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Keith Gilbert has worked as an independent consultant and educator in the design industry for 24 years for clients such as Apple, Adobe, Best Buy, Cargill, General Mills, Lands’ End, Target and the United Nations. His work has taken him throughout the US and Canada, as well as to Barbados, Kenya and Monaco. He is an Adobe Certified Instructor in InDesign, InCopy, Illustrator, Photoshop and Acrobat, and the Chapter Representative for the Minneapolis InDesign User Group. You can read his Tips & Techniques Blog at blog.gilbertconsulting.com.
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How to Create a Flag Graphic with Type in InDesign

Keith Gilbert on Jun 18th 2009 with 38 comments

In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to use InDesign’s ability to create type on a curve, and flow that type from one curve to another. Along the way, you’ll learn a slick technique for step and repeat and how to apply gradients to text. This technique will work in InDesign CS or later. This technique would also will work in Illustrator, with minor modifications.

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How to Use Multi-Layered Illustrator Artwork in InDesign

Keith Gilbert on Jun 14th 2009 with 9 comments

Did you know that you can create multi-layered artwork in Adobe Illustrator, and then turn layers on and off in InDesign? Learn how in this quick tutorial.

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