InDesignSecrets Podcast 296

InDesign Secrets

In this episode…

• News
  • Adobe InDesign 17.2 update patch released
  • CreativePro Week agenda is up! May 9-13, live in DC and online
  • The cover story in the March 2022 issue of CreativePro magazine dives deep into alternatives to Adobe software (including how Affinity Publisher stacks up to InDesign)
  • And the April issue is all about making data visual; a must-read for anyone who makes charts, graphs, infographics, and so on
• Interview with Andreas Michalski of CI-HUB
• Control Panel vs. the Properties Panel: Total Smackdown!
• Obscure InDesign Feature: Key Object

Sponsor for this episode:

>> Canto (they dropped the “Cumulus” name a few years ago) is a leader in digital asset management (DAM) software, with customers that include many of today’s top brands. This is an incredibly intuitive and easy to use platform that gives creative teams a centralized location to organize, find, and share all of their digital brand assets, including videos, images, graphics, etc. Canto integrates directly with Adobe Creative Cloud software. For more information, visit https://go.canto.com/CreativePro.

Links mentioned in this podcast:

• InDesign 17.2… what’s new: https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/kb/fixed-issues.html
• The mystery of PlugPlugOwl: https://indesign.uservoice.com/forums/601180-adobe-indesign-bugs/suggestions/36861886-indesign-crashes-on-launch-in-plugplugowl-dll
• How to rebuild your preferences: https://creativepro.com/rebuilding-indesign-preferences/
• Canto has been around forever! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumulus_(software)
• Working with a DAM: InDesign Magazine Issue 109: https://creativepro.com/indesign-magazine-issue-109-digital-asset-management/
• Anne-Marie shows how to get the Control panel back: https://creativepro.com/video-how-to-bring-the-control-panel-back-and-keep-it/
• Andreas Michalski from CI-HUB
  • https://ci-hub.com
  • 17-minute video by CI-HUB from CreativePro Week: https://creativeproweek.com/session/ci-hub-sponsored-session-2020/
• Anne-Marie’s course on Collaborative Workflows: https://www.linkedin.com/learning/collaborative-workflows-for-editors-and-designers/