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Archive for March, 2010
Pantone® matching between psd and indd
Published March 18, 2010 Tutorials Leave a CommentTags: adobe, color, creative suite, cs, indd, indesign, pantone, photoshop, psd, swatches
Okay, this is a little tip I just learned from the InDesign Secrets blog (which is great, fyi.) I have this problem all the time within CS. My Pantone colors in InDesign and Photoshop don’t match! I will use Photoshop for one aspect of my project, then have to use InDesign for another using the same swatch and the colors are completely different! I finally figured out how to fix this irksome problem.
In InDesign, go to your print menu, click on the “Output.” then click on “Ink Manager.”
When your “Ink Manager” comes up, check the box next to “Use Standard Lab Values for Spots.” Now you can “Cancel” out of the print menu.
Output screen in Print Menu in InDesign
Ink Manager
You will notice immediately in your Swatches Palette the Pantone colors show a Lab Color icon instead of the 4-color icon earlier.
Pantone swatch with 4-color icon
Pantone swatch with LAB icon
Hope this helps someone else out there! Here is the original post from InDesign Secrets!
Pie in a jar!
Published March 17, 2010 Home , Tutorials Leave a CommentTags: bake, cooking, mason jar, pie in a jar, pies, recipes
Why have I not heard about this till now?!? Not that I EVER bake, but this make me want to, kinda. Anyway, they are so freakin’ cute.
I was browsing around and found them on this site.
Fabric Search (part deux)
Published March 17, 2010 Design , Home , Me Leave a CommentTags: chairs, chevron, fabric, fabric search, Home, reupholster
The fabric search has resumed. I was trying to take a break from it and maybe the perfect fabric would come to me, but alas, not so much!
So, today I found this cute chevron pattern from Premier Fabrics. I really am liking the black and white, but there is also this pretty blue/natural.
The great thing about these are that they are only $7.99/yd., compared to the fabric I have looked at, $25/yd., this is a steal! Also, I can change this if I get sick of it (not that I ever would,) where as the others were much more of an investment. I will keep you posted on my decision!
Shake It like a… ♫
Published March 4, 2010 Austin , Design , Me 2 CommentsTags: Design, photography, Pictures, Shake It
I never buy apps for my phone. Never. But this app was so cool, I totally splurged 0.99¢ for it!
Shake It Photo is where it is at (I have no idea why I just typed that, but it’s staying!)
Here just to show how rad it is, I have posted a few pics I took with it!
Be forewarned this app might be very addicting once you get your hands on it!
Buy it, Do it, Do it…
