CSS Clearfix: Three Lines and a Breakdown
Occasionally the learning curve in web design can be gentle. Other times it’s a sharp right angle and once in a while it’s just a nasty hair-pin curve. How you perceive these curves is just that, your perception. You know, this morning you feel as sharp...
Using Qlikview’s Date Functions
When putting together a data model for a Qlikview application you will occasionally run into a field that is not formatted properly, both from a numeric and presentational perspective. Behold the transformed junk file that Qlikview organized into meaningful data. Meaningful yes, recognizable by the end...
Qlikview Chart Styling Using Expression Attributes
Qlikview makes it quick and easy to assemble your data into a professional BI application. But sometimes the information needs a little boost, that extra touch that makes the difference. One way to accomplish this is using Expression Attributes. These attributes can be found on the Expression...
Using Character Mapping to Enhance a Crystal Report
It is possible to dress up a report using nothing more than a font and some color. But not in the way you think. There are some specialty fonts installed on a Windows computer know as Wingdings. Each letter is a small picture (like a phone,...
InDesign Data Merge with Images
https://youtu.be/UnFSgNTtDG8 In this Adobe InDesign tutorial you'll learn how to merge multiple image files into Adobe InDesign to create form letters, postcards or other custom InDesign documents that use custom images for each page in the document. To learn more, visit our InDesign Training Course page...
Select and Mask Workspace: Photoshop 2015.5
Photoshop has continued to refine the selection tools available and the latest update, June 2016, is no exception. Gone is the Refine Edge tool, or better yet, not gone but improved and placed in its own workspace. I have two images I would like to combine...
Creating Maxfield Parrish Clouds Using Photoshop
I was recently leaving the parking lot of a local business when the cloud formation in front of me reminded me of a painting by American painter and illustrator Maxfield Parrish. If you are not familiar with his work here is a painting called Ecstasy that...
Adobe InDesign CC 2015.4; Library Filtering
Using InDesign to create your publication is making your life so much easier. The photo shoot for your upcoming article went well. Then you realize in all the pictures taken there is one shot that didn’t happen. Timing, lighting, location…whatever it was, the image isn’t there....
A Printer Friendly Version
“You’ve seen them before: links that say “click here for printer-friendly version” or words to that effect. Every time you follow one of those links, you load a separate document that presents exactly the same information with a different layout, and probably different markup. That means...
How to Use Data Merge in Adobe InDesign
https://youtu.be/eKiSbKCUNWY In this tutorial, you'll learn how to merge data from a spreadsheet, worksheet or text file into an Adobe InDesign document. Using data merge, you can create custom post cards, mailings or form letters in Adobe InDesign. To learn more about Adobe InDesign, visit our...
How to Import Excel Data into Microsoft Access
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAt6R-6rfUs In this Microsoft Access tutorial, you'll learn how to import data from a Microsoft Excel worksheet and create a table from it in an Microsoft Access database. To learn more about Microsoft Access, check out our Microsoft Access training courses!
Face-Aware Liquify: Photoshop 2015.5
The Liquify filter has been part of Photoshop since version 6.0 which was released in September 2000. Over the years there have been a variety of improvements in this filter and the newest release is no different. There is an entirely new facial recognition portion to...
Straightening an Image Using the Crop Tool: Photoshop 2015.5
Sometimes the picture is perfect…almost. You see, while the composition is excellent that slight tilt left or right throws the image off. Photoshop has offered a couple of different tools over the years that will allow us to fix this issue but not without additional doctoring....
Font Matching: New to Photoshop 2015.5
Have you ever seen an ad before and wondered what font was being used? That’s probably not the type of question you ask of just anyone, but in the world of graphic design…well that’s a different story. The latest release of Photoshop, 2015.5 June release has...
Photoshop Image Adjustment Layer
The art of photography has changed dramatically with the advent of the smart phone. Today everyone is a photographer, and pretty much all of those photographs need some adjustment. Enter Photoshop with the ability to adjust your pictures in a non-destructive way. The Adjustments Panel in...
Crystal Reports Performance Information Tool
After designing a report Crystal Reports provides a built-in utility that will allow you to test performance and shine a light on areas where optimization would be beneficial. It is called the Performance Information tool and can be found by selecting Report > Performance Information in...
Using a CSS Reset
One of the frustrations designers have been feeling for some time now stems from web design by committee, or design via theme. Many web sites today are WordPress sites with a theme and some content. Just add words and you have an instant site. Then comes...
Making “Can Grow” a Global Setting in Crystal Reports
There are a lot of different setting we talk about during our Crystal Reports classes. Much of the information we end up displaying within these reports consists of text, and in our quest to make it fit we end up making constant adjustments to width and...
Code Hinting in Crystal Reports Formula Workshop
When using Crystal Reports, formulas play a large role in preforming such basic tasks as conditional formatting, selecting records, and general calculations. The code window for all of these tasks is called the Formula Workshop. It is a centralized window divided into five sections; Workshop tree,...
Is It Time for a New Browser?
       When it comes to the topic of web browsers one phrase comes to mind, oh how the mighty have fallen. In the 23 years since the release of Mosaic, “the world’s first popular browser”, we have seen several major contenders rise to the...