Procreate & Brushes

Posted on by romanak

In Comm 246: Digital Imaging for Design you will be using the iPad and the app Procreate. There are also some Brushes you may hear Prof Grabiner refer too. Check below for how you can get them for yourself.

Procreate

Procreate is an iPad specific drawing app. You can get it from the app store for $9.99. It’s totally worth it if you like drawing, making some small graphic design projects or GIFs and other easy animations. You can exported you work as a .psd file so you can edit in Adobe Photoshop on your computer.

You can buy it in the app store the link is here:

Procreate Brushes

There are two types of brushes that we have for the CommLab iPads below are links to where you can get them for yourself if you want.

Bardot Brushes
https://bardotbrush.com/
Genevieve’s Design Studio Watercolor Toolbox
https://www.genevievesdesignstudio.com/

Keyboard Shortcuts for Adobe Programs

Posted on by indelici

Check out a compiled list of the Default Keyboard Shortcuts for Audition, Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, Premiere Pro, Premiere Rush, and Spark.

What are keyboard shortcuts?
A keyboard shortcut is a key or combination of keys providing quick access to a particular function within a computer program.

Why do people use keyboard shortcuts?
Keyboard shortcuts help you get things done faster and easier! Essentially, it’s doing actions you may normally do with your mouse with your keyboard instead… (think pressing the space bar when pausing/playing a Netflix show.)

Each Adobe program allows for you to customize your keyboard shortcuts, but for now, here are guides for default shortcuts for various Adobe Programs you may find yourself using!

Audition

Illustrator

InDesign

Photoshop

Premiere Pro

Premiere Rush

Spark

Drop Caps in InDesign

Posted on by Bridget Fong

This video demonstrates how to create a drop cap and format it with paragraph and character styles.

What is a drop cap?
Also known as an Initial Cap, they typically involve a stylization and enlargement of the first letter of the first word in a paragraph and extends into at least one or more lines of text below. They are often very decorative and were first seen in biblical texts.