InDesign CS5 & CS5.5 * Aligning and distributing objects Align panel overview You use the Align panel (Window > Object & Layout > Align) to align or distribute objects horizontally or vertically along the selection, margins, page, or spread. Consider the following when working with the Align panel: The Align panel doesn’t affect objects to which you’ve applied the Lock Position command, and doesn’t change the alignment of text paragraphs within their frames.Text alignment is not affected by the Align Objects options. (See Align or justify text.)You can use the Keyboard Shortcuts dialog box (Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts) to create custom align and distribute shortcuts. (Under Product Area, select Object Editing.) Align panel Vertical alignment buttons Vertical distribution buttons Use Spacing distribution Horizontal alignment buttons Horizontal distribution buttons Alignment location options Align or distribute objects You can use the Align panel to align or space selected objects horizontally or vertically to the selection, margins, page, or spread.
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Using the Paragraph Palatte in Illustrator Most people know Illustrator for its drawing abilities, but it’s also a powerhouse when it comes to working with text. In this tutorial, we’ll take a look at a number of features in the Paragraph palette, both visible and hidden, that can add professional polish to any text-heavy document. STEP 1 Create Basic Layout To begin, let’s create a layout that contains two columns of unformatted text. The first thing we’ll do is justify the paragraphs so both sides have clean, straight lines. STEP 2 Choose Your Composer Justifying results in large gaps between some words. STEP 3 Apply Composer to a Single Paragraph You can apply both the Single-Line and Every-Line Composer to individual paragraphs instead of applying it to all paragraphs in the text container. STEP 4 Open Justification Dialog Choose Justification from the Paragraph palette flyout menu. STEP 6 Adjust Letter Spacing Letter Spacing can make or break the legibility of a paragraph.
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Create a Classic, Sailing Ship in Illustrator CS5 In this tutorial I will show how to create a sailing ship illustration with a story book style, using the Gradient Mesh to make the cloth of the boat's sails. I will also use the Gradient Mesh to colorize the wooden parts of the boat. Then, the Scribble filter and the Brushes application will be used to create the sea. Step 1 Let's start by creating the boat's sketch. Step 2 Use the circles as a sketch to delineate the rounded forms of the boat. Step 3 To conclude the outline of the boat's shape, delete the two circles. Step 4 Select everything and, in the Pathfinder panel, activate the Divide option. Step 5 With the Direct Selection Tool, select one part of the boat and fill it with a mid-tone color. Step 6 Next, create the drawing of the wood on the boat. Step 7 Click twice over the Blend Tool icon to activate its options. Step 8 Select the left side of the shape and drag a copy to a layer above the layer of lines formed by the Blend Tool. Step 9 Step 10 Step 11 Step 12 Step 13 Step 14 Step 15
How to Create a Pixel Perfect Glass Button with Adobe Illustrator CS5 In this tutorial you will learn how to create a glass button using simple shapes, pathfinder box, clipping and opacity masks, and Blending Modes. You will also learn how to optimize your vector work as a web graphic and how to quickly replace the colors of the required elements. Step 1 Take the Rectangle Tool (M) and create a square with a blue filling (C = 25, M = 2, Y = 0 and K = 0) Step 2 Take the Ellipse Tool (L) and create a circle. Now trim the circle to square shape. Step 3 Fill the resulting shape with a linear gradient from blue (C = 100, M = 65, Y = 0 and K = 0) to light-blue (C = 53, M = 0, Y = 0 and K = 0), and set the Blending Mode to Multiply in the Transparency palette. Step 4 Create two more circles. Applying the technique described in step 2 trim these circles to the square shape. Step 5 Select the two resulting shapes and hit the Divide button from the Pathfinder palette. Fill them with different gradients and set the Blending Mode - Multiply for each of them. Step 6 Step 7
