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Archive for December, 2008

Creating the grid system in Indesign CS3

by hydropeek on Dec.18, 2008, under Graphic Design, Tutorials

How to make the grid system like the one found in TheGridSystem.org

1) Open a new document.

Step 1

2) Adjust basic margins and columns

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Step 2

3) Go to Layout > Create Guides.

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Step 3

4) Adjust desired number of grids and columns, make sure you click on the preview checkbox

Step 4

Step 4

5) Done! You should have something like this:

Step 5

Step 5

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Logo/Symbol Design – Eco Design Performance

by hydropeek on Dec.16, 2008, under CyberLife

Energy Star

Original Energy Star Logo

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New Energy Star Alternative Logo

Logo I designed for a company that needs an Energy Star alternative. Energy star requirements has raised their efficiency requirements that is hard for the company to maintain.

They needed a logo that could replace the energy star

place.

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Do it yourself passport photo

by hydropeek on Dec.16, 2008, under photography, Tutorials

I had to take a homemade passport photo today.

These two (or  one) link(s) would be enough to get someone started in making a passport photo.  I basically made a 4×6, 300 dpi photoshop file according to this link:
http://www.dpchallenge.com/tutorial.php?TUTORIAL_ID=22

And found another fancy template here:
http://www.nicmyers.com/passport-photo-template-updated/

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Ben-LOG › Tools — WordPress

by hydropeek on Dec.14, 2008, under CyberLife

Ben-LOG › Tools — WordPress.

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Font Guide Comparison for webdesign.

by hydropeek on Dec.12, 2008, under Graphic Design, webdev

I came across this site since my fonts on OSX is rendering differently than windows.  Just to take notes.

Here are some links that lists down system fonts for both Windows and Mac:

~BA

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