Notes, Essays and Comments

The first idea with this section is to place more wordy blog entries into a semblance of normalcy. This will require a little bit of editing of the tense, syntax etc of the pages. But they needed a better place and the Archived mungenet entries… section.

A paradigm shift in software
Nick Hodge
I get philosphical for a moment and wish Adobe’s future

Faux transparency

First experiments with DIV Positioning

Netscape, MSIE, Opera and DIV positioning

Travelling with a Laptop
Nick Hodge

GoLive 6.0

Adam Pratt: GoLive 6.0 Tips & Tricks

Bigbang MenuMachine

Creating a Virtual Directory for the Apache Web Server on Mac OS X

Creating HTML emails with GoLive

Deleting a Bad Installation of the the GoLive Preconfigured Servers package on Mac OS X and starting over

GoLive 6.0.1 Update (Mac, 8.2Mb)

GoLive 6.0.1 Update (Win, 5.7Mb)

Initializing the Sample Databases and Using the Sample Sites on Mac OS X

Installing the GoLive Preconfigured Servers on Mac OS X

Russell Brown and Nick Hodge in New Zealand

[1138] Looking South @ Piha, May 2002.
Looking South @ Piha, May 2002.

[1139] NZ Flax plants at Karekare. May 2002.

[1140] Piha. May 2002
Piha. May 2002

[1141] Nick Hodge at Piha. Photo by Russell Brown. May 2002
Nick Hodge at Piha. Photo by Russell Brown. May 2002

[1142] Nick Hodge at Piha. Photo by Russell Brown. May 2002
Nick Hodge at Piha. Photo by Russell Brown. May 2002

[1143] Piha. May 2002
Piha. May 2002

[1144] Russell Brown at Piha. Photo by Nick Hodge. May 2002
Russell Brown at Piha. Photo by Nick Hodge. May 2002

[1145] Russell Brown at Piha. Photo by Nick Hodge. May 2002
Russell Brown at Piha. Photo by Nick Hodge. May 2002

[1146] Piha. May 2002
Piha. May 2002

[1147] Piha. May 2002
Piha. May 2002

[1148] Russell Brown at Piha. Photo by Nick Hodge. May 2002
Russell Brown at Piha. Photo by Nick Hodge. May 2002

[1149] Russell Brown at Huia. Photo by Nick Hodge. May 2002
Russell Brown at Huia. Photo by Nick Hodge. May 2002

[1150] Russell Brown at Karekare. Photo by Nick Hodge. May 2002
Russell Brown at Karekare. Photo by Nick Hodge. May 2002

[1151] Karekare. Photo by Nick Hodge. May 2002
Karekare. Photo by Nick Hodge. May 2002

[1152] Karekare. Photo by Nick Hodge. May 2002
Karekare. Photo by Nick Hodge. May 2002

[1153] Russell Brown at Karekare. Photo by Nick Hodge. May 2002
Russell Brown at Karekare. Photo by Nick Hodge. May 2002

[1154] Russell Brown at Karekare. Photo by Nick Hodge. May 2002
Russell Brown at Karekare. Photo by Nick Hodge. May 2002

[1155] Karekare. Photo by Nick Hodge. May 2002
Karekare. Photo by Nick Hodge. May 2002

[1156] Karekare. Photo by Nick Hodge. May 2002
Karekare. Photo by Nick Hodge. May 2002

[1157] Karekare. Photo by Nick Hodge. May 2002
Karekare. Photo by Nick Hodge. May 2002

[1158] Russell Brown at Piha. Photo by Nick Hodge. May 2002
Russell Brown at Piha. Photo by Nick Hodge. May 2002

[1159] Russell Brown at Piha. Photo by Nick Hodge. May 2002
Russell Brown at Piha. Photo by Nick Hodge. May 2002

[1160] Russell Brown at Huia. Photo by Nick Hodge. May 2002
Russell Brown at Huia. Photo by Nick Hodge. May 2002

Photoshop 7.0

Adobe Photoshop 7.0.1 G5 Processor Plug-in update for Mac OS X (1.4Mb)

Adobe Photoshop 7.0.x AltiVecCore Update plug-in
Adobe Systems
2003-01-28

AppleScript: FileMaker Pro to Photoshop 7.0
Nick Hodge
An AppleScript that takes data from FileMaker Pro and inserts it into Photoshop 7.0

Color Remedies on Color Management
Color Remedies

Moonshine: Distilling PDF into JPEG using Scripting
Nick Hodge
Photoshop 7.0 adds scripting. Here we use the scripting as a way of converting PDFs into JPEGs.

