The other day I upgraded my OS from Leopard (10.5) to Apple's new OS, Snow Leopard (10.6). Initially all seemed fine and dandy. I got some extra gigs back, my iMac was running fast, and there were a plethora of small but nifty additions to the interface. Then I tried to create a PostScript file from Quark only to find the Adobe PPD I use to create the PS file had disappeared. After doing some reading I discovered that Acrobat no longer uses PPDs to create PostScript/PDF files. Their solution was to use the new "save as Adobe PDF" function. The problem with this is two fold: firstly the PDF writer crashes half the time before the PDF is created, and secondly it rasterises vector elements so they tend to come out fuzzy - not good for high-end printing. Ultimately I can't work on Snow Leopard until this gets fixed properly so I've downgraded back to Leopard for now. If you're having the same problem I found these sites here helpful: Adobe Tech Note, Adobe Forum and InDesign Secrets Discussion Thread.
Keep your eyes out for Roberto Blake - he's making waves in the graphics community. You may have seen his work featured in Photoshop Creative magazine as well as on DeviantART. Check out his blog here (it's full of interesting interviews, tutorials, artwork, tips, and videos). You can also follow him on Twitter @robertoblake.
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