http://feeds2.feedburner.com/QuickTipsFromTheDesignOblog http://www.nikibrown.com/designoblog/category/screencasts/ en-us Copyright Nikibrown.com Short tips and tricks on the Adobe Creative Suite and more! Niki Brown Quick tips are focused on providing helpful design tutorials packed with helpful information in less than 5 minutes! Quick tips are focused on providing helpful design tutorials packed with helpful information in less than 5 minutes! Our tips focus on the Adobe creative suite including: Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Illustrator, InDesign, Flash and much more! nebrow@gmail.com Niki Brown no adobe,photoshop,illustrator,indesign,flash,dreamweaver,web,design,html,tutorial http://www.nikibrown.com/designoblog/2010/02/18/clients-from-heaven/ Niki Brown How To Quickly Make All Caps Text In Photoshop In this quick tip I'll show you how to change the case of existing text in photoshop. Fri, 26 February 2010 12:00:00 GMT 0:53 Photoshop, Change Case, text all caps http://www.nikibrown.com/designoblog/2010/02/18/clients-from-heaven/ Niki Brown Clients From Heaven, Clients From Hell – Design Chat With Liz Andrade In the wake of the popularity of the Clients From Hell site I thought it would be appropriate to talk about good experiences with clients. I had a chance to have a chat with Liz Andrade from CmdShiftDesign and discuss the topic. Fri, 19 February 2010 12:00:00 GMT 4:17 Freelancing, clients, customer service http://www.nikibrown.com/designoblog/2009/11/13/photoshop-actions/ Niki Brown Quick Tip #46 How To Create Actions In Photoshop In this quick tip I’ll show you how to automate some of your workflow by creating actions in photoshop and using keyboard shortcuts to execute actions. Fri, 13 November 2009 12:00:00 GMT 3:38 Tutorial, photoshop, actions http://www.nikibrown.com/designoblog/2009/10/23/how-to-identify-fonts/ Niki Brown Quick Tip #45 Finding That Special Font In this quick tip I’ll show you some font identification tools to help you find that special font. Fri, 23 October 2009 12:00:00 GMT 2:15 Tutorial, fonts, typography, what the font http://www.nikibrown.com/designoblog/2009/10/09/organizing-your-code/ Niki Brown Quick Tip #44 Organizing Your Code In this quick tip I’ll show you how to quickly and easily organize your code in Dreamweaver using source formatting. Fri, 9 October 2009 12:00:00 GMT 1:31 Tutorial, Dreamweaver, Coding http://www.nikibrown.com/designoblog/2009/09/27/quick-tip-43-quick-iphone-scrolling/ Niki Brown Quick Tip #43 Quick iPhone scrolling In this quick Tip I show you how to quickly scroll back to the top on your iPhone. Also check out the new fullscreen feature with blip.tv - yay! Sun, 27 September 2009 12:00:00 GMT 0:51 Tutorial, iPhone http://www.nikibrown.com/designoblog/2009/09/13/dotted-lineillustrator/ Niki Brown Quick Tip #42 How To Create A Dotted Line In Illustrator In this quick tip I show you how to create a dotted line instead of a dashed line in illustrator. Also check out the new fullscreen feature with blip.tv - yay! Sun, 13 September 2009 12:00:00 GMT 2:12 Tutorial, illustrator, dotted line http://www.nikibrown.com/designoblog/2009/09/02/photoshop-slicing/ Niki Brown Quick Tip #41 Creating Slices From Guides In Photoshop In this quick tip I show you how to quickly create slices from guides in Photoshop. Wed, 2 September 2009 12:00:00 GMT 3:07 Tutorial, photoshop, slices, web design http://www.nikibrown.com/designoblog/2009/08/21/eas-ie6-png-fix/ Niki Brown Quick Tip #40 Eazy IE6 PNG Fix! In this quick tip I show you how to use the fastest, easiest, and quite possibly BEST ie6 png fix out there! Fri, 21 August 2009 12:00:00 GMT 3:00 Tutorial, ie6 png fix, web design http://www.nikibrown.com/designoblog/2009/08/12/quick-tip-39-how-to-make-the-apple-logo-in-2-seconds/ Niki Brown Quick Tip #39 How To Make The Apple Logo In 2 Seconds In this quick tip I'll show you a magic keyboard shortcut to make an apple logo in Photoshop. MWeb, 12 August 2009 12:00:00 GMT 1:29 Tutorial, Mac, Apple, Dock, Toolbar http://www.nikibrown.com/designoblog/2009/07/24/quick-tip-38-move-your-dock-with-1-click/ Niki Brown Quick Tip #38 Move Your Dock With 1 Click In this quick tip i'll show you how to easily move your dock around on your mac with 1 click. Tue, 14 July 2009 12:00:00 GMT 1:04 Tutorial, Mac, Apple, Dock, Toolbar http://www.nikibrown.com/designoblog/2009/07/14/quick-tip-37-drawing-a-gear-in-illustrator/ Niki Brown Quick Tip #37 Drawing a Gear In Illustrator In this quick tip I show you how to make a simple gear illustration using the transform tool. Let me know if you have any requests for quick tips! Tue, 14 July 2009 12:00:00 GMT 2:58 Tutorial, Illustrator, Distort Transform Tool http://www.nikibrown.com/designoblog/2009/07/10/quick-tip-36-making-badges-in-illustrator/ Niki Brown Quick Tip #36 Making Badges In Illustrator In this quick tip I show you how to quickly create badges in illustrator using the distort and transform effect. Fri, 10 July 2009 12:00:00 GMT 1:46 Tutorial, Illustrator, Distort Transform Tool http://www.nikibrown.com/designoblog/2009/06/15/quick-tip-34-rounding-the-corners/ Niki Brown Quick Tip #34 Rounding The Corners In this quick tip I show you how to create divs with rounded corners in FF and Safari. Mon, 15 June 2009 12:00:00 GMT 3:34 CSS, HTML, Rounded Corners, Web Design http://www.nikibrown.com/designoblog/2009/06/04/quick-tip-33-make-a-thumbnail-web-gallery-in-photoshop/ Niki Brown Quick Tip #33 Make A Thumbnail Web Gallery In Photoshop In this quick tip I will show you how to generate a thumbnail web gallery in photoshop. Thu, 4 June 2009 12:00:00 GMT 2:01 photoshop, thumbnail gallery, web gallery http://www.nikibrown.com/designoblog/2009/05/20/quick-tip-32-aligning-in-illustrator/ Niki Brown Quick Tip #32 Aligning In Illustrator In this quick tip I show you some tricks and tips of the align tools in illustrator. Wed, 20 May 2009 12:00:00 GMT 1:40 Illustrator, align pallete http://www.nikibrown.com/designoblog/2009/05/07/quick-tip-31-adding-details-with-a-photo-overlay/ Niki Brown Quick Tip #31 Adding Details With A Photo Overlay In this quick tip I show you how to add details to a boring web banner with a photo overlay Thu, 7 May 2009 12:00:00 GMT 2:46 Photoshop, photo overlay http://www.nikibrown.com/designoblog/2009/04/30/quick-tip-30-buttons-buttons-buttons/ Niki Brown Quick Tip #30 Buttons, Buttons, Buttons! In this quick tip I’ll show you how to add some subtle detail to a button in photoshop. Thu, 30 Apr 2009 12:00:00 GMT 2:13 Photoshop, buttons http://www.nikibrown.com/designoblog/2009/04/17/quick-tip-29-pathfinders-and-donuts/ Niki Brown Quick Tip #29 Pathfinders And Donuts! In this quick tip I show you how to use the pathfinder tools to draw shapes…and even a donut! Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:00:00 GMT 3:41 Illustrator, Pathfinders, Donuts http://www.nikibrown.com/designoblog/2009/04/10/quick-tip-28-ready-set-actions/ Niki Brown Quick Tip #28 Ready, Set, Actions! In this quick tip I'll show you how to make an action for batch resizing images. Time saving FTW!!! Fri, 10 Apr 2009 12:00:00 GMT 3:30 Photoshop, Actions, Image Resizing http://www.nikibrown.com/designoblog/2009/04/01/quick-tip-27-page-wrangling-in-indesign/ Niki Brown Quick Tip #27 Page Wrangling in InDesign In this quick tip I’ll show how to wrangle all your crazy pages in InDesign. Wed, 1 Apr 2009 12:00:00 GMT 1:35 InDesign, Pages, Tutorial http://www.nikibrown.com/designoblog/2009/03/26/quick-tip-26-find-and-replace/ Niki Brown Quick Tip #26 Find and Replace In this quick I show some of the lesser known options for find and replace in Dreamweaver. Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:00:00 GMT 3:07 Dreamweaver, Find and Replace, Tutorial http://www.nikibrown.com/designoblog/2009/03/24/quick-tip-25-screenshots-ahoy/ Niki Brown Quick Tip #25 Screenshots Ahoy! In this quick I show you a few ways to take screenshots on a mac - very handy! Tue, 24 Mar 2009 12:00:00 GMT 2:37 Screenshots, Mac Tips, Tutorial http://www.nikibrown.com/designoblog/2009/03/17/quick-tip-24-contact-sheets-in-photoshop/ Niki Brown Quick Tip #24 Contact Sheets In Photoshop In this quick tip I show you an easy way to create a sheet of thumbnails from a folder of photos. Photoshop does all the heavy lifting for you! Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:00:00 GMT 1:44 Photoshop, Contact Sheet, Automation, Tutorial http://www.nikibrown.com/designoblog/2009/03/10/quick-tip-23-change-your-case/ Niki Brown Quick Tip #23 Change YOUR caseu In this quick tip i show you how to quickly format the case of your text. Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:00:00 GMT 1:04 Illustrator, text, changing case, Tutorial http://www.nikibrown.com/designoblog/2009/03/07/quick-tip-22-let-photoshop-guide-you/ Niki Brown Quick Tip #22 Let Photoshop Guide You In this quick tip I show you some different ways to control guide placement in Photoshop. Fri, 7 Mar 2009 12:00:00 GMT 1:50 Photoshop, Guides, Tutorial http://www.nikibrown.com/designoblog/2009/02/27/quick-tip-21-custom-keyboard-shortcuts/ Niki Brown Quick Tip #21 Custom Keyboard Shortcuts In this quicktip I will show you how to create a custom keyboard shortcut. This comes in handy and saves a ton of time. I use the stroke feature of photoshop on a daily basis, but it does not have a default keyboard shortucut. Fri, 28 Feb 2009 12:00:00 GMT 2:35 Photoshop, Custom Shortcut, Tutorial http://www.nikibrown.com/designoblog/2009/02/24/quick-tip-20-drop-a-cap-in-your-paragraph/ Niki Brown Quick Tip #20 Drop A Cap In Your Paragraph Today I’m going to show you a quick and easy way to add just a little bit of ‘flair’ to your paragraphs. Yes we are going to tango with our old friend the drop cap. Super easy to create in print media thanks to InDesign, but CSS has some selectors up its sleeve to help us out. Tue, 24 Feb 2009 12:00:00 GMT 2:05 Dreamweaver, CSS, Drop Caps, Tutorial http://www.nikibrown.com/designoblog/2009/02/20/quick-tip-19-text-re-sizing-kerning-and-leading-oh-my/ Niki Brown Quick Tip #19 Text Re-sizing, Kerning, and Leading… Oh My! Hitting you up with a sweet tripple whammy of useful keyboard shortcuts this time! This quicktip shows you how to quickly resize text, adjust kerning and leading with ease! Fri, 20 Feb 2009 12:00:00 GMT 1:43 Illustrator, text resizing, kerning, leading, Tutorial http://www.nikibrown.com/designoblog/2009/02/17/quick-tip-18-rectangular-marquee-magic/ Niki Brown Quick Tip #18 Rectangular Marquee Magic In this quick tip I’ll show you how I make quick changes to a screenshot of a site with the marquee and transform tools. Tue, 17 Feb 2009 12:00:00 GMT 2:18 photoshop, Marquee Tool , Tutorial http://www.nikibrown.com/designoblog/2009/02/12/quick-tip-17-select-a-color-any-color/ Niki Brown Quick Tip #17 Select A Color… Any Color! Have you ever wanted to select a color with your eyedropper tool that is not within your photoshop document? Now you can learn how to with this super amazing quick tip! Thu, 12 Feb 2009 12:00:00 GMT 0:44 photoshop, eyedropper tool, selecting color , Tutorial http://www.nikibrown.com/designoblog/2009/02/10/quick-tip-16-super-simple-pie/ Niki Brown Quick Tip #16 Super Simple Pie In this quick tip I show you how to add an RSS feed to a non-blog page! Tue, 10 Feb 2009 12:00:00 GMT 3:48 RSS, Simplepie, PHP, Tutorial http://www.nikibrown.com/designoblog/2009/02/05/quick-tip-15-photoshop-text-reflection/ Niki Brown Quick Tip #15 Photoshop Text Reflection In This quick tip we show you how to make a quick text reflection with the transform tool and some feathering. Thu, 5 Feb 2009 12:00:00 GMT 2:29 Photoshop, Text Reflection, Tutorial http://www.nikibrown.com/designoblog/2009/02/03/quick-tip-14-photoshop-extract-tool/ Niki Brown Quick Tip #14 Photoshop Extract Tool In This quick tip we show you how to cut out an image from a background with the extract tool. Tue, 3 Feb 2009 12:00:00 GMT 2:32 Photoshop, Tutorial http://www.nikibrown.com/designoblog/2009/01/29/quick-tip-13-paragraph-styles-in-indesign/ Niki Brown Quick Tip #13 Paragraph Styles in InDesign In this quick tip we cover setting up paragraph styles for quick test formatting. Thu, 29 Jan 2009 12:00:00 GMT 1:27 InDesign, Paragraph styles, tutorial http://www.nikibrown.com/designoblog/2009/01/27/quick-tip-12-animated-masking-in-flash/ Niki Brown Quick Tip #12 Animated Masking In Flash This quicktip covers a simple masking method with animation in flash. Tue, 27 Jan 2009 12:00:00 GMT 2:19 masking, flash, web design, animation, tutorial http://www.nikibrown.com/designoblog/2009/01/22/quick-tip-11-keep-on-scrollin/ Niki Brown Quick Tip #11 Keep On Scrollin! Scrollin…..scrollin….scrolling on the internet river… Hmmm ok nevermind. This quick tip is just something cool I discovered in FF and Safari. Wed, 21 Jan 2009 12:00:00 GMT 0:43 firefox, tutorial http://www.nikibrown.com/designoblog/2009/01/15/quick-tip-10-opacity-in-photoshop/ Niki Brown Quick Tip #10 - Opacity In Photoshop In this quicktip we cover a nice keyboard shortcut for opacity in Photoshop. Thu, 15 Jan 2009 12:00:00 GMT 0:55 photoshop, opacity, keyboard shortcuts, tutorial