As a graphic designer, using high-resolution images for print designs is crucial. As an Adobe Creative Suite user, I’ve traditionally used PhotoShop to enlarge images or change resolution settings (DPI—dots per inch). Enlargements are one area where I find using AI practical, helpful, and time-saving in my design workflow. Favorite Online Image Enlargers that use AI (and are FREE!) Recently, I’ve started using new free online image resizing tools to increase the resolution of images. Here’s a list of my favorites and some feedback on usage. iLoveIMG Upscale iLoveIMG’s Upscale tool was fast and ..read more

A popular social media post type is the carousel. Carousels are quite easy to create on Facebook and Instagram but not as easy on LinkedIn. How to create a carousel post on LinkedIn Learn how to create the carousel post on LinkedIn. It takes a few extra steps to create carousels on LinkedIn, and this is a barrier that makes the carousel post type underutilized. That means the carousel post type is an opportunity for you! First, remember that LinkedIn’s posts are best created as square posts, so a post with a 1:1 ratio is best. Follow LinkedIn’s suggestions to create files at 1200 x 1200 pixels ..read more

Learn how to use Adobe Acrobat Pro, Adobe Reader or Mac Preview to save copies of your password protected PDFs that no longer require a password. Want to follow along and test this out yourself? You can download this password-protected PDF. The password is designer. The post Resave Password Protected PDFs on a Mac appeared first on Designer to Full Stack ..read more

If you’re reading this post, then you’re likely seeing the red WordPress error box reading, “Updating failed. The response is not a valid JSON response.” Not a valid JSON response Sadly, this error could be many, many things. Resave Permalinks In your troubleshooting, the first and easiest step to try is resaving your permalinks. To do so, simply navigate to Settings > Permalinks. You don’t need to change any settings; just click Save Changes. Many report that this resaving fixes the issue; however, this did not solve my Updating Failed error. Resave the permalinks in WordPress I found thi ..read more

In this article, you will learn how to automate superscripting the letter portion of 1st, 2nd, 3rd etc in your InDesign document using Find/Change and GREP. As a developer, I always think about reducing repetition (DRY, anyone?). So, not surprisingly, when tasked with a repetitive styling task in an Adobe InDesign manuscript, I’m quick to use Find/Change, specifically the GREP tab options. Recently, I needed to search a 700+ page InDesign document for any time 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 100th, 59th, etc was included and to change the letter formatting to superscript. This task is perfect for programm ..read more

The issue: in 2024, when I went back to update older posts on ArtsandBricks.com to make updates, many posts would error and not save. When I clicked “Update,” a red bar across the top of the page would appear that read, “Updating failed. Could not insert post into the database.” The Arts and Bricks blog is hosted by WPMU DEV, which has excellent support; their team will help you troubleshoot anything WordPress-related (WOW)! When I shared my issue, the support team returned with, “We manually edited the post and re-saved it, and it worked; it means the issue is not the post or the _post table ..read more

If you’ve ever run into the issue that the <a href> wrapping an image isn’t the same height or width as the image it’s wrapping, you can often fix this discrepancy with simple CSS. The CSS that will likely help you make the link fit the same size as the image is to make the link display: block. In this code snippet, you can see I’m using the class .block to apply display:block. <a >href=""> <img src="" /> </a> a.block { display: block; } Happy Coding! The post Fixing the size of the a href to match with an image appeared first on Designer to Full Stack ..read more

Why Grammarly first won me over I’m a “Ruby Gem” in Dani Johnson’s GEMS personality test, which means I’m naturally competitive with others and myself. Being naturally competitive, Grammarly’s “gameifying” of my weekly writing comparisons with others using the app motivates me. I appreciate the statistics and comparison for my improvement areas, writing productivity, mastery, vocabulary usage, and the encouraging sentiments I’m shown. Grammarly is helping me improve my writing. Example of Grammarly’s Weekly Updates. The score comparison activates my competitiveness and makes me work harder to ..read more

The primary reason to use a domain redirect is to improve user experience and customer satisfaction. Well-designed user experiences work behind the scenes, with the design details often going unnoticed by the end user. Domain redirects can be essential to customer satisfaction and positively reinforce a good user experience. Here are scenarios where this plays out. 6 Reasons to use a domain redirect in your online strategy The following list of reasons explains why establishing domain redirects for your website domain makes sense for your organization. Create domain redirects for all alternat ..read more

In 2023, Adobe Camera Raw’s user interface changed significantly. This can make it hard to follow along with tutorials recorded before the updates. Here are a few tips and tricks that may help you find moved tools and options. How do you open multiple images simultaneously in Adobe Camera Raw (2023)? The secret is you need to select multiple images at the same time to open them in Film Strip view and see them at the same time. There are two easy ways to do this. Select all images from your Finder window, right-click, and choose Open With > Adobe Photoshop. This allows multiple images to op ..read more