roundup: Adobe Releases New Acrobat 8, Acrobat Connect; Updates Camera RAW, Creative Suite; Dumps GoLive
Published By: Quark VS InDesign September 2006
Monday was a busy day for Adobe with announcements of new products, upgrades, and even potentially catastrophic security holes in PDF.
Adobe Drives Next Generation of Electronic Documents with Acrobat 8 Software
Published By: Quark VS InDesign September 2006
PRESS RELEASE
Product Line Goes Beyond Simple PDF Creation and Frees Knowledge Workers to Communicate and Collaborate with Confidence
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Sept...
New Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional Enhances Adobe Creative Suite 2.3
Published By: Quark VS InDesign September 2006
PRESS RELEASE
Adobe Creative Suite 2.3 Adds Essential Tools for Creating, Collaborating and Controlling Output of PDF Files; Now Ships with Dreamweaver 8
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Sept...
Adobe Expands Acrobat Family with New Acrobat Connect Product Line
Published By: Quark VS InDesign September 2006
PRESS RELEASE
New Hosted Service and On-Premise Solution Offers “Always-On” Personal Meeting Rooms
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Sept...
PDF Backdoors Discovered, Published; Acrobat, Reader Users At Risk for Malicious Payloads
Published By: Quark VS InDesign September 2006
British security researcher has discovered, proven, and published ways to use legitimate features of PDF files to deliver malicious code payloads and even search and retrieve data from any connected data source on a target computer.
Convert Bullets and Numbers to Stylable Text
Published By: Quark VS InDesign September 2006
If you’ve got bulleted and numbered lists but want more control over the appearance of the bullets or numbers, convert them to normal text...
Enfocus’ Free, Popular Enhancing Your PDF Workflow Seminar Series for Designers, Printers & Publishers Continue to be in Demand this Fall
Published By: Quark VS InDesign September 2006
PRESS RELEASE
Free Seminar Series Coming to Washington, D.C...
Enough Whining About the Adobe-Macromedia Merger
Published By: Quark VS InDesign May 2006
Recently, Quark VS InDesign.com reader Woz mentioned his concern over the Adobe-Macromedia merger because of an editorial he found on the blog Daring Fireball...
Adobe Acquires Trade and Technologies France
Published By: Quark VS InDesign April 2006
Acquisition Further Extends 3D Visualization and Collaboration Technology and Expertise for Manufacturing Industry
PRESS RELEASE
SAN JOSE, Calif...
On the Subject of MacTel Compatibility?
Published By: Quark VS InDesign April 2006
Apple: Jump. Apple Fans: Anything for you, Steve! Who do you want us to land on...
Adobe Dragging Its Feet with Intel-Macs? Not Quite.
Published By: Quark VS InDesign January 2006
Popping up on blogs and message boards is the postulation of the theory that Adobe and other software vendors have already had plenty of time to recompile their applications to Intel-Macs and are choosing to drag their feet...
Win Illustrator CS2 @Work
Published By: Quark VS InDesign December 2005
Win one of five signed copies of Pariah S. Burke’s acclaimed project-based book Adobe Illustrator CS2 @work in Creativepro.com’s weekly giveaway...
CreativePro Weekly Giveaway: InDesign CS2
Published By: Quark VS InDesign December 2005
Our friends over at CreativePro.com are giving away a copy of InDesign CS2 this week in their weekly giveaway. Already got InDesign CS2...
InBrief: Adobe, Formerly Macromedia
Published By: Quark VS InDesign December 2005
Latest news about the acquisition from around the world.
Links open in new windows...
Adobe-Macromedia Deal to Seal on Saturday
Published By: Quark VS InDesign December 2005
Tomorrow, smoothest software company acquisition in recent memory to close.
Following Friday’s confirmation of regulatory approval in all necessary jurisdictions, Adobe Systems, Inc...
