#21913
If you ever create shadows in your designs or illustrations, check out these tips for making them richer and more realistic.
Campbell, J. Scott. Adobe Magazine (1997). Design>Graphic Design>Image Editing
#21846
More and more Web surfers are vision-impaired. Can they understand your site?
Williams, Maxine. Adobe Magazine (1999). Design>Web Design>Accessibility
#21912
A variety of technologies are evolving to help make type readable on the computer screen. Here's a report on anti-aliasing.
Tinkel, Kathleen. Adobe Magazine (1997). Design>Typography>Online
#21953
Your document won't print? Don't panic - here's a systematic guide to troubleshooting the problem.
Powers, Lynn. Adobe Magazine (1995). Articles>Computing
#21903
OpenType, a new font format and font-rasterization technology jointly developed by Adobe and Microsoft, promises to make fonts more sophisticated and easier to use.
Larkin, James. Adobe Magazine (1997). Design>Typography>Standards
#21934
Whether you know it or not, 'database publishing' probably describes some of what you do. Here's how to do it better!
Kvern, Olav Martin. Adobe Magazine (1996). Design>Document Design>Databases
#21865
Blank paper...could anything be more basic and uncontroversial? Who'd have thought those innocuous white sheets could cause such a ruckus? Learn what the fuss is about and why paper mills and environmentalists are lining up on either side of the presses.
Sidles, Constance J. Adobe Magazine (1998). Design>Document Design>Prepress>Paper
#21907
For years, the desktop-publishing landscape has been characterized by sharp boundaries - PC vs. Mac, vector vs. bitmap, page-layout vs. illustration, and so on. But Illustrator provides the perfect example of how that is changing.
Kvern, Olav Martin. Adobe Magazine (1997). Design>Graphic Design>Software>Adobe Illustrator
#21947
Buying Laser Paper That Won't Jam 
How to choose paper for laser printing.
Sidles, Constance J. Adobe Magazine (1996). Design>Document Design>Prepress>Paper
#21861
Even the pros forget the basics sometimes. Constance Sidles gives a quick refresher course on asking yourself, and your client, all the right questions when you're choosing paper.
Sidles, Constance J. Adobe Magazine (1998). Design>Document Design>Prepress>Paper
#21914
Despite advances in the technology of measuring and managing it, how we perceive color is still full of mystery and illusions.
Fraser, Bruce. Adobe Magazine (1996). Design>Graphic Design>Prepress>Color
#21955
Several years after the hype began, color management is maturing into a useful tool that can solve real problems. Here's a comprehensive overview.
Fraser, Bruce. Adobe Magazine (1995). Design>Document Design>Prepress>Color
#21918
Picking paper involves deciphering a lot of arcane terminology. Here's a quick reference guide.
Sidles, Constance J. Adobe Magazine (1996). Articles>Document Design>Prepress>Paper
#21838
What to keep and what to cut when making Web movies in Premiere.
Waggoner, Ben. Adobe Magazine (2000). Design>Multimedia>Web Design>Video
#21829
Mavericks need not apply. In Web design, you have to collaborate.
Giordan, Daniel. Adobe Magazine (2000). Careers>Web Design>Collaboration
#21870
If you're familiar with the term user-interface (UI) design, you may think of it as the domain of software engineers. But software isn't the only product that has an interface - all products do, in fact. If you're one of the many designers who creates Web sites, PDF files, or other types of nonlinear or interactive publications, you can probably benefit from some of the principles of UI design.
Mullarky, Rick. Adobe Magazine (1998). Design>User Interface>Interactive
#21863
It's easy enough to create an irregularly shaped image in Photoshop, but how do you get the rectangular background to disappear when you use that image on the Web or in a print-based layout? Here are some great techniques that'll help you focus on your subject.
Dayton, Linnea and Jack Davis. Adobe Magazine (1998). Design>Web Design>Graphic Design
#21928
If you create technical art in Illustrator, check out these tips - in fact, check them out even if you don't.
Alspach, Ted and Jennifer Alspach. Adobe Magazine (1996). Design>Graphic Design>Technical Illustration>Adobe Illustrator
#21931
Special 'blooper reel' edition: the author's biggest paper mistakes.
Sidles, Constance J. Adobe Magazine (1996). Design>Document Design>Prepress>Paper
#21864
There are plenty of things in life worth fearing, but frame-based layout isn't one of them. If you've been using PageMaker 6.5 but haven't explored frames yet, here's your chance to find out just how much fun you've been missing.
Kvern, Olav Martin. Adobe Magazine (1998). Design>Document Design>Software>Adobe PageMaker
#21835
In Part I, you got PDF forms to run and talk. Now you get to make them really smart.
Guthrie, Malcolm. Adobe Magazine (2000). Design>Document Design>Software>Adobe Acrobat
#24088
Four Strategies for Promoting Common UI Guidelines within Adobe
It can be very challenging to create a consistent cross-product user experience.
Bachman, Bill, Frederick Aliaga, Dave Valiulis and Marissa Treinen. Adobe Magazine (2002). Design>User Interface>Software
#21853
Give your colors the room they need in Photoshop by understanding and choosing RGB working spaces.
Fraser, Bruce. Adobe Magazine (1999). Design>Graphic Design>Prepress>Color
#21939
The next best thing to buying a new system: getting the most out of PageMaker's performance on the one you have.
Cutler, Jim. Adobe Magazine (1996). Design>Document Design>Software>Adobe PageMaker
#21946
Digital technology has transformed design, layout, and prepress; now it's beginning to change printing presses too.
Shuster, Robert. Adobe Magazine (1996). Design>Document Design>Prepress
