Photoshop Tutorials

Using a grid of three or four columns can help add aesthetic order to publication layouts. In this InDesign tutorial, I show how to place images and text in a grid pattern for a professional layout.

In this Adobe InDesign tutorial, I explain how to use both the frame tools and shape tools with images for desktop publishing and digital publishing applications in layout design.

In this short InDesign tutorial, I explain how to use the type on a path tool with paths created with the pen tool or a shape tool.

I explain how to create and modify paragraph styles and character styles in this Adobe InDesign tutorial. Paragraph styles allow the designer to quickly modify text by applying settings (font style, size, color, paragraph justification, spacing, etc.), while character styles allow the designer to apply character-related settings only.

I explain how to use the Eyedropper Tool in Adobe InDesign, and how it is similar to, and different from, the same tool in Adobe Photoshop in this short video tutorial.

I introduce the selection and pen tools in Adobe InDesign in this short video tutorial.

In this video tutorial, I show how to create master pages in Adobe InDesign, edit specific instances of master page items on other pages, and apply a second set of master page content.

This video tutorial is an introduction to shapes, using the pathfinder palette, adding fills and strokes, adjusting opacity and blending mode, using the eyedropper tool, and editing corner options in Adobe InDesign.

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