Category: Blog

  • Adobe Indesign CC: How to add hyperlinks

    Adobe Indesign CC: How to add hyperlinks

    Step 1: Create text box with the desired text. Step 2: Highlight and right click choose Hyperlinks>New Hyperlinks. The other option New Hyperlink from URL should be chosen when you put the actual URL in the text box. Step 3: The New Hyperlink window will open. Type the URL in the URL box highlighted below. Click OK. Note: The link…

  • Adobe Indesign CC: How to Make a Bullet List

    Adobe Indesign CC: How to Make a Bullet List

    Step 1: Create a Text Box and Write your list Step 2: Highlight Text Step 3: Go to upper right corner and click this icon  then click “Bullets and Numbering” Step 4: Choose Parameters You will see this box. From the drop menu for “List Type” choose bullets. Also, click preview in the bottom left corner…

  • Adobe Indesign CC: How to Make Tables

    Adobe Indesign CC: How to Make Tables

    Method 1 Step 1: Make a new document in InDesign and choose the text tool and create the size of the table you desire. Step 2: Click within the text box and then go to the top click and click Table > Insert Table The following box appears the options are as follows: Body Rows: How…

  • Adobe Indesign CC: Drop Caps Tutorial

    Adobe Indesign CC: Drop Caps Tutorial

    A Drop Cap usually marks the beginning of a paragraph, section or chapter usually with the beginning first character the height of two – three lines. It is a visual way to add more oomph to your work. How to add a drop in Indesign CC Step 1: Create a text box and fill it…

  • Illustrator CC: Guidelines Tutorial

    Illustrator CC: Guidelines Tutorial

    Guidelines are a useful tool to use, especially when using illustrator. The function is the same across all the Adobe programs, but they vary slightly on how it’s done. Step 1:  At the top: View > Rulers > Show Rulers Step 2: Ensure the guidelines are on a separate layer. The reason I suggest this…

  • Canada 150: How is Canada Celebrating its 150th Birthday?

    Canada 150: How is Canada Celebrating its 150th Birthday?

    Canada became independent on July 1, 1867! This year it will be Canada’s 150th Birthday and as a Canadian, I wanted to write a little post before this upcoming summer for my fellow Canadians. This is a momentous occasion for Canada, and the Government and other bodies are going all out doing events and getting citizens involved.…

  • Canada 150: Cross Stitch

    Canada 150: Cross Stitch

    Jen from StitcherzStudio has my logo for Canada 150 as a cross stitch in her shop. I’m very flattered and honoured that she liked the design! Check out her shop here: @ Etsy. I’m all about supporting independent artists, and hopefully, in the future, I can work with some.

  • The Freemium Pricing Model

    The Freemium Pricing Model

    Freemium is a mash-up of the words “free” and “premium.” The gist of freemium is that consumers receive the basic features for free at no cost. The ‘premium’ features and add-ons cost money (Kumar, 2014). Freemium is a reasonably new pricing model that started in the 1980s (Seufert, 2013) and has quickly grown since. Over…

  • Say NO to Spec Work

    Say NO to Spec Work

    Spec Work is short for speculative work. Defined by AIGA (The Professional Association for Design) as “work done before engagement with a client in anticipation of being paid.” Most common in the design industry, such as website, graphics, and so on, but it does happen in other sectors such as software design. Spec work means…

  • A primer on A/B Testing

    A primer on A/B Testing

    What is A/B Testing? When comparing two versions of something to see which one performs better (VMO, 2016), the one that performs better is the one chosen. It can be anything from TV ads to websites. It is used often in the world of business.  The purpose of A/B Testing The purpose is to optimize the…

  • Personal: dciman32.dll problem

    Personal: dciman32.dll problem

    As your computer gets older, it gets more problems. Perhaps it’s planned obsolescence, or I’m not a very good caretaker either way. I recently had a problem with my dciman32.dll being deleted, and I thought others might have had the same problem. So I decided to share my experience. The Problem My computer was shut…

  • Indesign CS5 Tutorial: Document Settings

    Indesign CS5 Tutorial: Document Settings

    Setting up your job is an important part of Indesign. When you first open the program you are faced with this window. The Create New, on the right side has three options. Document, Book, and Library. Document is for a single file, Book is when for example you have multiple chapter in one document and…