Moonshine: Distilling PDF into JPEG using Scripting NOW in VB for Windows!
Nick Hodge
Photoshop 7.0 adds scripting. Here we use the scripting as a way of converting PDFs into JPEGs. Now available in VB for Windows!

Photoshop 7 File Browser Automatic Numbering Technique
Nick Hodge
How to use the File Browser to renumber files starting from non-zero

Photoshop 7.0 Scripting Plugin 1.0.2a (Mac)

Photoshop 7.0 Scripting Plugin, Samples and Documentation for Macintosh (v1.0.2)

Photoshop 7.0 Scripting Plugin 1.0.2a (Win)
Adobe Systems
Photoshop 7.0 Scripting Plugin, Samples and Documentation for Windows (v1.0.2)

Photoshop 7.0.1 Update (Mac, 15.2Mb)

Photoshop 7.0.1 Update (Win, 12.8Mb)

Photoshop 7.x – Amending File Browser width for palette well
Cari Jansen
Do you find that when the File Browser is docked to the palette well you can’t make the browser window wider only deeper?

Photoshop 7.x – Cache & the File Browser
Cari Jansen
When you view the image contents of a new folder using the File Browser, you must have experienced a delay in the viewing process at times.

Russell Brown
Russell Brown
Russell Preston Brown’s whole host of Photoshop (and more!) related tips

Random Access, Adelaide

[1119] Random Access Adelaide, 1987. Taken from Hindmarsh Square looking toward Twin Plaza.
Random Access Adelaide, 1987. Taken from Hindmarsh Square looking toward Twin Plaza.

[1120] Nick inside the
Nick inside the “tech support” room at the rear of Random Access. Klipsch KG4 speakers (which I still have!) blasting music I am sure!

[1121] Nick at his desk, early 1987, Random Access.
Nick at his desk, early 1987, Random Access.

[1122] Inside Random Access in early 1987. The computer is one of the first Macintosh II's. Probably taken just before opening of the updated store.
Inside Random Access in early 1987. The computer is one of the first Macintosh II’s. Probably taken just before opening of the updated store.

Nick In Strange Places, Doing Strange Things

[18] This is about as good as I get in a picture. This picture was taken whilst I was presenting Apple's Quicktime at a Macromedia conference in 1998 when I was still at Apple Computer. In 2005, Adobe purchased Macromedia. How small this IT world is.
This is about as good as I get in a picture. This picture was taken whilst I was presenting Apple’s Quicktime at a Macromedia conference in 1998 when I was still at Apple Computer. In 2005, Adobe purchased Macromedia. How small this IT world is.

[1053] Nick in a Skyhawk @ Ta Papa, Wellington, NZ. May 2000.
Nick in a Skyhawk @ Ta Papa, Wellington, NZ. May 2000.

[1054] Nick doing air guitar, Hobart May 1999. Photo by Tim Cole.
Nick doing air guitar, Hobart May 1999. Photo by Tim Cole.

[1055] Nick doing air guitar, Darwin May 1999. Photo by Tim Cole.
Nick doing air guitar, Darwin May 1999. Photo by Tim Cole.

[1057] Nick doing air guitar, Darwin May 1999. Photo by Tim Cole. Jordan Reizes on the phone (what else) to the right.
Nick doing air guitar, Darwin May 1999. Photo by Tim Cole. Jordan Reizes on the phone (what else) to the right.

[1059] Nick doing air guitar on Crocodile @ Crocdilus Park, Darwin May 1999. Photo by Tim Cole.
Nick doing air guitar on Crocodile @ Crocdilus Park, Darwin May 1999. Photo by Tim Cole.

