I’m working in Illustrator CS5 and was wondering Is it possible to have varied stroke widths around the same object? For example a square would have the right side at 1pt and the top side at 3pt the left side at 2pt and the bottom at 4pt. I don’t want objects overlapping each other, I … Read more
I need to output A3 PDF sheets with multiple A4 pages from Indesign CS5 (So an editor can mark up by hand, the order of many small text based labels for an exhibition). Tried making a postscript but my Acrobat just distilled straight back into A4 single page PDF…. same result as exporting as a … Read more
I’m new to Photoshop and was wondering how to achieve this sort of cartoon effect. I looked everywhere, youtube, blogs and stuff but still non were close to what I’m looking for. Look at the picture for clarity: image from deviantart.com I tried the following but didn’t get what I was looking for: Made a … Read more
I recently updated to Photoshop CS5 and I noticed that “Pixels” is not an option to re-size to. I only see percent, inches, cm, mm, points and picas. I have also made sure that I have set all of my units to pixels in “my preferences”. Am I missing something? Answer In the Image Size … Read more
Is there a way to set up Illustrator/Photoshop/InDesign CS5 with default file information? What I want to do is set it so that I am the author of all of my work by default without having to change it in the “file information” panel each time. Thanks in advance. Eoin Answer Set up a template, … Read more
I have been trying to create a logo design, and I’ve come across an issue that seems very simple but has so far been very puzzling. Basically the logo that I am designing has intersecting squares; where every second square is 100% opaque and the rest are 65% opaque. My issue is that I want … Read more
I’m currently using Adobe InDesign CS5.5 and Illustrator CS5.1. I’m working on a school project in which I have to make a book in InDesign and I would like to import either an AI file or PDF created in AI which has 4 artboards in it to ID. Are there any ways to directly import … Read more
I have just started to play around with Adobe Illustrator. How can I make sure distance between path are the same in all of the points. Please see this image for example: http://awesomescreenshot.com/03bjt5iec Any suggestion much appreciated. Answer There are two ways I can think of off the top of my head: 1) Measure tool … Read more
How do I refine/adjust my selection after? Right now, I just randomly click in the top left hand corner and drag until I get the desired outline, but this seems very inefficient. Here is an example of the circle images and one of my attempts to select around it. Answer If I understand correctly you’d … Read more
So I just purchased the CS5.5 Master Collection, I’m an enthusiast 🙂 I have a question pertaining to blending layers and applying adjustments in Photoshop. How do I apply an adjustment layer to a blended layer, while only having the blended layer affecting one layer beneath it, and then having the adjustment layer apply only … Read more
