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	<description>A Graphic Designers Personal Bag of Tricks</description>
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		<title>The Scribble Effect</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A new effect that was introduced to CS4 is the scribble effect. It's nice if you want to take an .eps and give it a hand quality feel. Also you can combine the scribble with a hard outline to have a nice type effect.
Create your type and fill with the desired scribble color.

Next select Effect&#62;Stylize&#62;Scribble
You [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://loremipsumblvd.com/blog/2009/10/the-scribble-effect/</link>
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		<title>Create a Dieline and Measurement Spot</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When working with Dielines and Measurements it's good to get in the habit of setting your files up correct. One trick I learned is to turn your dielines and measurement colors into a cmyk spot color. Simply make your color 100m and click the spot color type.
The advantage of this is that your printer would [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://loremipsumblvd.com/blog/2009/10/create-a-dieline-and-measurement-spot/</link>
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		<title>Creating a PDF action in Illustrator</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you are contently repeating the same steps it's worth this time to create an action. An action will record anything you do to a file and repeat the steps on any future files. Today I'm going to create a very simple action for saving a PDF as smallest file size on a folder on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://loremipsumblvd.com/blog/2009/10/creating-a-pdf-action-in-illustrator/</link>
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		<title>Quick Web 2.0 Illustrator Effect</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is an incredibly fast way to make any shape have a web 2.0 feel. First take the shape you would like the effect to be applied to and draw a half circle into it.
Next, Separate the circle shape and overlay this on the background shape. Make the top shape be a linear gradient from [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://loremipsumblvd.com/blog/2009/10/quick-web-2-0-illustrator-effect/</link>
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		<title>Reduce your .ai file size</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the easiest ways to reduce your file size is to create a template document, in which you delete all the default data that is included in the document information. You'll want to eliminated unused colors, brushes, graphic styles, and symbols. For each group you will want to select the top right options box [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://loremipsumblvd.com/blog/2009/10/reduce-your-ai-file-size/</link>
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		<title>Make it Snow!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Create a single snow flake and open the brushes panel. Click the top right button and choose new brush&#62;new scatter brush.

Set all of the preferences to Random and find the right amount of space and overlap you would like to achieve.

Draw a path and assign the brush you just created. Adjust as necessary to achieve [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://loremipsumblvd.com/blog/2009/10/make-it-snow/</link>
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		<title>Turn Kuler Colors into Pantones</title>
		<description><![CDATA[To use the kuler colors select Window&#62;Extensions&#62;Kuler
Select the color scheme you are looking for and click the arrow labeled Add to Swatch Libary.
Once the new Kuler color group imports into Illustrator double click on the the Color Group folder.  This should open up the Edit Colors window. Select the Pantone group you are looking for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://loremipsumblvd.com/blog/2009/10/turn-kuler-colors-into-pantones/</link>
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		<title>Catch run-away pantones with Separation Preview</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When working with pantones I often keep the Separations preview open. Click on the overprint preview box to see how the inks will overprint on the press. This helps beginners avoid pre-press errors. Also, if you can't find where you left a pantone you can simply click off the cmyk and see the image that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://loremipsumblvd.com/blog/2009/10/catch-run-away-pantones-with-separation-preview/</link>
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		<title>Pantone Harmony Rules</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today I found a way to pick Harmonies while using only pantone colors. First, pick the pantone color that you would like to create the Harmony from. Next, set the base color to the Pantone. Click the Edit Colors button.

load the pantone swatch library by clicking the farthest box to the right. I choose the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://loremipsumblvd.com/blog/2009/10/pantone-harmony-rules/</link>
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		<title>Designing With Color Groups</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Designing with color groups is a great way to build speed in choosing the correct color combination. By creating color groups you can choose between multiple sets and instantly change your design. There is no need to go in and change each individual color.
Simply click the Create New Color Group button in the Swatch panel. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://loremipsumblvd.com/blog/2009/10/designing-with-color-groups/</link>
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