Saving A Damaged File in InDesign

Posted on by sherbul

You’ve worked hard. Your poster is beautiful. You go to save and export it on your laptop and–OH NO! Your file is corrupt!

Don’t panic. Your file is not destroyed. As long as you can open the file, there is hope.

Follow these simple steps to save a corrupt file in InDesign.

Step One: Open your file in InDesign

Step Two: Click ‘File’ then ‘Save As’ or ‘Save a Copy’

Step Three: Make sure to save it on your desktop

Step Four: Click ‘Format’ then select ‘InDesign CS4 or older (IDML)’

Step Five: Click ‘Save’

Saving a file as an IDML file will clean up any unneeded software junk from previous InDesign file versions. The result is an identical, non-corrupt file ready for the world to see!

Check out this video by Pariah Burke for a quick and detailed instruction:

How To Get Free Sound Effects in Adobe Audition

Posted on by sherbul

Sound effects can easily add life to a dull audio track–finding free, legal, sound effects can be a lot harder. Luckily there is a simple way to access thousands of different sound effect bundles for free from Adobe Audition!

Let’s walk through it.

First open Adobe Audition then hover over the “Help” button at the top of your computer screen.

Next, select the “Download Sound Effects and More…” button.

Your computer will automatically open a new page in your web browser that takes you to Adobe Audition’s download page.

Once on this page, click “View Downloads”

This will take you to the page with all of the available sound bundles. There are thousands of free, downloadable sounds for any of your producing needs–happy hunting!

30 Second Tutorial! Wrapping Text Around Irregular Shapes

Posted on by Zoe Zeballos

Learn how to wrap text around an irregular silhouette in Adobe Illustrator in this 30 second TikTok.

@raisedproper

Reply to @iamdavidkinghq Another technique using text wrap in Illustrator. #raisedproper #illustrator #photoshop #fyp #tutorial #losangeles

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What is LinkedIn Learning/Lynda?

Posted on by indelici

LinkedIn Learning/Lynda is a site that offers video courses taught by experts about business skills, software skills, and for what you are probably here for… creative skills!

As Simmons students, we have access to the site which is a great resource for learning and freshening up on skills. There are courses on Adobe programs, specific skills and techniques, networking, productivity, industry standards, the list goes on.

In order to access the site, head over to lynda.com (LinkedIn Learning) and follow the “sign-in” link. From there, choose the option “sign in with your organization portal” using your Simmons login and password.

Voila!

The full courses can be rather long, but they are broken up into digestible sections that are a few minutes long.

Take this Illustrator 2021 Essential Training course for example.

The full course is 5.5 hours…

But the sections are only a few minutes each.

If you are looking to learn something specific, you can browse through the contents of the course and jump to where you need to be.

Per usual, the Lab Agents are always here to help you out and walk you through any issues you may be having. Happy learning!

How to easily make lines thicker/thinner in Photoshop

Posted on by indelici

So you’ve used the pen tool to make some cool line art, or you’ve made it in ProCreate and brought it over to Photoshop and you realize the lines aren’t as thick/thin as you need them to be…

Don’t panic – theres a quick fix for that.

(It works for images you have scanned in too!)

The process doesn’t take longer than 30 seconds, and this 2 minute video teaches you exactly how to do it.