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adobe acrobat color problem fix

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On the topic of software on February 16th

Last week I had emailed a client two final PDF full-color logo mockups that were created in Adobe Illustrator. I received an email yesterday stating that they “didn’t like the color of brown I used.” Slightly confused, since there was only shades of blue and black used in the logo, I investigated further.

Typically when viewing PDFs on my Mac I use Apple Preview (it loads much faster and render much cleaner than Adobe Acrobat). However, my client was using Adobe Acrobat, which was causing weird discoloring of certain elements of the logo—even though some of the same parts were the exact same colors as other parts that were appearing fine even on my Acrobat. My initial thoughts was that it was possibly their settings or something similar in Acrobat).

Still confused, I sent out a tweet asking if anyone had similar experiences. Many of the responses resulted in what I thought and tried, but a tweet by Edward Qwertsih (@ludoedoed) told me to try the following (to which solved the problem):

  • File » Save As…
  • Type <PDF> — Click Save
  • In pop up: Choose Output on the left side
  • Set the Profile Inclusion Policy to ‘Include All Profiles’
  • Click Save PDF

Problem solved.  To everyone that offered help: Thank you! All of your help and feedback is always greatly appreciated.

 
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designers favorite chrome extensions

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On the topic of daily discoveries on February 11th

The wait is now over…. Google Chrome extensions are now live on the Mac compatible version of Chrome [download link]. I can now make Chrome my official dedicated web surfing browser!

While I’ve been using Chrome for a few months now and blown away by the speed and simplicity the one thing that was holding me back was that I couldn’t install Xmarks to sync my obsessively organized bookmark collection across my other used browsers. I was using Xmarks to sync Firefox and Safari (also sync to my iPhone via MobileMe), but until today couldn’t keep my Chrome up-to-date — and that bothered the hell out of me.

Now that Chrome is extension-ready on the Mac, I’d thought it would be interesting to hear others top 5 Chrome extensions. Feel free to share in the comments below. Anyways, here are my top 5:

  1. Xmarks (surprised?) – sync your bookmarks across multiple computers and browsers. And as you read from the above, I couldn’t work/surf without this one.
  2. Bit.ly Shorten Url – Shorten any URL also send a Tweet or Facebook status update from it. I like how it adds the icon to the address bar for a quick click to shrink.
  3. Add to Amazon wish list – I’m always adding “things I want” to my Amazon wish list, so this makes for easy updating.
  4. ChromeMilk – great way to display and update my Remember the Milk tasks. I’m a huge fan of RTM, and if you are unfamiliar read my reasons why I like it.
  5. Lorem Ipsum Generator – quick way to access dummy text to use for website filler while designing.
 
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lets play: url abc

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On the topic of miscellaneous on February 10th

It’s Wednesday night and I’m bored—and what better to do when you’re bored than play a game. Lately, I’ve been seeing many designers playing the ABC URL game on their blogs.

The rules are simple: Launch your favorite, most frequently used browser for surfing the web. Start by typing, one letter at a time, the entire alphabet into the search bar to see what pops up first. Record the results.

I’ve discovered new and interesting links and resources from seeing what other designers results were. Below you will find mine.

Feel free to submit yours in the comments below or share a link to your URL ABCs from your blog.

 
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