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Don’t put your only copy of a critical file in cloud-based storage. That’s just crazy.
New Adobe DPS Getting Started Guide
Adobe has released a new Adobe Digital Publishing Suite Getting Started Guide, written specifically for DPS Professional and Enterprise customers. The downloadable PDF guide contains a good overview of basic DPS concepts, account setup and configuration, how to create folios and articles, how to add interactivity and media, app distribution, and more.
You can download the Getting Started Guide here.
Amazing Mopckup Resource
PSDCovers.com is a graphic resource site for any Action users providing high quality Photoshop Cover Actions such as eBook covers, smartphones, tablets, bottles, soda cans, cartons and CDs to name a few. We have many other graphic design resources like textures, icons, backgrounds, vectors and more. All original and FREE.
Transparent Edge animations and DPS
Adobe DPS (Digital Publishing Suite) is a great platform to produce digital magazines from InDesign. Michaël Chaize uses this platform every month to produce Appliness. You can embed HTML5 animations produced with Edge Animate in your DPS publications, but if you want to keep a transparent background, it’s tricky. Michaël has found a way to make it work. Look at this video to understand how to embed Edge animations in DPS with a transparent background.
The Fresh Ten Commandments: The Fresh Ten
Recent events have made it clear that we are suffering from a broken moral compass. People today could use some general guidance.
Since the original ten commandments seem somewhat narrow and obsolete (too much focus on livestock, servants, and jealous god issues), here is a modest first…
Share Link Generator!
Create Facebook share links, Twitter “tweet this” links, and Google Plus share links that will work anywhere (even in emails!).
We’re running old school here: no iframes or JavaScript required.
Another tiny tool brought to you by Patrick St. John, who wants
to make your logos and websites and posters look good.
(You should talk to him!)
Secrets & Happiness of Digital Publishing: Cross-Publication Linking [Bonus: QR codes]
Including a trailing slash breaks this code. Next time I have to pay closer attention to the details.
Disclaimer first: This is an undocumented feature in Adobe DPS and it’s implementation is experimental. This feature might improve (or change completly) once it’s ‘official’. I just had the idea in my head for several weeks right now — and I want to get it out. So please be careful and test…
jQuery Reel Plugin
You can create some wonderful interactive elements with this plugin. Multi-axis rotation, annotation and fantastic cross-browser support. Overcome some of the DPS image sequence limitations with this plugin!
Style Groups
As of CS6 you can now add styles to Groups/Folders!
How can this be useful? In many ways actually. You might want to add double drop shadows or double inner shadows to a layer or set of layers. You might want to add a color overlay or gradient overlay to an entire set of layers to tweak color and lighting as a group and not on individual layers… The possibilities are endless!
And together with this feature came another feature - Clipping Masks on folders!
Finally
Photoshop Quick Reference Guide
Interesting resource
(Source: photoshopsecrets)
Webinar background - so simple
I work from home and prefer to video conference my offsite meetings instead of teleconference. Its a vastly improved working experience. But I didn’t want people to see the background of my working space.
I looked into complicated popup systems, constructing my own out of PVC, custom attachments that fit onto your chair, etc. None of these were economical or attractive.
The solution was super simple. Deka curtain wire from Ikea, installed on facing walls, a few inches below the ceiling and an old curtain.
When not in use, the curtain slides up against a wall, in my case next to a cabinet.
