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Jeff Gamet - who has written 118 posts on Planet Quark.

Jeff Gamet is a contributing editor for Design Tools Monthly, the executive summary of graphic design news. He is also the morning editor and reviews editor for The Mac Observer and iPodObserver.com, and contributing writer for Layers Magazine and Photoshop User. He writes the InBrief column for InDesign Magazine, and is the author of "The Designer's Guide to Mac OS X," from Peachpit Press When Jeff isn't writing about the graphic design world, he's talking about it on the Design Tools Weekly podcast with co-host Jay Nelson. He also talks about Apple and the Mac world every week on The Mac Observer's Apple Weekly Report. Jeff studies, tests and reviews new software and technologies for the Macintosh community as well as the design and print industries. He is a former Pre-press specialist, and has nearly 25 years experience with computer technology. Jeff trains, lectures and consults on techniques for more efficiently using Mac OS X in creative environments throughout the country. In the rare moments when he can get away from his MacBook Pro, Jeff spends his time climbing and biking in the Colorado mountains.

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YouSendIt: Now as an Acrobat Plug-in

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

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The free YouSendIt.com is a useful way to send big files across the Internet. Recently, they released plug-ins for Acrobat Pro, Photoshop, iPhoto, Aperture, Final Cut Pro and Microsoft Office that let you send the current file(s) directly from within those applications via YouSendIt.  An additional benefit to using the plug-in is that your files upload 25% [...]

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Smashing Magazine

Monday, November 17, 2008

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Sven Lennartz and Vitaly Friedman’s Smashing Magazine presents some of the best stories on usability and Web design that I’ve seen. They also collect free resources, such as icons, brushes templates and tutorials. Great stuff. addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fplanetquark.com%2F2008%2F11%2F17%2Fsmashing-magazine%2F'; addthis_title = 'Smashing+Magazine'; addthis_pub = '';

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Create Your Own iPhoto Page Layouts

Friday, November 14, 2008

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When making a book in Apple’s iPhoto, you’re not limited to the page designs provided by iPhoto. You can use any program to create a page, including QuarkXPress. Here’s how: Create a page in QuarkXPress the same size as the other pages in the iPhoto book you’re making. Fill it with photos, backgrounds, and other art. Export [...]

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