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A Pen Tool of a Different Nature

Ananya Curves — A different pen toolIf you ever tried to use the pen tool in Photoshop, Illustrator, or any of the myriad programs that draw Bézier curves, you know that they can be quite difficult to control and use. How about a new approach?

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ID2Q and Q2ID: Document conversion the easy way

Looking to transform InDesign documents into QuarkXPress projects or QuarkXPress projects into InDesign documents, and you're not up for a day-long session of recreating from scratch? Good news awaits you.

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Price Lists, Directories, and Catalogues — the Easy Way

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A Multi-part Font Disquisition: Part One, TransType Pro

X-Ray Magazine v5n3 A Multi-part Font DisquisitionIn part one of this series, take a quick tour of TransType Pro and find out what you've been "missing."

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AGI Dynamic Learning:
Photoshop CS3

AGI Dynamic Learning DeamweaverTour many of the new features of Photoshop CS3 such as easier-to-use selection tools, improved Vanishing Point, and Live Filter.

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Managing Fonts in MacOS X

X-Ray Magazine v3n3 Managing Fonts in MacOS XMac OS X handles fonts quite differently from Mac OS 9. Where fonts are installed determines who has access to them. Samuel Litt sheds some light on the mystery.

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Pardon the Imposition

Printers SpreadsPrinter's spreads programs can range from software that makes a simple booklet to a fully customizable printing application that can handle large flats. This article reviews the contenders.

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Composition Zones Made Easy

Composition ZonesIn this article, Trevor Alyn, of Quark documentation fame, holds your hand and virtually leads you through not just the features of composition zones, but why those features might be used by a real person — or real persons.

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Back to the Future with Layouts

X-Ray Magazine v5n2 Back to the Future with LayoutsQuark introduced layout spaces and now what was once a document, a single publication with a single page size, has become a layout stored within a larger project file.

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Making the Most of Your Effort: Shared Content

X-Ray Magazine Shared ContentRecently, Joe Root noticed that he was using a text and picture boxes in several places and constantly manipulating that content over and over in the different places where the content had been placed...and then it dawned on him... Find out what.

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The Shape-making Power of Union and Difference

X-Ray Magazine v3n2 The Shape-making Power of Union and DifferenceThe Bézier tools within QuarkXPress get you from here to Saturn.

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It's time for a move:
Quark Interactive Designer

X-Ray Magazine v5n2 Quark Interactive DesignerQuark Interactive Designer, for QuarkXPress 7.02 or higher, takes QuarkXPress layouts and converts them into real Macromedia® Flash®. Joe Root guides you through the basics of this product in six easy exercises.

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PhotoZoom Pro 2: Getting the Maximum from Your Minimum

PhotoZoom Pro 2PhotoZoom Pro 2 uses a proprietary algorithm to add missing resolution to important photos. Perfect for use with camera-phone shots.

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UPC Barcodes Made Easy

Barcodes Made EasyCreating UPC barcodes used to be a long, drawn-out process that could take weeks or even months. Today, with extension technology, it's far easier. In fact, you could have added a barcode to your project in less time than it took you to read this paragraph.

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ShadowCaster 3.3 for QuarkXPress 7

X-Ray Magazine v5n3 ShadowCaster for QuarkXPress 7As a QuarkXPress 7 user, are you suffering from ShadowCaster withdrawals? Well no more. Check out ShadowCaster 3.3 for free.

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From Interpunct to Interrobang: The evolution of spacing, punctuation, and typographic symbols in the Western world

X-Ray Magazine v5n1 Interpunct to Interrobang Early spacing and insertion of dots and dashes was not what we would consider punctuation, but rather stage directions for a reader. Centuries later, it hasn't changed much.

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Galaxy Gauges:
Professional Measuring Tools

X-Ray Magazine v4n5 Galaxy GaugeThese ultra-professional and precise measuring tools will satisfy even the most discriminating designer or desktop publisher.

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AGI Dynamic Learning:
Dreamweaver CS3

AGI Dynamic Learning DeamweaverDreamweaver is a comprehensive tool you can use for site design, layout, and management. Tour Dreamweaver's key features and get a better understanding of how web pages work.

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Ideabook Series for QuarkXPress, InDesign, and PageMaker

X-Ray Magazine v3n2 IdeabookTemplates are often the best way to kickstart a design project. Inject your creativity with one of these 315 templates for the application of your choice.

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