[1060] Nick and Victor Guerrero. Middle of f*cking nowhere. Photo by Lyndal. (on the way to Bay of Islands, May 2000)
Nick and Victor Guerrero. Middle of f*cking nowhere. Photo by Lyndal. (on the way to Bay of Islands, May 2000)

[1061] Nick & Victor Guerrero, Sheep World. 1 hour's drive north of Auckland, NZ. Photo by Lyndal.
Nick & Victor Guerrero, Sheep World. 1 hour’s drive north of Auckland, NZ. Photo by Lyndal.

[1108] Nick driving a Mustang in the US. Thanks to Neverlost, I was knew where I was. I don't know where this photo was taken. Photo by Aaron Tavakoli, April 2002
Nick driving a Mustang in the US. Thanks to Neverlost, I was knew where I was. I don’t know where this photo was taken. Photo by Aaron Tavakoli, April 2002

[1109] Nick on VTA Train San Jose, April 2002
Nick on VTA Train San Jose, April 2002

[1110] Nick standing outside Adobe Systems, San Jose. April 2002
Nick standing outside Adobe Systems, San Jose. April 2002

[1112] Fat Bastard Nick at Norman Lindsay's Place. Photo by Tim Cole August 2000
Fat Bastard Nick at Norman Lindsay’s Place. Photo by Tim Cole August 2000

[1135] Nick @ Melbourne Convention Centre @ Photoshop 7 User's Conference April 2002. Photo by Eric Persijn
Nick @ Melbourne Convention Centre @ Photoshop 7 User’s Conference April 2002. Photo by Eric Persijn

[1136] Nick @ Melbourne Convention Centre @ Photoshop 7 User's Conference April 2002. Photo by Eric Persijn
Nick @ Melbourne Convention Centre @ Photoshop 7 User’s Conference April 2002. Photo by Eric Persijn

[1137] Fisheye Nick
Fisheye Nick

[1169] Nick Hodge at the Photoshop 7 Roadshow, Perth, May 2002. Photo by Henry Oorjitham of Nu Designs
Nick Hodge at the Photoshop 7 Roadshow, Perth, May 2002. Photo by Henry Oorjitham of Nu Designs

[1201] Nick at Sales Conference in San Jose, June 2002
Nick at Sales Conference in San Jose, June 2002

[1284] Nick in Bangalore: Ajeet Indian Trainer
Nick in Bangalore: Ajeet Indian Trainer

[1285] Nick in Bangalore: Kirin
Nick in Bangalore: Kirin

[1286] Nick@ the Taj Mahal, Agra, India. Sept 2002
Nick@ the Taj Mahal, Agra, India. Sept 2002

[1287] nick hodge at taj mahal

[1288] Nick@ the Taj Mahal, Agra, India. Sept 2002
Nick@ the Taj Mahal, Agra, India. Sept 2002

[1289] Nick@ the Taj Mahal, Agra, India. Sept 2002
Nick@ the Taj Mahal, Agra, India. Sept 2002

[1435] Nick, onstage talking about his MINI. And Adobe stuff, too!
Nick, onstage talking about his MINI. And Adobe stuff, too!

[1436] Nick in a natural presentation pose, Adelaide, June 2003. Photo by Peter Sinclair, Onstage Presentations.
Nick in a natural presentation pose, Adelaide, June 2003. Photo by Peter Sinclair, Onstage Presentations.

[1448] Nick, Acrobat 6.0 Roadshow Brisbane 12 June 03. Sick as a dog, lost my voice
Nick, Acrobat 6.0 Roadshow Brisbane 12 June 03. Sick as a dog, lost my voice

[1457] Smiling. Adobe Sales Conference, San Jose, June 2003. Photo by Aaron Tavakoli
Smiling. Adobe Sales Conference, San Jose, June 2003. Photo by Aaron Tavakoli

[1458] Smiling. Adobe Sales Conference, San Jose, June 2003. Photo by Aaron Tavakoli
Smiling. Adobe Sales Conference, San Jose, June 2003. Photo by Aaron Tavakoli

[1459] Nick and Alan win Asia-Pacific Sales Impact Award. Photo includes Craig Tegel, Jim Stephens and Bruce Chizen
Nick and Alan win Asia-Pacific Sales Impact Award. Photo includes Craig Tegel, Jim Stephens and Bruce Chizen