edit keyboard shortcut for word spacing HiI'm using Indesign CS4 on a mac. I want to apply some word spacing (not kerning or tracking, just spacing between words) to some paragraphs.My Real World Indesign CS4 book tells me that the following shortcuts should work:1. To increase the word spacing without affecting the letter spacing press Comand-Option-/ or Ctrl-Alt-/ which will add the base kerning increment (as defined by the value in the Kerning field in the Units and Increments Preferences dialogue box) after each space character in the range of text. 2. Hold down the shift key aswell to increase the above by 5 times. 3. To decrease the word spacing without affecting the letter spacing press Comand-Option-Delete or Ctrl-Alt-Backspace which will deduct the base kerning increment (as defined by the value in the Kerning field in the Units and Increments Preferences dialogue box) after each space character in the range of text. 4. 2. Can anyone please help Thank youJohn
Handy Keyboard Shortcuts for Adobe Illustrator | Bortonia: All Things Vector Handy Keyboard Shortcuts in Adobe Illustrator Drawing in Illustrator while continually clicking back and forth to your Toolbar to change your options is a drag. We strongly suggest that you take a few minutes to memorize keyboard commands: it’ll save time and help reduce strain on your mouse (or tablet!) hand. Please note these commands were written for Mac. Here are some commands I use most (in no particular order): Tool Shortcuts ADirect Selection Tool (white arrow) VSelection Tool (black arrow) PPen Tool NPencil Tool IEyedropper Tool CScissors XToggles between fill and stroke colors Shift-XSwaps your fill and stroke colors TType Tool MShape Tool Pen Tool OptionConvert anchor point SpacebarMove an anchor point as you’re drawing OptionSwitch between your add and delete pen tools CommandSwitch between your pen tool and direct select ShiftDraw on 45˚, 90˚, 135˚ or 180˚ axis Shape Drawing OptionDraws from the center SpacebarMove an object while you’re drawing ShiftConstrains the proportions Command CCopy
Illustrator CS5 * Customize keyboard shortcuts Keyboard shortcuts make you more productive in Illustrator. You can use the default shortcuts included with Illustrator, or add and customize shortcuts to suit your needs. Customize keyboard shortcuts Illustrator lets you view a list of all shortcuts, and edit or create shortcuts. You can define your own sets of shortcuts, change individual shortcuts within a set, and switch between sets of shortcuts. If you have previously saved a set of keyboard shortcuts other than the default, then the keyboard shortcuts are stored in a .kys file in Illustrator's preferences folder. You can use the same .kys file across platforms as long as the modified shortcuts are valid for the platforms. Following are the locations where the custom Illustrator keyboard shortcuts are saved by default: Mac OS: Windows Vista and Windows 7 Win XP In addition to using keyboard shortcuts, you can access many commands using context-sensitive menus. More Help topics
PDF metadata | How to add, use or edit metadata in PDF files The term metadata literally means ‘data about data’. Metadata provide additional information about a certain file, such as its author, creation data, possible copyright restrictions or the application used to create the file. PDF files can contain metadata. How to view the metadata in a PDF file To view metadata in a PDF document, open it with Acrobat or Acrobat Reader and select ‘Document Properties’ in the File menu. Applications geared towards managing libraries of data can show metadata. Professional content management systems can not just display metadata but also allow for extensive searches based on the keywords or description field. How to add or edit metadata Many content creation applications, such as Microsoft Word, Adobe InDesign or Adobe Photoshop, allow users to define metadata for its files. PDF editing tools, such as Adobe Acrobat Professional, allow you to add metadata or edit them. How to remove metadata How metadata are stored in PDF files PDF metadata standards
How to automatically write your image filename into the Title / Document Title field of IPTC Filename 2 Title: How to Automate Frequently picture editors, stock distributors or others may not find your filenames to be very descriptive and may feel free to change them to best suit their own in-house needs. This might include renaming preview images that they have right-clicked or dragged down from your website, or even renaming files that you submitted as part of an assignment or for licensing as stock. Even if they see your watermark, or know enough to read the metadata (File Info) and find your contact info, how can they tell you which image that they have in hand? The following sections include instructions or links to other instructions or resources that describe automated methods for writing your image filenames to the Title field of your IPTC metadata using the various applications mentioned. Adobe Bridge (Mac/Win) Apple Aperture (Win) David Gordon has provided an Applescript that will enable you to write the Filename into the IPTC Title field in Aperture. BreezeBrowser (Win)