Select a frame and click on the yellow square icon located on the frame edge to enter Live Corner Edit mode. (You can also press the number four key on your keyboard.) You’ll now see four yellow diamonds in each corner. Click-and-drag one of the diamonds to adjust the corner radius of all four corners …
CS3 brought a feature called 9-slice scaling from Flash Professional into Illustrator. At that time, 9-slice was only really useful for Illustrator symbols after importing them into Flash. Now, in CS5, 9-slice works on the scaling of any symbol right inside Illustrator. Let’s say you want to make a button with text on it, but …
ere is a short logo clip I made in After Effects CS5 with the help from Andrew Kramer from Video Copilot. I’m a newbie to motion graphics, and the tutorials available on his site have been nothing but helpful. I used design elements from Evolution which is a disc of pre-keyed graphic elements that ROCK! …
The ability to select multiple layers and adjust the Opacity or Fill was at the top of many Photoshop users lists. From text to image data, those living in layers will enjoy massive amounts of time saved. Speaking of layers, you can now choose your own default layer styles (just click the Make Default button …
After setting a new sequence marker, you can enter a name and a comment in the Marker dialog. Once the marker is set, hovering over it in the Timeline produces a tooltip that displays the marker information. This allows you to quickly scan a number of markers to determine their contents, without having to double-click …
Use File>Collect Files to move a project and its assets to a single folder before sharing it, moving it to another computer, or archiving it. The Consolidate All Footage, Remove Unused Footage, and Reduce Project commands in the File menu are also great for cleaning up a project.
Did you know that you could also use Live View for digging into remote sites? Just type any URL in the Live View location bar at the top of the document window, and surf right to that site-using all of the CSS tools to show you what’s happening underneath the hood, the Related Files bar …
Easily turn on ground shadows for 3D objects using 3D>Ground Plane Shadow Catcher. In the 3D (Scene) panel, set the Quality drop-down menu to Ray Trace (Draft or Final) to start the render and actually see the shadow. In the 3D (Lights) panel, turn shadows on or off for individual lights using the Create Shadows …
When you include the fonts as part of the Package command (File>Package), InDesign now generates a Document Fonts folder. When you open an InDesign file that’s located in a folder that also includes a Document Fonts folder, InDesign will automatically install the fonts the document needs! And when you close the document, the document fonts …
While working with the Perspective Drawing tools, you can use 1-4 on your keyboard to change the active plane (the number four key deactivates all the grids). To see which plane is active, look at which side is highlighted in the Plane Switching widget. The number five key also has a function: Use it with …