[Kelly Johnson]

There are small apps that generate the correct barcode. As a matter of fact, there is a free web-based program that will generate a tiff file suitable to use.

I’ve used it before, so google for it.

[Kelly Johnson]

Always check the different channels as well. YOu might find one that you can dupe, use Levels on to ‘clean up’ and then apply some gaussian blur of about 2 pixels to get you a fast and fairly accurate selection.

I prefer to use the pen tool for selections I want to save; they’re much smaller to save with the file than saving actual selections as alpha channels.

[Kelly Johnson]

Most of the time, the specific photo needs to be seen to determine how bad and what the best means would be.

However, sometimes in the transfer to photo cd’s, a channel can offset and give a pusedo-color cast that looks like blurring. So, check the individual channels first to see if you need to nudge one some direction.

Something I’ve had pretty good success with is using the Smart Blur filter then the Unsharp Mask. Different recipes for different items, but short of exact selections and massive retouching via rubberstamping, contrast/level adj’s and the like those might help you out.

[Kelly Johnson]

Not sure what you’re looking for.. Scan them in, crop them tight,then increasethe canvas by clicking Relative and add however much space around them you want. They’ll all be centered.

You can even use Photoshop to save a folder of images as a pdf slide show complete with transitions.

[Kelly Johnson]

Here’s the easy way. Size everything by just scaling and getting it right. Use proportional scaling if possible, if not, just write down the numbers you used.

Open each client photo as a new document. Use the Cropping tool and set the size to be the previous numbers. Enter 300 in the resolution box. Draw with the cropping tool, hit enter/return and voila

Select all, copy and paste.

The files from a digital camera are usually 72 dpi unless the user knows what they are doing. But, they’re large like 17″ by 11″ or even larger. So, when you scale them down in a layout program, the resolution increases.

The main thing is that they are captured with at least 3 megapixels and are clear.

[Kelly Johnson]

Well, head over to Flashloaded.com and pick up some of their vector loops.

Then, just stick that in a movie clip in flash, put that over the Over and Down state of a button and voila!

[Kelly Johnson]

You mean changing the actual controls? That last part of your post made it just seem that you’d like to be able to show a clip within a graphic of say a television, laptop, a winshield etc.

For that, just design the page, slice up the graphics and leave the center piece for the embedded QT allowing room for the controller.

Skinning the real player…I’ll look into that myself and see if I can find anything out.

[Kelly Johnson]

Turn off the color management in Indesign (Edit-Color Settings). That has kept everything kosher for us.

[Kelly Johnson]

I’m assuming you either:
1- got razzed for asking something that may have been considered too ‘beginner’ by some.
2- didn’t use proper grammar and resorted to silly abbreviations which meant nothing to anyone.
3- didn’t clearly phrase your question and so therefore, didn’t get a response.
4- got upset because someone wouldn’t actually ‘do’ something for you.
5- some other reason? (fill in the blank)

My perception of this forum is that it is part of something bigger. It’s an educational repository of both real world and weekend rubber-stampers who share and ask regardless to which category they may fall under. Which is awesome.

Yes, this particular forum says Photoshop/Illustrator, but the Cow is the big picture.

Look in other forums, cross-search your questions here at the Cow.

Otherwise, if all you want is a Photoshop forum, may I suggest Google with “Photoshop” “tight” and “sic” as the parameters.

[Kelly Johnson]

hmm… it works for me. Set copy in IllustratorCS, copy the text block (not just the type with selection tool) then, paste into InDesign. (Don’t import text into the box)

Colors, fonts and such seem to work for me. All CS versions though, don’t know about non-CS versions.

In Quark, if you select formatted text then File Save Text As and choose rtf you can then import that into InDesign and all the stylings will be intact as well.

I know, sorta off topic, but not far..