My InDesign CS2 Series is online. Mike Smick InDesign CS2 Atomic Learning.

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I opened my site up today and decided that it’s high time to make a posting. Things have been pretty interesting over the past week or so, despite that I have been somewhat ill, over the thanksgiving break. I’ve been fretting over this personal project I’m doing for friends, who have been entirely patient for […]

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I finally wrapped up the recording and editing tonight for my next Atomic Learning series. It’s InDesign CS2 tutorials, about 80 of them. It’s quite a listing. And you know whats funny, I can’t seem to cover everything even in 80 tutorials. The program is huge. AtomicLearning.com.
I’ve noticed in the past couple weeks a lot […]

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What if you could take a photograph with a tight zoom so you are focused on a subject. Then after you have taken the picture, decide that you wanted to focus on another part of the picture instead. Within the digital data you would be able to rack focus and actually see other planes of […]

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Well I am sitting in my office browsing, trying to fend off this cold. I don’t like giving in, or admitting, or deciding that I am actually sick. I also believe that there may be a chance what we know as sickness that is contagious may not necessarily be true. I wish I knew more. […]

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I’m back from California, whew that was a tough four days. I was beginning to miss the clean air of Missouri, as well as the pseudo-delicious barbecue, the lack of night life, and the flat flat flat terrain. Now that I’m back, I’m trying to start some patterns in my life. I’m thinking of jumping […]

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I opened the front screen door to my house and a package flipped out onto the porch. It has arrived. I’m not sure when my book will actually be in stores at this point, but getting this early copy was a nice surprise today. When I was little, the thought of having my own […]

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Just finished up my Adobe InDesign class for Communiversity. Originally I was teaching one three hour class, but then they asked me to add a session because of all those interested. In both sessions everyone was great. A lot of really interesting and fun people. I didn’t get paid for teaching these two three-hour classes […]

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What is it that makes digital art, photography or painting from a traditional way of doing it. I’m going to deliver a quick take on these matters in reference to value. This is not academic, it’s more situational. Because Art is so subjective, you can’t argue that one image is better than another. But what […]

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I’ve been getting a lot of inspiration from icons lately. I see really well done icons all over the place. I wonder how long people work at some of them. Each time I try to make an icon, it doesn’t seem to go right.
I made a little boombox icon here.
Please do not […]

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