Bruce Chizen on China, Apple, & Microsoft
Published By: Quark VS InDesign November 2005
In one of the year’s most focussed and informative software industry interviews, Silicon.com’s Tony Hallet talks Apple, Microsoft, and China with Adobe CEO Bruce Chizen...
It?s A Go!
Published By: Quark VS InDesign October 2005
U.S. Department of Justice gives the all clear to Adobe-Macromedia merger.
DOJ stamp of approval leaves few obstacles to merger...
Jupitermedia Launches Adobe LiveCycle Developer Center
Published By: Quark VS InDesign September 2005
New skills-based portal focuses on premier intelligent documents platform...
Passion Drives First Blog Network for Creative Pros
Published By: Quark VS InDesign September 2005
Press Release
Designorati is building a 360-degree view of the creative world while revolutionizing the blogging revolution.
PORTLAND, Ore.—22 Sept., 2005—Designorati...
Adobe Hosts Publishing Expo for Creative Professionals, IT Managers and Print Professionals
Published By: Quark VS InDesign September 2005
Day-Long Conference Focuses on Enhancing Publishing and Creative Workflows; Expo Showcases Industry Leaders and the Latest Publishing Tools and Technologies
Press Release
SAN JOSE, Calif...
Macromedia CEO Tells IDB Adobe Merger a Good Thing
Published By: Quark VS InDesign July 2005
In a recent interview with Investors Business Daily, Stephen Elop, CEO of Macromedia, expressed confident optimism about the Adobe-Macromedia merger, the DOJ investigation, and customer reactions...
QuarkXPress 7.0 From the Inside
Published By: Quark VS InDesign July 2005
Will XPress 7.0 be the upgrade that puts Quark back on top? CreativePro.com's Gene Gable spent two days at Quark's Denver headquarters to find out and emerged with a cautiously optimistic exclusive report that delves deeper into what Quark has let out of the bag so far--and hints at a few things they haven't.
Who?s Watching the Adobe-Macromedia Merger?
Published By: Quark VS InDesign July 2005
As Adobe and Macromedia await word of DOJ rulings on the impending merger and what will become of the companies' competitive products, both move forward with stockholder votes. But if applications--DreamWeaver, GoLive, FreeHand, FireWorks, or Homesite--have to sell, who is likely to buy?
CreativePro Giving Away CreativeSuite 2
Published By: Quark VS InDesign July 2005
Over at CreativePro.com, the current weekly contest prize is a copy of Adobe CreativeSuite 2 Premium Edition...
Shareholder Sues Adobe Over Macromedia Acquisition
Published By: Quark VS InDesign June 2005
Adobe shareholder claims announcement to buy Macromedia breached fiduciary duty to shareholders.
Publish...
Adobe to Acquire Macromedia
Published By: Quark VS InDesign April 2005
Combined Company to Deliver Industry-Defining Technology Platform for Rich, Interactive Content
Press Release
Adobe to acquire arch rival and web developement software leader Macromedia
SAN JOSE, Calif...
NAPP Launches CS2 Learning Center
Published By: Quark VS InDesign April 2005
National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP) launches the Photoshop CS2 Learning Center—the most comprehensive look at Adobe Photoshop CS2 available anywhere
Cover of special all Photoshop CS2 edition of Photoshop User
Today NAPP announced the launch of the Photoshop CS2 Learning Center...
Every New Photoshop CS2 Feature
Published By: Quark VS InDesign April 2005
Photoshop CS2 Complete Features Lists
Since this is Quark VS InDesign.com, we’re leaving the heavy Photoshop CS2 news to our sister sites, The Design Weblog and The (Unofficial) Photoshop Weblog...
Adobe Announces InDesign CS2
Published By: Quark VS InDesign April 2005
New Version Builds on Market Momentum with Expanded Creative Options, Improved Productivity, and Superior Integration for Wider Range of Workflow and Design Needs
Press Release
Adobe announces InDesign CS2
SAN JOSE, Calif...