[1460] Nick, Kym & Danno at Expotech Sydney June 2003
Nick, Kym & Danno at Expotech Sydney June 2003

[1523] Nick looks over Auckland, NZ, January 2001
Nick looks over Auckland, NZ, January 2001

[1524] Nick at Gateway to India, September 2002
Nick at Gateway to India, September 2002

[1525] Nick at Gateway to India, September 2002. Looking toward to the Taj Mahal
Nick at Gateway to India, September 2002. Looking toward to the Taj Mahal

[1526] Nick Hodge, with MINI, August 2003. Photo by Mike Wallen
Nick Hodge, with MINI, August 2003. Photo by Mike Wallen

[1545] Me, my MINI and a Pub (Sydneys oldest pub, Lord Nelson)
Me, my MINI and a Pub (Sydneys oldest pub, Lord Nelson)

[1568] Nick in Canberra, Nov03. Photo by Michael Stoddart.
Nick in Canberra, Nov03. Photo by Michael Stoddart.

[1572] Nick and Alan in Perth for Creative Suite Roadshow. Nov 03, Photo by Cari Jansen
Nick and Alan in Perth for Creative Suite Roadshow. Nov 03, Photo by Cari Jansen

[1595] Nick in front of Korean War era Sherman, War Memorial, Seoul, South Korea. December 2003.
Nick in front of Korean War era Sherman, War Memorial, Seoul, South Korea. December 2003.

[1600] Nick and Brent Irwin, Express Data, as Bouncers Melbourne Dec 03
Nick and Brent Irwin, Express Data, as Bouncers Melbourne Dec 03

[1609] Nick, in formal gear, near Sydney harbour, January

[1625] Qantas Club, International Terminal, on way to Singapore, March 2004. Photo by Michael Stoddart.
Qantas Club, International Terminal, on way to Singapore, March 2004. Photo by Michael Stoddart.

[1976] Nick, the MINI, somewhere north of Eden, NSW, August 2004. Photo by Tim Cole
Nick, the MINI, somewhere north of Eden, NSW, August 2004. Photo by Tim Cole

[2004] Nick on the sands of Kare Kare, November 2004. Photo by Mark Szulc
Nick on the sands of Kare Kare, November 2004. Photo by Mark Szulc

[2008] Nick at Kare Kare, November 2004. Photo by Mark Szulc
Nick at Kare Kare, November 2004. Photo by Mark Szulc

[2019] Nick at Lion Rock, Piha, NZ. November 2004. Photo by Mark Szulc
Nick at Lion Rock, Piha, NZ. November 2004. Photo by Mark Szulc

[2020] Nick in silhouette, Piha, NZ. November 2004. Photo by Mark Szulc
Nick in silhouette, Piha, NZ. November 2004. Photo by Mark Szulc

[2023] Nick in London

[2046] Nick and Kookaburra, Lake Macquarie, NSW. Photo by Daniel Low.
Nick and Kookaburra, Lake Macquarie, NSW. Photo by Daniel Low.

[2398] Thanks John G for getting me in a compromising situation
Thanks John G for getting me in a compromising situation

Avril Photos

[930] Avril in Hollywood

[932] Avril in Venice

[1027] Avril at her 40th. To the right is Nicole McNamara (now Nicole Sharp)
Avril at her 40th. To the right is Nicole McNamara (now Nicole Sharp)

[1028] Avril at her 40th. To her left is Frank Falco. A good friend since the mid 1980's
Avril at her 40th. To her left is Frank Falco. A good friend since the mid 1980’s

[1037] Lucy and Avril on the bed.
Lucy and Avril on the bed.

[1573] Avril, November 2003.
Avril, November 2003.

[1607] Avrils hand, January 2004

InDesign 2.0

InDesign 2.0 Prepress Tips & Techniques

InDesign 2.0: Export or Distill PDFs?
Nick Hodge
Should you Export PDFs or Distill PDFs from InDesign 2.0?

