by jamesgeorge | Jul 11, 2010 | Illustrator, Tutorials
This tool is one of the best tools if you want to create a sketch within Illustrator. You can really draw and add to an existing shape like you would if you were drawing with an ink pen. the best part about this, is that with a drawing tablet, you can very closely...
by jamesgeorge | Jul 11, 2010 | Illustrator, Tutorials
This tip is to save time when creating a group of squares or any type of grid in Illustrator. This is a good trick for making easy grids in Illustrator. For our purposes, I am creating a 300px by 300px square and it is filled with purple. You can make yours any color...
by jamesgeorge | Jul 10, 2010 | Indesign, Tutorials
This tutorial will definitely come in handy for someone that has to create dozens, hundreds, or more of names badges, ID cards, business cards, or anything else that would have the same graphics, but different information on each one. I had a project where a company...
by jamesgeorge | Jul 7, 2010 | Articles, Illustrator, Indesign, Photoshop, Quark, Tutorials
A reader adamantly requested that I create this tutorial, so I am going to run through the basics of creating your own business card. First, you need to gather all of the information that you need for your card. You will need your company logo, your name, your...
by jamesgeorge | Jul 6, 2010 | Articles, Typography
X-height refers to the height of a lowercase letter in a typeface or the top of the midpoint of lowercase letter such as d, p, q and so on. Some typefaces have a tall x-height, some medium, and some have a short x-height. This drastically changes the look of the text...
by jamesgeorge | Jul 1, 2010 | Photoshop, Tutorials
This is a really quick and easy way to sharpen an image. Take an image and open it in Photoshop. Hit command +J (control+J on PC) to duplicate the layer. Then, change this layer’s blend mode to overlay in the layers panel. Then go to Filter>Other>High Pass...
