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InDesign Transparency: No Longer the Forbidden Fruit
How-Tos: Written by Mordy Golding Renee Dustman on April 28, 2008
With this advice, you can reap the rewards of transparency and never hear those dreaded words, "It won't print!"
Illustrator How-to: This Technique is a Real Knockout
How-Tos: Written by Mordy Golding on April 14, 2008
Thanks to the Knockout Group checkbox in the Transparency panel, you can accomplish the seemingly impossible in Illustrator.
Add Strokes to Placed Images in Illustrator
How-Tos: Written by Mordy Golding on January 21, 2008
Because placed images in Illustrators aren't vector shapes, you have to know these insider tricks if you want to apply a stroke, or keyline, around the images.
Round Corners Quickly in Illustrator
How-Tos: Written by Mordy Golding on December 7, 2007
With this how-to, a free corner style library, and a free Action, you can round one, two, three, or four corners in no time.
Make Illustrator Behave!
How-Tos: Written by Mordy Golding on November 5, 2007
Yesterday, you resized an Illustrator text frame and the text reflowed, staying the same size. Today, you enlarged an Illustrator text frame and the text grew right along with it. How do you force Illustrator to act the way you want it to?
Understanding Illustrator's 9-Slice Scaling
How-Tos: Written by Mordy Golding on August 17, 2007
What is it? How do you use it? And is this new feature good for print or the Web?
Illustrator How-To: Quick Tips for Great Results
How-Tos: Written by Mordy Golding on June 6, 2007
Looking for the best ways to make hanging indents, place multiple images at once, or customize views of your Illustrator files? You've come to the right place!
Review: Adobe Illustrator CS3
Reviews: Written by Mordy Golding on April 18, 2007
The new Illustrator is faster, flashier, and more colorful, yes. But is it worth the upgrade? Read on to find out.
Illustrator Q and A's
Features: Written by Mordy Golding on March 26, 2007
Want to snap to guides accurately, or anti-alias only one of many objects in your document? We've got your answers.
Illustrator How-To: White Overprint Gotchas
How-Tos: Written by Mordy Golding on February 14, 2007
You know that white shouldn't be set to overprint. But what about objects that already had the overprint, and later were changed from black to white? They can cause real trouble. Here's how to find 'em and fix 'em.
Illustrator How-To: Retain Spot Colors without Losing Your Marbles
How-Tos: Written by Mordy Golding on January 19, 2007
Are you using Photoshop to create something with both transparency effects and spot colors? You may be better off with Illustrator instead.