Tutorials | Elaine Giles

Custom Shapes in Keynote

by Elaine Giles | 12 Sep 2015 | Training, Tutorials

Apple’s Keynote has a range of great preset shapes, but not an exhaustive collection. This is why you’ll appreciate the ability to create a custom shape tailored-made for your presentation. Keynote has a range of tools geared to helping you create custom shapes.

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Secrets of the OS X Color Picker

by Elaine Giles | 11 Sep 2015 | Training, Tutorials

The OS X Color Picker is a system wide tool for working with colors in your apps. While simple to use it is also feature rich with a range of hidden options that will save you time and effort when it comes to working with colors in all your Mac apps.

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Custom Shapes in PowerPoint 2016 for Mac

by Elaine Giles | 11 Sep 2015 | Training, Tutorials

PowerPoint has a wide range of great preset shapes, but not an exhaustive collection. This is why you’ll appreciate the ability to create a custom shape tailored-made for your presentation. PowerPoint has a range of tools geared to helping you create custom shapes.

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Video: Halftone in Pixelmator

by Elaine Giles | 5 Sep 2015 | Tutorials, Videos

A new design video this week! Learn how to use Pixelmator to make cartoons, comics and much more using the Halftone feature. Create your own comic strip, design a cartoon or add pizzazz to your designs quickly and easily. (more…)

How to Create an OS X Yosemite Installation Boot Disk

by Elaine Giles | 15 Nov 2014 | Tutorials

Whatever your feelings are about the "download only" delivery method Apple imposes for its operating system updates you would be well advised to ensure you have a bootable version of the OS for future emergency use. Especially important as the installer automatically deletes itself once it has installed meaning another huge download if you need to reinstall.

By far the easiest way to create a bootable installation disk for OS X is using DiskMaker X from http://diskmakerx.com/. DiskMaker X is free app created with AppleScript that can be used to create a bootable install disk.

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