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Adobe Photoshop‘s History panel is probably one of the most useful tools in Photoshop, allowing you to undo and redo things you’ve already done to your image with the click of a button. Many users, however, don’t take advantage of the flexibility that the History panel offers.
Enhance your Photoshop History panel
Enhance your Photoshop History panel
Adobe drops PPC support for CS5
So if you depend on Adobe Creative Suite software for a living but have not upgraded from the G5 or earlier Macs, you might want to consider doing so sometime early next year if you plan to take advantage of all the new features that Adobe Creative Suite 5 will bring.
Adobe drops PPC support for CS5
Adobe announced today that future versions of the applications in their Creative Suites will no longer support PowerPC (PPC) Macs. With Apple’s recent announcement that the next version of OSX (Snow Leopard) will not support the PowerPC chip set, there was really no reason to continue with future development for the pre-Intel platform.
Adobe Creative Suite 5 drops PPC support
Easily compare 2 InDesign documents for changes
Easily compare 2 InDesign documents for changes
Here’s the problem: You have two InDesign documents of the same job which are filled with text – but you don’t know which one to use. You could spend a lot of time reading page after page of text trying to determine which document is the one you want, but there’s an easier way. I picked-up this tip from Anne-Marie Concepción over at InDesign Magazine some time ago and it’s fantastic for comparing two InDesign documents to find the differences. Obviously, this tip is most useful for documents containing a LOT of text. Read on to see how easy it is.
Mac Web Browsers: Are We There Yet?
Mac Web Browsers: Are We There Yet?
Long-time Mac users probably remember the day when Microsoft Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator were the only games in town. With Mac OS 9 and the early days of Mac OS X, IE was the lean, mean, speed-machine; while Navigator was continuing its fast slide to irrelevance. But with OS X’s Unix underpinnings, and its sleek new GUI, it wasn’t long until developers started porting old browsers, or releasing all new ones to run on Apple’s shiny new OS. One of the earliest non-MS/Mozilla browsers was OmniWeb. It was easily faster than most anything out there, had a slick interface, and boasted features few other browsers offered at the time, such as tabs on the side, per-site preferences, built-in ad-blocking, and more. Due to Microsoft’s barely-an-effort port of IE to OS X, and Netscape Navigator suffering from never-ending software bloat, the time was right for other vendors to make their move. OmniWeb’s popularity exploded, and with it came a (welcome) blistering onslaught of Web browsers available for the Mac.
30″ LCD Showdown: Apple vs. Dell
30″ LCD Showdown: Apple vs. Dell
In my quest to upgrade an aging dual-monitor setup (a 20” main screen with a 17” screen off to the side to house application palettes, iTunes, etc.), the first decision to make was choosing between another dual-monitor setup, or going large with a 30″ display. I chose to go the single-monitor route.
With only a single monitor, I wanted the largest I could get, a 30″ LCD. After quite a bit of research online, and real-world use of the Apple 30” Cinema Display and a Dell 30” UltraSharp Widescreen, I was prepared to make a decision based on several factors. Rather than give a run-down of tech specs you can get on your own, I decided to give you a side-by-side comparison from a typical user’s perspective.
I’m a huge fan of Adobe’s CreativeSuite icons. I like their simplicity, they just stand out in the dock. I’ve customized a few of my icons to take on a similar look, which I call HeadsUp. So here’s the HeadsUp – Apple icon set, containing 7 color variations (plus a Graphic Mac logo version). The icons are 512 pixels and should scale well for virtually any resolution screen. Free of charge, don’t steal, blah, blah, blah… Candybar users can download the 
