January 2012 Online Meeting: Creative and Fun Special Effects in InDesign

http://photos2.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/4/f/d/0/event_83600432.jpegOur January online-only presentation offers you the chance to relax at home and watch on your own schedule! We will reconvene in February "in person." Since most of us just got back into our "at work" mode this week, it will be a chance to catch our breath and learn something on one of these cold winter nights.

Presenting this month is the legendary Pariah Burke. Pariah is a regular speaker at our own D2W Conference in Kansas City. He's a designer; author; consultant; trainer; publisher; InDesign, InCopy, Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat/PDF, and QuarkXPress guru.

His topic is "Creative and Fun Special Effects in InDesign."

Ever wanted to put photographs inside text or create stamped or cutout text for your brochures? How about creating cast shadows of text for fliers? Making your own holiday cards or invitations? Why not create a collage of images inside the shape of a jack-o-lantern, valentine, or any shape? In this online presentation you’ll learn how to do all of that and more in just a few steps in Adobe InDesign.

• Cast Shadow
• Fill Text with Image
• Fill Text with Multiple Images
• Letterpress
• Emboss
• Fill Glyph with Image
• Tint B&W Image
• Gradient Paragraph

The recording is done in Adobe Connect and was featured recently as an Adobe Tech Wednesday. Due to some early audio issues, you may wish to skip to about 9 minutes into the presentation.

The URL (accessible any time on demand) to view the presentation is:

https://t.co/jv1urzB

You don't have to watch it at exactly 7:00 on Thursday, but you could if you wanted to!

Enjoy Pariah's excellent presentation, and we'll see you in February! Watch your email for an important poll question -- we're looking at possible alternatives to Thursday nights and need your opinion.

Have a safe and enjoyable new year!

Buck Sommerkamp and Jim Hinds