Adobe released new apps, along with new features in existing apps, on November 4. Although many apps got updated, we are going to primarily focus on Adobe® Photoshop®, Adobe® Illustrator® and Adobe® InDesign®. While there are a lot of new features and enhancements, I recommend waiting to update your apps until there is some time to identify and work-out any bugs, if needed. What’s New in Photoshop (Desktop) New features include: Cloud Documents, Improved Presets, New Object Selection Tool, Improved… READ The post What’s New in Adobe Creative Cloud appeared first on Ripon Printers ..read more

Serif launched Affinity Designer in October 2014, Affinity Photo in July 2015 and, most recently, Affinity Publisher in June 2019. I downloaded Affinity Publisher, which costs $49.99 (one-time cost, not a subscription). I was really impressed with the performance and features, especially since it’s their first version. Although I have not spent a lot of time using and testing Affinity Publisher, my initial reaction is that it’s a great option for anyone using either Microsoft Publisher or a non Creative… READ The post New Affinity Publisher Is Worth a Look appeared first on Ripon Printers ..read more

Every year I attend the InDesign Conference, which is part of Creative Pro Week. In the past, I would write a blog post after the event highlighting the various sessions I attended and what I learned. This year I thought I would write before the event, which, is being held in Seattle from Monday, June 10 through Friday, June 14. My intention is simple: to encourage you to attend this fantastic professional event. It’s such a great opportunity to not… READ The post My Pitch for Creative Pro Week 2019 appeared first on Ripon Printers ..read more

The October 2018 release of Adobe InDesign introduced a new feature called Adjust Layout. You can use this feature to adjust the page size, margins and bleed along with text and other page items.  Adjust Layout You will find Adjust Layout in several places, but let’s start with the File menu. When you choose Adjust Layout from the File menu, the following dialog box will open: Page Size In this example, we are adjusting the page size from 8.5 in.… READ The post Adjusting Page Size, Margins and Bleed appeared first on Ripon Printers ..read more

Laurie Ruhlin, Adobe Certified Instructor joined us at our Quarterly User Group Meeting. She spoke earlier this year to a packed room and received rave reviews. This meeting was no different. We had another very full session, and Laurie covered InDesign Tips and Tricks that included: Borders and shading Numbering and bullets Book feature Image tricks I had the pleasure of complementing Laurie’s presentation with what participants said was highly informative information they could use right now. The key topics of… READ The post The Bad News: You Missed Our Quarterly User Group Meeting. The Good ..read more

I recently flew to New Orleans to attend CreativePro Week, an event I look forward to with much anticipation. Beginning last year, the event’s management combined the InDesign Conference with the Photoshop + Illustrator Conference and Printing and ePublishing (PePcon) for an entire week of learning. The sessions were great, offering a huge variety of topics. And while I learned some new tips, the real benefit for me is meeting with industry leaders including members of the Adobe InDesign team. It’s… READ The post Insights from CreativePro Week 2018 appeared first on Ripon Printers ..read more

Well, of course, we hope you didn’t. But we had a great Quarterly User Group Meeting on March 15, and I want to share some of the key items we discussed. First, we looked at several TechLines including: “Getting it Right, Right from the Start, Preflighting, and Exporting a PDF.” Visit our Technical Guides Page to download our TechLines documents. I’m sure you’ll find these and many others helpful. We also looked at how you can use GREP in both Find/Change and in Paragraph Styles. A… READ The post In Case You Had a Flat Tire on the Way to the User Group Meeting… appeared first on Ripon Printers ..read more

The latest release of InDesign has some great new features including: Support for Endnotes, Paragraph Borders, Text Management in Creative Cloud Libraries, Font Filtering, the ability to find similar fonts and better HTML Export. But there is one feature in particular I want to focus on, and it’s Object Styles enhancements. You can now set or modify an object’s size or position. Being able to specify an object’s size and position makes it much easier to execute global changes throughout your… READ The post InDesign CC (2018) Object Style Enhancements appeared first on Ripon Printers ..read more

I recently helped a customer create an index that contains over 3,500 part numbers. The part numbers are 4–6 digits in length and may or may not contain a letter. Here’s how we accomplished the task. The first step was to create a GREP statement in the Find / Change dialog box to assign a Character style to the part numbers. Then we used a JavaScript to add the Character style (Part Number) to the Index panel. Here is the GREP statement entered into… READ The post Creating an Index Using GREP and a JavaScript appeared first on Ripon Printers ..read more

At our last quarterly Customer User Group, Keith Gilbert showed us some very useful scripts for InDesign. A script can be as simple as an automated task or as complex as an entire new feature. You can create your own scripts, and you can run scripts that other people have created.  How to Load a Script: 1. Open InDesign, then open the Scripts panel  (Window > Utilities > Scripts). 2. Right click on the User Folder in the panel and choose… READ The post Automating InDesign with Scripts appeared first on Ripon Printers ..read more