Adobe Announces Illustrator CS2
Published By: Quark VS InDesign April 2005
Designers to Rediscover the Power of Vector Graphics with Adobe Illustrator CS2 New Version Delivers Breakthrough Creative Tools Along with Advanced SVG-t Support for Developing Mobile Content
Press Release
Adobe announces Illustrator CS2
SAN JOSE, Calif...
Adobe Announces Photoshop CS2
Published By: Quark VS InDesign April 2005
Adobe Pushes the Boundaries of Digital Photography and Imaging with Debut of Photoshop CS2 New Vanishing Point Feature, Dramatic Camera Raw Workflow Enhancements, Customizable Menus and Smart Objects Headline Milestone Photoshop Upgrade
Press Release
Adobe announces Photoshop CS2
SAN JOSE, Calif...
Adobe Introduces Creative Suite 2
Published By: Quark VS InDesign April 2005
Adobe Accelerates Print, Web and Mobile Publishing Workflows With Introduction of Adobe Creative Suite 2 Adobe’s Complete Design and Publishing Environment Integrates New Adobe Stock Photos Service, Introduces Adobe Bridge and Enhanced Version Cue CS2
Press Release
Adobe announces Creative Suite 2
SAN JOSE, Calif...
Creative Suite 2 Announced
Published By: Quark VS InDesign April 2005
Initial Pricing and Shipping Information
Creative Suite 2 Announced
Following the accidental early posting of the press release announcing Photoshop CS2, which hinted at coinciding announcements about new versions of Adobe’s InDesign, Illustrator, GoLive, InCopy, and the Creative Suite itself, Adobe officially announced the new versions at midnight Eastern Time...
Photoshop CS2 Details Leaked; Creative Suite 2 To Announce Monday
Published By: Quark VS InDesign March 2005
This past weekend someone at Adobe accidentally posted the press release announcing, and detailing the new features of, Photoshop CS2. The early posting did not go unnoticed...
JPEG2000 and JPF Files: What, When, and How
Published By: Quark VS InDesign February 2005
JPG isn’t cutting it any more, so what is a JPF file and how do you use it?
What is a .JPF file...
New Report Profiles Graphics Industry
Published By: Quark VS InDesign February 2005
New TWGA report: Printers not optimistic, book publishing down, stock photography purchase up, and U.S. graphic firms number 50,000...
Adobe Promotes Shantanu Narayen to President and COO
Published By: Quark VS InDesign January 2005
Shantanu Narayen, Adobe Systems, Inc...
Acrobat 7 Pro, An Eye On Creative Pros
Published By: Quark VS InDesign January 2005
Adobe announced yesterday the immediate availability of Acrobat 7, including Standard, Professional, and the license-only Elements...
Adobe Shares What Happens In Vegas With The World
Published By: Quark VS InDesign November 2004
Adobe Shares What Happens In Vegas With The World.—The Design Weblog—design.weblogsinc.com
Today Adobe announced Acrobat 7...
Adobe Drives the VDP Bandwagon with New VDP Resource Center
Published By: Quark VS InDesign October 2004
Coinciding with Creo’s debut at Graph Expo 2004 of the Darwin Variable Information plug-in suite for InDesign CS, Adobe announced today the launch of the Adobe Variable Data Publishing (VDP) Resource Center, an educational resource for creative professionals, marketing departments and print service providers that aims to kick-start the adoption and implementation of VDP solutions...
New Spring 2005 Colors Debut; Download Exclusive Swatches Palette
Published By: Quark VS InDesign October 2004
Any good graphic designer knows the new, hip graphic and industrial design colors are dictated by the fashion world. Last night the fashion world proclaimed the colors for Spring 2005...
Putting 40,000 Readers, One by One, on a Cover
Published By: Quark VS InDesign April 2004
Variable Data Publishing (VDP) proof-of-concept puts a satellite photo of all 40,000 subscribers’ neighborhood on their individual copies of Reason magazine...