Episode 104

Podcast 104

• Eye Candy! … Mike Rankin’s multi-part series of incredibly cool special effects you can do right in InDesign
• SWFs in InDesign: David’s discovery and Martinho’s wonderful free script

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  • News: A slew of new InDesign resources
  • Eye Candy! … Mike Rankin’s multi-part series of incredibly cool special effects you can do right in InDesign (see links below)
  • SWFs in InDesign: David’s discovery and Martinho’s wonderful free script
  • Results from the First Annual InDesignSecrets Survey
  • Obscure InDesign Feature of the Week: Arrange by Columns 
News and special offers from our sponsors:

>> In-Tools has a special deal for InDesignSecrets fans: $20 off the price for either one of their InDesign plug-in bundles, InBook or InSefer, if you purchase from this special page on their site. The InBook Plug-in Pack is a suite of plug-ins that turn InDesign into an advanced automated pagination system for laying out books.The InSefer suite of plug-ins does the same for Hebrew publications. We talked about a few of the InBook plug-ins in the podcast, but the full list is here. 

>> UK-based Certitec, an Adobe Authorized Training Center, is giving away one free 2-day InDesign class to a lucky InDesignSecrets.com listener. Classes will be held in Cardiff or London, U.K. To enter the drawing for the free class, go to https://www.certitec.com/indesignsecrets.html and fill out the form. Quick! You only have 14 days from the date of this podcast to enter the drawing. If you don’t win, you can always register for any 2009 class at Certitec for 10% off if you mention -InDesignSecrets- when registering.
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Links mentioned in this podcast:
InDesign Seminar Tour Use AMCTIME09 coupon code for 15% off registration.
Anne-Marie’s 10 Things for InDesign videos: 10 Troubleshooting Steps; 10 Habits of Professionals; 10 Things Designers Should Know about Bridge
Mike’s Eye Candy series: Gravity’s Shadow; Shine On; Punch-outs, Stickers, and Rips; Pattern Swatches; and Blending a la Mode
David’s SWF Discovery post and Martinho’s SWF script
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