InDesign 2.0: Generating Composite, Trapped PDFs
Nick Hodge
Using InDesign to generate Composite Trapped PDFs

InDesign 2.0: How to Export and Place Pages back into InDesign 2.0
Nick Hodge
Why should you export pages from InDesign as PDF rather than EPS

InDesign 2.0: Photoshop to InDesign workflow
Nick Hodge
The best way of taking Photoshop files into InDesign 2.0

InDesign 2.0: Photoshop with Spots, InDesign and Composite PDF
Nick Hodge
How to take Photoshop with Spots, Transparency and Vector into InDesign 2.0 for composite PDF

InDesign 2.0: Photoshop, Duotones into InDesign
Nick Hodge

InDesign 2.0: Printing Output Choices and Flattener Tricks (including force Greyscale export!)
Nick Hodge
How to use the Flattener to get greater colour control at output time

InDesign 2.0: Spot Colors, Transparency
Nick Hodge
InDesign 2.0 has great support for Spot Colors; this is how they work with transparency

InDesign 2.0: Text and the Transparency Flattener
Nick Hodge
Explaining how Text and Transparency Flattener interact in InDesign 2.0

InDesign 2.0: Trapping Journey with Prinergy
Nick Hodge
Specific settings in Prinergy that effect InDesign output

InDesign CS Printing Guide

partners.adobe.com: CS Printing Guides

Printing Acrobat 5.0/PDF1.4 Generated by Adobe InDesign 2.0
Nick Hodge
How to successfully generate quality print results from a PDF 1.4 from InDesign 2.0

InDesign 2.0 Scripts

InDesign 2.0: Adding Tab to Table Cells
Nick Hodge
A mini-VB application that adds a Tab character to Cell text

InDesign 2.0: Pasting As Text Only on Windows
Nick Hodge
A mini-VB application that permits the pasting as Text Only on Windows

InDesign 2.0: Automating Adding Words to the Dictionary
Nick Hodge
Scripting in InDesign 2.0 to add words to a Language Dictionary

InDesign 2.0: Word Count using Visual Basic
Nick Hodge
Scripting in InDesign 2.0 to add word count

Adobe InDesign 2.x – Scaling and resizing images in InDesign
Cari Jansen
Possibly the more difficult feature to get used to when converting from another page layout program to InDesign, is the way in which images are handled.

Adobe InDesign 2.x – Text Wrap and Alpha Channels
Cari Jansen
Text wrap and alpha channels in InDesign 2.0

Find an InDesign Service Provider (Aust & NZ)

Find an InDesign Service Provider (Worldwide)

InDesign 2.0.2 Update (Mac)
Adobe Systems Support download. 14.2Mb
Adobe Systems Support download. 14.2Mb

InDesign 2.0.2 Update (Win)
Adobe Systems Support download. 13Mb
Adobe Systems Support download. 13Mb

InDesign 2.0: Determining Document Heritage
Nick Hodge
A hidden feature will show you an InDesign document’s heritage

InDesign 2.0: Hidden Baseline Grids
Nick Hodge
Inside Using InDesign 2.0’s baseline grid

InDesign 2.0: Painting Pictures with Picket Fences
Nick Hodge
Using Compound Paths to Create Interesting Pictures in InDesign 2.0

InDesign 2.x – Swatches – adding colours from other documents & changing the default colour setup
Cari Jansen
You can add spot colours, process colours, tint and gradient swatches used in one InDesign document to another. It is not possible to do this using a simple one-click method. There is however, a semi automatic method that allows adding of colour swatches

InDesign Plugin Listing

Nick Hodge: Videos of the InDesign 2.0 Roadshow, Feb 2002

from the Future of Publishing Roadshow

Illustrator 10

Adobe Illustrator 10.x – Illustrator 10.x: Clipping vs. Opacity masks
Cari Jansen
How can we put an image inside text? Cari explains how…

Adobe Illustrator 10.x – using appearance & styles to make a simple roadmap
Cari Jansen
Remember the days when we used to create roadmaps, using zillions of paths with various stroke weights and colours.

Illustrator 10: Making Good Text Go Bad
Nick Hodge
Using Illustrators transparency features to make text look bad

Scripting Spot Colour Changes in Illustrator 10
Nick Hodge
Scripting Spot Colour Changes in Illustrator 10

Warping Text using Illustrator 10’s Warping Tools
Nick Hodge
Using Illustrator’s Warping Tools on Text