Tips & Tricks: Improving legibility of text on images
One of the fundamental things you can do either as a designer, or someone creating your own materials, is to understand how to get the…
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Wear out your command key: Ten tips on using Photoshop and InDesign like the pros
Understanding Indesign Foundation Course – with Ken Jones 1st May 2019 | Digital Greenwich, London Sign up Learning how to use your Adobe software quickly…
Call for entries: British Book Design and Production Awards 2017
The British Printing Industries Federation, Oxford Brookes University, The Publishers Association, The Bookseller and BookMachine are calling for entries to the British Book Design and…
How to select photos for projects
Getting photos for your project should be easy, there’s so much available on the internet, right? Well, yes and no. There are a few pitfalls…
InDesign for publishers: Annette Peppis interview
Ahead of the upcoming training courses InDesign and Photoshop for publishers, BookMachine are running a series of interviews with industry professionals to understand how they use the tools at…
Photoshop and InDesign for publishers: Subha Chelvam-Lewis interview
Ahead of the upcoming training courses InDesign and Photoshop for publishers, BookMachine are running a series of interviews with industry professionals to understand how they use the tools at…
Winner of #BookMachineWorks competition
Last week, amidst the buzz of face-to-face connections at The London Book Fair, a bunch of publishing people were snapping away on their phones, trying…
Tips for using Photoshop at work: Beate Allerton interview
Ahead of the upcoming training course Photoshop for publishers, BookMachine are running a series of interviews with industry professionals to understand how they use the…
Tips for using InDesign and Photoshop at work: Adam Brightman interview
Ahead of the upcoming training courses InDesign and Photoshop for publishers, BookMachine are running a series of interviews with industry professionals to understand how they…
Tips for using InDesign and Photoshop at work: Michael Goldrei interview
Ahead of the upcoming training courses InDesign and Photoshop for publishers, BookMachine are running a series of interviews with industry professionals to understand how they…
Brand building for publishers: It may not be what you think
Publishers spend a lot of time talking about building their brands, but most of us know in our heart of hearts that – for most…
What is the future of illustrated publishing?
Digital printing technology has the potential to transform the illustrated book industry. The classic model for illustrated book publishing established by Paul Hamlyn and others…
When royalty came to the Fair
It’s not everywhere that you get to follow in the footsteps of royalty. If you’re expecting to be standing on sore feet at London Book…
Tips for using InDesign and Photoshop at work: Vladimir Verano interview
Ahead of the upcoming training courses InDesign and Photoshop for publishers, BookMachine are running a series of interviews with industry professionals to understand how they…
Tips for using InDesign at work: Keara Donnachie interview
Ahead of the upcoming training course InDesign for publishers, BookMachine are running a series of interviews with industry professionals to understand how they use the…
