Windows 10 Upgrade – Rocky start but then easier than pie!

August 24, 2019 |

I finally updated my main PC from Windows 7 to Windows 10! The process started with unexpected difficulties, despite having two Windows 10 USB Recovery Keys from Dell. The first key I tried said: “Bad Computer The key has already been used on another computer, you are not allowed to use the key on more…

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My Adobe InDesign Cheat Sheet

July 19, 2018 |

One of the companies I work for has me build and publish a catalog for them about once or twice a year. I hear that Adobe’s InDesign is supposed to be great for this! But I find the InDesign tools less intuitive than those in Illustrator. So each year I start out in InDesign, picking…

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My beloved Adobe Fireworks!

July 20, 2016 |

It has been a few years since Adobe announced the sunset of Fireworks (formerly Macromedia Fireworks.)  I am hopeful that they will come to their senses and continue with the product that I love. However, that is looking less and less likely as time goes by. I am happy to say that Adobe will still…

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Adobe brings their subscription model to the US with Creative Sutie 6

April 24, 2012 |

This week, Adobe has finally released pricing and other information for their upcoming CS6 packages. I have been eagerly waiting to see the list of new features and how pricing will change with the promise of a subscription model. Here are the things that have jumped out at me: Adobe has combined Web Premium and…

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Adobe Premier Elements 8.0

November 6, 2009 |

I recently saw an ad on craigslist searching for an “expert” in wordpress who had experience integrating videos.  This only rekindles my desire to learn more about video editing and web-friendly video formats. While looking for affordable (or better yet – free) video editing software, I stumbled across a free trial of Adobe Premier Elements. …

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