Improve The Way You Work With These InDesign and Creative Suite Tips and Links.
This page is an index to timely, short articles as well as links to online resources to help InDesign users do their jobs just a bit easier. It's always under construction so if you have a favorite site you think should be listed here, by all means send me an email.
You have may have noticed that the informational pages on my site, such as this one, contain some advertising. There's two purposes for this. First, the small commissions that I receive help offset the cost of the maintaing this site, and secondly, I strongly believe in the companies you'll see ads for.
Those companies—Amazon, Adobe, and Lynda.com—are all companies that I presently do business with and I highly recommmend them for their pricing and the quality of their products.
InDesign and Creative Suite Articles
- InDesign CS5.5 Top Five New Features
- Despite being aimed squarely at electronic publishing, this intermediate release has something for everyone. My favorites are listed here.
- InDesign CS5 Top Ten New Features
- Every version of InDesign adds new and exciting features. Here's my top ten.
- InDesign CS4 Top Ten New Features
- Still on CS3 or earlier? Read this to find out what CS5 builds on.
- Ten Quick Tips for InDesign Users
- Want to work a bit faster? This should help you speed up some common tasks.
- Which Adobe software should you buy?
- The choices can be confusing. This article attempts to clarify the choices a bit.
- InDesign Preflight Tips
- A quick guide to troubleshooting files BEFORE they go to press.
- InDesign and Creative Suite Software and Book Recommendations
- With so many books and software applications on the market, which ones are right for you? This page lists my favorites.
There's more to come so please visit often. To read some of my other tips, please visit InDesign Secrets to read my blog entries along with those of other top InDesign experts.
Recommended Resources
- Adobe User to User Forums
- Top experts will answer almost any question you have about Adobe software. Registration is required but free.
- Dropbox
- Easily syncs files on all of your computers almost instantly and FREE. Sign up with the link above and get a 250 megabyte storage bonus.
- From Design Into Print
- Sandee Cohen discusses the ins and outs of getting your designs to print the way you intend them to.
- Gilbert Consulting
- Keith Gilbert's tips and techniques blog.
- Gurus Unleashed
- Pariah Burke scours the web to bring you the best creative pro news.
- The InDesigner
- Michael Murphy's excellent video podcasts are a must for all InDesign users.
- InDesign Secrets
- The number one spot on the web for information about InDesign.
- InDesign Snippets
- Blog of Marijan Tompa with scripts, techniques and useful links.
- Indiscripts
- The home InDesign scripter Marc Autret
- Instant InDesign
- Gabriel Powell's blog focusing on automation. A wealth of information on EPUB.
- JetSet Communications
- Numerous downloadable articles and useful information. Keyboard shortcut posters, grep codes, and much more.
- Johannes Henseler's DPS blog
- Great tips and tricks for anyone using Adobe's Digital Publishing Suite
- Loïc Aigon
- Nice collection of InDesign scripts. Many free
- Lynda.com
- The best place on the web for video training. Subscriptions start at $25/month and clicking on the above link with give you a FREE seven day tryout.
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- Peter Kahrel
- A large number of free InDesign scripts.
- ProficioGrafik
- All around expert JC Tremblay's blog about all things Adobe.
- Publicious.net
- My fellow InDesign Secrets contributor Mike Rankin takes a look at the light side of publishing.
- Quark vs InDesign
- Pariah Burke's blog with the blow by blow of the ten-year competition between the page layout giants.
- Real World Illustrator
- Designers don't live by InDesign alone. Visit Mordy Golding's blog to learn about all things Illustrator.
- Tutorial Lounge
- Links to tutorials all over the web
- Thomas Silkjær
- Free InDesign scripts
- Vector Tuts+
- A treasure trove of Illustrator and InDesign tutorials.
