3 reasons to use Indesign not Canva for your book design book design canva design tools indesign magazine design Sep 25, 2021

Canva is great, I use it for social media posts, web graphics, even basic video editing and creation. But when it comes to books or magazines or long documents I just wouldn't use Canva for layout. I use Indesign. Before that I used to use QuarkXpress - showing my age here, but anyway, I thought...

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Is Canva a good replacement for Adobe? adobe canva design tools Aug 28, 2021

 Canva v Adobe

Designers have a love hate relationship with Canva. On the one hand it has made their job easier, on the other it has made everyone a 'designer' and a designer's job harder. This post gives you an insight as to how I use both platforms as a designer, what I think about...

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Photo converting for print magazine layout using Photoshop and Indesign adobe design for print design tools magazine design photo edit Jul 06, 2021

Here is the process of placing photos into a magazine layout that is going to be printed. These are basic formatting details for those starting to design and layout print publications that use photos. The process below uses Adobe Photoshop and Indesign.
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Design tools for writers who lack design skills design tools May 13, 2021

Whether you are designing a header for your website or writing a post on social media, it feels like you need to be a professional designer with subscriptions to all-the-tools so that it looks professional and not like Stuart the intern did it in Word! The following list of design tools for...

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